Re: Not enough space between certain words

[Wilbert Berendsen]

Op zondag 26 december 2010 schreef Michael:

> I am working on another liturgical piece of music, and it has a refrain

> that ends with the word: Alleluia! In most cases, that word is getting

> scrunched up, and the dashes are not visible. The rest of the piece is

> fine, except for that part. Could anyone help, please? Attached is the

> current version of the file.

Add this:

\layout {

  \context {

    \Score

    \override SpacingSpanner #'packed-spacing = ##f

  }

  \context {

    \Lyrics

    \override LyricHyphen #'minimum-distance = #0.6

    \override LyricSpace #'minimum-distance = #0.6

  }

} 

just below the \include "gregorian.ly" .

The first incantation will improve the note spacing which is changed to the gregorian default style by gregorian.ly, and the second one forces a minimum distance between syllabes with and without hyphens, so that they do not disappear. Of course you can experiment with the vaules.

best regards,

Wilbert Berendsen

--

Frescobaldi, LilyPond editor for KDE: http://www.frescobaldi.org/

Nederlands LilyPond forum: http://www.lilypondforum.nl/