Re: Many staff contexts do not nest

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Shann" <address@hidden>
To: "'lilypond-user'" <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 12:03 PM
Subject: Many staff contexts do not nest


> The documentation says that staff groups can be nested, but many don't
> appear to work, e.g. this
>
> \version "2.18.0"
> \score {
>        <<
>             \new GrandStaff <<
>                                \new Staff { s1*4/4 }
>                                 \new ChoirStaff <<
>                                                    \new Staff
> { s1*4/4 }
>                                                    \new Staff
> { s1*4/4 }
>                                                    \new Staff
> { s1*4/4 }
>                                                >>
>                             >>
>        >>
>    }
>
> has no GrandStaff.
> Is something missing at
> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/displaying-staves
> and can anyone explain the rules (I am trying to write a staff braces
> checker ...)
>
> Richard Shann

Does

http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=397

help at all?  (It is quoted in the NR, too).

--
Phil Holmes