Re: Color one SystemStartBrace

[Urs Liska]

Am 13.03.19 um 19:41 schrieb Aaron Hill:
> On 2019-03-13 10:53 am, Urs Liska wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > is it possible to get hold of a single SystemStartBrace/Bar/Bracket 
> > to color it?
> >
> > \layout {
> >   \context {
> >     \Score
> >     \override SystemStartBrace.color = #red
> >   }
> > }
> >
> > works but
> >
> > (\once) \override Score.SystemStartBrace.color = #red
> >
> > somewhere in the input doesn't have any effect.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> I think it's StaffGroup (or other appropriate container) that you 
> want, not Score:
>
> %%%%
> \version "2.19.82"
>
> \new StaffGroup <<
>   \new Staff { \override StaffGroup.SystemStartBracket.color = #red b'1 }
>   \new Staff { b'1 }
> > >
> %%%%

But it seems to work only at the beginning of a score, see:


%%%%
\version "2.19.82"

\new StaffGroup <<
  \new Staff {
    c'1
    \override StaffGroup.SystemStartBracket.color = #red
    \break
    b'1
  }
  \new Staff {
    b'1
    \break
    b'1
  }
>>
%%%%

Here neither the first (would have been surprising) nor the second are 
colored.

Urs