From 278efb461e1e695adab5de3dc22b8eafb6653920 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Campbell Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:04:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] DOC: NR 2.1.1 Entering Lyrics - Formatting lyrics Adds a note about using \markup to format lyric syllables, in response to issue #1445 --- Documentation/notation/vocal.itely | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/notation/vocal.itely b/Documentation/notation/vocal.itely index 02fbb7b95c..47d60222a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/notation/vocal.itely +++ b/Documentation/notation/vocal.itely @@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ Snippets: @cindex lyrics, entering @cindex entering lyrics +@cindex formatting in lyrics +@cindex lyrics, formatting @cindex punctuation in lyrics @cindex lyrics punctuation @cindex spaces in lyrics @@ -196,6 +198,16 @@ combination of a backslash followed by one of @code{`}, @code{'}, @c " to balance double quotes for not-so-bright context-sensitive editors +Great control over the appearance of lyrics comes from using +@code{\markup} inside the lyrics themselves. For explanation of many +options, see @ref{Formatting text}. + +@snippets + +@lilypondfile[verbatim,lilyquote,ragged-right,texidoc,doctitle] +{formatting-lyrics-syllables.ly} + + @seealso Learning Manual: @rlearning{Songs}. @@ -203,6 +215,7 @@ Learning Manual: Notation Reference: @ref{Automatic syllable durations}, @ref{Fonts}, +@ref{Formatting text}, @ref{Input modes}, @ref{Manual syllable durations}, @ref{Text encoding}. @@ -210,6 +223,8 @@ Notation Reference: Internals Reference: @rinternals{LyricText}. +Snippets: +@rlsr{Text} @node Aligning lyrics to a melody @unnumberedsubsubsec Aligning lyrics to a melody -- 2.39.2