Re: I want ledger lines in middle of staff, or dashed staff lines

[Kevin Dalley]

Thanks.

I'm starting to go with some C++ hacking.  I can get the extra ledger
lines as long as I don't need them, when the note is outside of the
staff and normal ledger lines are created, as you mentioned.  I
haven't yet lied to LilyPond about whether the note is outside the
staff, but I'll think about it.

Is it worth adding a s separate ledger class for these ledgers,
perhaps subclassing from the current class?  That way normal staffs
don't need to worry about the code, only odd ones.  Though I added an
engraver for the chromatic staff, I'm not sure it is *really* an
engraver, it just changes the position of the notes.  It does work,
however.

I'm having trouble figuring out how to add a ledger style class.
Perhaps I'll just add it to my staff and see what happens.

Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden> writes:

> As far as I can see from the implementation, the ledger lines are only
> typeset if the note pitch is outside the staff, so some C++ hacking would
> be needed to get a clean solution for you. It should be possible to fool
> LilyPond, though, by typesetting the note heads one octave too high
> (for example) so they get ledger lines, and then move everything back to
> the desired position using extra-offset for all involved layout objects.