Re: Getting rid of initial brace on piano score

[David Nalesnik]

Hi Peter,

On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Peter Toye <address@hidden> wrote:

David,

Thanks very much for this very fast answer.

But two things:

1) I get a syntax error

> D:/Peter/Music/Lilypond/Mendelssohn/March2.ly:61:16: error: wrong
> type for argument 1.  Expecting string, found transparent

>    \alterBroken
>                 #'transparent #'(#t) Score.SystemStartBrace
>

> D:/Peter/Music/Lilypond/Mendelssohn/March2.ly:61:37: error: wrong
> type for argument 3.  Expecting list, found "Score"

>    \alterBroken #'transparent #'(#t)
>                                      Score.SystemStartBrace
>

> D:/Peter/Music/Lilypond/Mendelssohn/March2.ly:61:42: error: syntax error, unexpected '.'

>    \alterBroken #'transparent #'(#t) Score
>                                           .SystemStartBrace
>

> D:/Peter/Music/Lilypond/Mendelssohn/March2.ly:54:2: error: errors found, ignoring music _expression_
>  
>   \new PianoStaff

This is because I gave you the syntax for the latest stable version, 2.18.

If memory serves, in 2.16 the syntax should be as follows:

\alterBroken Score,SystemStartBrace #'transparent #'(#t)

Sorry, forgot about the change of argument ordering.

 

2) Your message implies that you think I want to get rid of the second brace. That's not the case - I want to get rid of the first one if possible. If I can't it's no great problem - I have to be more careful with the scissors!

No, I understood this.  Did you try the attached file?

--David