Re: problem with \RemoveEmptyStaves

2013-06-01 Thread Werner LEMBERG
What prevents Lilypond to do this automatically? I want an option that staves are only removed if there are at least two systems on a page. I would phrase that there *would* be two systems after removing the empty staves. No, I don't mean that. I mean the situation where Lilypond is only

Re: problem with \RemoveEmptyStaves

2013-06-01 Thread Werner LEMBERG
I want an option that staves are only removed if there are at least two systems on a page. A second pass over the full score should be quite cheap, if really necessary, since line breaks are already done. I think this could be done automatically, without a second pass, [...] This would

Re: problem with \RemoveEmptyStaves

2013-05-31 Thread Werner LEMBERG
Thanks. *Very* kludgy. No, not at all. The RemoveEmptyStaves feature was intended to be adjusted in that way, so the solution in that snippet is a safe and direct way to avoid removing staves when you don't want them removed. It will not break at the next LilyPond version or interfere

Re: problem with \RemoveEmptyStaves

2013-05-31 Thread Helge Kruse
Am 01.06.2013 06:17, schrieb Werner LEMBERG: What prevents Lilypond to do this automatically? I want an option that staves are only removed if there are at least two systems on a page. I would phrase that there *would* be two systems after removing the empty staves. Helge

Re: problem with \RemoveEmptyStaves

2013-05-31 Thread Keith OHara
On Fri, 31 May 2013 21:17:02 -0700, Werner LEMBERG w...@gnu.org wrote: Thanks. *Very* kludgy. No, not at all. But it is a *manual* solution, Yep, but (after looking up 'kludgy' I see that) manual and kludgy are different things. What prevents Lilypond to do this automatically? I want

Re: problem with \RemoveEmptyStaves

2013-05-29 Thread Keith OHara
Werner LEMBERG wl at gnu.org writes: In a big score, it removes staves even if only a single system fits on a page, see the attached image. In some big scores (say, Mahler) you need to remove the empty staves just to let the rest fit legibly on a page. You might like it if you restore some

Re: problem with \RemoveEmptyStaves

2013-05-29 Thread Werner LEMBERG
In a big score, it removes staves even if only a single system fits on a page, see the attached image. In some big scores (say, Mahler) you need to remove the empty staves just to let the rest fit legibly on a page. OK. In other words, we would need a new value for property

Re: problem with \RemoveEmptyStaves

2013-05-29 Thread Keith OHara
On Wed, 29 May 2013 02:58:44 -0700, Werner LEMBERG w...@gnu.org wrote: In a big score, it removes staves even if only a single system fits on a page, see the attached image. How can I avoid this? The last time this question came up, the suggestion was

problem with \RemoveEmptyStaves

2013-05-28 Thread Werner LEMBERG
Folks, the \RemoveEmptyStaves command apparently has a big drawback: In a big score, it removes staves even if only a single system fits on a page, see the attached image. How can I avoid this? Werner inline: remove-empty.png___ lilypond-user