Re: Custom key signature at line break

[Thomas Morley]

2012/9/7 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
> Thomas Morley <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> 2012/9/6 Janne Uusitalo <address@hidden>:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> if I typeset a key change from b major to g major, f remains sharp and
>>> LilyPond prints out the naturals necessary for c, g, d, and a. Makes
>>> perfect sense, but the standard I'm required to follow has it that an
>>> extra # for fis should precede the group of naturals.
>
> [...]
>
>> at the end of a line I'd change the order in which KeyCancellation and
>> KeySignature appears. This requires some new settings in KeySignature
>> 'space-alist and BreakAlignment 'break-align-orders.
>
> [lots]
>
>> Seems to work with all tested versions (2.12.3 up to 2.17.2)
>> The code is mostly copied from an old file of mine, I hope I didn't
>> overlook anything.
>
> If "the code is mostly copied from an old file" of yours, this sounds
> like Janne has needed to "follow some standard", and you needed to do so
> previously as well.

Not really. My file followed a different aim, but I had to use quite
similar code.

> So it would appear like a request that is not
> unheard of, and LilyPond should likely provide an easier way to support
> this style.
>
> Do you have a suggestion how this could be fit into LilyPond?

Well, I'd prefer to wait for a reply of Janne whether my proposal
really fits to his needs.

> With
> LaTeX, one would likely make this the topic of a style package and load
> it with \usepackage, possibly with several possible options to select
> various variants of key changes.
>
> --
> David Kastrup
>

-Harm