Re: Barlines between staffs

[Mats Bengtsson]

Could you please prepare a complete example that can be ran directly through
LilyPond, which illustrates the problem (keep it as short as possible, 
though).
This will make it much easier for us on the mailing list to try 
different ideas.

   /Mats

Maurits Lamers wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I sent a mail a week ago about the same problem, but did not get any 
> response (as far as I can see from the digests).
> So, for a second try:
>
> I want to typeset a renaissance choir piece and I would like to do it 
> with the barlines not on the staffs but between them.
>
> The structure I chose is the following:
>
> \score {
> <<
>     \new StaffGroup {
>     <<
>         \new Staff { \override Staff.BarLine #'transparent = ##t
>             "music"
>         }
>         \context Lyrics = SopraanLyrics { s1 }       
>         \new Staff { \override Staff.BarLine #'transparent = ##t
>             "music"
>         }
>         \context Lyrics = AltLyrics { s1 }   
>         \new Staff { \override Staff.BarLine #'transparent = ##t
>             "music"
>         }
>         \context Lyrics = TenorLyrics { s1 }   
>         \new Staff { \override Staff.BarLine #'transparent = ##t
>             "music"
>         }
>         \context Lyrics = BasLyrics { s1 }       
>     >>
>     }
> >>
> }
>
> This works beautiful, until I want the Lyrics to avoid the Barlines. 
> When I add the Barline_engraver to the Lyrics Context using:
>
> \layout {
>     \context {
>         \Lyrics {
>             \consists "Bar_engraver"
>             \override "BarLine #'transparent = ##t
>             \consists "Separating_line_group_engraver"
>         }
>     }   
> }
>
> as the example in the manual tells me, the lyrics do indeed avoid the 
> barlines, but also something else "strange" occurs. The barline is 
> drawn not only between the Staffs, but also between the lowest staff 
> and the lowest Lyrics line. I have included a small excerpt of the 
> score showing the problem as a jpeg file.
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> I have been trying to find how to solve this, but cannot find anything 
> that works.
> Anyone any idea how to get rid of this redundant span-bar-line?
>
> Thanks a lot!!
>
> regards
>
> Maurits Lamers
>
>
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