Re: temporarily forcing notes to ignore LyricText width

[William Marchant]

Hi,
I have found that it helps for short sections of music if the words in 
the offending lyrics are all made the same length.  thus "I could do"  
associated with three 8th notes, might become "__I__ could __do__"  This 
makes the spaces even out.
Cheers,
Bill

On 15-11-14 05:46 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> In the attached snippet, you can see how the notes are evenly spaced when there 
> is enough overall width (page 1), but become unevenly spaced when the width is 
> at all cramped (page 2).
>
> An automagic fix for this issue is part of the GSoc Lyric overhaul, and hence 
> is a long way off from being implemented [if ever!]. In the meantime, I would 
> love a tweak that would allow me to tell Lily to ignore the LyricText grobs 
> when spacing that measure; I would then go and nudge the individual grobs left 
> or right as necessary to make the measure look great.
>
> Unfortunately, I can’t seem to find the correct incantation. (Note: I’ve tried 
> setting LyricText.X-extent and #'extra-spacing-width, but with unexpected and 
> not uniform results.)
>
> Thanks,
> Kieren.
>
> p.s.  Bonus points if this tweak can be applied “externally” (i.e., via the 
> edition-engraver).
> ________________________________
>
> Kieren MacMillan, composer
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>
> %%%%  SNIPPET BEGINS
> \version "2.19.30"
> \language "english"
>
> #(set-global-staff-size 15.5)
> \paper {
>    ragged-right = ##f
>    indent = 0
> }
>
> global = {
>    \key g \major
>    \time 3/2
>    s1.
> }
>
> theNotes = {
>      <d' d''>8 <fs' fs''> <e' e''> <e' e''>] <d' d''> q <b b'> <fs' fs''> <e' e''> q 
> <d' d''> q   | %
> }
>
> theLyrics = \lyricmode {
>      ez, Ron -- sard me cé -- lé -- brait, du temps que j'ét -- ais
> }
>
> theScore = <<
>        \new Staff \new Voice << \global \theNotes >>
>        \addlyrics \theLyrics
>      >>
>
> \bookpart {
>    \paper { line-width = 6\in }
>    \score { \theScore }
> }
>
> \bookpart {
>    \paper { line-width = 3\in }
>    \score { \theScore }
> }
> %%%%  SNIPPET ENDS
>
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