Re: PATCH: Doc: Clarify \relative inside \repeat issue.

[Carl Sorensen]

On 5/11/10 10:40 AM, "Carl Sorensen" <address@hidden> wrote:


> In the example above:
> 
> \context Voice \repeat unfold 2 \relative c' {c2 d},
> 
> \relative c' { c2 d } is a single music expression, so it doesn't need {}
> around it to turn it into a sequence in order to work with \repeat unfold 2.
> Similarly, \repeat unfold 2 music is a single music expression, so it
> doesn't need {}  to turn it into a sequence to work with \relative c'.
 Oops -- I had a thinko there: s/\\relative c'/\\context Voice/ in the final
sentence above.

> 
> But in order to avoid the confusion that can arise, the GDP standards say
> that even a single music expression should be surrounded by {} when is is an
> argument to a lilypond command or music function.
> 
> So we would go
> 
> \context Voice {        % { not strictly needed by LilyPond syntax
>   \repeat unfold 2 {    % { not strictly needed
>      \relative c' {     % { needed; c2 d is *not* a single music expression
>         c2 d
>      }
>   }
> }
> 
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Carl
> 
> 
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