Re: remove first empty staff line

[Wilbert Berendsen]

Op donderdag 10 juni 2010 schreef Helge:

> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> 
> > Datum: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:08:52 +0200
> > Von: James Bailey <address@hidden>
> > 
> > > The staff in the second line has a left "open" end. I would expect
> > > a bar before the clef.
> > 
> > In the Notation Reference, section 1.6.2 discusses removing empty
> > staves. That's what you want.
> 
> Thanks, witht the remove-fist override the main question got an answer --
> the firt staff line vanished. Is there also a way to "close" the open
> staff lines at the left border?

Put:
               \context {
                  \Score
                  \override SystemStartBar #'collapse-height = #1

               }

in your \layout {} block.

See e.g. 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/input/lsr/lilypond-snippets/Staff-notation#Display-bracket-with-only-one-staff-in-a-system

best regards,
Wilbert Berendsen

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