Re: ossia with signatures where needed

[James Harkins]

At Wed, 3 Aug 2011 18:00:50 +0200,
Xavier Scheuer wrote:
> You could use
> 
>   \context Staff = "ossia" \with {
>     \override Clef #'stencil = ##f
>     \override KeySignature #'stencil = ##f
>     \override TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f
>   } {
>     \relative c' {
>       c1
>       \once \revert Staff.TimeSignature #'stencil
... snip

Ah... excellent. Revised code snippet is below -- it works beautifully for my 
purpose!

Worthy of inclusion in the snippet repository? I had searched it for "ossia" 
and found only two snippets, and neither of them illustrated what I wanted.

Thanks --
James

\version "2.14.1"
\include "english.ly"

showMeter = { \once \revert Staff.TimeSignature #'stencil }

outline = {
  \time 4/4 s1*2
  \showMeter \time 3/4 s2.
  \showMeter \time 4/4 s1*2
}

\score {
  <<
    \new Staff = "ossia" \with {
      \override Clef #'stencil = ##f
      \override KeySignature #'stencil = ##f
      \override TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f
      fontSize = #-3
      \override StaffSymbol #'staff-space = #(magstep -3)
      \override StaffSymbol #'thickness = #(magstep -3)
    } {
      \stopStaff
      \outline
    }
    \new Staff <<
      \outline
      {
        \repeat unfold 16 { b'16 }
        <<
          { \repeat unfold 60 { b'16 } }
          \context Staff="ossia" {
            \revert Staff.Clef #'stencil
            \startStaff
            \repeat unfold 22 { b'8 }
            \override Clef #'stencil = ##f
            \stopStaff
          }
        >>
      }
    >>
  >>
}


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