Re: my barline "split arrows" function needs improvement

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi again,

D'oh again…

My "fix" appears to work as a global override, but not as a one-off tweak (see 
attached modified snippet).
I played around with \stopStaff & \startStaff, but couldn't find the magic 
incantation.

Help re-requested.  =)

Thanks,
Kieren.

%%%  SNIPPET BEGINS
\version "2.19.60"

#(define-markup-command (arrow-at-angle layout props angle-deg length fill)
   (number? number? boolean?)
   (let* (
           (PI-OVER-180 (/ (atan 1 1) 34))
           (degrees->radians (lambda (degrees) (* degrees PI-OVER-180)))
           (angle-rad (degrees->radians angle-deg))
           (target-x (* length (cos angle-rad)))
           (target-y (* length (sin angle-rad))))
     (interpret-markup layout props
       (markup
        #:translate (cons (/ target-x 2) (/ target-y 2))
        #:rotate angle-deg
        #:translate (cons (/ length -2) 0)
        #:concat (#:draw-line (cons length 0)
                   #:hspace -0.125
                   #:arrow-head X RIGHT fill)))))

splitStaffBarLineMarkup =
\markup
  \with-dimensions #'(0 . 0) #'(0 . 0)
  \override #'(thickness . 1.5) {
    \concat
    {
      \hspace #0.375
      \combine
        \raise #0.4 \arrow-at-angle #30 #(sqrt 4) ##t
        \lower #0.4 \arrow-at-angle #-30 #(sqrt 4) ##t
    }
  }

staffOverride = {
  \override Staff.StaffSymbol.stencil =
    #(lambda (grob)
       (ly:stencil-combine-at-edge
        (ly:staff-symbol::print grob)
        X RIGHT
        (grob-interpret-markup grob splitStaffBarLineMarkup)
        0))
}

splitStaffBarLine = {
  \once \staffOverride \break
}

\markup \bold "STAFF OVERRIDE:"
{
  \staffOverride
  c''1 \break
  c''1 \break
  \time 3/4 c''2.
}

\markup \bold "SPLIT TWEAKS:"
{
  c''1 \splitStaffBarLine
  c''1 \splitStaffBarLine
  \time 3/4 c''2.
}
%%%  SNIPPET ENDS
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