From: "Han-Wen Nienhuys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Werner LEMBERG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 6:32 PM
Werner LEMBERG wrote:
ragged-last: horizontal spacing, like ragged-right.
ragged-last-bottom: vertical spacing.
Han-Wen?
yes, this is correct.
'ragged-last' could be renamed to 'ragged-right-last' in order to clarify
what it does and distinguish it from 'ragged-last-bottom'. I think
'ragged-last isn't discriptive enough.
Not really. AFAIK, \layout has two functions, namely to set up
local layout parameters and to set up contexts (with \context).
While doing the former you can use all (or almost all?) keywords
from \paper.
Hmm. I'd like to get some info from people who know more about
lilypond here -- I'm not very clear about \paper vs. \layout, which
is one reason why I avoided doing anything to this chapter for so
long.
Me too...
Han-Wen wrote:
I'm also not sure. There are some ways to unify things, but some of them
also limit what is possible. For example, we could move all spacing
related dimensions to \paper (eg line-width) and have \layout for \context
settings only, but then it's no longer possible to tune line-width per
\score.
"\paper" could be named "\layout". The rule could be when a \layout block is
outside of the score blocks it affects all scores and when it is in a score
block it affects only the score. Simple scoping rules would be sufficient.
But there will always be some things that cannot be done on a per score
basis and vis versa. It is easier to explain to users what can and can't be
done inside the \paper and \layout blocks rather than saying you can do this
in a \layout block inside a \score block and that i a \layout block outside
the \score block. But this is the reason why the \paper keyword was created
in the first place.
Werner LEMBERG wrote:
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:26 AM
Hmm, I don't think so. It's quite standard in most programming
languages that a local invocation of a keyword overrides the global
version only temporarily. Anyway, this is a small detail.
The above explanation applies here as well, it is easier to explain to users
what can and cannot be done inside a \paper block and \layout block rather
than explain what can be done in a \layout block in a \score block and what
can be done in a \layout block only globally. I think Graham Percival may be
on the right track in removing the \layout block entirely.
From: "Graham Percival" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Werner LEMBERG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 10:37 PM
... although perhaps renamed to \context -- in fact, remove the \layout
entirely:
(toplevel)
\context {
\Staff {
\override blah
}
\Voice {
\override foo
}}
Cheers,
- Graham
I can see where I am confusing things by trying to respond to multiple
postings of this thread with one posting. So I'll send this and respond in
separate postings to the rest of the thread if I think of something more to
say.
Stephen
I'm not sure what the right solution is.
Ideas?
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