Re: Enhancement: always print key signature grobs, even for keys with no sharps or flats

[Ralph Palmer]

On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Paul Morris <address@hidden> wrote:

> Greetings bug squad,
>
> Say you want to override all key signature grobs, either to use a
> non-standard key signature system, or to enhance the traditional key
> signature system, as in this snippet:
> http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=856
>
> ...unfortunately, for keys with no sharps or flats like C major and A
> minor, LilyPond does not always give you a key signature grob to override.
>
> For these keys LilyPond *does* put an empty (invisible) key signature grob
> at the beginning of the first line of music, and also any time the key
> changes to a key with no sharps or flats.  However, LilyPond does *not*
> include an empty key signature grob at the beginning of any lines of music
> after the first.


Greetings, Paul Morris -

Thanks for the email. This has been submitted as Issue 3615 :
https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3615

Ralph