RE: Opening parentheses in lyrics don't appear

[Philip Thomas]

Philip Thomas wrote:

>> Dear fellow-users,
>>
>> I'm working on a vocal piece in which some lyrics are in parentheses, but
>> the opening parentheses don't appear in the output PDF file. The closing
>> parentheses are fine. By way of example, here's a couple of bars from the
>> piece:

Phil Holmes wrote:

>You may like to check and eventually test David's work on
>http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2598
>
>--
>Phil Holmes

Thanks, developers, for addressing the matter -- and so quickly, at that.
But the likes of me test it? Would that involve downloading a "patch"?
Pretty scary. Some day maybe I'll get to that stage, but not just yet. For
the moment I'm content to luxuriate in a state of grateful and lazy trust,
and await v.2.16. :)

Cheers, Philip