On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Xavier Scheuer
<address@hidden> wrote:
%% Docs: A staff is considered empty when it contains only multi-
measure
%% rests, skips, spacer rests, or a combination of these elements."
%%
%% But because a \partial rest is not one of these elements it
prevents
%% \override VerticalAxisGroup #'remove-first = ##t to work if the
first
%% empty staff begin, for example, with \partial 16 r16
\new Staff {
\partial 16 r16 | % doesn't work
% works if we use \partial 16 s16
Indeed. Non-capitalized rests make a measure to be regarded as
non-empty, even when it's a partial measure.