Re: Show TupletNumber after \hide

[David Kastrup]

Mark Mathias <address@hidden> writes:

> LilyPond Friends,
>
> The manuals explain how to hide tuplet numbers, but nowhere could I find an
> explanation of how to turn them back on. After many experiments, I finally
> found an easy way to control turning on tuplet numbers after turning them
> off. The secret was to enclose within curly brackets those tuplets whose
> number needed to be hidden. Should this be shared somewhere?
>
> \version "2.19.16"
> \relative c' {
>   \tuplet 3/2 { c8 c c } c4
>   \once \hide TupletNumber { \tuplet 3/2 { c8 c c } } c4
>   \tuplet 3/2 { c8 c c } c4
> }

Sorry to say but that's snake oil.  The decisive difference here is
\once , not the braces.  It makes no difference whether they are there
or not.

-- 
David Kastrup