Re: tempo causes insertion of empty staff line

[Phil Holmes]

"Philip Stolz" <address@hidden> wrote in message 
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> > I'm not top posting.
>
> % If tempo is specified for the whole score
> % lilypond adds an empty staff line.
> % This issue did not exist in version 2.13.49.
> % The first version where it occurred was 2.13.50.
> % It also exists in 2.13.54.
>
> \version "2.13.50"
>
> \score {
>   <<
>    \time 4/4
>
>    \tempo 4 = 114
>
>    \new Staff = "Voice" <<
>      \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup {"Voice"}
>      \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = #""
>
>      {
>        \key bes \major
>        \relative c' {bes'4 c4 d,2} \bar "|."
>      }
>    >>
>
>    \new PianoStaff = "Piano" <<
>      \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = #"Piano"
>      \set PianoStaff.shortInstrumentName = #""
>      <<
>        \new Staff { \key bes \major \clef treble \relative c' {bes4 c4 d2} 
> \bar
> "|."}
>        \new Staff { \key bes \major \clef bass \relative c {bes4 c4 d2} 
> \bar "|."}
>      >>
>    >>
>  >>
>
>
> }

This is a very interesting regression.  However, the example you provide is 
more complicated than necessary.  Please could you provide a "tiny" example 
to help debugging?

http://lilypond.org/website/tiny-examples.html

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Phil Holmes
Bug Squad