Notes, dynamic signs, etc. are grouped with a set of horizontal lines, into a staff (plural `staves'). In our system, these lines are drawn using a separate layout object called staff symbol.
This object is created whenever a Staff context is
created. The appearance of the staff symbol cannot be changed by
using \override
or \set
. At the moment that
\property Staff
is interpreted, a Staff context
is made, and the StaffSymbol is created before any
\override
is effective. Properties can be changed in a
\translator
definition, or by using \applyoutput
.
If a staff is ended halfway a piece, the staff symbol may not end exactly on the barline.
This page is for LilyPond-2.0.0 (stable-branch).