Re: moving bar line engraver to staff level

[Michael Lauer]

Laura Conrad <lconrad <at> laymusic.org> writes:

> 
> 
> I think this is a bug, but since I don't usually rely on the default
> bar line engraver, I'm sending this to user in case I'm doing
> something really dumb.
> 
> The attached file is in 2/2, and should start with a partial measure,
> in both parts.
> 
> If I don't include the \layout section, which moves the barline
> engraver to the staff level from the score level, it prints the way I
> expect.  
> 
> The file as written prints the first part as expected, but ignores the
> \partial statement for the second part.
> 
> 
> Attachment (partialscore.ly): application/octet-stream, 547 bytes
> 
> 
> If it's a bug, does anyone know a workaround?  If not, what am I doing
> wrong?
> 

It looks to me like a bug in the definition of \partial, which seems to
want to work at Score level.  You can work around it by setting 
the measure position directly:

\set Timing.measurePosition = #(ly:make-moment -1 2)

Michael