RE: Simpler lyric notation

2004-02-24 Thread Reuben Thomas
> I think that's not right. E.g. in Hungarian tradition extender lines are > rarely used, because melismata are indicated by the slurs. So the user must > be able to disable this feature (if it would be the default). Of course, I was speaking only of the engraving rules I know about, which are Eng

RE: Simpler lyric notation

2004-02-24 Thread Bertalan Fodor
> As far as I can see, there should be a __ at the > end of every > word. I think that's not right. E.g. in Hungarian tradition extender lines are rarely used, because melismata are indicated by the slurs. So the user must be able to disable this feature (if it would be the default). Greetings,

Re: Simpler lyric notation

2004-02-24 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > No, what you're seeing is legacy stuff. If you're willing to spend > > some time coding, I'll gladly take on patches that fix this. > > If you can give me some pointers, I will. Since I don't know Python, > barely know C++ (but I know C very well) nor Scheme (but I kn

Re: Simpler lyric notation

2004-02-23 Thread Reuben Thomas
> No, what you're seeing is legacy stuff. If you're willing to spend > some time coding, I'll gladly take on patches that fix this. If you can give me some pointers, I will. Since I don't know Python, barely know C++ (but I know C very well) nor Scheme (but I know elisp quite well) I may be a bit

Simpler lyric notation

2004-02-23 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Am I missing something important about lyric typesetting? If not, the > above scheme would seem to be very easy to implement, and save quite a lot > of typing. No, what you're seeing is legacy stuff. If you're willing to spend some time coding, I'll gladly take on patch

Simpler lyric notation

2004-02-23 Thread Reuben Thomas
I've just been entering lyrics for a song, and I've come up with a puzzle: what is the point of -- and __ ? As far as I can see, there should be a -- between every pair of syllables in a word, and a __ at the end of every word. Hyphen (-) at the end of a syllable is unnecessary AFAICS. Of course,