If [getting durations from DevNull] not possible, then the
manual should be updated to recommend
explicit durations instead;
I don't know the answer to the first question, but let's assume
that it's no and update the manual accordingly. Could you
write up the necessary changes?
Wilco. And
Sietse Brouwer wrote:
Is there any way you could get the durations from what is fed into
Devnull, pair the list of syllables and the list of durations, and use
whatever routine is used for lyrics with explicit durations?
If that's not possible, then the manual should be updated to recommend
Graham Percival escreveu:
Thanks, this bug has been entered as
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=248
Thanks for the detailed explanation and multiple examples, but we find
it easier to investigate the bug if we have a single, simple example --
see the bug tracker as an
On 19/01/07, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
but I think this is not a good way to use devnull. If the lyrics are aligned
to devnull, it cannot find note heads to center the syllables on. This will
never work.
However, this exact usage of Devnull is suggested in the manual.
From 7.4.7.5 Lyrics
The reason for tying lyrics to DevNull is for tying lyrics to the
soprano melody in a piano reduction. Say you have soprano and alto. In
almost all hymns, soprano carries the melody. But alto may be doing a
different melody. And in hymnals, the two lines are printed in piano
reduction form as
Thanks, this bug has been entered as
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=248
Thanks for the detailed explanation and multiple examples, but we find
it easier to investigate the bug if we have a single, simple example --
see the bug tracker as an example of how much I compressed
Dear Lilyists,
Lyrics are linked to a set of notes using \lyricsto. Normally, e.g. when
linking to a Voice context, implicit melismata such as slurs, ties, and
explicit beams are automagically detected. The next syllable begins after the
melisma ends.
However: If you link lyrics to a Devnull
