Re: Context creation

[James E. Bailey]

Am 02.06.2008 um 09:57 schrieb Valentin Villenave:

> 2008/6/1 James E. Bailey <address@hidden>:
>
> > How coincidental. I've been wondering myself about the difference  
> > between
> > \new and \context. I kinda just use them interchangably and see if  
> > anything
> > new happens.
>
> The only difference AFAIK is that \context allows you to tap into an
> existing context:
>
> \new Staff = "coolStaff" " { (your music here) }
>
> and then later:
>
> \context Staff = "coolStaff" % look! the same context!
>                                   { (your other music here) }
>
>
> Cheers,
> Valentin


But couldn't you do that with coolStaff = { (my music here) }

\context Staff = \coolStaff

?