Re: printing bar numbers on every odd measure

[-Eluze]

there is also this (quite hidden & undocumented, but working!):

  \override Score.BarNumber #'break-visibility = #end-of-line-invisible
  \set Score.barNumberVisibility = #(modulo-bar-number-visible 2 1 )

cheers!


Lia Zito wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to get bar numbers to print on every odd measure: 1,3,5 etc.
> 
> The   \set Score.barNumberVisibility =
> #(first-and-every-nth-bar-number-visible 2) command puts out even numbered
> bar numbers every time.  I even used the directions on how to print the
> 1st and every nth bar number (see below) and lilypond reverts right back
> to even numbers whenever the value is 2 (or 4, etc.).
> 
> I tried inserting an invisible measure at the beginning, then resetting
> the bar number to 1 at the 2nd measure - and that \set
> Score.barNumberVisibility function went and skipped ahead a measure to
> display only the even numbers again!  
> 
> I tried the barnum music function (see below) even though I don't
> understand it at all - but it did the same thing. I get 1, 2, 4, 6, etc.  
> 
> Does anybody know how to get it to print just the odd numbered bar
> numbers?  With or without the 1st bar number, that doesn't matter so much,
> I just want to see 3, 5, 7, 9 etc. on the page.  
> 
> I'm using Lilypond 2.12.3-1 with OLy 0.4 and OpenOffice 3.2.1 on OS X
> 10.6.
> 
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Lia Zito
> 
> Here's the email with the directions I tried:  
> 
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2008-09/msg00403.html
> 
> From:  Trevor Daniels
> Subject:       Printing first and every n bar numbers
> Date:  Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:21:54 +0100
> Valentin
> 
> Are these worth a snippet (or two?) for Rhythms?
> 
> \relative c'' {
>  % Print the first and every fifth bar numbers
>  \set Score.barNumberVisibility = #(every-nth-bar-number-visible 1)
>  \override Score.BarNumber #'break-visibility = #all-visible
>  \bar ""
>  c1
>  \set Score.barNumberVisibility = #(every-nth-bar-number-visible 5)
>  \repeat unfold 9 { c1 }
> }
> 
> The alternative is Neil's music function:
> 
> #(define ((first-and-every-nth-bar-number-visible n) barnum)
>          (or
>            (= 1 barnum)
>            (= 0 (modulo barnum n))))
> 
> \relative c'' {
> \override Score.BarNumber #'break-visibility = #end-of-line-invisible
> \set Score.barNumberVisibility = #(first-and-every-nth-bar-number-visible
> 5)
> \bar ""
> \repeat unfold 10 { c1 }
> }
> 
> Trevor
> 
> 
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