Re: hyphen syntax

[Simon Albrecht]

On 17.02.2016 15:58, David Kastrup wrote:
> Dan Eble<address@hidden>  writes:
>
> > > >>On Feb 17, 2016, at 05:18 , Jean-Charles Malahieude<address@hidden>  wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>Le 14/02/2016 20:41, Dan Eble a écrit :
> > > > >>>Are there technical limitations that require typing a double hyphen
> > > > >>>to hyphenate lyrics?  Why not just one?
> > > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >>Technically, I don't know. But, in terms of coherence, I would leave
> > > >>it as it is:
> > > >>
> > > >>one hyphen is treated as one syllable, just like one underscore
> > > >>"skips" one (group of) note
> > >
> > >But is it useful for a bare hyphen to be treated as a syllable?  I
> > >don’t recall having seen any examples of that.
> It is rather common for skipping syllables in multiple stanzas since an
> isolated - is equivalent to " ".

It’s an isolated _ (underscore) you mean. A dash is indeed treated as a 
syllable.
I think _if_ we wanted to use - instead of --, we’d have to do the same 
kind of change for lyric extenders, else it would be inconsistent. And I 
think the double items suit the advanced functionality better (advanced 
in comparison to printing a hyphen character from a font).

Best, Simon