Re: Adds incipit section to NR (issue 108270043 by address@hidden)

[dak]

On 2014/08/21 17:50:15, Trevor Daniels wrote:
> Let's see if I understand the issue here.

> Because the incipit is generated as a separate score hidden inside a
music
> function it is not possible to use the usual override mechanism to
change any
> values set inside the music function, including the value of
> InstrumentName.self-aligment-X.  The default value of self-aligment-X
is CENTER,
> but it is set to RIGHT within the music function because it is thought
this
> makes the incipit look better.  Since the user cannot change it, it is
important
> that the value chosen is optimum.

> The problem I see arises when the user has a standard for the position
of
> InstrumentName which is different from whatever is set in the incipit
music
> function.  A publisher will want to maintain his house style whatever
that is,
> and will want incipits to follow that.  So in my view it is essential
that a
> means to change the position of InstrumentName for incipits is highly
desirable.
>   David has suggested one way of achieving this, albeit by a rather
inelegant
> approach.  I think the means of achieving this needs to be explored
further.

> Trevor

As long as the \incipit does not contain any grace notes, it should
likely work to change the alignment via
\incipit { \override Staff.InstrumentName.self-alignment-X = #... }
In contrast to the \with solution, one would need to explicitly specify
Staff or MensuralStaff.  As opposed to having the
InstrumentName.self-alignment-X taken from the Staff _containing_ the
\incipit (I proposed some mechanisms to do that on the developer list),
either way of overriding the InstrumentName alignment from one of
\incipit's arguments would require documentation.

I definitely would prefer the solution siphoning off the alignment from
the outer Staff since the incipit being a score environment of its own
is an implementation detail, and the less the user needs to think about
its internals, the better.

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