Re: Key signature and key cancellation need to be aligned

[Thomas Morley]

2015-01-27 12:56 GMT+01:00 David Sumbler <address@hidden>:
> I use Staff.printKeyCancellation = ##f in my score.
>
> At one point the key changes from C major (concert) to C minor.  As the
> piece is for a standard saxophone quartet, this means that 2 of the
> instruments change from D major (notated) to D minor, and the other 2
> change from A major to A minor.
>
> A minor, of course, is the "open" key with no sharps or flats, and,
> notwithstanding the negation of printKeyCancellation, Lilypond correctly
> prints a key cancellation at this point on the 2 staves that require it.
>
> The other 2 parts, in which the key changes from 2 sharps to 1 flat,
> correctly do not get a key cancellation.
>
> So far, so good.
>
> The problem is that the actual key signatures on the 2 staves that have
> them are not vertically aligned with the key cancellations on the other
> 2 staves.  Instead, they are printed after the key cancellations.  In
> other words, each of the 2 key signatures is printed as if there were an
> invisible key cancellation preceding it on the stave.  This looks wrong,
> and I should like them to appear above and below the actual key
> cancellations on the other 2 staves.
>
> I have experimented with changing KeySignature.X-offset (which had no
> effect) and KeySignature.extra-offset.  The latter works, but
> unfortunately the position of the time signature and music which follow
> remain unchanged, so that there is now an unnecessary gap after the key
> signatures/cancellations.
>
> How can I get the effect I want, and get Lilypond to take account of the
> change in the position of the key signatures?
>
> David


Hi David,

how about a minimal example?

-Harm