Re: Issue 2093 in lilypond: Doc: alternativeNumberingStyle (fix issue 2059) should be documented

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Comment #4 on issue 2093 by address@hidden: Doc:  
alternativeNumberingStyle (fix issue 2059) should be documented
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2093

Hi James,

Actually I simply copied the commands that were given by Mike in the
French users mailing list:
http://lilypond-french-users.1298960.n2.nabble.com/Repetitions-volta-et-numeros-de-mesure-tp7036772p7062089.html

But IIUC Mike's explanations and AFAICS in the regression test
"input/regression/bar-number-volta-repeat.ly"
with  \set Score.alternativeNumberingStyle = #'number  the bars in the
alternatives will have the _same number_ (e.g. "4", "5" in the first
alternative, "4", "5" in the second one and "6" after the alternatives).
This is different from the default in the sense that the measures within
alternatives will have the same number, whereas with the default the
numbers will simply increase, i.e. "4", "5" in the first alternative,
"6", "7" in the second one and "8" after the alternatives (for the same
input).  Is it clearer?

With  \set Score.alternativeNumberingStyle = #'numbers-with-letters
the measures will have the same number but with a letter suffix
different in each alternative, e.g. "4a", "5a" in the first alternative,
"4b", "5b" in the second one, etc.