Re: Align above "current" staff

[David Kastrup]

Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> I want a music function to produce an ossia staff. The NR states that
> in order to place that above alignAboveContext should be used:
>
> \new Staff = "main" \relative {
>   c''4 b d c
>   <<
>     { c4 b d c }
>
>     \new Staff \with {
>       \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
>       alignAboveContext = #"main"
>       \magnifyStaff #2/3
>       firstClef = ##f
>     }
>     { e4 d f e }
>   >>
>   c4 b c2
> }
>
> But is that also possible when I  (or my music-function) doesn't know
> the staff's name

You can use \applyContext for getting it before you initiate your own
(hopefully uniquely named) Staff.

-- 
David Kastrup