Re: Ossia problem

[Abraham Lee]

David,

On Tuesday, December 29, 2015, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> Ralph Palmer <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Greetings -
> >
> > I'm running ly 2.19.33 under Win7.
> >
> > I'm trying to remove the first line of the ossia staff from the attached
> > score. I would appreciate it if someone could tell me where I'm going wrong.
>
> You are missing an
>
>     \override VerticalAxisGroup.remove-first = ##t
>
> in a suitable place.  While setting VerticalAxisGroup.remove-empty has a
> predefined alias \RemoveEmptyStaves, VerticalAxisGroup.remove-first
> doesn't.

Any reason we can't add a similar alias for remove-first (e.g., \RemoveFirstEmptyStaff)? And why not extend it to also have \RemoveAllEmptyStaves that does both? Seems like a simple, but useful addition. I know I would use them regularly.

Best,

Abraham