Re: \RemoveEmptyStaves not removing first line

2018-11-01 Thread Lukas-Fabian Moser
+1. I've *never* seen an ambitus except at the very beginning of a piece. I often use an ambitus in front- or end-matter, to give vocal ranges separate from the score itself. Of course, "front-matter" can be interpreted as "the very beginning of a piece", but I think of it as entirely

Re: \RemoveEmptyStaves not removing first line

2018-11-01 Thread Thomas Morley
Am Do., 1. Nov. 2018 um 16:24 Uhr schrieb Kieren MacMillan : > > Hi Werner, > > > +1. I've *never* seen an ambitus except at the very beginning of a piece. > > I often use an ambitus in front- or end-matter, to give vocal ranges separate > from the score itself. Of course, "front-matter" can be

Re: \RemoveEmptyStaves not removing first line

2018-11-01 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Werner, > +1. I've *never* seen an ambitus except at the very beginning of a piece. I often use an ambitus in front- or end-matter, to give vocal ranges separate from the score itself. Of course, "front-matter" can be interpreted as "the very beginning of a piece", but I think of it as

Re: \RemoveEmptyStaves not removing first line

2018-11-01 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> So, to be honest, I'm not sure whether trying to make the > Ambitus_engraver compatible with hiding empty staves would be worth > the effort, especially if (as you say) that effort would be large. +1. I've *never* seen an ambitus except at the very beginning of a piece. Werner

Re: \RemoveEmptyStaves not removing first line [OT-ish]

2018-11-01 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Lukas, > It seems to me that the whole point (or, at least, the most important > application) of the Ambitus indication is to enable users of the score to > judge the tessitura "at first glance" (even though, of course, for a reliable > judgement one would have to look at the actual music

Re: \RemoveEmptyStaves not removing first line

2018-11-01 Thread Lukas-Fabian Moser
Where would you expect the Ambitus marker to show up if you do not want the staff to appear in the first system? First entry? I am not sure that the interfaces the Ambitus_engraver exercises would allow to make that difference, but if they did, this would be a reasonable expectation. Though

Re: \RemoveEmptyStaves not removing first line

2018-11-01 Thread David Kastrup
Lukas-Fabian Moser writes: > Am 01.11.18 um 01:34 schrieb Rohan Srinivasan: >> Thank you - I meant to reply to the list. I have the following: > > The problem is the Ambitus_engraver. The ambitus is given at the > beginning of the piece, and if you do this, the first staff of the > singing voice

Re: \RemoveEmptyStaves not removing first line

2018-11-01 Thread Lukas-Fabian Moser
Am 01.11.18 um 01:34 schrieb Rohan Srinivasan: Thank you - I meant to reply to the list. I have the following: The problem is the Ambitus_engraver. The ambitus is given at the beginning of the piece, and if you do this, the first staff of the singing voice is not empty (but contains the

Re: \RemoveEmptyStaves not removing first line

2018-10-31 Thread Rohan Srinivasan
Thank you - I meant to reply to the list. I have the following: \version "2.19.82" \header { title = "CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE" subtitle = "or, I'VE JUST ARRIVED FROM DIXIE" composer = "George H. Coes (1828?-1897)" } \paper { #(set-paper-size "a4") } \layout { \context { \Voice

Re: \RemoveEmptyStaves not removing first line

2018-10-31 Thread Susan Buckingham
Have also used the \override VerticalAxisGroup.remove-first = ##t and can confirm this works with 2.18.2 when added to score block. \score { << \flutePart \pianoPart >> \layout { #(layout-set-staff-size 22) \context { \Staff \RemoveEmptyStaves

Re: \RemoveEmptyStaves not removing first line

2018-10-31 Thread Lukas-Fabian Moser
(Replying to list, assuming you wrote to me personally only by accident, as implied by your wording): Am 31.10.18 um 00:42 schrieb Rohan Srinivasan: Could any of you give me an example of how \RemoveAllEmptyStaves is used? I have: \layout {   \context {     \Staff     \RemoveAllEmptyStaves  

Re: \RemoveEmptyStaves not removing first line

2018-10-29 Thread Malte Meyn
Am 29.10.18 um 05:52 schrieb Lukas-Fabian Moser: I am currently engraving a song for soprano and piano which begins with 15 measures of piano solo. I would like the soprano's staff not to show since it is not playing. \RemoveEmptyStaves does not seem to hide the first line of the piece.

Re: \RemoveEmptyStaves not removing first line

2018-10-28 Thread Lukas-Fabian Moser
I am currently engraving a song for soprano and piano which begins with 15 measures of piano solo. I would like the soprano's staff not to show since it is not playing. \RemoveEmptyStaves does not seem to hide the first line of the piece. In current versions (there's no reason not to use

\RemoveEmptyStaves not removing first line

2018-10-28 Thread Rohan Srinivasan
Dear list, I am currently engraving a song for soprano and piano which begins with 15 measures of piano solo. I would like the soprano's staff not to show since it is not playing. \RemoveEmptyStaves does not seem to hide the first line of the piece. Rohan