Re: bar "||" kills start-repeat

[Robin Bannister]

Simon Bailey wrote:
> so basically that paragraph is telling me to NOT use 
> the manual repeat barlines and use \repeat volta instead. 

The documentation uses a lot of different names for repeats. 
When you say "manual repeat barlines" it sounds as though 
you may not be distinguishing 
- manual barlines (inserted using \bar) 
- manual repeats (inserted using \set Score.repeatCommands)

When BarLines says "various repeat commands" 
the partially-initiated might think this means using the command 
"\repeat" in its several variations such as "volta", "unfold", etc.
But I think it is referring to NR 1.4.1.[1]  Specifically, the two sections on
- Normal repeats [2], which are applied to { ... }
- Manual repeat marks, which are inserted inline where branching can occur. 

So instead of "manual barlines", have a look at "manual repeats".

[1] http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Long-repeats
[2] aka "standard", and maybe thought of as "automatic" because not "manual". 

Cheers,
Robin