Re: aligning melisma and non-melisma lyrics across staves in the same system

Hi Harm, > After > https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/4685/ > has been pushed markup->string should have wider usability > > Thus I made a new version of the `align-to-melisma-engraver' using > string-comparison first, stencils as fall-back. > > Please test. I will! Thanks for

Re: aligning melisma and non-melisma lyrics across staves in the same system

2015-12-01 23:48 GMT+01:00 Thomas Morley : > Hi Kieren, > > 2015-12-01 21:18 GMT+01:00 Thomas Morley : > [...] >> Continuing coding/thinking, >> Harm > > here the last version. Several comments inline. > The syllables are compared via the

Re: aligning melisma and non-melisma lyrics across staves in the same system

Hi Kieren, 2015-12-01 16:13 GMT+01:00 Kieren MacMillan : >> The problem is how to test equality? >> For strings it's trivial > > Is that already implemented? No >> but LyricText also allows for markup. > > Is there a markup->string function? Yep, though look at

Re: aligning melisma and non-melisma lyrics across staves in the same system

Hi Kieren, 2015-12-01 21:18 GMT+01:00 Thomas Morley : [...] > Continuing coding/thinking, > Harm here the last version. Several comments inline. The syllables are compared via the length of their stencil-extents. Ofcourse this has disadvantages as said before and even

Re: aligning melisma and non-melisma lyrics across staves in the same system

Hi Harm, > Yes, parts of it works already. Look at the attached image. > In first bar the lyrics are aligned correctly I'd say. Agreed. > Though not in 3rd bar. "three" is offsetted as well, it shouldn’t. Agreed. > The problem is how to test equality? > For strings it's trivial Is that

Re: aligning melisma and non-melisma lyrics across staves in the same system

2015-11-28 23:54 GMT+01:00 Kieren MacMillan : > Hi Thomas, > > Thanks for the detailed and helpful response! > >> If you want to attract me working on some of your most pressing >> issues, please write short, add a compilable code-example (no link) >> and give

Re: aligning melisma and non-melisma lyrics across staves in the same system

2015-11-28 23:54 GMT+01:00 Kieren MacMillan : > If this snippet achieves "production-ready” status, I'll try to reply more detailed, as soon as I find the time. Pretty busy with non-LilyPond tasks this weekend... Cheers, Harm

Re: aligning melisma and non-melisma lyrics across staves in the same system

Kieren MacMillan writes: >> Maybe affecting 'self-alignment-X is the wrong method at all, >> instead I could probably set 'X-offset. > > Perhaps someone else [with a more encyclopedic knowledge of the > back-end] can weigh in on that. I am (and always have been) a

Re: aligning melisma and non-melisma lyrics across staves in the same system

2015-11-26 14:58 GMT+01:00 Kieren MacMillan : > Hi David, > >> It's not clear which issues you even mean > > Perhaps my post of a week ago > >> If you look at > >> you’ll see a list of other related issues. > >

Re: aligning melisma and non-melisma lyrics across staves in the same system

Hi Thomas, Thanks for the detailed and helpful response! > If you want to attract me working on some of your most pressing > issues, please write short, add a compilable code-example (no link) > and give feed-back. I will make sure to do that. Now as to your proposed solution… First, thank

Re: aligning melisma and non-melisma lyrics across staves in the same system

David, On 26.11.2015 06:40, David Wright wrote: 1) If there's a lyric extender on a lyric which is being attached to a non-melisma note, ignore it. This would often save having four sets of SATB lyrics differing only in each ones placement of extenders. This is issue 4509

Re: aligning melisma and non-melisma lyrics across staves in the same system

Hi David, >> I know there is a way to have accidentals “cross-canceled” between staves in >> the same system. >> (I’ve used it… and it’s wonderful!) > > I don't; what is it? %%% SNIPPET BEGINS \version "2.19.31" \layout { \context { \Score \accidentalStyle modern } } staffA = {

Re: aligning melisma and non-melisma lyrics across staves in the same system

Kieren MacMillan writes: > As I’ve said about a dozen times on this list, there are at least two > dozen lyric-related issues which, if fixed, would represent a quantum > leap in Lilypond’s output (and a huge reduction in my manual tweaking > effort/time). > >

Re: aligning melisma and non-melisma lyrics across staves in the same system

Hi David, > You'd likely be better served if you took the pain of actually > well-defining specific isolated tasks rather than hand-waving sums around. I’ve done so — outlining very explicit, specific isolated tasks — on several occasions. Didn’t seem to serve me then… but maybe it will the

Re: aligning melisma and non-melisma lyrics across staves in the same system

Hi David, > It's not clear which issues you even mean Perhaps my post of a week ago > If you look at > you’ll see a list of other related issues. was not clear enough? If so, please explain how I can make it more explicit which issues

Re: aligning melisma and non-melisma lyrics across staves in the same system

Hi David (and all developers), > So there may be something like $1000 I have personally offered $1,000. Others have offered to contribute to specific issues (look at the GSoC Lyrics issues in the tracker for more specific information), so there’s already more than $1,000 pledged to

aligning melisma and non-melisma lyrics across staves in the same system

Hello all, I know there is a way to have accidentals “cross-canceled” between staves in the same system. (I’ve used it… and it’s wonderful!) Would it be similarly possible to have lyrics aligned between staves when one or more of the lyrics is melisma-attached (and is thus automatically

Re: aligning melisma and non-melisma lyrics across staves in the same system

On Wed 25 Nov 2015 at 12:01:44 (-0500), Kieren MacMillan wrote: > I know there is a way to have accidentals “cross-canceled” between staves in > the same system. > (I’ve used it… and it’s wonderful!) I don't; what is it? > Would it be similarly possible to have lyrics aligned between staves >