From: Graham Percival Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 04:16:24 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Simple changes to instrument-notation; thanks Valentin! X-Git-Tag: release/2.11.28-1~36 X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1a726f4ac10d4e33d508fec1dc646c0e82fe7ce5;p=lilypond.git Simple changes to instrument-notation; thanks Valentin! --- diff --git a/Documentation/user/instrument-notation.itely b/Documentation/user/instrument-notation.itely index 3651387887..8802245e29 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/instrument-notation.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/instrument-notation.itely @@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ introduced in @ref{Entering lyrics}. @cindex spaces, in lyrics @cindex quotes, in lyrics -Lyrics are entered in a special input mode. This mode is introduced +Lyrics are entered in a special input mode, which can be introduced by the keyword @code{\lyricmode}, or by using @code{\addlyrics} or @code{\lyricsto}. In this mode you can enter lyrics, with punctuation and accents, and the input @code{d} is not parsed as @@ -777,15 +777,21 @@ or @code{\lyricsto}. For more details see @ref{The Lyrics context}. A word or syllable of lyrics begins with an alphabetic character, and ends with any space or digit. The following characters can be any character -that is not a digit or white space. One important consequence of this -is that a word can end with @code{@}}. The following example is -usually a mistake in the input file. The syllable includes a @code{@}}, so -the -opening brace is not balanced +that is not a digit or white space. + +Any character that is not a digit or white space will be regarded as +part of the syllable; one important consequence of this is that a word +can end with @code{@}}, which often leads to the following mistake: + @example -\lyricmode @{ twinkle@} +\lyricmode @{ lah- lah@} @end example +In this example, the @code{@}} is included in the final syllable, so the +opening brace is not balanced and the input file will probably not +compile. + + @funindex \property in \lyricmode @noindent