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Re: Word hyphenation in LilyPond version 2.18.2.
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Urs Liska |
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Re: Word hyphenation in LilyPond version 2.18.2. |
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Fri, 23 Dec 2016 09:26:51 +0100 |
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Am 23. Dezember 2016 08:45:15 MEZ, schrieb Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden>:
>
>> What we need is automatic hyphenation for lyrics ... but the
>> standard algorithm (read the thesis ofFranklin Mark Liang) is not
>> optimal because it is not designed to find _all_ possible
>> hyphenations and because hyphenation for lyrics might differ from
>> the standard: German rules do not allow e.g. to hyphenate a word
>> like "über" in normal texts, but we would need "ü-ber" for lyrics.
>
>I think this is completely futile. There are too many special cases,
>too many languages, too many author wishes, etc., etc.
>
>Hyphenation only makes sense for larger blocks of texts where text
>typography rules, not music typography.
>
Frescobaldi offers a ("destructive") hyphenation option using system installed
dictionaries. This can save lots if time while giving total control to
post-process the results.
Urs
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> Werner
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- Word hyphenation in LilyPond version 2.18.2., Mirosław Doroszewski, 2016/12/22
- Re: Word hyphenation in LilyPond version 2.18.2., James, 2016/12/22
- Re: Word hyphenation in LilyPond version 2.18.2., Simon Albrecht, 2016/12/22
- Re: Word hyphenation in LilyPond version 2.18.2., Knut Petersen, 2016/12/23
- Re: Word hyphenation in LilyPond version 2.18.2., Werner LEMBERG, 2016/12/23
- Re: Word hyphenation in LilyPond version 2.18.2.,
Urs Liska <=
- Re: Word hyphenation in LilyPond version 2.18.2., Noeck, 2016/12/25
- Re: Word hyphenation in LilyPond version 2.18.2., Knut Petersen, 2016/12/25
- Re: Word hyphenation in LilyPond version 2.18.2., Werner LEMBERG, 2016/12/25
- Re: Word hyphenation in LilyPond version 2.18.2., Urs Liska, 2016/12/25
- Re: Word hyphenation in LilyPond version 2.18.2., Knut Petersen, 2016/12/25
- Re: Word hyphenation in LilyPond version 2.18.2., Urs Liska, 2016/12/25
- Re: Word hyphenation in LilyPond version 2.18.2., Werner LEMBERG, 2016/12/26
- Re: Word hyphenation in LilyPond version 2.18.2., Werner LEMBERG, 2016/12/26
- Re: Word hyphenation in LilyPond version 2.18.2., Urs Liska, 2016/12/26
- Re: Word hyphenation in LilyPond version 2.18.2., Werner LEMBERG, 2016/12/26