Re: How to remove all empty staves?

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "TaoCG" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 12:59 PM
Subject: How to remove all empty staves?


> Hi,
>
> I need to remove the staff in one part of a single instrument score but
> \RemoveEmptyStaves seems to keep at least one Staff alive, it just removes
> the staff and bar lines and the key and time signature but the bar number
> stays there and occupies the vertical space of a whole staff.
>
> Actually I have a rehearsal mark (from a predefined global frame) in this
> part, I tried removing it (I'd rather not though) but it didn't have any
> effect.
>
> I hope someone knows a solution.
> I attached the PDF I am currently working on to visualize my problem.
>
> Regards,
> Tao
>
> http://old.nabble.com/file/p31019724/wantyou_bass.pdf wantyou_bass.pdf

If the music only has full measure rests for that section, then putting this 
layout block in the definition will allow the staff to disappear:

\layout {
 \context {
   \RemoveEmptyStaffContext
}


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Phil Holmes