Re: Bug? \clef makes Staff disappear

[David Kastrup]

Torsten Hämmerle <address@hidden> writes:

> David Kastrup wrote
>> If you want a Staff, create it rather than rely on somebody else doing
>> that, maybe.
>
> That is basically what I thought (and wrote), too.
> But, admittedly, these shortcuts used to work in prior releases and even can
> be found in the Notation Reference Manual:
>
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/displaying-chords
> (scroll to "Simple lead sheet").
>
> Fortunately (or should I say /incidentally/), this example still works
> because of the additional \addlyrics line.

It sounds rather shaky to rely on that for code intended to be used as a
starting point or example.  "It's ok if you know what you are doing" is
not ok when intended to be helpful for people who haven't had a chance
yet to know what they are doing.

-- 
David Kastrup