MING TSANG wrote > Hi, lily user, > > The following lily code did not produce \bar"|:" at the beginning. > > > \version "2.17.7" > \relative c' { > \key c \major \time 6/8 > \bar"||:" \repeat volta 2 {c4 e4. g8 | e8( d8) d4 r8 c8 | c4 e4. g8 | e2 > r8 d8 | > > } \alternative {{ c2. d2. } {d2. d2.}} e4 e8 f4 f8 \bar"|." > } > > The output is attached. > > Blessing in+, > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list
> lilypond-user@ > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user If you really must insert a repeat at the beginning, you can use this snippet from the documentation: _______ Printing a repeat sign at the beginning of a piece A |: bar line can be printed at the beginning of a piece, by overriding the relevant property: \relative c'' { \once \override Score.BreakAlignment #'break-align-orders = #(make-vector 3 '(instrument-name left-edge ambitus span-bar breathing-sign clef key-signature time-signature staff-bar custos span-bar)) \bar "|:" c1 d1 d4 e f g } _______ At least, I think you can still do this - I know you could in previous versions of LilyPond. Ben ----- composer | sound designer -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/repeat-volta-tp136766p136768.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user