Bar_engraver - LilyPond program-reference
Description: LilyPond program-reference

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#### Bar_engraver

Create barlines. This engraver is controlled through the `whichBar` property. If it has no bar line to create, it will forbid a linebreak at this point

Properties (read)

`whichBar` (string)
  This property is read to determine what type of bar line to create.

  Example:

                \set Staff.whichBar = "|:"

  This will create a start-repeat bar in this staff only. Valid values are described in bar-line-interface.

This engraver creates the following layout objects: BarLine.

`Bar_engraver` is part of contexts: DrumStaff, GregorianTranscriptionStaff, MensuralStaff, RhythmicStaff, Staff, TabStaff and VaticanaStaff

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