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+%%%% This file is part of LilyPond, the GNU music typesetter.
+%%%%
+%%%% Copyright (C) 2011--2012 Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl>
+%%%% Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
+%%%%
+%%%% LilyPond is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+%%%% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+%%%% the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+%%%% (at your option) any later version.
+%%%%
+%%%% LilyPond is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+%%%% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+%%%% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+%%%% GNU General Public License for more details.
+%%%%
+%%%% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+%%%% along with LilyPond. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+\version "2.16.0"
+
+RemoveEmptyStaves = \with {
+ \remove "Axis_group_engraver"
+ % If RemoveEmptyStaves is called twice, two
+ % Hara_kiri_engravers would be added, which leads to a
+ % warning.
+ % This code makes sure that no previous Hara_kiri_engraver
+ % is left before adding a new one.
+ \remove "Hara_kiri_engraver"
+ \consists "Hara_kiri_engraver"
+ \override VerticalAxisGroup #'remove-empty = ##t
+ \description "Remove staves which are considered to be empty according
+to the list of interfaces set by @code{keepAliveInterfaces}."
+}