Re: Lilypond problems

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

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Am Samstag, 13. Dezember 2008 02:48:14 schrieb address@hidden:
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008, Reinhold Kainhofer <address@hidden> said:
> > Should we change \bar "." to create a single
> > thick barline for reasons of consistency and instead add a new
> > bar line style \bar "dot" to create a single dot as a bar line?
>
> newbies dumb Q - will the switch impact extant user files?

I don't think so. If you look at what \bar "."produces, ie.

\version "2.11.65"
\relative c' { c4 \bar"." c4}

(image is attached) then you'll see that such a "barline" doesn't make much 
sense at all.

> is there a way to do a broken barline? (maybe \bar "." )

You mean like \bar ":" for a dotted bar line or \bar "dashed" for a dashed bar 
line?
See http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/user/lilypond/Bars.html#Bars

> Historical editions often used vertical rows of dots intermixed with bars
> to mark sections (not always being repeated) as in |:| or :|: or :||:
> perhaps an experiment will clarify the useage?

I have never seen those yet. Are the dotted rows similar to the \bar ":" line?
If so, they are currently not possible in LilyPond anyway. \bar ":|:" and \bar 
":||:" produces a barline with repeating dots on both sides, not with four 
dots...

Cheers,
Reinhold
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