Thanks, you guys are so much help!
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Thomas Morley <thomasmorle...@gmail.com>wrote:
> 2014-01-25 David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org>:
> > Thomas Morley <thomasmorle...@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >> Hi David
> >>
> >> 2014-01-25 David O'Donnell <johndavidodonn...@gmail.com>:
> >>> Is there a way to adjust the bar lines to be as thick or thin as one
> wants?
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >>> \layout {
> >>> \context {
> >>> \Score
> >>> % **** Turns off bar numbering
> >>> \remove "Bar_number_engraver"
> >>> }
> >>> \context {
> >>> \Staff
> >>> \override StaffSymbol #'staff-space = #1.11
> >>
> >> Delete "Staff." in the next lines and it will work. Use
> >> 'hair-thickness and/or 'thick-thickness as properties.
> >>
> >>> \override Staff.StaffSymbol #'thickness = #0.6
> >>> \override Staff.BarLine #'thickness = #2
> >>> %\override Staff.BarLine #'hair-thickness = #0.5
> >>>
> >>> }
> >>
> >> Btw, don't use a new \context { \Staff ... } it's superfluous and may
> >> or may not interfere with the previous.
> >
> > It will _not_ interfere. The main reason to avoid multiple instances
> > here is performance: every occurence of \context { \Staff ... } copies
> > the currently active Staff context definition, adds material to it, then
> > takes the result, looks up its \name in the definition, gets the
> > respective context definition in the output definition (\layout) and
> > replaces it with the modified copy. Not doing this over and over is a
> > bit of courtesy towards LilyPond, even though there are probably other
> > things slowing it down even more.
> >
> > --
> > David Kastrup
>
> Hi David,
>
> thanks for clarifying.
>
> Cheers,
> Harm
>
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