Re: removing non-empty staves

[Wim van Dommelen]

Hi Christopher,

I'm not sure if this example matches your need, but it is a thing I once crafted for a special piece. It shows an ossia stave in a different color and size. Starting at some point and ending after I don't need it anymore. But alas not on a line break, don't know how to do that....

Compiling example .ly-file attached. version 2.16.0 (stable).

Regards,

Wim.

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On 3 Dec 2012, at 20:13 , address@hidden wrote:

Greetings.

I'm a long-time user of lilypond.  I love it and have used it for my massive solo pipe organ transcription of a 30-minute movement of a symphony scored for large orchestra, so I feel like I know my way around Lilypond at an intermediate level.  I don't really delve deeply into the Scheme underpinnings and such, so I wouldn't consider my self a bona fide power user just yet.  

Here's the question.  

I'm familiar with the instruction

\context {   \Staff \RemoveEmptyStaves }

It completely removes a staff from a system when all it contains is rests or spaces.  It doesn't just hide the ledger lines like \stopStaff.  It removes the staff and everything in it.

Is there a way to tell Lilypond to stop showing a non-empty staff (that contains notes) and reclaim its space (don't leave an invisible staff taking up room) after the next line break?  Is there also a way to tell Lilypond to begin redisplaying a staff so hidden and everything in it at the next line break?

This would make it a lot easier to spilt a staff in the middle or a slur or a tie, for example.

Thanks,

Christopher
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