Re: \RemoveEmptyStaves not removing first line

[David Kastrup]

Lukas-Fabian Moser <address@hidden> writes:

> Am 01.11.18 um 01:34 schrieb Rohan Srinivasan:
>> Thank you - I meant to reply to the list. I have the following:
>
> The problem is the Ambitus_engraver. The ambitus is given at the
> beginning of the piece, and if you do this, the first staff of the
> singing voice is not empty (but contains the Ambitus designation).
>
> Where would you expect the Ambitus marker to show up if you do not
> want the staff to appear in the first system?

First entry?  I am not sure that the interfaces the Ambitus_engraver
exercises would allow to make that difference, but if they did, this
would be a reasonable expectation.  Though probably rather hard to
implement, given how late in the typesetting stage "empty" staves get
pruned.

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David Kastrup