Re: Chord names collide with span bar

On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 2:30 PM Werner LEMBERG <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I think I've found the real fix for the problem.  Suddenly remembering
> that we already have the `Span_bar_stub_engraver` to handle exactly
> such situations I wondered why it works for lyrics but not for chord
> names.  Comparing the definitions of the two contexts in
> `engraver-init.ly` I found out that the `Pure_from_neighbor_engraver`
> was missing, and adding it seems to do the trick.
>
>
> ```
> \version "2.25.13"
>
> \layout {
>   \context {
>     \ChordNames
>     \consists Pure_from_neighbor_engraver
>   }
> }
>
> \score {
>   \new GrandStaff <<
>     \new Staff \relative { c''4 c c c | c c c c }
>     \new ChordNames \chordmode { c2. q8. des16:maj9 | q1 }
>     \new Staff { \improvisationOn b'4 4 4 8. 16~ | 4 4 4 4 }
>   >>
> }
> ```
>
>
> Since I don't have experience with chord names I ask users who need
> this feature to check whether it works as expected in general.
>

It works like a charm in my source!  Thanks for researching this.


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Knute Snortum