Re: \set vs \override

[Mats Bengtsson]

We used to have the same command for setting both context and object 
properties, see 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.2/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html
If you want to bring this issue up again, don't forget to read the 
discussions that lead to the current syntax.

    /Mats

Joe Neeman wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-11-21 at 22:45 +0000, Graham Percival wrote:
>   
> > 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.
> >     
>
> It would certainly be possible, but I think it would be a bad idea. I
> think that having two separate commands is much clearer than having a
> command with two distinct behaviours depending on what its argument is.
>
> Cheers,
> Joe
>
>
>
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