Re: music function semantics

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

Am Sunday, 31. July 2011, 01:48:16 schrieb Carl Sorensen:
> On 7/30/11 4:37 PM, "Jan Warchoł" <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hmm, i'd say that \once \override could work like tweak.  Currently
> > \once \override affects all objects created at the same moment in
> > given context, but i think it wouldn't be of much inconvenience if it
> > affected only a single object, like tweak does

It would be. With the current \once\override you can also change all object in 
the whole score. With a tweak you have to change each and every voice 
separately.

> I guess we'll have this out in GLISS.  But I think it would be a major
> inconvenience.  If I want to have the all the notes at the current instant
> made red, I can do it with a single call to \once \override.  If we make
> \once \override work like \tweak, I'd need a call for each note head.

Yes, I'd argue strongly against removing \once\override.

Cheers,
Reinhold
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