Thanks for your reply David, I couldn't work out how to integrate your code into my score (I'm a beginner at Lilypond) but I searched for it on google and found what I was looking for here :
http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/override-VerticalAxisGroup-remove-empty-works-only-at-the-beginning-of-a-score-td52152.html <http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/override-VerticalAxisGroup-remove-empty-works-only-at-the-beginning-of-a-score-td52152.html> Thanks again David and the Lilypond community, Peter > Le 2015 Nov 1 à 19:08, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> a écrit : > > preid <p...@peterreid.org <mailto:p...@peterreid.org>> writes: > >> Dear list, >> >> I'm working on a stage musical type score in which the last few bars contain >> only spoken text over rests. I am using this code : >> >> \layout { >> \context { >> \Staff >> \RemoveEmptyStaves >> % To use the setting globally, uncomment the following line: >> \override VerticalAxisGroup #'remove-first = ##t >> } >> } >> \version "2.18.2" >> >> I'm using this code within \score to display my spoken text as recommended >> in the fine manual. >> \override LyricText.font-shape = #'italic >> \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #LEFT >> >> Everything works great except that the last staves are hidden since they >> contain only rests, and the spoken text floats in the void. Is there a way >> of overriding RemoveEmptyStaves temporarily, perhaps by forcing a bar rest >> to appear for instance. >> >> I've done lots of searching and up to now I've always found solutions to my >> problems but this one has got me stumped. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Peter >> >> PS. Thanks to everyone who contributes to Lilypond I'm really enjoying using >> it and I really appreciate all the hard work that goes into it. > > \set Staff.remove-empty = ##f maybe? > > -- > David Kastrup
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