On Wed, 2014-07-16 at 08:38 +0200, Marc Hohl wrote:
> Am 15.07.2014 16:14, schrieb Richard Shann:
> > Well, I'm not sure I follow the distinction between defined bar-types
> > and not, this code
> >
> > \version "2.18.0"
> > \defineBarLine ":" #'(":" ":" ":")
> > \defineBarLine "|" #'(":" ":" ":")
> > \score {
> >
> > \new PianoStaff <<
> > \new Staff = "RH" <<
> > \new Voice {
> > c'' c'' c'' c'' c'' c'' }
> > >>
> > \new Staff = "LH" <<
> > \new Voice {
> > c'' c'' c'' c'' c'' c'' }
> > >>
> > >>
> > }
> >
> > gives no warning but prints the double dots above instead of below the
> > top staff.
> > But perhaps that is a separate bug.
>
> IIRC, it is not possible to use the repeat colons as span bars, they are
> placed above the first system and not repeated even if you use more than
> two staves (and therefore more than one instance of a span bar).
well, we are back to the question of what should the docs say, "IIRC"
here refers to ...?
>
> Do you have a real-world example where this would be of some use?
>
Not at all - the bug would just be that there is no warning, and strange
output (I take it there is no real-world use for the repeat dots
hovering in the air above the top staff?).
> > In any case, I seem to have a workable method for creating the bar types
> > needed for chord charts. Attached is an example of the sort of output.
> > The code to generate this is now in Denemo's git and will be in the
> > 1.1.8 release.
>
> Looks good!
Thank you :)
Richard
>
> Marc
>
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