Re: lecker lek-ker in "old" German lyrics

[Mats Bengtsson]

On 03/08/2013 03:52 PM, address@hidden wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Some German lyrics from before the times of Neue Deutsche Rechtschreibung
> feature ck between two syllables. Without Hyphen it is "lecker", with hyphen
> it is "lek-ker". Using lec -- ker or lek -- ker ( on purpose not le -- cker)
> the hyphen may or may not appear. Is there anything beyond trial and error
> to avoid lec-ker or lekker?
>
> Some time ago there was an idea of introducing "lek == ker" for forcing
> a hyphen but otherwise no change to formatting compared to "lek -- ker".
> Has there happened anything since (I did not find anything in the 2.16 doc)?
The following should make it:

  \context {
    \Lyrics
    \override LyricHyphen #'minimum-distance = #1
  }


   /Mats