Re: Double thin bar lines and repeats?

[Thomas Morley]

2015-01-19 22:10 GMT+01:00 Lars-Johan Liman <address@hidden>:
> Hi!
>
> I'm a long time TeX geek trying to wrap my head around Lilypond - with
> some, but limited, success. :-)
>
> However, I'm trying to end a section of piano music with thin double bar
> lines, break the line, and then start the next line with repeat marks. I
> cannot make it work. Any hints?
>
> Here's my attempt, boiled down to bare necessities using dummy notes:
>
> \version "2.18.0"
>
> \new PianoStaff <<
>
>   \new Staff { \clef treble \key c\major \time 4/4
>     <g c' e'> <a c' f'> <g c' e'> <a c' f'> \bar "||" | \break
>     \repeat volta 2 {
>       \bar ".|:"
>       <g c' e'> <a c' f'> <g c' e'> <a c' f'> |
>     }
>   }
>
>   \new Staff { \clef bass \key c\major \time 4/4
>     <c, c>4 <d, d> <c, c>4 <d, d> |
>     <c, c>4 <d, d> <c, c>4 <d, d> |
>   }
>
>>>
> % END.
>
> This does give me the repeat marks at the beginning of line 2, but not
> the double thin bar lines at the end of line one.
>
> If I remove '\bar ".|:"' in the repeat, I don't get the repeat marks in
> on the second line (Why not? It's not the beginning of the piece.), but
> I _do_ get the thin double bar lines at the end of line one. I've tried
> moving the '\bar "..."' stuff around the bar marks '|' back and forth,
> but to no avail.
>
> It's not unreasonable for the program to assume that the end of line one
> equals the beginning of line two, and to ask me to make up my mind
> whether I want thin lines _or_ repeat marks, but I'd like to create this
> visual impression, to make it easier to read.
>
> Possible?

Try:
\bar ".|:-||"
It's in the NR ;)

Cheers,
  Harm