Re: Removing a time signature only once

[james]

On Jan 15, 2013, at 9:47 PM, Christopher R. Maden wrote:

> On 01/15/2013 03:40 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
>>> tl;dr: How does one remove a time signature completely (not just 
>>> transparent) without removing the time signature engraver?
>> 
>> I believe this will work:
>> \once \override TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f
> 
> Thanks, Kieren.  That doesn’t seem to work (in 2.14.2); whether I put it
> before or after the \time assertion, the time signature shows up unchanged.
> 
> songGlobalsVerse = {
>  s8 |
>  % \once \override TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f % tried this
>  \time 6/8
>  \once \override TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f % this doesn’t work either
>  s2.*8 | \bar "||"
> }
> 
> ~Chris
> -- 

a) Wrong context. Because no context is mention, Voice is implied, b) it should 
come before you want to change the time signature. Other tips and tricks for 
removing contexts and engravers can be found in the learning manual, section 4.