Re: What's causing this extra bar line and empty bar?

[Robert Hickman]

Updating to the latest version fixed the issue, and also the unwanted
extra space. Problem was just Debian shipping a very old version for
some reason.

Thank you for your help.

On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 at 00:12, William Rehwinkel
<william@williamrehwinkel.net> wrote:
>
> Dear Robert,
>
> in the future, please take care that the minimal working example does
> not contain any undefined symbols that cause errors. Here, simply adding
> "strike = \fermata" at the beginning of the file alleviated all these
> errors, however.
>
> After using convert-ly and rendering (using version 2.25.7) this extra
> barline doesn't appear. Can you try updating to the most recent version
> of lilypond (.24 or .25), and see if that helps?
>
> Thanks,
> -William
>
> On 11/19/23 19:00, Robert Hickman wrote:
> > Hi people. I'm trying to reproduce the formatting from a tune that
> > started out in ABC notation, which is formatted with line breaks
> > around phrases instead of bars. It is working as intended, except for
> > an empty bar that's showing up after the first repeat sign, and I have
> > no idea what's causing it. Also there's extra space being added before
> > the other line breaks as well:
> >
> > https://pureocarinas.com/res/lilypond/aikendrumnotation_0c01fcb19c471b86d2ab94badb4b7de55b3660f2.png
> >
> > The following is how it should be formatted (generated by ABCM2PS).
> >
> > https://pureocarinas.com/res/abc_converter/aikendrumnotation_0c01fcb19c471b86d2ab94badb4b7de55b3660f2.png
> >
> > And here's the code, without the definition of the \strike articulation 
> > symbol.
> >
> > \version "2.18.2"
> >
> > \header {tagline = ""}
> > {
> >      \numericTimeSignature
> >      \time 4/4
> >      \key f \major
> >      \repeat volta 2 {
> >      \partial 4 f'8g'8 | a'4(  a'4 \strike) bes'8(a'8 g'8\strike f'8) |
> > d'2 f'4. d'8 \strike | c'4 c'4( d'4f'4) | a'4( g'4 g'4 \strike)
> > \allowBreak \break
> >      \partial 4 f'8g'8 | a'4(a'4 \strike) bes'8(a'8g'8 \strike f'8) |
> > d'2 f'4.( d'8 \strike) | c'4c'4d'(e'4) | f'2. \allowBreak \break }
> >      \repeat volta 2 {
> >      \partial 4 f'8g'8 | a'4( a'4\strike a'4\strike) g'8f'8 | bes'2
> > d''4.( bes'8\strike) | a'4c''4( a'4\strike) f'4 | a'4g'4( g'4\strike)
> > \allowBreak \break
> >      \partial 4 f'8g'8 | a'4(a'4\strike) bes'8( a'8 g'8\strike  f'8) |
> > d'2 f'4.(d'8\strike) | c'4(c'4\strike) d'4 e'4 | f'4. }
> > }
> >
>
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> William Rehwinkel - Oberlin College and Conservatory '24
>
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