Re: Left aligning lyrics regression in 2.17

[Keith OHara]

Roeland van den Bos <roeland.van.den.bos <at> gmail.com> writes:

> % in version 2.16.2 the lyrics are left aligned by 
>   adding extra spacing width
> % in version 2.17.97 this does not work anymore

I added a reduced version to the bug tracker
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3761

You can restore the old behavior with an additional line in your \layout
 \override LeftEdge #'Y-extent =  #'(0 . 0)

Or, you can use the Clef instead of LeftEdge as the reference object, and
you need override just the Clef's extra-spacing-height.

Does anyone know a simpler way to have the first lyrics in each line
left-aligned to a common vertical line on the page (shifting the note-
heads right as required) ?