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Each context is composed of a number of building blocks, or plug-ins
called engravers. An engraver is a specialized C++ class that is
compiled into the executable. Typically, an engraver is responsible
for one function: the Slur_engraver
creates only Slur
objects, and the Skip_event_swallow_translator
only swallows
(silently gobbles) SkipEvent
s.
An existing context definition can be changed by adding or removing an engraver. The syntax for these operations is
\consists engravername \remove engravername
Here engravername is a string, the name of an engraver in the
system. In the following example, the Clef_engraver
is removed
from the Staff context. The result is a staff without a clef, where
the central C is at its default position, the center line:
\score { \notes { c'4 f'4 } \paper { \translator { \StaffContext \remove Clef_engraver } } }
A list of all engravers is in the internal documentation, see All engravers.
This page is for LilyPond-2.0.0 (stable-branch).