Re: how to add punctuation mark (or other things) at the end of lyricextender?

[Jan-Peter Voigt]

Hello Janek,

I once had a situation where I wanted to put a closing 'n' somewhere on 
the extender. This is used in some more modern choir-pieces I typesetted.
So this is a little bit off your topic but perhaps its still related.
I wrote a little function:

--snip--
freetext = #(define-music-function (parser location dx dy text)(number? 
number? markup?)
  #{
    \once \override TextScript #'X-extent = #'(0 . 0)
    \once \override TextScript #'Y-extent = #'(0 . 0)
    \once \override TextScript #'self-alignment-X = #CENTER
    s1*0_\markup { \translate #(cons $dx $dy) $text }
#})
closeN = #(define-music-function (parser location dy)(number?)
  #{
    \freetext #0 #$dy \markup { "(n)" }
#})
--snip--
with this I can place my closing 'n' somewhere in the music:
c1 ~ \closeN #-3.6 c1
This places a closing n beneath the second c. The number is to adjust 
vertical positioning and has to be searched for everytime.

Perhaps you can use something similar.

Best regards,
Jan-Peter

On 18.01.2011 15:43, Janek Warchoł wrote:
> 2011/1/18 Phil Holmes<address@hidden>:
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janek Warchoł"
> > <address@hidden>
> > To: "lilypond-user"<address@hidden>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:48 PM
> > Subject: how to add punctuation mark (or other things) at the end of
> > lyricextender?
> > > Hi all,
> > > i have a melisma at the end of a sentence,
> > > i'd like the dot to appear after the extender (like in the bottom of
> > > the attachment).
> > Jan,
> >
> > According to the normal engraving manuals, the punctuation should be
> > attached to the lyric, not the extender.  e.g. [quotations here]
> Thanks, Phil, but I already knew that the recommended practice is to
> put punctuation before extender. Unfortunately i fail to see why it
> should be done this way - do the books that you quote provide any
> explanation?
>
> Besides, there is another situation in which it would be useful to
> attach something to the end of the extender line: to remind singer how
> he/she should end a very long melisma. Consider a coloratura that
> spans several measures and even crosses a page break. It would be nice
> to write the syllabe again under the last note (in parentheses of
> course) to aid the performer.
>
> cheers,
> Jan
>
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