Re: allowVoltaHook

[Thomas Morley]

Am Sa., 3. Aug. 2019 um 10:39 Uhr schrieb John McWilliam
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> Windows 10, Lilypond 2.18.2, Friscobaldi 3.0.1
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> I have some old Music which I am updating to Lilypond 2.18.2 and have come 
> across this command which doesn’t seem to have any affect on the Music:
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> #(allow-volta-hook "|")
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> There is  a brief note in the Notation manual:
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> allowVoltaHook [void] - bar (string)
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> (undocumented; fixme)
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> The syntax seems to have changed. Can anyone explain this function to me and 
> its significance.
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> John McWilliam

It allows closing VoltaBrackets for the specified bar-type.
See below, compile with and without it:

#(allow-volta-hook "|")

\new Staff {
  \repeat volta 2 { c'1 }
  \alternative { { c'1 } { d'1 } }
  e'1
}

Cheers,
  Harm