Re: Handling of objects near barlines

[Simon Albrecht]

Hello David,

On 05.10.2015 19:49, David Sumbler wrote:
> Even when we write the opposite, Lilypond still conforms to the standard
> practice - which is very nice of it, but unnecessary.  Lilypond is a
> practical tool, not an educational one, and people using it know the
> conventions

I don’t and I’m glad Lily does it right for me.
Part of the point in automated typesetting is to disable people from 
making errors – which, as can be seen in many publications even from 
major houses, happens very easily.

>   and can just as easily type a key change etc. before or
> after the bar check.  Lilypond's insistence on orthodoxy does not save
> us any effort whatsoever.

It saves having to remember and stick to the correct order for anybody 
using bar checks.

I am getting your point, and I hear in your writing the anxiety to make 
the proposal at all, for which I feel sorry. Flexibility and striving 
for perfection do not easily go together…

What about doing it only with explicit \bar "" commands? (That is no 
comment on technical feasibility; others need to judge about that.)

Yours, Simon