Thanks, No comment on the documentation. The fault is on me because I only looked at the internals of the Clef and not the Clef Modifier which was literally the next chapter.
It's one of those things I rarely use so I hadn't looked thoroughly at those specific chapters. On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 12:44 AM Jean Abou Samra <j...@abou-samra.fr> wrote: > Le 17/05/2022 à 23:38, Jean Abou Samra a écrit : > > There is also the more traditional method of looking at the > > end of the relevant section in the Notation Reference, > > namely in this case: > > > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/displaying-pitches#clef > > > > There is always a heading "See also", here it contains > > (among others): "Internals Reference: Clef_engraver, Clef, > > ClefModifier, clef-interface". > > > Oh, and actually, that section is pretty explicit: > > """ > Known issues and warnings > > Ottavation numbers attached to clefs are treated as separate grobs. > So any \override done to the Clef will also need to be applied, as > a separate \override, to the ClefModifier grob. > > [example] > """ > > To be clear, I absolutely don't want to blame anyone asking on the > lists: yes, there is a lot of material in the docs, and it's not > always easy to find your way. I am also the first person to ask > how to improve the docs. In this case, though, I think the documentation > is about as good as you can get ... > > Jean > >