Re: Why can't I get a barline at the end of this"

[Paul Scott]

Trevor Daniels wrote:
> > Paul Scott wrote on 09 December 2007 15:06
> >     
> > > Now you know the meaning of "||:". What would
> > >       
> > then be the sense of ":||"?
> >     
> > > "||:" produces a double barline at the end of
> > >       
> > the bar before "||:" if
> >     
> > > there is a linebreak. But at ":||" you want
> > >       
> > ":|" at the end of the bar
> >     
> > > and this doesn´t change if there´s a line break.
> > >
> > >       
> > Certainly it does!  You want a double bar at the
> > beginning of the next line.
> >
> >     
>
> Do you have any reference sources for this practice?
> If so, the change you suggest would be a valid
> request for an enhancement.
>
> A quick look on my bookcase failed to provide an
> example, although I found plenty of examples of the
> opposite behaviour, ie previous line ending with
> a end-repeat, next line no barline.
>   
Thanks.  I stand corrected.  The place where I expected to see that 
behavior didn't show it.

Paul