Re: lyrics problems: Bar_engraver, ß (SS), ü, hyphens

[Mats Bengtsson]

Russ Ross wrote:
> I've just compiled Lilypond 2.3.18 and noticed a couple of differences
> in lyrics output:
>
> Before (in 2.2.x) I'd put this in my \paper section to prevent lyrics
> overlapping bar lines:
>     \context \LyricsContext \consists "Bar_engraver"
> convert-ly changes \LyricsContext to \Lyrics but this no longer seems
> to work.  I now have lyrics overlapping bar lines in numerous old
> scores.

This bug is easily confirmed at
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.3/input/regression/out-www/collated-files.html#lyrics-bar.ly

> The second things I noticed was with the German ß character which now
> seems to be rendered SS.  Not sure if this is a problem with my setup,
> or a bug that has been introduced to Lilypond.  I'm including ß
> directly, not using some variation of the TeX/LaTeX \SS.  \"u used to
> give a ü character, but now it seems to give a u with a hyphen (or
> something) overlapping it.  Has the syntax for these changed, or do I
> have something wrong in my setup?

It's a known bug in 2.3.18 that the font encoding isn't handled
correctly.

> Finally, hyphens within words are not always displaying properly. 
> Where before they would be centered between two syllables, now they
> sometimes stick to the second syllable.

I don't think I have seen this problem. Could you find an example?

   /Mats