>> I'm working on issue
>> https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/1392 (but not for the IR
>> but as an appendix for the NR) and I would like to avoid writing the
>> sentence
>>
>> `foo` may also be specified in `\layout` blocks
>>
>> again and again. I could imagine that the opposite, namely
>>
>> `foo` has no effect if added to a `\layout` block
>>
>> would be better.
>
> Honestly, I think the best would be to work towards reducing or
> completely eliminating the \paper/\layout distinction.
I couldn't agree more.
> For me at least, it's incomprehensible. I mean, generally speaking,
> \layout affects only music while \paper affects paper, page layout
> and music, but the implementation is muddled enough that I cannot
> even tell if this rule is absolute or not. (For example, I don't
> remember off the top what we do with \markup \score.)
Is this your next bigger LilyPond cleanup project? :-)
I will remove the per-variable description and add something more
general to the beginning of the appendix section.
Werner
