Re: [GLISS] turning strings to symbols

[Marc Hohl]

Am 12.10.2012 21:01, schrieb Marc Hohl:
> Am 12.10.2012 16:48, schrieb David Kastrup:
> > "Trevor Daniels" <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> > > > I see really only two reasonably
> > > > consistent solutions that both involve _not_ using \tweak for the
> > > > grobbed variant:
> > > >
> > > > \tweakGrob Accidental color #red cis
> > > >
> > > > or
> > > >
> > > > \single \override Accidental color = #red cis
> > > >
> > > > since the latter is now available.  It is just more effort both for
> > > > LilyPond and the user.
> > > I'd not object to either of these forms, but I think I'd prefer the
> > > dotted form of \tweak as the canonical syntax for the grob variant.
> > Well, as I said: if we want to support nested properties, distinguishing
> > xxx.yyy from meaning property yyy of Grob xxx, or meaning subproperty
> > yyy of property xxx will again be a problem
> >
> > What about
> > \grob Accidental \tweak color #red cis
> > or
> > \on Accidental \tweak color #red cis
> >
> > Would that be better (yes, my two-letter proposals are quite unpopular,
> > but this one does not seem so bad)?
> I'd prefer the second one, it is more understandable from a user's
> point of view (it took a long time to understand the grob mechanism
> at least for me as a beginner).
... what about

\for Accidental \tweak color ...?