Re: Final volta bracket closed unexpectedly

[Jonas Hahnfeld]

Am Sonntag, dem 14.02.2021 um 16:27 -0500 schrieb Dan Eble:
> As I read Behind Bars, p.237, the bracket for volta 2 should not turn down at 
> the end in this case.  Either way, it's strange that the outcome depends on 
> line breaking.  If someone is willing to second this, I am willing to 
> investigate it.
> — 
> Dan
> 
> \version "2.20.0"
> 
> \layout {
>   ragged-right = ##t
> }
> 
> piece = \fixed c' {
>   \repeat volta 2 R1 \alternative { R1 R1 }
>   \repeat volta 2 R1
> }
> 
> \new Score \new Staff << \piece >>
> \new Score \new Staff << \piece { s1*3 \break } >>

Yes, looks strange, especially given that the brackets in the following
two don't turn down:
\new Score \new Staff << { \repeat volta 2 R1 \alternative { R1 R1 } R1 } >>
\new Score \new Staff << { \repeat volta 2 R1 \alternative { R1 R1 } \bar "||" 
R1 } >>

It turns down with \bar ".|" and \bar "|.", but neither with \bar ".",
\bar "..", nor \bar "|.|" - weird.

I went to check some scores I have, but both instances I found (Phantom
of the Opera and Themes from 007) coincide with a line break - but at
least the not-turning-down matches what LilyPond does in that case.
I've found another one without line breaks in a custom score, but I
didn't enter it and I'd have to ask the author what program he used.
Whatever it was, the output looks visually unpleasant (some text sizes
don't match), so I'm not sure it should be taken as reference...

Jonas

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