Re: extra staves - help required

[Keith E OHara]

On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:10:06 -0800, Bill Mooney <address@hidden> wrote:

> \version "2.13.36"
[ . . . ]
>   \override StaffGroup.SystemStartBracket #'collapse-height = #4 
> %**************************
>   \override Score.SystemStartBar #'collapse-height = #4 
> %**************************
>
>   \new Staff  \with {   \remove Time_signature_engraver }
>   \relative c'
>   {
>     \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Or "
>     %%%%%%%% 'This' "Or" disappears!! with the use of the code below to achieve 
> the 'extra-staves'
>     %%%%%%%% but if the *-ed lines above are deleted the "Or' reappears! but 
> the brackets go...

I am stumped.
Stable version 2.12.3 *does* print the instrument name in front of the first 
staff with the bracket.  The development version tries to line up the 
instrument names better, in the presence of brackets, so maybe getting fancy 
with those brackets confuses the new code.

At some point, when we want something beyond Lilypond's capability, and arguably beyond 
her job description, I think we are better off to just place things by hand.  
\once\override TextScript #'extra-offset = #'(-15 . -4)    g'2^"Or"