On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 4:15 PM David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote: > > Knute Snortum <[email protected]> writes: > > > Hello community, > > > > I think I've found an inconsistency between the 2.22 documentation and > > LilyPond's actual behavior. If you go to the Automatic Accidental > > page... > > > > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/displaying-pitches#automatic-accidentals > > > > ...and scroll down the "piano" section, you will see this sentence: > > > > "This accidental style applies to the current GrandStaff or PianoStaff > > by default." [example snipped] > > Yes. The default accidental style is not piano. But if you specify > \accidentalStyle piano, it will apply to the current > PianoStaff/GrandStaff context as opposed to other accidental styles > which only apply to the current Staff.
That clarifies things, thanks. What would you think about changing the documentation to say something like, "If this accidental style is applied to a Staff, it will apply to all staves within the enclosing PianoStaff or GrandStaff"?
