Re: Should I stop using barchecks in lyrics?

[Janek Warchoł]

Sorry for delay..

2013/12/31 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
> Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> 2013/12/31 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
>>> "Trevor Daniels" <address@hidden> writes:
>>>> If you'd like to use bar checks in lyrics simply remove any that give
>>>> erroneous warnings (after checking they are erroneous of course).
>>>> Although I gave up using them as it is easy to check lyric placement
>>>> by inspecting the score.
>>>
>>> Or don't use \addlyrics/\lyricsto but rather time your lyrics
>>> explicitly.  That's also a lot more robust against juggling Voices,
>>> adding stanzas and so on.
>>
>> Colin, please **don't** use explicit lyrics timing.  Alignment of
>> unassociated lyrics (i.e. lyrics that don't use \addlyrics/\lyricsto)
>> is broken, and such scores would look ugly and unprofessional.
>>
>> David, i apologize for butting in like that, but i believe that we
>> shouldn't advocate using features that are broken.
>
> I did _not_ say he should use unassociated Lyrics.  You can perfectly
> well associate explicitly timed lyrics: associating a Lyrics context
> does not require \addlyrics/\lyricsto.  The latter set the respective
> associated voice, but one can perfectly well set it explicitly.

I didn't realize that one can do this! I think i misread the
documentation. I apologize for the confusion and for a false
accusation.
best
janek