Re: Issue 2336 in lilypond: Patch: Add layout changing command \layout-from for getting context defs from music

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Comment #13 on issue 2336 by address@hidden: Patch: Add layout  
changing command \layout-from for getting context defs from music
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2336

David,

sorry for such stupid question, but i don't understand one thing: in the  
patch you posted (commit dd7a75b0862bf05adec8033a1c4a15f225255101), there  
is no such thing as settingsFrom function.  I remember that settingsFrom  
was user as an intermediate function in your drafts that were posted on  
mailing lists, but i thought it was deleted.  From what i understand,  
everything is now done using \layout-from, and it can be used both in \midi  
and \layout.  So, why are you discussing renaming settingsFrom to anything?

If i understand it correctly and \layout-from is *the* function used, i  
think that
\context-properties-from
is a good name for it. \layout-from is more catchy and easier to  
understand, but it's also confusing.