Re: \hide c4 hides note head only

[Simon Albrecht]

Am 07.04.2015 um 23:43 schrieb Dan Eble:
> On Apr 7, 2015, at 00:23 , Pierre Perol-Schneider <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 2015-04-07 3:35 GMT+02:00 Dan Eble <address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>>:
> > % Is this supposed to leave a stem showing?
> > \version "2.19.17"
> > \hide c''4
> >
> > Yes, because equivalent to:
> >
> > \version "2.19.17"
> > {
> >    \tweak transparent ##t c''4
> > }
> >
> > (AFAIK)
> Equivalence doesn’t really answer the question.  Why would a transparent C have 
> a stem?
Well, I think it’s rather a question of syntax: by definition, a tweak 
before a note refers to the note head, else you’d have to explicitly 
give a grob name, as is custom with \hide:
\hide Stem \hide c''4
Or use \hideNotes c''4 \unHideNotes, which would be the more obvious 
choice here.
And: I’m sure that there are situations in which people would want a 
note without a note head. Only personally I’d probably not have thought 
of omitting the grob name to go with \hide… :-)

Yours, Simon