Re: Automatic lyric extenders

[Fr. Samuel Springuel]

> On 17 Aug, 2020, at 5:27 PM, Jon Arnold <jonarnoldsemail@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all-
> 
> I was trying to find if it was possible to do lyric extensions automatically, 
> and found this thread: 
> http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Automatic-Lyric-Extenders-td198194.html
> 
> Did anything ever come of this project? The workaround in that thread throws 
> an error for me.
> 
> I have a project where I'm trying to make it flexible to change whether I tie 
> a note or not for later, and want to avoid having to go back in to do the 
> lyric extenders if I choose to tie.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Jon

So far as I can tell, this hasn’t made it into LilyPond core yet (as was 
suggested in the linked thread), so I’m still using the solution in that thread 
(having run it through convert-ly to update it).  I’ve attached what I’m using 
below.

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Fr. Samuel, OSB
(R. Padraic Springuel)
St. Anselm’s Abbey
4501 South Dakota Ave, NE
Washington, DC, 20017
202-269-2300
(c) 202-853-7036

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