improved lyrics handling

[Han-Wen]

address@hidden writes:
> 
> I want this:
> 
>   text = \lyrics {
>     "\textit{Er:}~Ge" -- denkst ...
>   }
> 
> But Lilypond doesn't like this.  Is there currently a way to get font
> changes?

I think you want

  \property LyricsVoice . stanza = "Er:"
  \property LyricsVoice . StanzaNumber \set #'font-shape = #'italic

or somesuch.


> The alternative would be to collect all strings enclosed in '...', do
> a TeX run with special macros and use the returned metrics.

No. Veto. We want less TeX dependence,  not more.

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