Re: centering the new Lyrics

[James Bailey]

On Dec 28, 2010, at 8:08 AM, Keith OHara wrote:

> Dear engravers of lyrics,
> 
> The next version of LilyPond will handle empty spaces within lyrics 
> differently.
> 
> If we have some adjacent lines of lyrics, version 2.12 collapses any empty 
> sections, so the set of lines collapses to the minimum vertical height.
> 
> The new system by default preserves the space for the empty sections[*], so 
> that the lines remain consistently spaced.   So far I have heard people want 
> to do two things:
> (1) let interrupted lyrics collapse to a single line,
> (2) perfectly center a line of lyrics between two staves.
> The new system is very flexible, so we can do these things (attached). But 
> the new system is complicated, so I always forget and need to relearn how to 
> use it.
> 
> I want to make a new snippet(s), or a shortcut command(s).  Do people really 
> want to do such things? What else? Is the attached .ly self-explanatory?
> --
> Keith
> 
> note[*] except between one line of Lyrics attached to the next staff #UP and 
> another line attached to the next staff #DOWN.  In this case LilyPond tries 
> to let the lyrics collapse, but there is a bug (issue 1309) that sometimes 
> prevents them from lining up perfectly.
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Woah, that looks like a lot to understand. Just a quick update of some of my 
scores, and I'm seeing some of the differences mentioned. So far, what's 
written there seems like it should be helpful, and as I have questions, I will 
certainly ask. As for the things mentioned, it might also be helpful to show a