Re: Combining lyrics lines

[Jean-Charles Malahieude]

Le 18/03/2012 12:38, James disait :
> Hello,
>
> On 18 March 2012 11:33, Jean-Charles Malahieude wrote:
> > Le 17/03/2012 11:14, Reedmace Star disait :
> >
> > > In the first line, Alice and Eve alternate strictly in singing, so their
> > > lyrics get collapsed:
> > >
> > >    ALICE   EVE       ALICE   EVE
> > >    maybe   that the  second  words are
> > >
> > > After the manual line break, Alice cuts off Eve with a bit of overlap.
> > > Their lyrics stay on different lines, which makes sense:
> > >
> > >    EVE           ALICE
> > >                  Shut up, you fool!
> > >    ...and then I was like-
> >
> >
> >
> > I wished I had found it myself...
> >
> > Would be worth a "selected snippet" in NR 2.1.2 Techniques specific to
> > lyrics, Placing lyrics vertically?
> >
> > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2012-03/msg00508.html
>
> I don't understand this request for a 'snippet', are you saying it
> already exists as a snippet and you want it in the NR or that you want
> a new snippet created *as well*?
>
> If it is the latter, and someone can give me a 'clear' explanation of
> what this snippet shows (so I can write a concise texidoc entry) I can
> arrange that, else if the snippet already exists tell me the name of
> it and I can add it very easily.

Searching the LSR does not return it, and I think it is worth to have it 
in the NR.

I would sort of call it a "partcombine" for lyrics: it often happens 
that a soloist shares a staff with a choir part (let's say the diva and 
the soprani) when they sing alternatively, or two characters like in 
Reedmace Star's example.  The fact is that Lily place /two/ lines of 
lyrics when the change appears on the same system.

Cheers,
Jean-Charles