Re: NR incorrect now?

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Kastrup" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: NR incorrect now?


> "Phil Holmes" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > The NR says "In accordance with standard typesetting rules, a natural
> > sign is printed before a sharp or flat if a previous accidental on the
> > same note needs to be canceled. To change this behavior, set the
> > extraNatural property to f in the Staff context."
> >
> > Following http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1481 I
> > believe this is no longer exact.  Anyone disagree?
>
> Huh?  The above passage does not seem to apply to key signatures at all.
> And indeed issue 1481 was about not letting extraNatural influence key
> signatures.
>
> Key signatures are not "accidentals".  They are at best "accidentals
> waiting to happen".
>
> --
> David Kastrup

I may have got the bug-fix wrong, but the behaviour changed between 2.14.0 
and 2.14.2 and I don't think the NR properly documents current behaviour.

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