Re: Zero-width measure

[Bertalan Fodor]

Thanks, but I really need || How can I make it to appear also at the 
beginning of a line? (Actually I don't need a clef.)

Isn't there a way to draw anything to anywhere? (I can only think of a 
transparent note with embeddedps, but that doesn't seem optimal to me).

Bert

Mats Bengtsson wrote:

> 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