Re: spaces must be inserted around property commands?

[Trevor Daniels]

Mark Polesky wrote Monday, December 15, 2008 8:02 AM


> NR 2.1.2 "Entering lyrics: Lyrics explained"
>
> states...
>
> Similarly, a period which follows an alphabetic sequence is 
> included in the resulting string.  As a consequence, spaces 
> must be inserted around property commands: do not write 
>
> \override Score.LyricText #'font-shape = #'italic
>
> but instead use 
>
> \override Score . LyricText #'font-shape = #'italic
>
> Is this true? If so, I've been doing it the wrong way all 
> along! This is not mentioned in  4.1.4 "Tweaking methods:
> \override command" which states...

Yes, this is true, but only for overrides which are entered 
*directly* in \lyricmode.

It is not necessary for other overrides or for overrides entered
as part of a variable which is then applied in \lyricmode.

> The general syntax of this command is:
>
> \override Context.LayoutObject #'layout-property = #value

This is the general syntax, but the rider above needs to be
applied when entering overrides directly in \lyricmode.

Trevor