Re: Hiding empty staves

[Bob Kline]

Andrew Longland-Meech wrote:
> Thank you. I've got it now, even though it seems a bit illogical to put
> one bit of layout in \layout and the other in with the notes, when they
> both do a similar job!!
> 
> On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 10:53 -0800, Graham Percival wrote:
>> Andrew Longland-Meech wrote:
>>>     \override Score.VerticalAxisGroup #'remove-first = ##t   "
>>>
>>> I don't understand where this should go. Is it in the \score section? Or
>>> in the \layout section? Or in with the notes? Please can someone guide
>>> me in the right direction?
>> Please see chapter 5 of the docs.

Could one of you have pity on a poor clueless user and give an example
showing where these two directives go?  My attempts always end up with
the unwanted staff omitted on the second system of the music, but
included for the first system.  Here's an example of what I'm trying:

\score {
    \override Score.VerticalAxisGroup #'remove-first = ##t
    \context ChoirStaff <<
        \context Staff = women << .... >>
        \new Lyrics ....
        \context Staff = men << .... >>
    >>
    \layout {
         \context { \RemoveEmptyStaffContext }
    }
}

I have looked at chapter 5 of the docs (I assume we're talking about the
chapter 5 in the latest released version of lp, rather than the versions
currently shipped with most Linux distros), and my poor brain just isn't
getting it, as I don't see the part that says *where* to put the
\override command.

Thanks!

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Bob Kline
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