Re: transcribe notes

[Janek Warchoł]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 4:42 PM, MING TSANG <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi, lily users:
>
> I am transcribe a music score to lilypond and came across a note with
> vertical line on both side.  What is this called and how to code in lily to
> generate it?

I suppose it's a breve note.  It can have single or double lines on its sides:

{
  \time 4/2
  e'\breve
  \override NoteHead #'style = #'altdefault
  e'\breve
}

hth,
Janek