Disappearing hyphens (endashes) in lyrics

2011-10-16 Thread Peter Olin
middle C \relative c' { c c c c c c d d d d c r } % The -- endash:es disappear. I would like to see them between the words "sinnet" and "värdefullt", as well as after "sublimt". \addlyrics {Må det väck- ta sin- net -- vär- de- full

Re: Disappearing hyphens (endashes) in lyrics

2011-10-16 Thread Peter Olin
in lilypond, it should appear as such in the > (UTF8) encoded source. The double dash in lilypond evokes a hyphenation > event to draw thin and short Lines between two syllables. If the emdash is > not a syllable on its own, you might want to override hyphen properties. > > HTH > Cheers,

Re: Disappearing hyphens (endashes) in lyrics

2011-10-16 Thread Peter Olin
I also notice that with the enclosing of the actual syllable and the en-dash within double quotes, the alignment of the syllable with the note is distorted. On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 21:12, Peter Olin wrote: > Thanks Kieren! > > That's close to what I want. Yes. > > However

Re: Disappearing hyphens (endashes) in lyrics

2011-10-17 Thread Peter Olin
c c c } > theWords = \lyricmode { Nor -- mal \MD re -- placed nor -- mal nor -- mal } > \score { > << >\new Staff \theNotes >\addlyrics \theWords > >> > } > > Anyway, this should give you some ideas and point you in the right > direction. &