Re: one bar number per system

[Trevor Daniels]

Dan Eble wrote Tuesday, September 01, 2009 12:33 AM
> I would like Lilypond to print one bar number per system, except 
> the first.  The
> default behavior appears to be to print one bar number per system, 
> except the
> first, for systems that begin at a measure break.  Systems that 
> begin in
> mid-measure (e.g. due to \bar "") do not get a bar number on the 
> first bar line,
> and that is what I would like to change.
>
> I already use a variable \meterBreak to increase the likelihood of 
> breaking the
> line at chosen places (mid-measure or not), so if there is 
> something I could add
> to \meterBreak that would force the next bar line to have a 
> number, that would
> be useful.

Does this not work when inserted immediately before
the first full bar on the line? (I haven't actually
tried it)

\once \override Score.BarNumber #'break-visibility = #'#(#t #t #t)

Trevor