Re: Hiding staff without hiding bar lines

[Federico Bruni]

Il 30/08/2012 03:58, Michael Rivers ha scritto:
> I'm a relatively new LilyPond user, so I apologize if this is something I
> should have found in the manual. I'm trying to use LilyPond to make
> worksheets and theory tests, so I need to hide elements for students to fill
> in themselves. I also need to notate rhythms without a staff. I know that
> rhythms can be notated on a one-line percussion staff, but I really prefer
> the look of no staff with full bar lines.
>
> I've figured out how to hide clefs, time signatures, bar lines and the
> entire staff. My problem is that \stopStaff seems to also hide all bar
> lines. Often, this is what I want, but other times I need the bar lines to
> be visible. Is there another way to hide the staff, or is there a way to
> make the bar lines reappear with \stopStaff?
>
> -Michael

I can't help you.
I've tried the following but it doesn't work.
I wouldn't expect that removing the staff lines only removes also the 
bar lines:

\version "2.16.0"

\relative c' {
  \override Staff.StaffSymbol #'line-count = #0
  f4 g a b
  % let's try to force the visibility of barlines. Doesn't work..
  \override Staff.BarLine #'stencil = ##t
  f4 g a b
}