Re: Lyrics without addlyrics

[Mats Bengtsson]

> On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 09:48:23AM +0100, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
> > > I need to
> > > insert a sizeable rest/space in the lyrics line. r and s obviously won't
> > > work. 
> > 
> > To insert a space, use the command \space. Example:
> > 
> > Text text text \space 1*3 more text
> 
> I'm afraid I can't agree. At least Lilypond 1.4.10 produces a parse 
> error, if I use "\space". If I use "\skip", I get a warning that it junks
> the skip request but does it anyway. Is there a solution that doesn't
> produce a warning (or error)?

Sorry! Of course I meant \skip, nothing else.
If you want to get rid of the harmless warning, 
apply the following patch:

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--- ly/engraver.ly~     Tue Aug 14 13:45:04 2001
+++ ly/engraver.ly      Fri Jan 18 11:01:26 2002
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@
        \consists "Extender_engraver"
        \consists "Hyphen_engraver"
        \consists "Stanza_number_engraver"
+       \consists "Skip_req_swallow_translator"
        phrasingPunctuation = #".,:!?\""
        
 }

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(In the Lilypond 1.5.x series, the file is called engraver-init.ly)

   /Mats