Thanks Martin, I’ll try this Damian
> On 9 Nov 2020, at 14:04, Martin Neubauer <mrtn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Damian, > > During the summer I spent some time diving into the edition engraver > myself and also noticed that some classes of mods didn't work on the > first downbeat while others did. (I don't remember exactly which ones > were problematic, but I can look it up later.) My workaround was to > insert '\grace s8' at the beginning. (The actual duration shouldn't > matter, but too long ones might add noticeable empty space.) > > Hope that helps somewhat, > Martin > >> On 06/11/2020 17:40, damianlegassick wrote: >> Hi >> >> >> I can't persuade edition-engraver to add an \editionMod starting on the >> downbeat of the first bar. I can't even do it with the example.ly from >> the repo (is that why there's an R1 at the top?). >> >> >> any clues for a workaround or am I being dumb? >> >> >> Damian >