On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Michael Ellis
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> Just a thought. Nikolay, does it make sense to add the underlines after the
> fact with a PDF editor? Or do you hav e hundreds of items to underline?
> Cheers,
> Mike
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Nikolay Kirov <
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>>
>> Yes,
>> Reinhold explained more precisely the problem -
>> I want to underline several syllables of several notes, but all in one
>> go, i.e. the underline line should not be broken, but span several
>> syllables.
>> Unfortunately, it seems this is not possible in the current version of
>> LilyPond.
>>
>> Thanks for answers,
>> Nikolay
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Reinhold Kainhofer
>> <
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>> > Am Donnerstag, 30. Dezember 2010, um 18:02:25 schrieb Federico Bruni:
>> >> If you want a continuous line you should put the text inside "".
>> >
>> > I don't think that's what Nikolay actually wants. I think he wants the
>> > exact
>> > opposite: He wants to underline several consecutive syllables (assigned
>> > to
>> > several consecutive notes), without having to wrap each of the syllables
>> > in
>> > \markup{\underline ...}.
>> >
>> > AFAICS, that's currently not possible in LilyPond, since the \underline
>> > command does not set some font property, but rather explicitly
>> > constructs a
>> > line with the extents of the given markup.
>> >
>> > Cheers.
>> > Reinhold
>> >
>> > PS: Actually, re-reading his request again, I think what he really wants
>> > is to
>> > underline several syllables of several notes, but all in one go, i.e.
>> > the
>> > underline line should not be broken, but span several syllables.
>> >
>> > As each syllable is a markup on its own, this could only be properly
>> > implemented by a spanner, so one would need to write a dedicated
>> > engraver for
>> > underlined lyrics...
>> >
>> >
>> >> Il giorno 30/dic/2010 11.55, "Nikolay Kirov" <
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>> >> scritto:
>> >> > Hello all,
>> >> >
>> >> > I have a task to underline a part of the text in \addlyrics block.
>> >> > I found
>> >> > \addlyrics{ aa- \markup { \underline bb- } cc- dd }
>> >> > and it works but underline only one item.
>> >> > Repeating this pattern does not solve the task because I need a
>> >> > continuous
>> >>
>> >> line.
>> >>
>> >> > The syntax
>> >> > \addlyrics{ aa- \markup { \underline bb- cc- dd } ee }
>> >> > does not work.
>> >> >
>> >> > Cheers,
>> >> > Nikolay
>> >> >
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