Re: Lyric alignment bug with markup

[Aaron Hill]

On 2021-09-13 9:03 pm, Justin Peter wrote:
> When using (or rather attempting to use) a \markup block inside of
> lyrics, the lyrics become misaligned.  Example:
>
> \score {
>   <<
>     \new Staff {
>       \new Voice = "melody" {
>         \relative { c''4 c c c }
>       }
>     }
>     \new Lyrics {
>       \lyricsto "melody" {
>         \markup { Here are the words }
>       }
>     }
>   >>
> }
>
> This is based off of
> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.23/Documentation/notation/techniques-specific-to-lyrics#placing-lyrics-vertically,
> as I was not able to get the case I ran across it in to be quite that
> small.
>
> If there is a better way to markup an entire section of lyrics, please
> let me know; I can send an image if helpful, I don't know how
> attachments work with this though.

This is not a bug.  You are specifying only a single LyricText when you 
use \markup that way.  What you have done is similar to quoting the text 
which also treats the input as a single word/syllable.

By your example alone, it is unclear why you are using \markup at all.  
Simply omit it and input lyrics in the manner the cited documentation 
shows.

If you are intending to use markup commands, then remember each 
word/syllable must be its own markup:

%%%%
\lyricsto "melody" {
  \markup \bold Here
  \markup \italic are
  \markup \box the
  \markup \with-color #red words
}
%%%%

You can also \override various font-interface properties of LyricText if 
you want to apply certain formatting to all words/syllables without 
needing to use \markup:

%%%%
\lyricsto "melody" {
  \override LyricText.font-shape = #'italic
  \override LyricText.color = #red
  Here are the words
}
%%%%


-- Aaron Hill