g...@sdf.org writes:
> Hi list,
>
> I have two questions, to which I did not find an answer in the
> manuals; I apologize in advance if they are answered there.
>
> (1) I try to typeset choir music, on two staffs, without bars. Most
> sentences are separated by breathes (one above each staff), but
> sometimes an explicit *span* bar needs to be included. In short,
> commas in the text become breathes, and full stops become span bars.
> How can I do this? I tried:
>
> \context { \Staff \remove Bar_engraver }
>
> but then the clefs disappeared on all lines except the first one. So
> I tried
>
> \context { \Staff \override BarLine #'transparent = ##t }
>
> and
>
> \context { \Staff \override BarLine #'stencil = ##f }
>
> but in both cases it seems that the bars are still there, albeit
> invisible (which means that some space is wasted and that the output
> does not look optimal). Moreover, it seems that it is then not
> possible to put explicit span bars when I actually need them, or to
> print the final bars.
<URL:http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/displaying-rhythms#unmetered-music>
> (2) The second question is related to the first one: if an explicit
> bar is put somewhere and if LilyPond determines that it should not be
> there (because it is not aligned with the rythm), it prints a
> "warning: barcheck failed at:" message. Is it possible to circumvent
> the problem, or to disable these warnings?
<URL:http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/bars#bar-lines>
Go down and look for "manual bar lines".
--
David Kastrup
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