Just what I needed! It'll be a lot of work, but I think I can see exactly what you mean. Basically, each system will have a LOT of staves, but most will be invisible, most of the time.
Wonderful. Thank you! Jeff jeff_epst...@yahoo.com ------------------------------- MY BOYS!!! - http://brothers.jeffyepstein.com JACOB: Boogie on down, Super-Herbie. Boogie on Down with your Super-Self. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22SXMvxXWnQ ANDREW: First crawling video! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1fpmwCAF1w On Sep 1, 2010, at 14:28, Kieren MacMillan <kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi Jeff, > >> I think my question came across differently than I intended. What I >> want is NOT for LilyPond to programmatically determine the best >> layout for each system. Rather, *I* want to tell Lily Pond that, > > Yes, that is "easy" (read: possible). > >> (I'm thinking that each system could be a different LilyPond piece, >> and I would merge them visually, so it looks like one piece when I >> ultimately print it. Not sure if that's feasible, but it's the first thing >> that >> hits me.) > > No. You want to set up variables for each type of music, and then stitch them > together, such as > > sopNotes = \relative { soprano-only music, with skips where sopranos won't > have their own staff } > altoNotes = \relative { alto-only music, with skips where altos won't have > their own staff } > tenorNotes = \relative { tenor-only music, with skips where tenors won't have > their own staff } > bassNotes = \relative { bass-only music, with skips where basses won't have > their own staff } > saNotes = \relative { "ladies"-only music, with skips where "ladies" won't > have their own staff } > tbNotes = \relative { "men"-only music, with skips where "men" won't have > their own staff } > unisNotes = \relative { unison music, with skips where the choir not in > unison } > > \score { > \new ChoirStaff << > \new Staff \unisNotes > \new Staff \saNotes > \new Staff \sopNotes > \new Staff \altoNotes > \new Staff \tenorNotes > \new Staff \bassNotes > \new Staff \tbNotes >>> > } > > Now, using \break appropriately (and having \RemoveEmptyStaffContext active), > you will be able to get the system setup you desire. > > Good luck! > Kieren. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
