Lukas, Perfect, thanks so much again! Gee I'm learning a lot right now.
Brent. On Sat, 3 Jul 2021 at 17:53, Lukas-Fabian Moser <l...@gmx.de> wrote: > Hi Brent, > > Am 03.07.21 um 09:40 schrieb Brent Annable: > > Hi everybody, > > > > I'm preparing some choral motets, and so far I have used slurs to tell > > the lyric engine where to put the melismata. I am finding the page a > > little too cluttered, so bow I want to see what the score would look > > like without the slurs in it. > > > > When I use \hide Slur, they disappear but the layout and spacing is > > the same; obviously the engraver still creates them, they just aren't > > shown. When I remove the engraver, the lyric engine no longer > > recognises them so the syllables all end up in the wrong place. > > > > Is there a way to tell Lilypond to use the slur indications to > > position the lyrics, but to tell the slur engraver not to generate them? > > \hide'ing is too weak (it just makes the slurs transparent), \remove'ing > the Slur_engraver is too much (the slurs cease to exist). \omit'ting is > the right thing in between: The stencil is removed, so the slur won't be > printed and won't take up space, but the lyrics engine still "sees" the > slur. > > So: > > \version "2.22.1" > > \layout { > \omit Slur > } > > \relative { > g'4.( f8 e d c d) > e4 c > } > \addlyrics { > Me -- lis -- ma > } > > Another, somewhat brutal alternative would be to re-define the meaning > of ( and ): > > \version "2.22.1" > > "(" = \melisma > ")" = \melismaEnd > > \relative { > g'4.( f8 e d c d) > e4 c > } > \addlyrics { > Me -- lis -- ma > } > > Lukas > >