Re: \set vs \override

[Graham Percival]

On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 11:31:40PM +0100, David Kastrup wrote:
> I don't see a good rationale why \set, \override, \revert, \tweak should
> not work on the same set of properties (including subproperties).  I
> don't see an explanation why it makes sense to differentiate between
> them.
> 
> And I am arrogant enough to believe that if I don't understand a design
> decision after a few days of trying, it is likely that ultimately a lot
> of people other than myself will be better off if the distinction gets
> abolished.

I can't speak to the programming side of things, but as an
(ex-)user, documentation editor, and upcoming GLISS manager, I
would *love* it if we could condense these commands into a single
one.
(wrapping the revert into something like
  \override Slur #'direction = #'revert
although we'd probably want to choose a different \command to
avoid confusion with the old syntax.)

However, I'm not at all certain that this would be an easy (or
even possible) change.

Cheers,
- Graham