Re: No lyric extenders for RhythmicStaff if music comes from a variable

[Aaron Hill]

On 2018-11-27 1:22 pm, Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> consider:
>
> \version "2.19.80"
>
> Melodie = \relative g' {
>     g8 16 16 16 8.~  4 r
> }
>
> \new Staff \Melodie \addlyrics { Once there was a way __ }
>
> \new RhythmicStaff \Melodie \addlyrics { Once there was a way __ }
>
> \new Staff \relative g' { g8 16 16 16 8.~  4 r }  \addlyrics { Once
> there was a way __ }
>
> \new RhythmicStaff \relative g' { g8 16 16 16 8.~  4 r } \addlyrics {
> Once there was a way __ }
>
> As can be seen, the second example does not contain the Lyric
> extender. Why is this so, and how can I get it back? (True for 2.19.80
> as well as not-so-current master from a few weeks/months ago.)

Some curly braces seem to help:

%%%%
\new RhythmicStaff { \Melodie \addlyrics { Once there was a way __ } }
%%%%

Using \displayMusic shows that use of the variable versus the explicit 
\relative produces a different S-expression, but I am not sure where the 
fault lies.

-- Aaron Hill