Modify only the current system - Revision history

Gabriel Ellsworth: I deleted the full keyword because, as far as I can tell, this snippet does not need to demonstrate page layout features.

2026-02-02T17:55:06Z

I deleted the full keyword because, as far as I can tell, this snippet does not need to demonstrate page layout features.

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	Starting bars usually are all clones of the first one. The only way to affect one system and not the others is to collect all the grobs using the <code>all-elements</code> property of any grob on the system in question (for example a <code>NoteHead</code>) and filter the target grob, which you can then modify.		Starting bars usually are all clones of the first one. The only way to affect one system and not the others is to collect all the grobs using the <code>all-elements</code> property of any grob on the system in question (for example a <code>NoteHead</code>) and filter the target grob, which you can then modify.

	<lilypond version="2.24" ~~full~~>		<lilypond version="2.24">
	%% Thanks to David Nalesnik:		%% Thanks to David Nalesnik:
	%% https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2019-03/msg00205.html		%% https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2019-03/msg00205.html
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	}		}
	>>		>>

	~~\paper { tagline = ##f }~~
	</lilypond>		</lilypond>

Lemzwerg: New category

2025-11-21T23:30:29Z

New category

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:30, 21 November 2025
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	[[Category:Staff notation]]		[[Category:Staff notation]]
	[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]][[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
			[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg at 22:56, 21 November 2025

2025-11-21T22:56:16Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:56, 21 November 2025
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	[[Category:Staff notation]]		[[Category:Staff notation]]
	[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]		[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]][[Category:Snippet]]

Jean Abou Samra: Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

2025-11-16T18:54:53Z

Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:54, 16 November 2025
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	Starting bars usually are all clones of the first one. The only way to affect one system and not the others is to collect all the grobs using the <code>all-elements</code> property of any grob on the system in question (for example a <code>NoteHead</code>) and filter the target grob, which you can then modify.		Starting bars usually are all clones of the first one. The only way to affect one system and not the others is to collect all the grobs using the <code>all-elements</code> property of any grob on the system in question (for example a <code>NoteHead</code>) and filter the target grob, which you can then modify.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>		<lilypond version="2.24" full>
	%% Thanks to David Nalesnik:		%% Thanks to David Nalesnik:
	%% https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2019-03/msg00205.html		%% https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2019-03/msg00205.html

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:36:28Z

Import snippet from LSR

New page

Starting bars usually are all clones of the first one. The only way to affect one system and not the others is to collect all the grobs using the <code>all-elements</code> property of any grob on the system in question (for example a <code>NoteHead</code>) and filter the target grob, which you can then modify.

<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>
%% Thanks to David Nalesnik:
%% https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2019-03/msg00205.html

#(define drop-in-on-spanner
(lambda (grob)
(let* ((elts (ly:grob-array->list (ly:grob-object (ly:grob-system grob) 'all-elements)))
(ssb (filter (lambda (e) (grob::has-interface e 'system-start-delimiter-interface))
elts)))
(set! (ly:grob-property (car ssb) 'color) red))))

\new StaffGroup <<
\new Staff {
c'1 \break
\tweak after-line-breaking #drop-in-on-spanner
c' \break
c' \break
}
\new Staff {
c' c' c'
}
>>

\paper { tagline = ##f }
</lilypond>

[[Category:Staff notation]]
[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]