Re: Figured Bass commands in property-init.ly

[Mats Bengtsson]

Carl D. Sorensen wrote:
> My current thought is that it would be best to crete a separate macro for 
> stacking-dir:
>
> figuredBassStackingDirUpOn = {
>   \override BassFigureAlignment #'stacking-dir = #UP
>   \override Staff.BassFigureAlignment #'stacking-dir = #UP
> }
>
> figuredBassStackingDirUpOff = {
>   \override BassFigureAlignment #'stacking-dir = #DOWN
>   \override Staff.BassFigureAlignment #'stacking-dir = #DOWN
> }
>   
Why not use the naming xxxUp and xxxDown, just as we have for \slurUp 
\slurDown, for example?
> By way of standard practice, is it better to define figuredBassStackingDirUpOff 
> as an \override (which makes it absolute, but keeps adding to the props list), 
> or as a \revert, which undoes an override and thus prevents the props list from 
> continuing to grow, but may not have the desired effet (i.e. if \revert is 
> used, two *Ons followed by one *Off will result in an *On remaining).
>   
If you look in ly/property-init.ly, you'll see that most xxxOff macros 
are implemented using
\revert.

  /Mats