Re: ChoirStaff - InstrumentName problems

[Bertalan Fodor]

Mats Bengtsson wrote:

> Citerar Bertalan Fodor <address@hidden>:
>
>  
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've found some problems in Instrument_name_engraver that make severe
> > limitations on ChoirStaff (GrandStaff etc.) "instrument names".
> >
> > - \RemoveEmptyStaffContext does not remove instrument name on these staves.
> >    
>
> Of course not, since \RemoveEmptyStaffContext only redefines what
> happens to an ordinary Staff, not to a ChoirStaff or whatever.
> The solution is to do the same redefinition of the ChoirStaff as
> the \RemoveEmptyStaffContext does to the Staff context. See my
> recent email on the same problem for RhythmicStaffContext (Graham
> did some clarifications in the manual too).
>
>  
OK, that's fine. I'm just always thinking some OO way :-) (

> > - Lyrics staff gets counted for setting the position of the instrument
> > name in situations like this:
> > \new ChoirStaff << \new Staff { c c } \new Lyrics { La -- la } \new
> > Staff { R1 } >>
> > It is a problem if the empty staff is removed.
> >    
>
> Seems more like a philosophical question on if the lyrics should
> be viewed as a part of the ChoirStaff or not, but I see your point.
>
>  
Actually this is an aesthetical problem :-) And if I want the lyrics to 
be in the middle, I have to declare it between the the two staves, don't I?

\new ChoirStaff << \new Staff { c c } \context Lyrics = mylyrics { s1 } 
\new Staff { R1 } >>