Re: Bar lines

[Marc Hohl]

Am 06.03.2013 09:38, schrieb David Kastrup:
> Marc Hohl <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Am 06.03.2013 02:59, schrieb Thomas Morley:
> > > 2013/3/5 Noeck <address@hidden>:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I tried the (relatively) new bar line interface:
> > > > \version "2.17.12"
> > > > \defineBarLine "|:" #'(":||" "" "|:")   % a)
> > > > \defineBarLine ":||" #'(":.." "" " ||") % b)
> > > >
> > > > \new StaffGroup <<
> > > >     \new Staff { a1 \bar "|:" a \bar "|:" }
> > > >     \new Staff { f'1 f' }
> > > > I have four questions:
> > > >
> > > > 1) When using definition in line a), LilyPond complains about a missing
> > > > span bar line style. Should I add line b) to define it?
> > > >
> > > > 2) Is the space in " ||" right in line  b) to align the span bar lines
> > > > properly?
> > > Hi Joram,
> > >
> > > I'll try to answer your first two questions while demonstrating a step
> > > by step example.
> > Hi Harm,
> >
> > kudos for this detailed explanation! I wonder if the documentation about
> > bar lines should be enhanced in this way, or is there a place where this
> > information can be stored and made available for all users?
> It is orthogonal to us making \bar "|:" and \bar ":|" well-defined by
> letting : automatically imply a thick bar since nothing else makes
> sense.
I don't think that this is the problem Joram struggled with.

If the majority of users and developers think that explicitly using
the dot "." for a thick bar line is suboptimal, then

cced43289cf170305e6e6517180659a1c4fa91db

should never have happened. Feel free to revert it.

I for myself use \repeat volta ... without having to cater for
manual repeat bar lines at all ;-)

Regards,

Marc