Re: Feature requests

[Geoff Horton]

> One hangup for me is lilypond's handling of lyrics. I don't care as much how
> they're entered as how they're output. Right now, it looks like syllables are
> aligned so that the left edge of the longest syllable (in polyphonic choral
> music) is aligned with the center of the note it's matched with, and in every
> other part, the syllables are center aligned with that one long syllable.

Can you give a code sample? In the material I've set, all lyrics for
all stanzas are centered under the corresponding note, as you suggest.
I have seen some odd-looking output, though, so you might have found a
real problem. I also do see syllables extending through bar lines, but
there are ways around this. (Whether or not that should be the default
is a question I am not competent to answer).

> Also, there needs to be a better way to add text above a staff, particularly 
> if
> there are also lyrics. Currently, it seems that text added above a staff 
> (using
> ^) is attached to lyric text,

I have seen some really odd things with this, as you note. The
(undocumented, as far as I know) \alignAboveContext property fixes it,
but I have a little trouble getting that to work consistently.

Geoff