\offset documentation (was: Determining what parameters exist for an item)

[David Kastrup]

David Sumbler <address@hidden> writes:

> On Mon, 2016-01-25 at 10:26 +0100, David Kastrup wrote:
>> David Sumbler <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>> >> From: David Nalesnik <address@hidden>
>> >
>> > <snip>
>> >> \offset only works on properties that have a default value listed in
>> >> the grob pages in the IR (derived from the alist in
>> >> scm/define-grobs.scm).  There is no default value listed for
>> >> KeyCancellation.X-extent, hence the warning.
>> > </snip>
>> >
>> > This "\offset" sounds very interesting.  But I can find nothing about it
>> > in the documentation.  It isn't indexed in any of the Lilypond
>> > manuals.
>> 
>> Huh?
>> 
>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/available-music-functions#index-offset
>> 
>> Granted, the entry is lacklustre.
>
> Ah - I hadn't thought of looking there, because most (all?) of the other
> music functions are listed in NR Appendix D.  Should it not be added
> there too?

It is.

> My apologies for forgetting to change the subject line on my previous
> e-mail to the list.

Thanks for the reminder.

-- 
David Kastrup