Re: Initial (but only initial) staff hiding

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Michael,

> I want the VocalStaff group not to begin until the system
> with the first non-rest (interesting) event, but after that I want all
> staff in the staffgroup to always exist, regardless of notes or lack thereof.

showMMRs = {
  \set Staff.keepAliveInterfaces =
    #'( rhythmic-grob-interface
        multi-measure-rest-interface
        lyric-interface
        stanza-number-interface
        percent-repeat-interface) }

Once there’s something interesting, put \showMMRs to force the staff to show no 
matter what.

Hope that helps!
Kieren.
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