Re: hyphen syntax

[tisimst]

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Simon Albrecht-2 [via Lilypond] <
address@hidden> wrote:

> On 17.02.2016 15:58, David Kastrup wrote:
>
> > Dan Eble<[hidden email]
> <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=187380&i=0>>  writes:
> >
> >>> >>On Feb 17, 2016, at 05:18 , Jean-Charles Malahieude<[hidden email]
> <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=187380&i=1>>  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).
>

Funny you should mention that because I've always wondered why the
LyricHyphen doesn't actually use the hyphen from the LyricText font rather
than a dashed line. I realize that doing that would reduce the
customizability of the dash (i.e., length, thickness, dash-period, etc.),
but it might it immediately look more homogeneous regardless of the font
used because they are designed to match each other. Not a big deal, just
curious.

Best,
Abraham




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