Re: Weirdness with \set associatedVoice

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Gerdau" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>; "David Wright" <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2018 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: Weirdness with \set associatedVoice


> Hi David,
>
> > > Is my understanding of what \set associatedVoice does flawed or is this 
> > > a bug?
> >
> > Without exactly working through the interaction with staff as opposed
> > to voice, you should know that "\one one" has never worked: the
> > set associated voice command has to be placed one syllable *earlier*
> > than the point in the lyrics where it takes effect. I assume there are
> > good reasons for this and that it won't change.
> >
> > See if making that change has the desired effect.
>
> thank you for your response and basically confirming the observed 
> behaviour.
>
> I had discovered that placing \set associatedVoice "one syllable too 
> early" does create the desired result and always assumed that is a bug.
>
> To my eyes it certainly is counter intuitive. Maybe someone knowing the 
> rationale behind it could explain the reason?!
> Don't know if it is documented but IMO the behaviour should be changed if 
> at all possible.
>
> Kind regards,
> Michael
> --

See https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/1354/

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Phil Holmes