Re: markup in lyrics

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Benjamin,

> I need to italize an entire section in a song I am writing. Currently, I have
> 
> \text = \lyricmode {
> ...
>  that this air will sud -- den -- ly crack
>  a -- long sharp di -- ag -- gon -- als?
> 
>  \markup { \italic { The earth hears me.
>  The sun hears me. } }
> 
>  But the air is like air left
> ..
> }
> 
> But this causes the entire \markup section to be set as one word. How can I 
> get
> it to change the formatting without grouping the entire section?

What about
    \override LyricText #'font-shape = #'italic … \revert LyricText #'font-shape
?

Just a thought-experiment.
Kieren.