Phil & Eluze, Please accept my apologies.
I have found the problem & it is down to me not being careful enough with { }. It is now working fine. I am new to lilypond & virtually new to compiled languages & struggling with the level of attention to detail required. Will try to do better. Many thanks Steve On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 02:28:31PM -0800, -Eluze wrote: > > hi > > steve downes wrote: > > > > > >> To get rid of all except piano staffs which only contain Whole > >> Measure Rests, use: > >> > >> \layout { > >> \context { > >> \RemoveEmptyStaffContext > >> \override VerticalAxisGroup #'remove-first = ##t > >> } > >> } > > > > Thanks for your very prompt reply. I had already done this & there are > > 2 problems with it:- > > > > 1) It leaves the clef, key sig, & time sig where the staff was at the > > beginning > > > > 2) When I start to use the staff 8 bars later it puts it at the > > beginning of the intro. If I pad the 8 bars out with R1 * 8 | or > > s1 * 8 | it puts the staff back in. > > > > So I'm back where I started. > > > for me Phil's code works - what's your code?! > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/Hiding-or-delaying-new-staffs-tp32805610p32805995.html > Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user