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Re: Docs bug: \once prefix
From: |
James |
Subject: |
Re: Docs bug: \once prefix |
Date: |
Sun, 1 Jan 2012 11:47:30 +0000 |
Hello,
On 1 January 2012 11:14, DrippingTone <address@hidden> wrote:
> The documentation for the \once prefix (both v2.14 and v2.15) at:
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/learning/tweaking-methods
> says:
>
> [...] effective only during the current musical moment before the property
> reverts back to its default value.
>
> It should say something like : "reverts back to its current value (this can be
> different from the default if an \override is in effect)."
>
> Slightly changing the example in the documentation illustrates this:
>
> c4 d
> \override NoteHead #'color = #red
> e4 f |
> \once \override NoteHead #'color = #green
> g4 a
> \revert NoteHead #'color
> b c |
>
> A single note is green, then we continue with red notes until we use \revert
> to
> get the default color (black).
>
>
> I think the learning manual can fully explain this without becoming overly
> complicated (this is the natural expectation from the English keyword \once).
>
Doesn't it already explain this in the section before (explaining the
\revert command)?
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James