Re: Using lyrics in a markup

[Jan Warchoł]

2011/1/20 Marc Hohl <address@hidden>
>
> Am 20.01.2011 09:20, schrieb jakob lund:
>>
>> However, I am guessing that the desired output is actually
>>
>>   Tochter Zion, freue dich,
>>   jauchze laut, Jerusalem.
>>   Sieh, dein König kommt zu dir,
>>   ja, er kommt, der Friedefürst.
>>   Tochter Zion, freue dich,
>>   jauchze laut, Jerusalem.
>>
>> rather than
>>
>>   Tochter Zion, freue dich, jauchze laut, Jerusalem. Sieh, dein König
>> kommt zu dir, ja, er kommt, der Friedefürst. Tochter Zion, freue dich,
>> jauchze laut, Jerusalem.
>>
>> where the line breaking depends on column width, font size etc.? I
>> can't think of way to control the line breaks, except to enter each
>> line individually, like
>
> What do you think of allowing to define a additional "line break character",
> for example ś, which could be filtered out within \lyricsmode, and used as a
> newline in the \verse?

+1, however i'd vote for either:
- specific command (starting with \)
- ordinary end of line character
and not some special character that is "supposed to be used rarely".
The ś character that you used is used in polish language, for example.

cheers,
Janek