Re: Hiding empty staves

2016-06-02 Thread Jacques Menu Muzhic
Hello Andrew, From a previous thread: %%% \version "2.19.25" %{ \RemoveEmptyStaves does not work primarily because \PianoStaff has the Keep_alive_together_engraver. You should remove that one (or not use \PianoStaff) and then invoke only the second Staff as \new Staff \with { \RemoveEmpt

Re: Hiding empty staves

2016-06-02 Thread Malte Meyn
Am 03.06.2016 um 06:39 schrieb David Wright: On Thu 02 Jun 2016 at 21:14:17 (-0400), Andrew Bernard wrote: I have a two stave piece using a PianoStaff. In some sections I need to hide the unused lower stave for a number of bars. Using \RemoveEmptyStaves or \RemoveAllmptyStaves does nothing. Th

Re: Hiding empty staves

2016-06-02 Thread David Wright
On Thu 02 Jun 2016 at 21:14:17 (-0400), Andrew Bernard wrote: > I have a two stave piece using a PianoStaff. In some sections I need to > hide the unused lower stave for a number of bars. Using \RemoveEmptyStaves > or \RemoveAllmptyStaves does nothing. There are only spacer rests in the > staff in

Hiding empty staves

2016-06-02 Thread Andrew Bernard
I have a two stave piece using a PianoStaff. In some sections I need to hide the unused lower stave for a number of bars. Using \RemoveEmptyStaves or \RemoveAllmptyStaves does nothing. There are only spacer rests in the staff in question. The NR in Section A.20 says these functions 'Remove staves

hiding empty staves until they are needed

2013-04-28 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Hello. In lily pond i am creating my final assignment for the semester. Yee! lol! except not. I don't want to write rests and i plan on maybe writing out the repeats. I don't now yet. I want to though hide empty staves until they are needed, then hide the staves again. I saw this in a choir sc

Re: hiding empty staves

2007-05-09 Thread fiëé visuëlle
Am 2007-05-07 um 03:28 schrieb Bryan Stanbridge: In LP 2.6 I could hide empty staves (also in the first system) with \layout { \context { \RemoveEmptyStaffContext } } Can't remember if I also needed \set Score . skipBars = ##t In LP 2.10 an empty stave in the first system is only hidden with \ove

Re: hiding empty staves

2007-05-07 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Quoting fiëé visuëlle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Ahoi! In LP 2.6 I could hide empty staves (also in the first system) with \layout { \context { \RemoveEmptyStaffContext } } Can't remember if I also needed \set Score . skipBars = ##t In LP 2.10 an empty stave in the first system is only hidden with

hiding empty staves

2007-05-06 Thread fiëé visuëlle
Ahoi! In LP 2.6 I could hide empty staves (also in the first system) with \layout { \context { \RemoveEmptyStaffContext } } Can't remember if I also needed \set Score . skipBars = ##t In LP 2.10 an empty stave in the first system is only hidden with \override Score . VerticalAxisGroup #'remove-

Re: Hiding empty staves

2007-01-19 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Rutger wrote: Dear all, I don't know whether this will be helpful at all, or whether it will just be some silly remark from an inexperienced user, but at least it may prevent future inexperienced users from making the same mistake: I have been struggling with the same problem as Bob, and at f

Re: Hiding empty staves

2007-01-18 Thread Rutger
s why they are not hidden. Best, Rutger -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Hiding-empty-staves-tf2645020.html#a8441545 Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ lilypond-user mailing list l

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-27 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Manuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes Am 24/12/2006 um 20:30 schrieb Christopher A. LaFond: "stop" may not seem obvious to all. In America, we use the word "period"; I don't know what is used in other English speaking countries. My recommendation is "Add full stops

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-27 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Pierre Abbat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes On Sunday 24 December 2006 14:34, Manuel wrote: I'm sure you are right. My English needs you. "fourth", not "quarter", it should be. The duration of a note, however, is a quarter. Not in English it isn't! :-) In Americ

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-25 Thread Christopher A. LaFond
Manuel wrote: "Add full stops (called "periods" in american English) for dotted or double dotted notes" What do you think? Manuel That is fine, but you need to capitalize "American" as well as "English". -- ° Chris° ° ><°> Christopher A. LaFond [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-25 Thread Manuel
Hello Johan, I'll think another expression instead of "this or that". I mean to say "these, and many other imaginable things" - and since LilyPond doesn't go out to walk the dog... Manuel Am 25/12/2006 um 12:46 schrieb Johan Vromans: Manuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi Manuel, I don

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-25 Thread Johan Vromans
Manuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi Manuel, > I don't understand the "this or that" correction, I meant it in the > sense of "something or other". Would you explain, please? I think it's bad english, but I'm not a native english speaker as well. So I would go for just "this" which I'm sure is

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-24 Thread Manuel
Am 24/12/2006 um 23:10 schrieb Pierre Abbat: Whether the wether is out with the shepherd at night depends on the weather. ;) Great! But why are we still hiding empty staves? I'm sure you are right. My English needs you. "fourth", not "quarter", it should be.

