Re: 2 problems using NullVoice to align lyrics

[David Kastrup]

Luming <address@hidden> writes:

> 1. When I added a NullVoice into a staff with a existing homophony Voice, 
> all previously-correctly-placed rest marks are engraved in a polyphonic
> manner (in the lower-half of the staff instead of in the middle), unless it
> is a "r" or a "s" in the NullVoice at the same time.
> I did not notice any mark besides rest mark having this problem. All notes
> are engraved correctly.
> Using "\oneVoice" command on the rest marks did not fix this.

LilyPond is not a WYSIWYG program.  It is perfectly feasible when asking
a question to include a small example.

My guess number 1 is that you are using \\ somewhere where it does not
belong.  However, even then \oneVoice when applied appropriately should
be able to counterbalance its effect.  So I have no clue what you are
actually doing here.

> 2. When using " word __ " to create a extender line in Lyrics, if the note
> that the word aligned to is from a NullVoice and followed by "r" or "s", the
> extender line will extend all the way until first note after the followed
> rests, instead of stopping after last tied/slurred note.

Well, "s" is not even a note, and "r" is not commonly used for alignment
I think.  Again, it would be important to include a small example of
what you are talking about so that people can give a hint for the best
way to address your and/or LilyPond's problem.

> Thank you for reading this.
> I'm new to LilyPond and I work with Windows 8.1, Frescobaldi 2.0.16 and
> Lilypond 2.18.2

The version of Frescobaldi is not relevant for figuring out a LilyPond
problem when giving an example, so you can safely leave it off.  In the
rare cases where the operating system version is relevant, it may also
be a good idea to specify whether you are working with a 64bit or 32bit
version of the operating system.  The LilyPond version is by far the
most important information: be sure to include it in any question.

It can be sort-of implied by putting an appropriate \version command in
your minimal example <URL:http://www.lilypond.org/tiny-examples.html>.

All the best

-- 
David Kastrup