On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 11:42 PM Xavier Scheuer <x.sche...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jan 2023 at 04:12, Ralph Palmer <palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi - > > > > Thanks for all your work, for helping users, and for LilyPond itself. > I've been using LilyPond and Frescobaldi for a long time, mostly on > Linux/Ubuntu. > > > > I'm currently running LilyPond 2.24.0 and Frescobaldi 3.2 on > Linux/Ubuntu. > > > > I'm trying to transcribe the viola parts for Saint-Saens' Le Deluge for > my personal use, but trying to keep it close to the original. My problem is > that there are 8 lines of score with single staves, and then multiple lines > with Solo and Tutti staves. The first line with two staves has all rests in > the Solo staff. I can get LilyPond to go single staff for the opening, but > I can't get it to do that and keep the first (all rests) line of the Solo > part. I'm attaching a photo of the original score where it switches from > single staff to two staves per system, as well as two .ly files and their > PDFs from my attempts to reproduce the original. It's not a make or break > problem, but I would like to know what I might be doing wrong or what I > might do differently. I'm using \Staff \RemoveEmptyStaves in \context. > > Hello, > > In that case I would use a Keep_alive_together_engraver and different > VerticalAxisGroup remove-layer values and setting/unsetting > Staff.keepAliveInterfaces where desired. > There is a small example with Violins I & II and separate staves V I and V > II in the documentation. > NR 1.6.2 Modifying single staves > Hiding staves > > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/modifying-single-staves#hiding-staves > > Otherwise if you want to keep your \RemoveEmptyStaves solution you can > cheat and include a transparent note at the beginning of the Andantino > Solo. > > Cheers, > Xavier > > -- > Xavier Scheuer <x.sche...@gmail.com> > > Thanks, Xavier - I'll take a closer look at the Documentation link and see what I can do. All the best, Ralph ______ Ralph Palmer Seattle USA (he, him, his) palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com
