Re: Zero-width measure

[Mats Bengtsson]

You can insert a bar line at the beginning of a piece
(between the key signature and the time signature), using
\bar "...". However, if you want a double bar line, you probably
want \bar ".|". Note that LilyPond is smart, so that \bar ":|:" will
print a "|:" at the beginning of a line. For the same reason, a
\bar "||" will not print anything at the beginning of a line, since
such a double bar line normally is placed at the end of the previous
line if it occurs at a line break.

Regarding your other question on bar lines at the system start, I did
a futile attempt to redefine the print-function and glyph of the
SystemStartBar object, but it didn't print anything (here's what I tried:)
\paper{
  \context{
    \ScoreContext
    \override SystemStartBar #'print-function = #Bar_line::print
    \override SystemStartBar #'glyph = #".|"
  }
}

If you change the print-function to Span_bar::print, it does print
something, but not what you expect ;-).

   /Mats

Bertalan Fodor wrote:
> Is it possible to have a zero width measure, so I can begin my music 
> with any bar line I want to?
>
> Bert
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