Re: Many staff contexts do not nest

[David Kastrup]

Abraham Lee <address@hidden> writes:

> On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Richard Shann
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Perhaps the following could be added to the Nested Staff Groups
>> section
>> of the page
>> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/displaying-staves
>>
>> "By default Piano Staff, Grand Staff and Staff Group can be nested
>> inside a Choir Staff and any of these can be nested inside a Staff
>> Group."
>> perhaps immediately before the sentence "New nested staff group
>> contexts
>> can be defined."
>> Thanks for the clarifications, I see what I can reasonably check now.
>>
>> Richard
>>
> Well, it's not that other combinations CAN'T be nested at all, because
> you've shown that they can. It's just that the corresponding
> braces/brackets may not appear like one would expect them to. 

No, if they are not accepted, they are created outside of the
non-accepting staff.

> Not sure how to clarify this in the docs, but I think this must also
> be mentioned somehow. There's something in the behavior of "\accepts"
> that still allows them to be present, but the nomenclature makes it
> sound like they shouldn't be.
>
> Is it must me or is that a little weird...

Here is a diagram.

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David Kastrup