Re: bar "||" kills start-repeat

[Simon Bailey]

mats, james,

On 30 Jan 2009, at 22:41, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
> Please read 
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Bars#Bar-lines

thanks for the pointer to the \bar "||:". i'm slightly confused  
however, as the paragraph before the introduction of this symbol states:

"Although the bar line types signifying repeats may be inserted  
manually they do not in themselves cause LilyPond to recognize a  
repeated section. Such repeated sections are better entered using the  
various repeat commands (see Repeats), which automatically print the  
appropriate bar lines."

so basically that paragraph is telling me to NOT use the manual repeat  
barlines and use \repeat volta instead. but the next paragraph  
mentions the special barline "||:" which i shouldn't be using as the  
volta syntax should be used instead. is this only confusing to me?

maybe the section on repeats should mention this special case (which  
is where i was originally looking for information on why my start- 
repeat mark was being killed).

regards,
sb