Re: Repeat volta not at beginning of piece doesn't get initial repeat bar line

[James]

On 26/06/14 16:53, Jay Anderson wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Patrick or Cynthia Karl <address@hidden> 
> wrote:
>> Section 1.4 of the Notation Manual says about volta repeats:
>>
>> volta           The repeated music is not written out but enclosed between 
>> repeat bar lines. If the                             repeat is at the 
>> beginning of a piece, a repeat bar line is only printed at the end of the    
>>                           repeat.
>>
>> But the following snippet does not generate the initial repeat bar line, 
>> apparently because of the "||" bar line.  But the "||" bar line does not 
>> indicate the end of a piece.
>>
>> I have tried several things to get the inital repeat bar line to appear 
>> without success.  I suspect it's not very difficult.  Can anyone please tell 
>> me how to do it?  And if I'm correct about the problem being caused by the 
>> "||" bar line, the documentation should probably be changed.
>>
>> \version "2.18.2"
>>
>> music = \relative b' {
>>     a1 a a a
>>     \bar "||"
>>
>>     \break
>>
>>     \repeat volta 2 { a4 b c d }
>> }
> You're right that the \bar "||" is overriding the repeat bar. I assume
> you're wanting a double bar before the break. Use \bar ".|:-||"
> instead. You can lookup valid bar strings in bar-line.scm.
>
> -----Jay
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So does the documentation need changing as it is not clear here; and if
so can you let me know what it should be?

James