I've got the same problem, though with Pedro Kroeger's lilypond-snapshot (version 2.4.2). Here's a small example:
A .png can be found at the following url: http://students.washington.edu/josiah/music/barnumbers.png \version "2.4.2" \header { title = "bar number test" } \score { { \time 3/2 \repeat unfold 72 { es'2 } } \layout { papersize = "letter" \context { \Staff \remove Bar_number_engraver } } } On Tuesday 14 December 2004 01:10 am, Mats Bengtsson wrote: > When I tried your file, I got a syntax error. From your email, > I got the impression that the file was processed without problems > but that the bar numbers didn't vanish. > > The only problem with your file is that you had copied a solution > written for an older version of LilyPond without updating the > syntax. Just replace \translator with \context in your \paper{...} > block to get a fully working example for version 2.2.6. > > When you upgrade to version 2.4 or whatever, use convert-ly to > upgrade the syntax. For that reason, I recommend to already now > insert a line > \version "2.2.6" > at the top of your .ly files. > > By the way, I don't know what you expect the setting > \set Staff.minimumVerticalExtent = #'(+2 . 5.1) > to do. Since the staff lines themselves extend down to -2, > there's no reason to set the lower edge (the first number) > of the minimumVerticalExtent larger than -2. > > /Mats > > Anna Choma wrote: > > Mats Bengtsson wrote: > >> Could you please send a full example file that fails to work for > >> you, I've never had any problems with the \remove "..." solution. > >> > >> /Mats > > > > Yes, I can. That's the whole piece: > > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > > #(set-global-staff-size 16) > > \header { tagline = "" } > > > > \score { \context Staff { > > %\override Score.BarNumber #'break-visibility = #all-invisible > > \set Staff.minimumVerticalExtent = #'(+2 . 5.1) > > \notes \relative c' { > > \time 4/4 \key c \minor > > c2 es g as b, r4 g'~ g fis2 f4~ f e2 es4~ > > es d des c b g c f es2 d c r > > }} > > \paper { paperheight = 21.0 \cm > > linewidth = 134\mm > > pagenumber = no > > indent = 0 > > \translator { \ScoreContext > > \remove "Bar_number_engraver" > > } > > }} > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > > > > > > I commented my solution and put \remove into \translator block. Then it > > doesn't work. Once more --- my version is 2.2.6. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Anna Choma > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > lilypond-user mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user