Thanks David, I'll review the code. Guy
-- “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” ― Aristotle On Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 5:32 PM David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > Guy Stalnaker <jimmyg...@gmail.com> writes: > > > All, > > > > I'm writing a choral composition where there are varying numbers of > > voices in play at any one time. Starts out 4-voice SATB, then 6-voices > > (SAATBB), then 4 voices (TTBB), then 3 voices (SSA), then 6, then 8. > > > > I know I can simply code 8 voices, assigning rests where voices don't > > sing. That's easy. > > > > I know I can use the terrific method to remove empty staves if I do > > the above. > > > > I know I can use \new Staff inside a polyphonic context. > > > > Yet each of these methods has problems. > > > > There can be empty staffs throughout the work. Or there can be empty > > staves that appear and then then vanish. Or a \new Staff starts > > halfway across the page (truly ugly). > > > > Though the code gets ugly using the \new Staff method, is there an > > elegant way to get LP to align \new Staff always at the beginning of a > > line? > > > > Or is there a different and better way to do as I describe. > > > > Much thanks for any recommendations! > > Does the following from the regression tests help any? > > > > -- > David Kastrup >