Re: [patch] first-clef property

[Nicolas Sceaux]

Le 7 févr. 08 à 02:49, Han-Wen Nienhuys a écrit :

> Since the incipit is a completely
> different piece of notation (eg. whose spacing and beat counting
> should not influence the main music), this should be implemented
> similiar to the hack with a \score inside the instrument name.
>
> I think the best approach is to figure out what the problems with that
> approach are, and try to solve those.

Indeed, I've been convinced by Juergen, so that's what I'm trying to
do.

I have a question.
So far, I've written an incipit engraver, which behaves just like
the instrument name engraver, except for the first system where
the incipit may be printed with the instrument name. Should there
be an incipit engraver, specializing the instrument engraver (or
a common base class), or should I add this feature right into the
instrument name engraver?

I'm asking because the impact on the user is different:
 - in the former case, one would have to use a function (eg \incipit)
to define the incipit + remove the instrument name engraver + add
the incipit engraver;
 - in the later case, one just have to define the incipit with the
dedicated music function.

nicolas