hide staff.BarLine fails

2017-02-08 Thread arlin
I am trying to produce a score with barlines between the staves. The manual provides this snip, but I get an "unknown escaped string: '\hide'" when I compile it. Thanks in advance for any help. global = { \hide Staff.BarLine s1 s % the final bar line is not interrupted \undo \hide Staff.

Re: hide staff.BarLine fails

2017-02-08 Thread SoundsFromSound
arlin wrote > I am trying to produce a score with barlines between the staves. The > manual provides this snip, but I get an "unknown escaped string: '\hide'" > when I compile it. Thanks in advance for any help. > > global = { > \hide Staff.BarLine > s1 s > % the final bar line is not inte

Re: hide staff.BarLine fails

2017-02-08 Thread Noeck
Hi Arlin, which version do you use? You should use the manual that fits your LilyPond version. \hide and \omit have been introduced around 2.19 (others can be more precise) and your error sounds like you use an older version than required for this. If you need to use the old version, you need to s

Re: hide staff.BarLine fails

2017-02-08 Thread SoundsFromSound
Noeck wrote > >> \override BarLine #'stencil = ##f > > This is just the same as > \omit BarLine > and it won't work, because you need the right context "Staff": > \omit Staff.BarLine > or equivalent (also working with older versions): > \override Staff.BarLine #'stencil = ##f Sorry for any

Re: hide staff.BarLine fails

2017-02-08 Thread arlin
Thank yu for the reply. I'm transcribing renaissance music, which was barless, but I want barlines to appear between the staves, i.e. mensurstriche layout. The snippet I quoted is at http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/working-with-ancient-music_002d_002dscenarios-and-solutions B

Re: hide staff.BarLine fails

2017-02-08 Thread arlin
Thank you, Joram. The version was the issue. It works now. Thank you, thank you, thank you. -Arlin -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/hide-staff-BarLine-fails-tp199864p199868.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __

Re: hide staff.BarLine fails

2017-02-08 Thread David Kastrup
arlin writes: > Thank yu for the reply. > > I'm transcribing renaissance music, which was barless, but I want barlines > to appear between the staves, i.e. mensurstriche layout. The snippet I > quoted is at > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/working-with-ancient-music_002d_002