Re: In wait for a subsequent word (sorry how can I put it)?

[Simon Albrecht]

Am 07.09.2014 um 18:05 schrieb Son_V:
> Thanks Phil, for your answer - but I usually (is it right?), as in your
> example, write "Sanc __tus"
The problem is that you confuse hyphens (-) with underscores (_). In 
your examples, you have two underscores inbetween the syllables of 
‘sanctus’; but what you need in that place are two hyphens: sanc -- tus, 
in order to obtain a correct lyric hyphen from LilyPond. And the two 
underscores __ are used to make an extender line in such cases as you 
asked about, when the last syllable of a word has many notes. (And a 
single underscore serves as an empty syllable, so to speak, in order to 
skip notes.)

HTH,
Simon

PS. I’d rather write san -- ctus instead of sanc -- tus, but I don’t 
know of any fixed rules for Latin hyphenation and therefore am not sure.