Re: aligning lyrics to hidden notes

[Sandro Santilli]

On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 03:31:42PM -0000, Phil Holmes wrote:

> 1. Are you really using LilyPond 2.10.33?  If so it's staggeringly out of
> date and you should upgrade to the latest stable or development version.

Uhm, it looks like no, I'm using GNU LilyPond 2.18.2
You mean that the \version specified in .ly can change these behaviors ?

> 2. Have you read http://lilypond.org/tiny-examples.html?  Simplifying your
> problem may lead to a solution.

Here's a minimal version:

  \version "2.10.33"
  bass = \relative c' { e8 r8 r4 }
  aligner = \relative { c4 c }
  words = \lyricmode { la la }
  \new Staff { <<
    \new Voice = "bass" { \bass }
    \new NullVoice = "aligner" { \aligner }
    \new Lyrics \lyricsto "aligner" \words
  >> }

See on lilybin: http://lilybin.com/tnik8y/1

Commenting out the NullVoice line results in rests being where they
should be. Setting \version to "2.18.2" makes no difference.

--strk;