Re: shifting an aligned syllable further yet

[Eduardo Vieira]

Hi, Kieren and list,
Thanks for your reply. Looks like I found the practical solution - I'm
starting to "catch on" a little better the program reference:
I just needed to add: \once \override LyricText #'X-offset = #-1

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kieren Richard MacMillan" <address@hidden>
To: "Eduardo Vieira" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: shifting an aligned syllable further yet


> Hi, Eduardo:
>
> > Hello list, I wonder how can I shift these two left-aligned lyric
> > syllable
> > more to the right and they would still be left-aligned in relation
> > to each other?
>
> Note that the self-alignment-X takes any number you want, and you can
> use spaces to increase the "virtual size" of a given syllable. For
> example,
>
> \version "2.8.0"
> vI = \lyricmode {  \once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #0
> Great is the Lord! }
> vII = \lyricmode { \once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #2
> "He " is the Light! }
> \score {
> \new Staff {
>    \time 2/4
>      \relative c'' { c4 b8. a16 g2  }
> }
> \addlyrics { \vI }
> \addlyrics { \vII }
> \layout { ragged-right = ##t }
> }
>
> will give you
>
>


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>
> Just play around with the precise alignment value(s) to get what you
> want.
>
> Good luck,
> Kieren.