Re: StaffSymbol color change for just one measure?

[Mats Bengtsson]

I don't see any simple way to achieve that, since the staff symbol
is treated as a single unit (as far as I know).

  /Mats

Rick Hansen (aka RickH) wrote:

> Is there a way to change the staff symbol color, but just for one or a few
> selected measures?
>
> I tried embedding the following into the beginning of the measure I'd like
> to change, it compiles, but the color does not change:
>
> c d e f
> |
> \override Staff.StaffSymbol #'color = #red
> a b c d
> |
> c d e f
> |
>
>
> BTW I also tried stopStaff startStaff but that introduces other bugs where
> the staff extender lines disappear on notes outside the 5 staff lines, after
> the next line break, but this looks like a program bug.
>
> v2.8.5
>
> Thanks
> Rick
>
>
>  


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