Re: Default accidental style for PianoStaff

[Knute Snortum]

On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 4:15 PM David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> Knute Snortum <ksnortum@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hello community,
> >
> > I think I've found an inconsistency between the 2.22 documentation and
> > LilyPond's actual behavior.  If you go to the Automatic Accidental
> > page...
> >
> > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/displaying-pitches#automatic-accidentals
> >
> > ...and scroll down the "piano" section, you will see this sentence:
> >
> > "This accidental style applies to the current GrandStaff or PianoStaff
> > by default."
[example snipped]
>
> Yes.  The default accidental style is not piano.  But if you specify
> \accidentalStyle piano, it will apply to the current
> PianoStaff/GrandStaff context as opposed to other accidental styles
> which only apply to the current Staff.

That clarifies things, thanks.

What would you think about changing the documentation to say something
like, "If this accidental style is applied to a Staff, it will apply
to all staves within the enclosing PianoStaff or GrandStaff"?