Hi Benjamin, In a dutch hymne book I made, I needed a comparable feature. It is not readily available in lilypond, but in one of the examples (an ancient version of the Dutch national anthem, http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.3/input/out-www/wilhelmus.png generated from http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.3/input/out-www/wilhelmus.ly.txt) shows how you can do this. Apart from what you need, I would also prefer a definable left margin to align and offset the left side of the text lines. If you need another example, I can send you one privately.
Regards, Ruud van Silfhout ----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin D. Smedberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 11:47 PM Subject: Non-justified plainchant (Gregorian and modern notation) > I am new to Lilypond, having been a user of Finale for many years. I am > a relatively experienced programmer, having extensive experience within > the Mozilla project. I have several questions, but I'll start out with > something I hope is fairly simple: > > I do quite of bit of engraving in plainchant, both modern and Gregorian. > I have not discovered a layout mode which does not justify the music on > each line. In plainchant, the staff lines should extend to the end of > each line, but the actual notes and text should be spaced and engraved > as if it were left-justified (except for the custos). Does this mode > already exist, and I missed it? Or is it something that should exist as > a scheme extension, and can I get guidance on how I could code that? > > --Benjamin Smedberg > Director of Music, St. Patrick Church: Washington, DC > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
