Re: \partial at start, but want whole bar at end

[Anthony W. Youngman]

In message <address@hidden>, Paul 
Hodges <address@hidden> writes
> --On 22 May 2009 18:02 +0200 "James E. Bailey"
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > I've never seen this, in fact the opposite! How is lilypond
> > insisting? Can you make a two or three measure example that shows
> > what you mean?
>
> Sorry, I missed out what turned out to be the key bit of information -
> that the last bar was also the second part of an \alternative at the
> end of a repeat which started with a \partial.  I have been shown a
> solution off list.  What I had written was:
>
> \alternative {
> { c2. }
> { c1 \bar "|." }
> }
I think it's the short first alternative that's throwing it off. Another 
trick to try is to pad it out - { c2. s4 }. That might be a lot simpler 
than various tweaks to get it to behave (although it might introduce 
other problems instead ...).

Cheers,
Wol
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