Re: [Denemo-devel] Custom Barlines

[Richard Shann]

On Sun, 2017-09-17 at 00:47 +0000, NagyMusic wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> As a new user of Denemo with extensive Lilypond experience, I'm
> writing to ask how to create custom barlines (e.g., dashed, dotted,
> etc.) in line with all available Lilypond options:
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/bars
> 
> 
> I tried creating a custom barline tool found in the Barline tab, but
> it didn't seem to work. 

That would be this command I guess:
> 
Command: Custom Barline
Create a custom barline.
These can be named, or can simply override a standard LilyPond bar line
type.
A bar line is defined by four forms, which describe 1) the appearance
normally (during a line), 
2) appearance when the barline is at the beginning or 
3) end of a line , and 
4) what to show when joining staffs together as with a Piano Staff.
Barline forms are made of characters including |,:,.,[,],:
and others in the LilyPond documentation.
Location: Object Menu ▶ Score ▶ Typesetter
Internal Name: CustomBarline


I just tried it, taking all the default responses. It created this
syntax (in the LilyPond window)

\defineBarLine "|-A" #'("|" "|" "|")
BarA = \bar "|-A"

I tried it out by inserting the LilyPond syntax "\BarA" between two
notes (using Directives->Insert LilyPond) and got this

 f'2 f'4 \BarA   \tuplet 3/2 { f'8 f' f' } 
> 
So it seems the help for this command is inadequate, and in any case it
would seem to be a good idea if the command created a command to insert
the newly-created type of barline. I have submitted a bug report about
this.

Thank you for reporting this bug. If you need help creating a particular
barline please ask.

Richard