Re: Several types of \bar are not engraved

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tarik" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:32 PM
Subject: Several types of \bar are not engraved


> Brand new LilyPond user here. I tried compiling a couple of .ly scores by
> other authors, and repeat bars were missing. So I make the tinyexample 
> below
> -- entirely derived from the LilyPond documentation of the \bar command --
> and find that only 8 of the expected 14 types of \bar are engraved. Where 
> I
> have indicated "nothing engraved," there is nothing at all, not even an
> ordinary measure bar.
>
> Any insight into what is missing will be much appreciated.
>
> * * * * * *
>
> \version "2.18.2"
>
> \relative c'
> {
> f1 \bar "|"
> f1 \bar "."
> g1 \bar "||"
> a1 \bar ".|"
> b1 \bar ".|."   %NOTHING ENGRAVED
> c1 \bar "|.|"
> d1 \bar "|."
> e1
> }
>
> \relative c'
> {
> f1 \bar ":" %NOTHING ENGRAVED
> g1 \bar "dashed"    %NOTHING ENGRAVED
> a1
> }
>
> \relative c'
> {
> f1 \bar "|:"   %NOTHING ENGRAVED
> g1 \bar ":|:"   %NOTHING ENGRAVED
> a1 \bar ":|.|:"
> b1 \bar ":|.:"
> c1 \bar ":|"    %NOTHING ENGRAVED
> e1
> }


Please confirm the version of LilyPond you're using, and ensure that you're 
using the documentation for the same version.

--
Phil Holmes