2017-12-02 17:38 GMT+01:00 SoundsFromSound <soundsfromso...@gmail.com>: > Hello list, > > I am trying to get an instrument name to show beside a staff that begins in > the middle of a passage, but I'm not having success. I've attached a > screenshot, here is the code that shows my question: > > \version "2.19.80" > > \score { > << > \new Staff = "Testing" > \with { instrumentName = "Top" } > \relative c'' { c1 | c | c | c | } > > \new StaffGroup > \relative c'' { > \new Staff \with { instrumentName = "Bottom" } > { c1 | c << > { c1 | d } > > \new Staff \with { instrumentName = "Violin" > alignAboveContext = "Testing" } > { \once \omit Staff.TimeSignature > c1 | b } > >> > } > } > >> > } > > Can someone please show me what I am doing wrong, and how I can get the > "Violin" instrument name to show up next to the topmost staff?
The stencil-procedure for InstrumentName, system-start-text::print, explecitely disallows printing an InstrumentName in the middle of a system. No clue about the reasoning. You could try: #(define-public (my-system-start-text::print grob) (let* ((orig (ly:grob-original grob)) (siblings (if (ly:grob? orig) (ly:spanner-broken-into orig) '() )) (long-text (ly:grob-property grob 'long-text #f)) (text (ly:grob-property grob 'text #f))) (cond ((and long-text (pair? siblings) (equal? grob (car siblings))) (grob-interpret-markup grob long-text)) ((and text (pair? siblings) (member grob (cdr siblings))) (grob-interpret-markup grob text)) (else (ly:grob-suicide! grob))))) \layout { \override Staff.InstrumentName.stencil = #my-system-start-text::print } \score { << \new Staff = "Testing" \with { instrumentName = "Top" } \relative c'' { c1 | c | c | \break c | } \new StaffGroup \relative c'' { \new Staff \with { instrumentName = "Bottom" } { c1 | c << { c1 | d } \new Staff \with { instrumentName = "Violin" shortInstrumentName = "Vln" alignAboveContext = "Testing" } { \once \omit Staff.TimeSignature c1 | b } >> } } >> } Though, I've also no clue about side-effects. Cheers, Harm _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user