Re: \override vs. \overrideProperty

2007-04-11 Thread Mats Bengtsson
As far as I understand, a property value that you specify with \override is stored in the context and copied to a layout object when it is created. Once the layout object has been created, you cannot change any property value using \override. \overrideProperty, on the other hand, allows you to cha

\override vs. \overrideProperty

2007-04-10 Thread Werner LEMBERG
What are the `technical reasons' for using \overrideProperty for some grobs like PaperColumn, instead of \override? Han-Wen says that \override, applied to PaperColumn, always happens one timestep late. Can this be avoided with \overrideProperty? Werner __