Re: How to deal with Time Signatures horizontal alignment?

[Valentin Villenave]

2007/8/9, Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden>:

> To solve *that* problem, simply change the line to
>                 \override TimeSignature #'extra-offset = #'(-2 . 7)
> and all the TS's will be over the bar line.

Yes, this is what I figured :)
But this is by no way an automatic alignment. So i'm back to my
original question: what's wrong with:
\override TimeSignature #'break-align-symbol = #'staff-bar
?

> As for your other (main) problem... Search the list archives for
> TimeSig staff threads -- there were lots of them a few months (and
> years) ago, and there were lots of solutions (including some by me)
> that address the issue (but are too complex to put here off the top
> of my head). If I have a little more time in the near future, I'll
> put together some sample workarounds for you -- no promises!  =)

This is great -- and a bit deceiving though: as far as I can see,
nobody has solved yet the problem I'm experiencing.

Oh, by the way, I've just found that you've asked another question I'm
interested in:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2006-05/msg00272.html

You see, I *can't* use a normal Staff-context TimeSignature as my
staves are always changing, so the solution you came up with is not
convenient in orchestral music.

However, it's really cool to take old issues and look for new answers!

Thank you,
Valentin