Re: bar lines : a case is missing ...

[Mark Polesky]

Neil Puttock wrote:
> Because we already have too many obsolete barline styles
> defined in bar-line.cc.
>
> When I added  \bar ":|.:", it was suggested a better
> solution for the more esoteric types would be to have a
> scheme interface to allow users to add custom barlines
> easily.

Neil, I remember when you added ":|.:" (I requested it:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2008-09/msg00012.html).
But I don't remember (and can't find) the discussion about a
scheme interface for this.  Also, do you really think we
have too many obsolete barline styles?  I guess I disagree;
some users will want to use them, and it's not like they're
burdening the source in any way.  Also, I think it's easier
for users to look up the appropriate \bar string in the NR
than to make them do extra scheme work.


>> I'm not a programmer but doesn't adding these lines to
>> "[lilypond.git] / lily / bar-line.cc" solve the issue :
>> [...]
>> to be inserted after line 182?
>
> Yes.

I'd be fine with this addition.  The only reason I didn't
propose it initially was because (if I'm remembering right)
I *only* found it in the Brahms scores, so I assumed that
the old standard was ":|.:", and the Brahms typesetters just
thought it was the other way around...

- Mark