Fwd: Possible bug? Engraving forgets symbol

[Mat Simon]

(Now forwarded to the List) - Sorry...

Hi

First, thank you for your answers!

Am 25.10.2010 13:15, schrieb Xavier Scheuer:
> No, this is not a bug.  This is standard engraving practice.
> Musicians should be aware of this convention: accidentals only apply
> to notes in the same measure and _at the same octave_.
Oh - I have been playing an instrument on hobbyist level since childhood
but
haven't done other things than "just" reading and interpreting sheet
music. ;-)
> This is by far the most common convention, IMO.
My first productive Lilypond usage was to extract a single voice from a
complete score
where I realized this by accident. - Normally I'd certainly have just
played  this octaved
c and "forgotten" about the cis before - thus played it correctly.

(After certain time you do just things unconsciously correct and get
confused when
you have to do things explicitely)
> But many other conventions exists.
Exactly that seems to apply to the complete score I extracted from ...
> You should have a look at NR 1.1.3 Displaying pitches > Automatic accidentals
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/displaying-pitches.html#automatic-accidentals
>
> and use
>   #(set-accidental-style 'modern)
> for instance.
Thank you for the hints, that will help.

Semi-OT: In general the documentation was very helpful!
At the very beginning LilyPond was quite hard but now I'm very positive
about the
quality of the output - and the speed increasement in writing in a very
short time!
Thank you for your work on LilyPond!

Best regards
- Mat