RE: Figured Bass commands in property-init.ly

[Carl D. Sorensen]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mats Bengtsson [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 9:36 AM
> >
> Why not use the naming xxxUp and xxxDown, just as we have for
> \slurUp \slurDown, for example?

xxxUp and xxxDown work for me.

> > 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.

I prefer \revert, too.

Carl