+void
+Axis_group_engraver::add_element (Grob *e)
+{
+ Axis_group_interface::add_element (staffline_, e);
+}
+
+/****************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ maybenot such a good idea after all., to put class declarations in
+ .cc
+*/
+
+#include "hara-kiri-group-spanner.hh"
+#include "rhythmic-head.hh"
+
+class Hara_kiri_engraver : public Axis_group_engraver
+{
+protected:
+ virtual Spanner *get_spanner ();
+ virtual void acknowledge_grob (Grob_info);
+ virtual void add_element (Grob *e);
+public:
+ TRANSLATOR_DECLARATIONS (Hara_kiri_engraver);
+};
+
+void
+Hara_kiri_engraver::add_element (Grob *e)
+{
+ Hara_kiri_group_spanner::add_element (staffline_, e);
+}
+
+Spanner *
+Hara_kiri_engraver::get_spanner ()
+{
+ Spanner *sp = make_spanner ("RemoveEmptyVerticalGroup", SCM_EOL);
+
+ return sp;
+}
+
+void
+Hara_kiri_engraver::acknowledge_grob (Grob_info i)
+{
+ Axis_group_engraver::acknowledge_grob (i);
+ if (staffline_
+ && (i.grob_->internal_has_interface (ly_symbol2scm ("rhythmic-grob-interface"))
+ || i.grob_->internal_has_interface (ly_symbol2scm ("lyric-interface"))))
+ {
+ Hara_kiri_group_spanner::add_interesting_item (staffline_, i.grob_);
+ }
+}
+
+Hara_kiri_engraver::Hara_kiri_engraver ()
+{
+}
+
+ADD_TRANSLATOR (Hara_kiri_engraver,
+ /* descr */ "Like Axis_group_engraver, but make a hara-kiri spanner, and add "
+ "interesting items (ie. note heads, lyric syllables and normal rests) ",
+ /* creats*/ "RemoveEmptyVerticalGroup",
+ /* accepts */ "",
+ /* acks */ "grob-interface",
+ /* reads */ "",
+ /* write */ "");
+
+ADD_TRANSLATOR (Axis_group_engraver,
+ /* descr */ "Group all objects created in this context in a VerticalAxisGroup spanner.",
+ /* creats*/ "VerticalAxisGroup",
+ /* accepts */ "",
+ /* acks */ "grob-interface",
+ /* reads */ "verticalExtent minimumVerticalExtent extraVerticalExtent",
+ /* write */ "");