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-24 Thread Pierre Abbat
On Sunday 24 December 2006 14:34, Manuel wrote: > I'm sure you are right. My English needs you. "fourth", not > "quarter", it should be. The duration of a note, however, is a quarter. phma ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://li

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-24 Thread Pierre Abbat
On Sunday 24 December 2006 15:10, Manuel wrote: > Johan, > > Thank you! I have now corrected wether to whether (how did this > escape the TexEdit spell check?). "wether" is a valid word, meaning "sheep" (most often in "bellwether", the sheep who wears a bell to lead the other sheep). Whether the

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-24 Thread Manuel
Here is the whole thing again, including Jay's suggestions and other corrections Manuel LilyPond's Beginners Guide for the Very Beginner Chapter One. If you are using a Mac, open a new LilyPond window. If you are working with Linux... Then write this inside: { c' d' e' f' g

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-24 Thread Manuel
Johan, Thank you! I have now corrected wether to whether (how did this escape the TexEdit spell check?). I don't understand the "this or that" correction, I meant it in the sense of "something or other". Would you explain, please? Is the expression "is very probably" in bad english or are

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-24 Thread Johan Vromans
Manuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The exercises you have done so far should enable you to write any > simple melody. As you are surely aware, we have not said anything yet > about tuplets, lyrics, polyphony and many other things. If you wonder > wether you can do this or that with LilyPond, the

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-24 Thread Manuel
Am 24/12/2006 um 20:30 schrieb Christopher A. LaFond: "stop" may not seem obvious to all. In America, we use the word "period"; I don't know what is used in other English speaking countries. My recommendation is "Add full stops (periods) for dotted or double dotted notes:" Christopher,

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-24 Thread Manuel
Hello Joe, Am 24/12/2006 um 20:00 schrieb Joe Neeman: At least in my experience, the interval from, for example, G to the C above is always referred to as a "fourth," not a "quarter." I'm sure you are right. My English needs you. "fourth", not "quarter", it should be. Manuel __

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-24 Thread Christopher A. LaFond
Manuel wrote: Add full stops for dotted or double doted notes: g4. "stop" may not seem obvious to all. In America, we use the word "period"; I don't know what is used in other English speaking countries. My recommendation is "Add full stops (periods) for dotted or double dotted notes:" -

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-24 Thread Joe Neeman
On 12/24/06, Manuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Here it is again. I ran it through a spell check in TexEdit and found even more mistakes, now corrected. All of them? You can analyze the exercise and see that a third has been preferred to a sixth, a quarter to a fifth, etc. Now in this mode,

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-24 Thread Pierre Abbat
On Sunday 24 December 2006 12:39, Manuel wrote: > I work with Mac OS X. I don't know what Kwrite is (what is your OS?) > I have assumed - perhaps erroneously - than for all OS's it was > possible to just "open a new LilyPond window". I select "new" from > the "File" menu or press "command-n" and th

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-24 Thread Manuel
Here it is again. I ran it through a spell check in TexEdit and found even more mistakes, now corrected. All of them? Manuel LilyPond's Beginners Guide for the Very Beginner Chapter One. Open a new LilyPond window and write this inside: { c' d' e' f' g' a' b' c' ' } Sav

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-24 Thread Manuel
Pierre, I'm glad you liked it. English is not my mother language, as you can see. So, thank you very much for all spelling corrections! As far as I can see, they are all quite right. Am 24/12/2006 um 18:01 schrieb Pierre Abbat: What OS are you on? I open a Kwrite window and type "lilypon

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-24 Thread Pierre Abbat
On Sunday 24 December 2006 08:01, Manuel wrote: > Chapter One. > > > Open a new LilyPond window and write this inside: > > > { c' d' e' f' g' a' b' c' ' } > > > Save the file and then select "Typeset file" from the "Compile" menu. What OS are you on? I open a Kwrite window and type "lilypon

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-24 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> Fine! I have now written the following, and am posting it here for > general criticism. I like it! Thanks for your work. This is indeed a kind of a first-time starter which I would not be able to write. Graham, do you have some time to include something like this into the manual. We

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-24 Thread Manuel
Hello Werner, Am 23/12/2006 um 07:46 schrieb Werner LEMBERG: I am a professional musician and an experienced music teacher. I would even be willing to write a first chapter of a User's Guide for the Very Beginner. Please go on! Either send patches or, in case you aren't satisfied with cha

