Re: pageBreak problem

[Mats Bengtsson]

One thing that caught my attention was that you have Lyrics contexts 
within a Staff context. Try to move them
outside the  \context Staff  = tenoo << ... >>. I'm not sure if that's 
the problem here, but it's at least
a common source of problems.

  /Mats

Quoting "Graeme St.Clair" <address@hidden>:

> Again, Windows XP native, 2.6.5.  Also W98, 2.7.37.
>
> With the structure described below, I get a mysterious extra staff in 
> the first system of the piano score.  It has only a treble clef and a 
> C = common time, not even any staff lines, still less any notes.  
> This also happened before I made the \addquote changes related in a 
> previous question.
>
> Any suggestions?  (If necessary, I can post the whole thing.)
>
> Rgds, G.
>
> ****
>
> #(ly:set-option 'point-and-click #f)
> #(set-default-paper-size "letter")
> \header {
>  blahblah
>  breakbefore = ##t
> }
>
> \version "2.6.5"
>
> global = {
>  \time 4/4
>  \key  d \major
> }
>
> tenoMusic = {
> \clef "violin_8"
> % 1-5
>  r2. a  4 \f | d'2    a   2 | fis 2  d 4 fis'4 | fis'2\sf\>  e'  4  
> d'4\! | d'2\p\fermata cis'4\fermata
> blah
> }
>
> tentMusic = {
> similar blah
> }
>
> bariMusic = {
> similar blah
> }
>
> bassMusic = {
> similar blah
> }
>
> tenoVOne = \lyricmode {
>          blah
> }
> tenoVTwo = \lyricmode {
>          blah
> }
>
> tentVOne = \lyricmode {
>          blah
> }
> etc
>
> \addquote tenoMusic \tenoMusic
> \addquote tentMusic \tentMusic
> \addquote bariMusic \bariMusic
> \addquote bassMusic \bassMusic
>
> \book {
> \score {
>  \context ChoirStaff
>  \with { fontSize = #-1 \override StaffSymbol #'staff-space = 
> #(magstep -1) } % Else 1 staff per page!
>  <<
>
>    \context Staff  = tenoo <<
>      \context Lyrics = tenos { s1 }
>      \context Lyrics = tenps { s1 }
>      \context Voice  = tenos {
>        \autoBeamOff                                    % Only needed 
> on this part for bar 21
>        \dynamicUp                                      % All parts, 
> to put dynamics above staff
>        \override Rest #'staff-position = #0            % All parts, 
> to sink rests to middle of staff
>        \voiceOne \stemNeutral << \global \tenoMusic >> % All parts, 
> Neutral minimises vertical space usage
>      }
>    >>
>
> same for T2, Bar, B
>
>    \context Lyrics = tenos \lyricsto tenos \tenoVOne
>    \context Lyrics = blah
>  >>
>
>  \layout {
>    \context {
>     \Staff minimumVerticalExtent = #'(-1 . 1)
>    }
>  }
>
> } % end score 1
>
> \score {
>  \context PianoStaff <<
>  \pageBreak                 % Has to be here, but bug seems to create 
> extra empty staff
>
>    \context Staff = upper  <<
>      \clef "violin_8"
>      \set Staff.printPartCombineTexts = ##f
>      \set Staff.quotedEventTypes = #'(note-event rest-event dynamic-event)
>      \partcombine
>      << \global \quoteDuring #"tenoMusic" { s1*39 } >>
>      << \global \quoteDuring #"tentMusic" { s1*39 } >>
>    >>
>
>    \context Staff = lower  <<
>      \clef "bass"
>      \set Staff.printPartCombineTexts = ##f
>      \set Staff.quotedEventTypes = #'(note-event rest-event dynamic-event)
>      \partcombine
>      << \global \quoteDuring #"bariMusic" { s1*39 } >>
>      << \global \quoteDuring #"bassMusic" { s1*39 } >>
>    >>
>  >>
> } % end score 2
>
> } % end \book