input/regression/lyric-hyphen-retain.ly

   1 \header {
   2
   3   texidoc = "The minimum distance between lyrics is determined by the
   4 @code{minimum-distance} of @code{LyricHyphen} and
   5 @code{LyricSpace}.
   6
   7 The ideal length of a hyphen is determined by its @code{length}
   8 property, but it may be shortened down to @code{minimum-length} in
   9 tight situations. If in this it still does not fit, the hyphen will be
  10 omitted.
  11
  12 Like all overrides within @code{\\lyricsto} and @code{\\addlyrics}, the
  13 effect of a setting is delayed is one syllable."
  14
  15 }
  16
  17 \version "2.12.0"
  18
  19 \layout {
  20   ragged-right = ##t
  21 }
  22
  23
  24 \relative c'' {
  25   \time 2/4
  26   c32 c c c
  27   c32 c c c
  28   c32 c c c
  29   c32 c c c
  30   c32 c c c
  31 }
  32 \addlyrics
  33 {
  34   %% tight spacing: hyphen disappears
  35   syl -- lab word
  36
  37   %% increase minimum-distance: forces more space, so hyphen reappears
  38   \override LyricHyphen #'minimum-distance = #1.0
  39   syl -- lab word
  40
  41   %% minimum-distance 0 for LyricSpace: this places words next to each other.
  42   \override LyricSpace #'minimum-distance = #0.0
  43   syl -- lab word
  44 }