Re: instrumentName in StaffGroup

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

Am Freitag, 14. Januar 2011, um 13:16:34 schrieb Federico Bruni:
> I found the information, sorry for the noise:
> 
> "To add instrument names to other contexts (such as GrandStaff, ChoirStaff,
> or StaffGroup), Instrument_name_engraver must be added to that context. For
> details, see Modifying context
> plug-ins<http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/modifying-con
> text-plug_002dins> ."
> 
> It's where it was expected to be:
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/writing-parts#instrume
> nt-names

To be honest, I don't understand, why the Instrument_name_engraver is not 
added to all staff group contexts by default. It is a very simple engraver, so 
it would not induce much overhead. And it does not have any side effects. On 
the other hand, it happens regularly that you want a staff group to display an 
instrument name, too.

I don't see any argument against adding the engraver also to all staff groups. 
(I'm already doing that in my orchestrallily package, so I can tell from my 
experience that I'm not running into any problem).

From a user's point of view, if he sets an instrument name, he wants it to be 
shown, and if he doesn't set an instrument name, the engraver will not do 
anything, anyway.
So, from that POV, the sane thing would be to add it to staff groups, too.

Are there any objections from the other developers?

If not, I'll prepare a patch.

Cheers,
Reinhold

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