Re: Should I stop using barchecks in lyrics?

[David Kastrup]

Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> 2013/12/31 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
>> "Trevor Daniels" <address@hidden> writes:
>>> If you'd like to use bar checks in lyrics simply remove any that give
>>> erroneous warnings (after checking they are erroneous of course).
>>> Although I gave up using them as it is easy to check lyric placement
>>> by inspecting the score.
>>
>> Or don't use \addlyrics/\lyricsto but rather time your lyrics
>> explicitly.  That's also a lot more robust against juggling Voices,
>> adding stanzas and so on.
>
> Colin, please **don't** use explicit lyrics timing.  Alignment of
> unassociated lyrics (i.e. lyrics that don't use \addlyrics/\lyricsto)
> is broken, and such scores would look ugly and unprofessional.
>
> David, i apologize for butting in like that, but i believe that we
> shouldn't advocate using features that are broken.

I did _not_ say he should use unassociated Lyrics.  You can perfectly
well associate explicitly timed lyrics: associating a Lyrics context
does not require \addlyrics/\lyricsto.  The latter set the respective
associated voice, but one can perfectly well set it explicitly.

-- 
David Kastrup