Changing the default bar lines
Default bar lines can be changed when re-defined in a score context.
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\layout {
\context {
\Score
%% Changing the defaults from engraver-init.ly
measureBarType = "!"
startRepeatBarType = "[|:"
endRepeatBarType = ":|]"
doubleRepeatBarType = ":|][|:"
}
}
%% example:
{
c'1
\repeat volta 2 { \repeat unfold 2 c' }
\repeat volta 2 { \repeat unfold 2 c' }
\alternative {
{ c' }
{
%% v2.18 workaround
\once\override Score.VoltaBracket.shorten-pair = #'(1 . -1)
c'
}
}
\bar "|."
}