Re: Spacing before and after barlines

[Basil Crow]

On Nov 28, 2008, at 12:19 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote:

> Is this not what you want?
>
> \relative c'
> {
> \set Score.timing = ##f
> \override Staff.BarLine #'break-visibility = #'#(#f #f #f)
> f4 g a b
> f4 g a b
> f4 g a b
> f4 g a b
> }

Dear Kieren,

Thank you again, but it is not. Since you have set Score.timing to  
false, no barlines are automatically drawn. While this has the  
advantage of circumventing this entire issue, it has the disadvantage  
of causing LilyPond not to break lines automatically. The problem I am  
describing is when invisible barlines are in the middle of a line.

\relative c'
{
\set Score.timing = ##f
\override Staff.BarLine #'break-visibility = #'#(#f #f #f)
f4 g a b \bar ""
f4 g a b \bar ""
f4 g a b \bar ""
f4 g a b \bar ""
}

In this case, the rivers of white space where barlines would be drawn  
still appear. I would appreciate some advice regarding what is  
creating this white space.

Thank you,
Basil