On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 8:06 PM David Wright
wrote:
> [...]
> Alternatively, you can leave the bar and bar number checks in place,
> as you suggest above, but use the tersely documented¹ expect-warning
> feature to silence just these warnings. (check3.ly, attached.) That
> will prevent their
On Thu 25 Apr 2024 at 13:06:01 (-0700), Steve Carlock wrote:
> Thanks. I agree that the barcheck warning message is cryptic. It appears
> that this issue happens when the lyric is attached to notes that are tied
> across a measure boundary. Unfortunately I can't change the third measure
> -
It is known (and documented) that bar checks need to be used with care
within Lyrics contexts. I was thinking about this problem and wondered
if a custom engraver would be able to assist. (The actual bar checks
are implemented in an iterator, presumably because it results in faster
William,
Thanks. I agree that the barcheck warning message is cryptic. It appears
that this issue happens when the lyric is attached to notes that are tied
across a measure boundary. Unfortunately I can't change the third measure
- that motif from my simple example is used frequently in the
Dear Steve,
I think the reason for this is hinted at by the cryptic "5/8" in the
barcheck failure message. The "mine" at the end of the first measure
extends all the way until the next note ("I"), which is not at the
beginning of a bar, causing the barcheck to fail. If you try the
following
I'm confused. Given the following:
%
\version "2.24.3"
\language "english"
<<
\new Staff { \relative c' {
f8 4 f8 f4 8 f8~ |
4 r4 r2 |
r2 r8 f8 4 |
}
}
\addlyrics { \lyricmode {
This Lit -- tle star -- O -- mine __ |
\skip |
I said |
}
}
>>
%
I get a
