Re: Opening parentheses in lyrics don't appear

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philip Thomas" <address@hidden>
To: "'Phil Holmes'" <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 2:33 PM
Subject: RE: Opening parentheses in lyrics don't appear


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Phil Holmes [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: Monday 11 June 2012 15:13
> > To: Philip Thomas; address@hidden
> > Subject: Re: Opening parentheses in lyrics don't appear
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Philip Thomas" <address@hidden>
> > To: <address@hidden>
> > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 2:04 PM
> > Subject: Opening parentheses in lyrics don't appear
> >
> >
> > > Dear fellow-users,
> > >
> > > I'm working on a vocal piece in which some lyrics are in parentheses,
> > but
> > > the opening parentheses don't appear in the output PDF file. The
> > closing
> > > parentheses are fine. By way of example, here's a couple of bars from
> > the
> > > piece:
> > >
> > > ================
> > >
> > > \version "2.14.2"
> > >
> > > \relative c'
> > >
> > > <<
> > > \new Voice = "melody" {
> > >  \time 12/8
> > >  fis2.( f |
> > >  a4.) a4 g8 g4 f8 f4. |
> > > }
> > > \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" {
> > >  blue __ (oo -- by -- doo -- by -- doo)
> > > }
> > > > >
> > >
> > > ================
> > >
> > > I have looked but haven't succeeded in finding a reference to this in
> > the
> > > documentation or on the forum, but at this stage I don't feel
> > confident in
> > > reporting it as a bug. Any advice would be appreciated. Apologies, as
> > > usual,
> > > if I've missed an existing solution or explanation.
> > >
> > > BTW, I know that I can solve the problem with a work-around, e.g.
> > > enclosing
> > > the syllable concerned in quotes as "(oo" produces the correct result,
> > but
> > > it's not a very elegant solution, especially for repeated instances.
> >
> >
> > I found I had to use the "(word" solution - I use a regex in my
> > application
> > that creates lilypond code to do just this.
> >
> > --
> > Phil Holmes
>
> Thanks Phil,
>
> Especially for a reply within minutes, if not mere seconds, from when I
> posed the question!
>
> Not quite the reply I was hoping for, but at least it suggests that I'm 
> not
> barking up the wrong tree completely.
>
> (If I were game enough, I might admit that when I first glanced at your
> reference to the "(word" solution, I took you to mean MS Word, which can 
> be
> quite handy, using macros, in working on .ly text files to do this sort of
> task. But I'm not game enough.)
>
> If other experienced users have encountered the same problem with opening
> parentheses in lyrics, this seems to me to be significant enough to be
> reported as a bug, but I'm not experienced in reporting "real" bugs as
> distinct from apparent errors in the documentation. Would that be making a
> mountain of a molehill?
>
> Cheers, Philip


It was mentioned in earlier emails (as in lots of years ago) as a possible 
bug, since you can't have slurs in lyrics.  I think I'll send a report to 
the bugs group.

--
Phil Holmes