Re: Shortened volta span & autopackage

[Daniel Johnson]

Mats Bengtsson wrote:

> Shelagh Manton wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I was hoping somebody would point me to the place in the documentation
>> where it shows how to shorten a volta bracket. I've seen it, but can't
>> find it again..
>
> The volta will include exactly as many notes as you include in the
> corresponding block of the \alternative{...}, so can't you just move
> some notes outside the \alternative{...}, or maybe I didn't understand
> your question. It's always easier to answer if you include some LilyPond
> code and tell exactly what you want changed.

I believe the original poster was desiring to set the vertical extent of
a volta bracket, rather than the horizontal.