Re: A question on "##t"

2008-01-24 Thread Damian leGassick
well, that clears it up for me. thanks all ralph, yes it was the scope of that first # that foxed me and yes i assumed wrongly that the equals sign was the assignment operator if anyone can boil this link down to a couple of sentences for the docs, i think there'd be a few people down the

Re: A question on "##t"

2008-01-24 Thread Bertalan Fodor
Also if you used LilyPondTool you would see that it colors the scheme parts, so you would see where the scheme part end. See attached screenshot. Bert Damian leGassick írta: actually, this confuses me too if the # puts lilypond into scheme mode, does that mean that the equals-sign in #'merge

Re: A question on "##t"

2008-01-24 Thread Bertalan Fodor
om: Ralph Little <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Sent: 08/01/24/, 21:54:29 > Subject: Re: A question on "##t" > > > if the # puts lilypond into scheme mode, does that mean that the > > equals-sign in #'merge-differently-headed = ##t

Re: A question on "##t"

2008-01-24 Thread Ralph Little
> if the # puts lilypond into scheme mode, does that mean that the > equals-sign in #'merge-differently-headed = ##t is not scheme? if > it is, then why not #'merge-differently-headed = #t ? In fairness to Damian, I think his further question was more to do with the scope of the # scheme int

Re: A question on "##t"

2008-01-24 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Damian (et al.), actually, this confuses me too There may be a better (and, likely, more accurate) explanation than the one I'm about to give... but this works for me, so I hope it helps you. =) if the # puts lilypond into scheme mode, does that mean that the equals-sign in #'merge-

Re: A question on "##t"

2008-01-24 Thread Graham Percival
Folks, the new LM is designed **exactly** to clarify this kind of thing. Please take a look at that; if it's unclear, then let's fix it once in the docs, instead of discussing it on -user every six months. I think the exact section is LM 4.2.3, but you should probably skim through LM 3 and the be

Re: A question on "##t"

2008-01-24 Thread Graham Percival
Folks, the new LM is designed **exactly** to clarify this kind of thing. Please take a look at that; if it's unclear, then let's fix it once in the docs, instead of discussing it on -user every six months. I think the exact section is LM 4.2.3, but you should probably skim through LM 3 and the be

Re: A question on "##t"

2008-01-24 Thread Damian leGassick
actually, this confuses me too if the # puts lilypond into scheme mode, does that mean that the equals-sign in #'merge-differently-headed = ##t is not scheme? if it is, then why not #'merge-differently-headed = #t ? d On 24 Jan 2008, at 16:06, Mats Bengtsson wrote: Martin Seng Hin Y

Re: A question on "##t"

2008-01-24 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Martin Seng Hin Yew wrote: Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool) wrote: Everything beginning with a # is a Scheme-language expression. So this sets the property called 'merge-differently-headed to the value #t #t is the expression meaning true in Scheme. Hi Bertalan Fodor, Okay...assume i knew th

Re: A question on "##t"

2008-01-24 Thread Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool)
That turns lilypond into Scheme mode. Bert Martin Seng Hin Yew wrote: Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool) wrote: Everything beginning with a # is a Scheme-language expression. So this sets the property called 'merge-differently-headed to the value #t #t is the expression meaning true in Scheme. M

Re: A question on "##t"

2008-01-24 Thread Martin Seng Hin Yew
Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool) wrote: Everything beginning with a # is a Scheme-language expression. So this sets the property called 'merge-differently-headed to the value #t #t is the expression meaning true in Scheme. Martin Seng Hin Yew wrote: Hi List, I'm curios to know, what is the mean

Re: A question on "##t"

2008-01-24 Thread Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool)
Everything beginning with a # is a Scheme-language expression. So this sets the property called 'merge-differently-headed to the value #t #t is the expression meaning true in Scheme. Martin Seng Hin Yew wrote: Hi List, I'm curios to know, what is the meaning of "##t" in the #'merge-differentl

A question on "##t"

2008-01-24 Thread Martin Seng Hin Yew
Hi List, I'm curios to know, what is the meaning of "##t" in the #'merge-differently-headed = ##t ? Thank You Martin Seng ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user