At least one digest has appeared since I sent this, but it hasn't appeared yet.
I am assuming my original submission has been lost.
On Aug 2, 2011, at 8:23 PM, Patrick Karl wrote:
>
> On Aug 2, 2011, at 6:55 PM, James Lowe wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> ________________________________________
>> From: lilypond-user-bounces+james.lowe=datacore....@gnu.org
>> [lilypond-user-bounces+james.lowe=datacore....@gnu.org] on behalf of Patrick
>> Karl [pck...@mac.com]
>> Sent: 03 August 2011 00:29
>> To: lilypond-user@gnu.org
>> Subject: how to color a repeat bar line?
>>
>> I would like to color the initial repeat bar line of a volta. I tried the
>> following:
>>
>> \version "2.14.1"
>> \relative g' {
>> \repeat volta 2 { a b c d }
>> \break
>> \once \override Staff.BarLine #'color = #red
>> \repeat volta 2 { d c b a }
>> }
>>
>> but this colors not only the initial bar line of the 2nd repeat, but also
>> the final bar line of the 1st repeat (which is an interesting interpretation
>> of "\once"). Is there a way to only color the initial bar line of the 2nd
>> repeat?
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Manual repeats?
>
>>
>> \bar "|:"
>
> An interesting suggestion. Would \unfoldRepeats work pretty well with that?
>
>>
>> I am guessing that the \once in the context of a volta 2 is correct. The
>> volta is a single 'entity' comprising of *both* repeat bars. So \once refers
>> to the volta 'set' not just the single bar instance. I could be wrong though
>> :)
>
> You do understand that it's not the trailing or terminal repeat bar line of
> the current volta that's being, IMHO, erroneously colored. It's the terminal
> bar line of the preceding volta. If it were the trailing repeat bar line of
> the current volta that was colored, I could live with that.
>>
>> James
>
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