Re: hyphen syntax

[David Kastrup]

Simon Albrecht <address@hidden> writes:

> On 17.02.2016 15:58, David Kastrup wrote:
>> Dan Eble<address@hidden>  writes:
>>
>>>> >>On Feb 17, 2016, at 05:18 , Jean-Charles
>>>> >> Malahieude<address@hidden> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Le 14/02/2016 20:41, Dan Eble a écrit :
>>>>> >>>Are there technical limitations that require typing a double hyphen
>>>>> >>>to hyphenate lyrics?  Why not just one?
>>>>> >>>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Technically, I don't know. But, in terms of coherence, I would leave
>>>> >>it as it is:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>one hyphen is treated as one syllable, just like one underscore
>>>> >>"skips" one (group of) note
>>> >
>>> >But is it useful for a bare hyphen to be treated as a syllable?  I
>>> >don’t recall having seen any examples of that.
>> It is rather common for skipping syllables in multiple stanzas since an
>> isolated - is equivalent to " ".
>
> It’s an isolated _ (underscore) you mean.

I do mean an isolated dash, I am just wrong about it.

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David Kastrup