Re: Clef positioning and key signatures

[David Kastrup]

"Phil Holmes" <address@hidden> writes:

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Kastrup" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2013 12:30 PM
> Subject: Re: Clef positioning and key signatures
>
>
>> "Phil Holmes" <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> If I shift the position of the clef, and make an associated change to
>>> the position of middle C, I'd expect the key signature to move, but it
>>> doesn't. Am I not doing something, doing something wrong, or is this a
>>> bug?
>>>
>>> { \key f \major c'1 }
>>> { \set Staff.clefPosition = #0 \set Staff.middleCPosition = #-4 \key f
>>> \major c'1 }
>>
>> You need to set middleCClefPosition as well.  In key-engraver.cc we have
>>
>>      /* Use middleCClefPosition rather than middleCPosition, because cue
>>       * notes with a different clef will modify middleCPosition. The
>>       * Key signature, however, should still be printed at the original
>>       * position. */
>
>
> Thanks.  Looks like a documentation bug to me - this isn't mentioned
> at
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/displaying-pitches
> where the other variables are documented.

I don't really like the name of this variable.

-- 
David Kastrup