Re: Lyrics spacing problem - overlapping syllables

[James E. Bailey]

Am 28.01.2009 um 13:28 schrieb James E. Bailey:

> Am 28.01.2009 um 13:19 schrieb Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool):
>
> > Lyrics syllables should not overlap in any case, LilyPond should  
> > automatically increase the note dinstance if needed. So it seems  
> > to me as a bug.
>
> It's a known issue in section 2.1.3. "Melismata are not detected  
> automatically, and extender lines must be inserted by hand."

Oh wow, I feel dumb. This is something completely different. There  
actually isn't any overlap. The text "mme?" is centered under the  
notehead, as it should be, but because it's so long a syllable, I'm  
guessing he wants the note moved to the right, so that the text could  
not be considered to be part of the preceding note. In that case, I  
would suggest, \once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #-1.  
The text won't be centered under the notehead, but padding a notehead  
is beyond my ability. And it's what I would do if it bothered me.