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[doc] hint about currentBarNumber


From: Han-Wen Nienhuys
Subject: [doc] hint about currentBarNumber
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 15:25:12 +0200

address@hidden writes:
> I would add a short example to section 5.15.4 of the Lilypond User Manual
> which shows how to set currentBarNumber properly.  More than once I
> wrongly set currentBarNumber without specifying "Staff":
> 
> \set currentBarNumber = #30
> 
> instead of the correct:
> 
> \set Staff.currentBarNumber = #30
> 
> (forgetting "Staff" causes trouble when writing multipart music).
> 
> Changing the current bar number is useful when one wants to follow the
> numeration of some edition which count alternative bars at the end of
> repeats differently from Lilypond, for instance.

I believe that should be Score.currentBarNumber ? Are you sure
Staff.currentBarNumber works? 

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 Han-Wen Nienhuys   |   address@hidden   |   http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen 





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