Re: Staffs extending past the end of music

[Simon Albrecht]

OK.
I think what you want is \RemoveEmptyStaves, to be inserted in
\layout{
  \context{ \Staff
      \RemoveEmptyStaves } }

HTH, Simon

Am 17.02.2015 01:21, schrieb Tyler A Stank:
> On 02/16/2015 06:09 PM, Simon Albrecht wrote:
> > Hello Tyler,
> >
> > 1. sorry for being an incorrigible nitpick, but the plural of “staff” 
> > is “staves” ;-)
> > 2. It’s exceedingly difficult to understand your problem without an 
> > example. Could you please send one? At best an attached .ly file (if 
> > it’s included in the message body, it might suffer inappropriate 
> > reformatting on its way), and .png or .pdf showing the output.
> I have the code, as well as the PDF and midi, on github at 
> https://github.com/tbear2500/Psalm51.
>
> In addition, I've attached a PNG showing the problem.
>
> The organization of my code works as follows: defs.lyi has some 
> definitions I use in all my projects to make writing music easier, and 
> is included by every other .lyi.  The actual music is contained in the 
> other various .lyi files.  template.lyi contains time changes and 
> other things that should affect each part in exactly the same manner.  
> score.ly includes all other files and has the \score{} block and 
> actually does the work of creating the PDF and midi files.
>
> Tyler