Hi Urs,

On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Urs Liska <u...@openlilylib.org> wrote:

> The NR (1.2.3 "Displaying Rhythms") states that time signatures "are
> printed at the beginning of a piece and whenever the time signature
> changes."
>
> But if I write
>
> music = {
>   \time 3/4
>   R2.*4
>   \time 3/4
>   R2.
> }
>
> the time signature is printed a second time although it doesn't change (to
> my understanding)
>
> a) Is this intended behaviour? And if yes, shouldn't it be documented?
>

I would think that you should need to tell LilyPond to force the unusual
situation of a redundant time signature as it's not typical practice.  It
shouldn't be possible to do something unusual like this through oversight.


> b) How can I achieve that the time signature is only printed if it is
> actually different from the one currently in use?
>

This question came up here:
 http://www.mail-archive.com/lilypond-user@gnu.org/msg72613.html

Hopefully the engraver (see second version) still works!

c) How can I achieve the same (only displaying if really changed) for key
> signatures and clefs?
>

Possibly that engraver can be adapted.  (I can't try now as my job is
calling).

Best,
David
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