Re: change temporarily to custom clef

[Carl D. Sorensen]

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Orm Finnendahl" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 10:56 AM
> Subject: change temporarily to custom clef
> 
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> in contemporary music sometimes unusual "Clefs" are temporarily used
>> within a piece (for example for string instruments clefs where notes
>> indicate the contact point of the bow between fingerboard and bridge).
>> 
>> I guess for designing custom clefs one has to define a custom font but
>> I wonder whther there is another less complicated way by making a clef
>> temporarily transparent and putting some Postscript Markup in its place.
>> 
>> Can someone point me to relevant information in the docs or give a
>> short example (I can handle the Postscript, but don't exactly know how
>> to make the Clef temporarily transparent)?
>> 
>> --
>> Orm
>> 
>> 



On 12/31/08 9:21 AM, "Trevor Daniels" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Notation Reference 5.4.6 Visibility of objects may give you
> the clues you need.  Perhaps setting the clef's stencil to #f
> will be the easiest.
> 

Actually, I think the easiest way is to set the Clef's stencil to be a
markup.  Instead of trying to add a markup somehow and hide the clef, just
set the stencil property of the clef to be the markup you want.

Carl