Re: Flexible lyric alignment

[Jean Abou Samra]

> Le 10 nov. 2022 à 18:22, Carl Sorensen <carl.d.sorensen@gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> Thinking about this in terms of Excel cells, where they can extend as far as 
> possible as long as there are no contents in adjacent cells....
> 
> Might it be possible for the lyrics engraver to add something like a 
> lyricPlaceholder grob into adjacent note columns that had no lyricText grob?
> The extent of the lyricPlaceholder could be the negative of the extent of the 
> lyricText in the current  column.
> The lyricText in the current column could be aligned in the opposite 
> direction of the adjacent column.
> 
> To those who are more familiar with the layout engine than I am -- could this 
> be a possible approach?


Sorry, I am not understanding your suggestion precisely. Would you mind 
elaborating?

Thanks,
Jean