Re: Maybe bug? Lyrics on a tied note at end of system

[Trevor Daniels]

David Rogers wrote Sunday, August 04, 2013 10:14 PM


> James Harkins <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> I ran into the attached spacing problem while typesetting a lead
>> sheet. I can't make a minimal example right this second; will try in
>> the next couple of days.
>>
>> When a tied note has a lyric syllable, LP (2.16.1) left aligns the
>> syllable to the note, on the assumption that tied-to note column will
>> occupy horizontal space and give the syllable space to extend to the
>> right of the note under which it appears. Makes sense -- that's a good
>> refinement.
>>
>> However, the same thing happens at the end of a system, forcing the
>> note column far to the left of where I would expect it to appear.
>>
>> I searched the bug tracker but didn't see anything relevant.
> 
> 
> I may be a philistine, but to me it looks ideal the way it is in the jpg
> file. What improvement do you mean to make?

Me too.  As a singer it looks exactly what I would expect.  That's the
way all vocal music is laid out - with syllables left-aligned on tied
and slurred notes, wherever they appear.

Trevor