Kieren MacMillan wrote > Reggie, > >>> You don’t have to; I select staves and have them appear >>> and disappear as desired all the time. >> >> * Then why can't Andrew? Why did he post in the first place? >> Why is a hack the only answer solution? > > In an application where you type r8 when you want to output the visual > representation of an eighth note rest in the Western musical notation > system, what does 'hack' mean exactly? > > In my set of include files, I have defined \showStaff and \hideStaff and > other similar and related layout functions. As a result, I can write code > like > > c1 1 1 1 \break > \hideStaff d1 1 1 1 \break > \showStaff e1 1 1 1 > > and have complete control over which staves appear on any given system. > (In reality, I do layout-level manipulation via the edition-engraver, but > that’s a separate discussion, and would simply cloud the issue here.) > > I don’t consider that a "hack"; it’s simply a function I’ve written to be > used in an application where basically every thing I use (\score, \time > 4/4, \key c \major, \flat, etc.) is a function [pace David K, who would > rightly object to this well-intentioned but misleading way of describing > the situation]. > > Have you looked at the definition of \time (as in \time 4/4)? Would you > describe "\time" as a "hack"? Perhaps what you mean by "hack" is that > *you* don’t currently have access to \hideStaff and \showStaff functions? > >> Even those who work on the code have said in the past posts >> that certain areas of the program are in need. > > Of course; that will likely always be true. > But "in need" and "so bizarre" are hardly synonymous. > >> You think that 100% of Lilypond makes total logical sense "under the >> hood" >> and also in the user's viewpoint? > > Please point out where I said — or even implied — anything of the sort. > >> * Andrew does not know how to do it either. So now what? > > (a) You figure out how to do it yourself; or > (b) You ask others, and they help; or > (c) You don’t get done what you want to get done. > > If you want *me* to help, you’ll need to scale back on the "Lilypond is > ridiculous" tone that pervades every post I’ve seen you submit to the > list. > > Cheers, > Kieren. > ________________________________ > > Kieren MacMillan, composer > ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info > ‣ email:
> info@ > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@ > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user I will work on my language and words as best as possible. I will try and be better so I can obtain some help from others here. I see my word bizarre gave you an incorrect understanding of my intention and beyond that it all was lost so nothing I can do now but sorry. Have a good evening. Thank you for writing your solution to Andrew's first post problem. -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
