Re: Ties to nothing

[Roland Goretzki]

Hello list, hello Tim,

You wrote:

> Thanks all, but I can't get it to work.
> 
> I'm doing
> 
> \begin[20pt]{lilypond}
>   \score
>   {
>     \notes
>     {
>       \time 4/4
>       \property Staff.TimeSignature \set #'style = #'()
>       \clef bass
>       \stemUp
>      b1:32~b4^"L.V." r4 r2 b1:32~b4~<< \hideNotes b4 \unHideNotes r4 >> r2 
> \bar "|."
>     }
>   }
> \end{lilypond}
> 
> which is exactly what I want, except that the note between \hideNotes and 
> \unHideNotes is not hidden!  I'm using 2.0.3 is that feature not available in 
> my version?

I did just try Your version, with 2.2.6, changing "\property" with
"\override" and dropping "\set". The result:

    The note is not hidden, but a warning is given:
    Warning: Can't have rests and note heads together on a stem.:

So, for the warning I changed the line with the notes
    b1:32~b4^"L.V." r4 r2 b1:32~b4~<< \hideNotes b4 \unHideNotes r4 >> r2 
to
    b1:32~b4^"L.V." r4 r2
    << { b1:32~b4~ \hideNotes b4 }
      \\
       { \unHideNotes s1 s4 r4 }
    >> r2

and both worked correctly. (Only the rest should be shifted, perhaps ;-)
The "\\" seems to be nessecary. :)

Now to Your version-question: I did change
    "\hideNotes"
with
    "\once\override NoteHead #'transparent = ##t \once\override Stem 
#'transparent = ##t"
and drop the
    "\unHideNotes"

and it did work also.

%%%     my propose (begin)      %%%
     b1:32~b4^"L.V." r4 r2
     << { b1:32~b4~
          \once\override NoteHead #'transparent = ##t
          \once\override Stem #'transparent = ##t
          b4 }
       \\
        { s1 s4 r4 }
     >> r2
%%%     my propose (end)        %%%

So possibly, if You change the syntax for 2.0.3, my propose could work for You,
assuming, that "\hideNotes" doesn't exist in 2.0.3?

I hope this will help. :)

Best Regards           Roland