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-23 Thread Bob Kline
Werner LEMBERG wrote: With other words, you poor guy have stumbled on a bug in lilypond, and the people who've tried to help you weren't aware of this. Thanks very much, Werner. This version works exactly the way I want it to. Here's hoping it doesn't take quite so long the next time someo

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-22 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> Dear Bob, you did give me some hope. I thought that not knowing a > thing about programming was my problem, maybe being too stupid or > lazy to understand what should be clear to me. But I see that you > are indeed a software developer and still can have trouble with a > programm. Friends, Mats

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-22 Thread Manuel
Well, well... Dear Bob, you did give me some hope. I thought that not knowing a thing about programming was my problem, maybe being too stupid or lazy to understand what should be clear to me. But I see that you are indeed a software developer and still can have trouble with a programm. I

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-22 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Did you see my answer from November 20? /Mats Bob Kline wrote: Bob Kline wrote: Graham Percival wrote: Have you read chapter 9 as well? If not, could you read that and let me know if it helps? Once you do understand it, could you also propose an addition to the docs to clear thi

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-12-22 Thread Bob Kline
Bob Kline wrote: > Graham Percival wrote: > >> Have you read chapter 9 as well? If not, could you read that and let me >> know if it helps? Once you do understand it, could you also propose an >> addition to the docs to clear this up? > > I will keep trying and report back results. OK, I give

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-11-24 Thread Bob Kline
Graham Percival wrote: > Have you read chapter 9 as well? If not, could you read that and let me > know if it helps? Once you do understand it, could you also propose an > addition to the docs to clear this up? I will keep trying and report back results. -- Bob Kline http://www.rksystems.com

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-11-22 Thread Graham Percival
Bob Kline wrote: Could one of you have pity on a poor clueless user and give an example showing where these two directives go? There is only one command, which can be entered in two different ways. I have looked at chapter 5 of the docs (I assume we're talking about the chapter 5 in the lates

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-11-21 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Isn't the simple answer to your problems that you read the wrong version of the manual? As far as I can see, you use version 2.6 and if I read the manual correctly for that version, you should use \override Score.RemoveEmptyVerticalGroup #'remove-first = ##t If you want to keep this setting in th

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-11-21 Thread Bob Kline
Erik Sandberg wrote: > Hm, maybe it's the \clef bass; you could try to move it to where the music > starts. (not tested; it's just a guess) Thanks for the guess, but that didn't work: it just prints the empty staff with a G clef. -- Bob Kline http://www.rksystems.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-11-21 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Monday 20 November 2006 18:40, Bob Kline wrote: > Erik Sandberg wrote: > > The problem above, is that { } have different meanings in different > > places: Usually { } means sequential music, but the { } after \score are > > special: it starts with a _single_ music expression, followed by option

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-11-18 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Friday 17 November 2006 22:28, Bob Kline wrote: > Andrew Longland-Meech wrote: > > Thank you. I've got it now, even though it seems a bit illogical to put > > one bit of layout in \layout and the other in with the notes, when they > > both do a similar job!! > > > > On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 10:53 -

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-11-17 Thread Bob Kline
Andrew Longland-Meech wrote: > Thank you. I've got it now, even though it seems a bit illogical to put > one bit of layout in \layout and the other in with the notes, when they > both do a similar job!! > > On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 10:53 -0800, Graham Percival wrote: >> Andrew Longland-Meech wrote: >

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-11-17 Thread Graham Percival
Andrew Longland-Meech wrote: Thank you. I've got it now, even though it seems a bit illogical to put one bit of layout in \layout and the other in with the notes, when they both do a similar job!! You don't have to put them in separate places. The commands can be put in either place... and if

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-11-17 Thread Andrew Longland-Meech
Thank you. I've got it now, even though it seems a bit illogical to put one bit of layout in \layout and the other in with the notes, when they both do a similar job!! On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 10:53 -0800, Graham Percival wrote: > Andrew Longland-Meech wrote: > > \override Score.VerticalAxisGroup

Re: Hiding empty staves

2006-11-16 Thread Graham Percival
Andrew Longland-Meech wrote: \override Score.VerticalAxisGroup #'remove-first = ##t " I don't understand where this should go. Is it in the \score section? Or in the \layout section? Or in with the notes? Please can someone guide me in the right direction? Please see chapter 5 of the

Hiding empty staves

2006-11-16 Thread Andrew Longland-Meech
Hi all! I'm using \RemoveEmptyStaffContext to 'French' a piece that I'm typesetting, but the first system still shows the empty staves. In the manual section on hiding empty staves it states "...If empty staves should be removed from the first system too, se