From 941a7c1b49ed6d555966572bc6368c08b3da282c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gpercival Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 01:42:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fixes special quotes (not "") in lyrics. --- ChangeLog | 2 +- Documentation/user/instrument-notation.itely | 16 ++++++---------- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 5d1e0d676c..1944f274e7 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ * Documentation/user/examples.itely: remove bagpipe template. * Documentation/user/instrument-notation.itely: add bagpipe - section. + section, maybe fix quotes in lyrics. I hate text encoding. 2005-07-27 Han-Wen Nienhuys diff --git a/Documentation/user/instrument-notation.itely b/Documentation/user/instrument-notation.itely index 715357d990..1fb1bd5ec3 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/instrument-notation.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/instrument-notation.itely @@ -779,21 +779,17 @@ property commands Any @code{_} character that appears in an unquoted word is converted to a space. This provides a mechanism for introducing spaces into words -without using quotes. Quoted words can also be used in Lyrics mode to -specify words that cannot be written with the above rules. The -following example incorporates double quotes +without using quotes. -@example -\lyricmode @{ He said: "\"Let" my peo ple "go\"" @} -@end example +To enter lyrics with characters from non-English languages, or with +non-ascii characters (such as the heart symbol or slanted quotes), +simply insert the characters directly into the input file and save +it with utf-8 encoding. See @ref{Text encoding} for more info. -This example is slightly academic, since it gives better looking -results using single quotes, @code{``} and @code{''} @example -\lyricmode @{ He said: ``Let my peo ple go'' @} +\lyricmode @{ He said: “Let my peo ple go”. @} @end example - The full definition of a word start in Lyrics mode is somewhat more complex. -- 2.39.5