Absolutely outstanding! Thanks to both Phil and Nick. I've tried both versions and the only thing I'd add to Phil's version is something I found amongst this forum (I think) and that is in the layout to sort out the bar number appearing above the textSpanner after a line break. It doesn't solve the textSpanner going right (left actually) to edge of the staff.
\layout { \context { \Score \remove "Bar_number_engraver" } %stops the bar number appearing above the textSpanner \context { \Staff \consists "Bar_number_engraver" \override TextSpanner #'outside-staff-priority = #350 \override BarNumber #'outside-staff-priority = #50 } } I see Nick's version takes care of that problem in the definition. I hope both of these barre definitions are in some snippet library for others to use as well. Thanks again and regards, Paul Nick Payne-3 wrote: > > Here's another barre function: > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Barres-and-enclose-bounds-tp29129706p29164038.html Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user