Re: repeat bars in all staves except one

[David Kastrup]

Pierre Perol-Schneider <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi David,
>
> 2015-06-18 9:53 GMT+02:00 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
>
>
>> Well, that's the equivalent of snatching the engraved plates from a
>> human operator after the third time he declined a request and using a
>> paperclip to scratch the desired kind of bar into the plate.
>>
>
> My english is not good enough to perfectly undersant the sarcastic
> humor that' behind your message but I suspect it to be very funny.

There actually wasn't any humor involved here.  I was, apparently
unsuccessfully, trying to use an analogy in order to express my surprise
at the apparent unsuitability of LilyPond to deal with the request to
use a different barline type rather than substitute manual drawing
instructions and leaving LilyPond in the belief it is drawing a repeat
bar.

> Copied.

It would likely not be a good idea to submit my comment to a joke
magazine.

>> Is there not at least a way to use the existing bar line engraving
>> tools for doing the job?
>>
>
> Sure!

Well, if there is, it is much more likely to lead to results that will
work fine at different staff sizes and font styles.

Of course, there also is the question _why_ Kieren wants no repeat bar
in this staff.  If the answer to that is "oh, I want a repeat, and the
Midi should have one as well, but the repeat bar LilyPond draws is too
ugly for that", then replacing the stencil might actually be a more
appropriate short-term fix than my reaction indicated.

But the question then is: what kind of repeat bar _would_ be appropriate
in a RhythmicStaff?  And then see what it would take to make LilyPond
use this consistently.

-- 
David Kastrup