Re: [Lilypond-auto] Issue 2745 in lilypond: clef change confuses manual key signature

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Comment #18 on issue 2745 by address@hidden: 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.