Re: hebrew lyrics lilypond!!

[Mats Bengtsson]

Aaron wrote:

> Ok lets try to unconfuse me.
> 1.\\HeblatexRedefineL honestly this is from the hebrew latex but I am
> not sure what it means, does the L at the end stand for left?? if so
> maybe I should us an R??
>
> 2. \\R or \\L I see how you used the "" which I didn't do
> 3. \\sethebrew or \\unsethebrew - can this be used in the lilyfile?? I
> am generally confused whether to use this at all or maybe I need it in
> the wrapper???
>
> 4. then there is the font issue do I need to define the font if I am
> using //hebalef??
>  

These questions have nothing to do with Lilypond, please post to
the ivrtex (or whatever it was called) list!

> --------------------------
> Now I have some idea of what to do next.
> 1. the \\R with the quotes according to mats.
> 2. If that doesn't work \\HeblatexRedefineL with the quotes according to
> mats.
>
> I will run these tests and include the outputs and the files so that
> things will I hope be clearer.
>
> Thanks
> Aaron
>
>
> am trying the following
> 1.
>
> }
> text = \context Lyrics \lyrics { \\HeblatexRedefineL  { "\\hebalef"
> "\\hebgimel" "\\hebalef" "\\hebalef" }
> }
>  
This would mean that the first syllable of the lyrics is \HeblatexRedefine,
then you have a curly brace that does nothing. You have to switch manually
to Hebrew for each single syllable, see my previous posts!

   /Mats