On Tue 06 Sep 2016 at 20:29:46 (+0200), Pierre Perol-Schneider wrote: > Or even: > > \version "2.18.2" > > altBracket = #(define-music-function (parser location tag) (string?) > #{ \set Score.repeatCommands = #(list (list 'volta (markup #:number > tag))) #}) > > altBracketEnd = { \set Score.repeatCommands = #'((volta #f)) } > > { > c'1 > \once\override Score.VoltaBracket.shorten-pair = #'(0 . 1) > \altBracket "1." > c' > \altBracket "2." > c' > \altBracketEnd > }
OK, that's an example I can run. But I don't see what the issue is that that solves. Isn't that just a conventional repeat without an opening : (quite usual) and without a closing :| (less so). > > For the kind of music I mostly typeset, it is common to have alternative > > bars or even alternative notes in the middle of a measure. At the moment I > > handle this by setting score.repeatCommands like so: It would be nice to see a screenshot of "this kind" of music. I'm not sure the example that I posted is at all appropriate. Cheers, David. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user