force printing first chord on newline

chord_settings.ly

@@ -139,43 +139,32 @@ generalLayout = \layout {
         }
      #}))
 
-% If you add this engraver to ChordNames Context chords get only printed on chordchanges and not at newline.
-% See https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2020-07/msg00187.html
-Ignoring_newline_chord_changes_engraver =
+% If you add this engraver to ChordNames Context chords get only printed on chordchanges and if its the first chord after line break.
+Ensure_first_chord_after_line_break_printed_engraver =
   #(lambda (ctx)
-    (let* ((chord #f)
-           (last-chord #f))
-
-   (define (at-line-beginning? grob)
-     (let* ((col (ly:item-get-column grob))
-            (ln (ly:grob-object col 'left-neighbor))
-            (col-to-check (if (ly:grob? ln) ln col)))
-       (and (eq? #t (ly:grob-property col-to-check 'non-musical))
-            (= 1 (ly:item-break-dir col-to-check)))))
-
+     (define last-system-column-rank 0)
      (make-engraver
       (acknowledgers
        ((chord-name-interface this-engraver grob source-engraver)
+          (ly:grob-set-property! grob 'after-line-breaking
+            (lambda (grob)
+              (let ((current-system-column-rank (car (ly:grob-spanned-column-rank-interval (ly:grob-system grob)))))
+                (if (and
+                       (ly:context-property ctx 'chordChanges #f)
+                       (ly:grob-property grob 'begin-of-line-visible #f)
+                       (not (= last-system-column-rank current-system-column-rank)))
+                  ; the current chord handling implementation in lilypond uses 'begin-of-line-visible to mark repeated chords
+                  (ly:grob-set-property! grob 'begin-of-line-visible #f))
+                (set! last-system-column-rank current-system-column-rank)
+                (ly:chord-name::after-line-breaking grob)
+                )))))))
 
-         (if chord
-             (begin
-               (set! last-chord chord)
-               (set! chord #f)))
-
-         (set! chord (ly:grob-property grob 'text))
-
-         ;; If two subsequent chords are equal and chordChanges is enabled,
-         ;; set 'after-line-breaking to a procedure which sets the stencil
-         ;; to an empty-stencil if the new chord is at line-start.
-         (if (and (equal? chord last-chord)
-                  (ly:context-property ctx 'chordChanges #f))
-             (ly:grob-set-property! grob 'after-line-breaking
-               (lambda (grob)
-                 (if (at-line-beginning? grob)
-                     (ly:grob-set-property! grob 'stencil empty-stencil))
-                 ;; keep default
-                 (ly:chord-name::after-line-breaking grob))))))
-      ((finalize this-engraver)
-        ;; house keeping
-        (set! chord #f)
-        (set! last-chord #f)))))
+% If you add this engraver to ChordNames Context chords get only printed on chordchanges and not at newline.
+Ignoring_newline_chord_changes_engraver =
+  #(lambda (ctx)
+     (make-engraver
+      (acknowledgers
+       ((chord-name-interface this-engraver grob source-engraver)
+         (when (and (ly:context-property ctx 'chordChanges #f) (ly:grob-property grob 'begin-of-line-visible #f))
+                  (ly:grob-suicide! grob)
+                )))))

verses_with_chords.ly

@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
               \ChordNames
               \override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-affinity = ##f
               \override ChordName.extra-spacing-width = #'(-0.1 . 0.1)
-              \consists \Ignoring_newline_chord_changes_engraver
+              \consists \Ensure_first_chord_after_line_break_printed_engraver
             }
             \context {
               \Score