Hello! I think I have found a bug. I have a meter change to 2/4 at the beginning of a repeated section…and the repeated section ends in 4/4. As such, 2/4 should be INSIDE the start repeat, since we’re changing back to 2/4 from 4/4 upon repeating. (If you’re looking at the attached screenshot, it’s m9, the first bar of the chorus.)
I did find the option to change the order of these elements in Engraving options. However, I’m seeing inconsistent behavior in how it’s applied. When the start repeat is at the beginning of the system, the order is “incorrect”: time signature, then start repeat. But when I move m9 to the prior system (so that the figure is in the middle of the system), the order shows up correctly: start repeat, then time signature.
Apologies if this bug was already known - or if this isn’t a bug at all, but some feature I’ve missed!
-Will
(Finale refugee since 2025 and loving Dorico!)
Avram Avinu-Cuando El Rey Nimrod-L’cha Dodi.dorico (819.3 KB)
Avram Avinu-Cuando El Rey Nimrod-L’cha Dodi (2026-03-23) - Lead Sheet (rhythm cues!).pdf (51.9 KB)
What are you actually expecting to see at the start of the system? You can’t have the repeat-barline suddenly within the preamble. The Engraving Option you refer to really only applies where both the time signature and the barline are within the run of music (within the system), rather than where the time signature is in the preamble.
Huh - I see what you mean, and I see that there is a cautionary 2/4 in the system before. Maybe what I’m asking about is an engraving issue rather than a bug - I don’t have deep training in engraving.
However, since m13 changes to 4/4, it does seem like the change to 2/4 needs to be able to be notated within the repeat structure itself; with the 2/4 outside the start repeat bar, it’s wholly outside of it. It seems that the logical place to put this 2/4 inside the repeat structure would be in m9, as I’m talking about, but it could also be done with a cautionary 2/4 at the end of m13.
Curious now whether this is a bug or an engraving question!
Well, it is behaving in the way that we in the Dorico team had intended it to, so to that extent it is not a “bug”. We are always interested in supporting well-established engraving practices, but I am not aware of a clear alternative for this case.
Got it - I learned something today. Sorry to “bug” you - thanks for clarifying and for your quick reply!
