Re: \bar "||" and \repeat around a line break

[David Kastrup]

Jim Long <address@hidden> writes:

> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 11:19:33AM +0100, David Kastrup wrote:
>> 
>> I was just pointing out that LilyPond's default is not all-lunatic.
>
> I'd like to eat some crow, as it seems I'm the lunatic in this
> thread for which I must apologize.

I was not stating that LilyPond's default was the best it could be (or
even intentionally the way it is), merely that the notion "this is
totally wrong" is exaggerated.

> My interest in this issue of implicit open-repeat bars could be
> addressed with an override ability for repeats beginning at the
> start of a piece or at a double bar.  Like Werner, I too was
> unaware of the double-bar aspect of the rule for repeats.

> Perhaps this could be overridden only when needed, or set
> globally for a given context where it is wanted.

I am not sure whether an explicit repeat sign should not be the default
here, particularly at a line break.  But that does not mean that it
should be the only possible option.

-- 
David Kastrup