Barlineright missing barline in first bar

[tbreuss]

I'm not entirely sure whether this is a software error or incorrect usage on my part.

\hideDynamics
\clef bass
\tuning G2 D2 A1 E1 { hide }
\instrument 33
:4
d3{sd} d3{su} d3{sd} d3{su} \barlineright lightlight 
d3{sd} d3{su} d3{sd} d3{su} \barlineright lightlight 
d3{sd} d3{su} d3{sd} d3{su} \barlineright lightlight 
d3{sd} d3{su} d3{sd} d3{su}

At the end of the first bar the right "lightlight" barline is missing.

Am I doing something wrong?

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Using version 1.8.0

[LIUBINfighter]

Maybe you expect something like this?

\hideDynamics
\clef bass
\tuning G2 D2 A1 E1 { hide }
\instrument 33
:4
d3{sd} d3{su} d3{sd} d3{su} \barlineleft lightlight \barlineright lightlight
d3{sd} d3{su} d3{sd} d3{su} \barlineright lightlight 
d3{sd} d3{su} d3{sd} d3{su} \barlineright lightlight 
d3{sd} d3{su} d3{sd} d3{su}

[tbreuss]

Exactly.

But this seems like a workaround, since I dont want to update the left barline, only the right one.

[Danielku15]

Seems the alphaTex docs are a big unclear in that regards. The general syntax is:

/* Bar Metadata tags */
\barlineright lightlight
/* Bar Content */
D3
/* End of Bar (pipe) */
|

Additionally we "detect" a new bar if a metadata tags is placed after the "bar content". Hence: ``\barlineright lightlight` starts a new bar and applies this tag to this new bar (not the previous one).

alphaTex is not written graphically in that sense that you would place a bar line at the spot where you want it. alphaTex is written more "semantically" describing the data. And the metadata tags define aspects of the bars/measure.

Putting this info together, you likely want to write:

\hideDynamics
\clef bass
\tuning G2 D2 A1 E1 { hide }
\instrument 33
  \barlineright lightlight  
  :4 
  d3{sd} d3{su} d3{sd} d3{su} 
|
  \barlineright lightlight  
    d3{sd} d3{su} d3{sd} d3{su} 
|
  \barlineright lightlight 
    d3{sd} d3{su} d3{sd} d3{su} 
|
  d3{sd} d3{su} d3{sd} d3{su}

Or you use \barlineleft respectively.

[tbreuss]

Thank you! That's what I understood from the documentation.

I'm not entirely sure if it's due to my environment, but your example causes a JavaScript error for me.

[Danielku15]

My bad. the duration specifier has to be part of the bar content. The example is updated.

[tbreuss]

👌 Perfect. Many thanks!