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bar-line-interface

Bar line.

This is a request to print a special bar symbol. It replaces the regular bar symbol with a special symbol. The argument bartype is a string which specifies the kind of bar to print. Options are ":|" , "|:" , ":|:" , "||" , "|." , ".|" , and ".|." .

These produce, respectively, a right repeat, a left repeat, a double repeat, a double bar, a start bar, an end bar, and a thick double bar. If bartype is set to "empty" then nothing is printed, but a line break is allowed at that spot.

bar-size-procedure (procedure):

Procedure that computes the size of a bar line. Default value: (unset)

kern (number):

amount of extra white space to add.

For text, this is `relative'(?) to the current alignment.

For barline, space after a thick line. Default value: (unset)

thin-kern (number):

space after a hair-line. Default value: (unset)

hair-thickness (number):

thickness, measured in stafflinethickness. Default value: (unset)

thick-thickness (number):

thickness, measured in stafflinethickness. Default value: (unset)

glyph (symbol):

a string determining what (style) of glyph is typeset. Valid choices depend on the function that is reading this property. . Default value: (unset)

bar-size (number):

size of a bar line. Default value: (unset)

break-glyph-function (procedure):

function taking glyph and break-direction, returning the glyph at a line break. Default value: (unset)

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