RE: New here and first question about using repeat percent over more than two measures

[James Lowe]

Hello,

)-----Original Message-----
)From: Aurelien [mailto:address@hidden
)Sent: 15 March 2011 07:54
)To: James Lowe
)Cc: address@hidden
)Subject: Re: New here and first question about using repeat percent over
)more than two measures
)
)
)No, I really want to use %. Or at least, I'd like to be able to draw
)*automatically* the number of repetitions. So, two options:
)
)| a bar | % | % | % |
)or
)||: a bar :||x4 (or x3, following the way you want to read it).

What about http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/short-repeats

Scroll down to the snippet 'Isolated percent repeats' 

)
)Actually, when dealing with only one measure to repeat (or even two), it's
)OK. But when you have more than two measures repeating, the percent
)way doesn't work anymore (someone exlained me why),

Doesn't work 'anymore' or has *never* been supported? 

) and the volta
)way doesn't show the number of repetitions.

\repeat volta 3 { c4 d e f | }
\alternative {
  { c2 e | }
  { f2 g | }
  { a2 g | }
}
c1

Gives you three distinct voltas (this was taken from the manual), so what am I 
missing, doesn't this give you what you want?

James