diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 147c9c7..ff11a43 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-February 14 2024
+February 19 2024
 
diff --git a/abcmatch.c b/abcmatch.c
index 7bf9d73..e1645e0 100644
--- a/abcmatch.c
+++ b/abcmatch.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Matching:
 
 
 
-#define VERSION "1.82 June 14 2022 abcmatch"
+#define VERSION "1.83 Feb 19 2024 abcmatch"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
diff --git a/doc/CHANGES b/doc/CHANGES
index 2d6312b..7864ce2 100644
--- a/doc/CHANGES
+++ b/doc/CHANGES
@@ -15313,4 +15313,30 @@ P:A
 
 
 
+February 19 2024
+
+abc2midi bug and fix submitted by James Allwright.
+
+The parser recognizes |: but not |::
+In the following example,
+
+X:1
+T: ||: bug
+M: 2/4
+L: 1/4
+K: G
+G||:AB|[1cz:||[2ed|
+
+the repeat goes back to 0th bar (containing G) instead of
+bar 1 (containing AB).
+
+Fix: in parsemusic() in parseabc.c, the following lines were
+added.
+
+if (*(p+1) == ':') {
+        /* handle ||: as a variant of |:  [JA] 2024-02-19 */
+        check_and_call_bar (BAR_REP, "");
+        p = p + 2;
+
+The change also has impact on yaps, abc2abc, and abcmatch.
 
diff --git a/doc/readme.txt b/doc/readme.txt
index d9164f0..8f6b087 100644
--- a/doc/readme.txt
+++ b/doc/readme.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 abcMIDI :   abc <-> MIDI conversion utilities
 
 midi2abc version 3.59 February 08 2023
-abc2midi version 4.86 February 13 2024
-abc2abc  version 2.20 February 07 2023
-yaps     version 1.92 January 06 2023
-abcmatch version 1.82 June 14 2022
+abc2midi version 4.87 February 19 2024
+abc2abc  version 2.21 February 19 2024
+yaps     version 1.93 February 19 2024
+abcmatch version 1.83 February 19 2024
 midicopy version 1.39 November 08 2022
 midistats version 0.87 February 11 2024
 
diff --git a/parseabc.c b/parseabc.c
index 5532b67..56e5898 100644
--- a/parseabc.c
+++ b/parseabc.c
@@ -3020,8 +3020,14 @@ parsemusic (field)
 		  p = p + 1;
 		  break;
 		case '|':
-		  check_and_call_bar (DOUBLE_BAR, "");
-		  p = p + 1;
+      if (*(p+1) == ':') {
+        /* handle ||: as a variant of |:  [JA] 2024-02-19 */
+        check_and_call_bar (BAR_REP, "");
+        p = p + 2;
+      } else {
+		    check_and_call_bar (DOUBLE_BAR, "");
+        p = p + 1;
+      }
 		  break;
 		case ']':
 		  check_and_call_bar (THIN_THICK, "");
diff --git a/store.c b/store.c
index ed858cd..03ea7f4 100644
--- a/store.c
+++ b/store.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ int main()
 
 */
 
-#define VERSION "4.86 February 14 2024 abc2midi" 
+#define VERSION "4.87 February 19 2024 abc2midi" 
 
 /* enables reading V: indication in header */
 #define XTEN1 1
diff --git a/toabc.c b/toabc.c
index 52ca8d7..19098c2 100644
--- a/toabc.c
+++ b/toabc.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 /* back-end for outputting (possibly modified) abc */
 
-#define VERSION "2.20 Feb 07 2023 abc2abc"
+#define VERSION "2.21 Feb 19 2024 abc2abc"
 
 /* for Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 or higher */
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
diff --git a/yapstree.c b/yapstree.c
index 7d158a8..5372a21 100644
--- a/yapstree.c
+++ b/yapstree.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 /* yapstree.c - back-end for abc parser. */
 /* generates a data structure suitable for typeset music */
 
-#define VERSION "1.92 January 06 2023 yaps"
+#define VERSION "1.93 February 19 2024 yaps"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #ifdef USE_INDEX
 #define strchr index