Re: More lyrics questions/comments

2004-01-15 Thread Carl Youngblood
I need to revise my statement. I was able to add an extender to a note with a rest after it, as long as I didn't use the addlyrics mode. There doesn't appear to be a way to do this in addlyrics mode. Carl On Jan 15, 2004, at 10:16 AM, Carl Youngblood wrote: On Jan 10, 2004, at 4:50 PM, Nick

Re: More lyrics questions/comments

2004-01-15 Thread Carl Youngblood
On Jan 10, 2004, at 4:50 PM, Nick Busigin wrote: There are situations in my lyrics when I want to put something like an extender, but not really. I just want to put a line after a word to show that I want it held for the full value of the note. Sort of a gentle reminder. However, extensions, do

Re: More lyrics questions/comments (update)

2004-01-10 Thread Stan Sanderson
Sorry- I should have mentioned that I was using lilypond 2.1.6, installed through Fink on Mac OS 10.2.8, GCC 3.3 enabled. I've used a local tree and updated the info and patch files. I just finished reinstalling 2.1.6 after a frustrating hour with 2.1.8. I was unable to produce melismas with co

Re: More lyrics questions/comments

2004-01-10 Thread Stan Sanderson
I've used a combination of underline extenders (word__ ) and \skips. For example, to attach text to a measure consisting of a dotted half note followed by a quarter note (4/4 time), I might use "man4.__ _8 \skip4 I4" to obtain " man- I ". Stan On Saturday, January 10, 2004, at 05:05 P

More lyrics questions/comments

2004-01-10 Thread Carl Youngblood
There are situations in my lyrics when I want to put something like an extender, but not really. I just want to put a line after a word to show that I want it held for the full value of the note. Sort of a gentle reminder. However, extensions, don't allow me to do this. Is there a built-in