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Comment #18 on issue 2745 by [email protected]: clef change confuses manual key
signature
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2745
The last few comments concern the Grenouille experiments and are not
relevant to that topic. The discussion has more or less cleared up that
there _is_ need for and previous scores using octave-specific key
signatures in the context of scordatura (detuned string instruments written
down in fingered rather than sounding pitch).
With regard to non-octave-specific signatures with non-standard octave
positioning, it would seem to make sense to adapt the signature printer
rather than misuse an octave-containing signature data structure.
So the documentation and the code are lacking functionality and
information. While the existing functionality is limited in scope and
ill-documented regarding what it can and cannot sensibly do, this
particular fix removes a bug in the limited functionality available.
The original bug report might contain ill-advised usage of key signatures
due to the documentation and functionality problem. This fix will probably
not help the original poster all that much to achieve his actual full goal.
It still addresses several bugs and makes that part of the functionality
that _is_ available work under more conditions.
So it should go on countdown.
