Re: quoted text in lyric

[Mats Bengtsson]

The LaTeX syntax for a double quote is ''quoted text``, at least
to typeset the quotes according to English typesetting standards.
So, one solution for you is to simply write
''the quot- ed text``

In order to convince LilyPond to pass a double quote in lyrics into
the generated LaTeX file, you have to say "\"text\"".

   /Mats

Stan Sanderson wrote:
> A phrase in a lyric is quoted. Lilypond interprets "text" to have two 
> ending (smart) quotes rather than
> a) a beginning quote, text, an ending quote (which is preferred) or,
> b) plain straight quotes.
>
> I tried using backslashes \"text\" but got the same results.
>
> I didn't find an answer in the archives- I'd be grateful for any 
> suggestions.
>
> Thanks-
>
> Stan
>
>
>
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