On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 1:39 PM, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> writes: > >> Andrew Bernard <andrew.bern...@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> Hi bb and OP, >>> >>> To be fair, the question is ambigous, and has two answers. He may be asking >>> not simply how to break a line at a given location, but rather how to >>> specify a certain numbers of bars per line - the latter not something that >>> is obvious or simple in lilypond at all, and yet very frequently desired. >>> >>> The Lilypond Snippet Repository provides a solution to specifying a set >>> number of bars per line in example LSR 838 - and non-trivial it is indeed. >> >> Here is a variant with slightly nicer input syntax and several utility >> functions that should likely be in LilyPond proper.
I agree. >> >> It requires a fairly recent version of LilyPond however. > > Here is a version with slightly nicer use syntax because \bar-keeper > does not return an engraver here but rather a context modification. > Thank you, David, for improving this. The use of circular lists makes this quite a bit less inscrutable than the original. Best, David N _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user