Allow LilyPond to automatically handle then end of a staff with \partial

2009-04-07 Thread Tom Dickson
A feature I would like is to make it so that barchecks don't fail on the end of a staff started with \partial. Especially in songs, the last measure will usually be cut down by the same amount as the \partial at the beginning. Currently I have to hide the time signature and change time at

Re: Allow LilyPond to automatically handle then end of a staff with \partial

2009-04-07 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Why would you insert a bar check at a place where you know that the measure isn't finished? Bar checks are only intended to help you make sure that LilyPond thinks that the measure is finished at the same place as you think it is. If you want an ending bar line, just use \bar |. (or whatever

Re: Allow LilyPond to automatically handle then end of a staff with \partial

2009-04-07 Thread Tom Dickson
I use it to verify I didn't make a mistake in the last measure, especially when I have multiple voices in a single staff. -tom On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Mats Bengtsson mats.bengts...@ee.kth.sewrote: Why would you insert a bar check at a place where you know that the measure isn't

Re: Allow LilyPond to automatically handle then end of a staff with \partial

2009-04-07 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Tom Dickson wrote: I use it to verify I didn't make a mistake in the last measure, especially when I have multiple voices in a single staff. ??? If you know that the last measure is incomplete, it's obvious that you will get a bar check error if you insert a bar check there. If you really

Re: Allow LilyPond to automatically handle then end of a staff with \partial

2009-04-07 Thread Tom Dickson
That's basically what I do, but using \time. With your example I use: \relative c'{\partial 8 c8 | c4 d e f | \override Staff.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \time 7/8 d2 c4. \bar |. | } Since I'm combining Soprano and Alto voices into one staff, this allows me to put all the timing information

Re: Allow LilyPond to automatically handle then end of a staff with \partial

2009-04-07 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Trevor Daniels wrote: I see what you're suggesting now - you'd like the bar check on the final bar automatically to take the initial \partial into account, if there was one, by adding the length of first and last bars together, right? It would be nice feature. Bet Sibelius and Finale don't

Re: Allow LilyPond to automatically handle then end of a staff with \partial

2009-04-07 Thread Tom Dickson
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Mats Bengtsson mats.bengts...@ee.kth.sewrote: Trevor Daniels wrote: I see what you're suggesting now - you'd like the bar check on the final bar automatically to take the initial \partial into account, if there was one, by adding the length of first and last

Re: Allow LilyPond to automatically handle then end of a staff with \partial

2009-04-07 Thread James E. Bailey
What an interesting suggestion. What about \partial in the middle of a piece? Am 07.04.2009 um 18:33 schrieb Trevor Daniels: I see what you're suggesting now - you'd like the bar check on the final bar automatically to take the initial \partial into account, if there was one, by adding

Re: Allow LilyPond to automatically handle then end of a staff with \partial

2009-04-07 Thread Tom Dickson
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 1:33 PM, James E. Bailey derhindem...@googlemail.com wrote: What an interesting suggestion. What about \partial in the middle of a piece? I would suggest an \endPartial command or similar that tells LilyPond to check the partial that began it. Perhaps it's too