Re: Hiding or delaying new staffs

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Downes" <address@hidden>
To: "lilypond-user Mailinglist" <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 6:46 PM
Subject: Hiding or delaying new staffs


> I have a situation I feel there should be an answer to but cannot find it. 
> I write arrangements which start with, say, 8 bars intro during which , 
> again say, up to 4 front line instruments are doing nothing. I either want 
> to suppress their staffs during the intro or not create them till the end 
> of the intro. I can suppress the staff itself but not the clef, time sig & 
> key sig.
>
> Steve

To get rid of all except piano staffs which only contain Whole Measure 
Rests, use:

\layout {
 \context {
   \RemoveEmptyStaffContext
   \override VerticalAxisGroup #'remove-first = ##t
 }
}



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Phil Holmes