Re: Hiding or delaying new staffs

[Steve Downes]

On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 06:50:32PM -0000, Phil Holmes wrote:
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> 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
>  }
> }
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Phil Holmes
> 
> 
> 

Thanks for your very prompt reply. I had already done this & there are
2 problems with it:-

1) It leaves the clef, key sig, & time sig where the staff was at the
   beginning 

2) When I start to use the staff 8 bars later it puts it at the
   beginning of the intro. If I pad the 8 bars out with R1 * 8 | or 
   s1 * 8 | it puts the staff back in. 

So I'm back where I started.

Steve