Noeck writes:
> Hi Simon
>
> Am 06.02.2017 um 00:02 schrieb Simon Albrecht:
>> if you use \set, the Staff is created without a setting for
>> instrumentName, and instrumentName is set at the timestep where the \set
>> command is issued.
>
> Are you sure? I might be misreading David's mail, but as
Thanks for this additional caveat, David!
You convinced me ;)
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Hi Simon
Am 06.02.2017 um 00:02 schrieb Simon Albrecht:
> if you use \set, the Staff is created without a setting for
> instrumentName, and instrumentName is set at the timestep where the \set
> command is issued.
Are you sure? I might be misreading David's mail, but as far as I
understood, the s
Simon Albrecht writes:
> On 05.02.2017 23:58, Noeck wrote:
>> In other words: if the \set happens early enough (with the staff
>> creation) there is no difference.
>
> Technically, there is still a difference: if you use \with{}, the
> Staff is _created_ with that particular setting for the conte
On 05.02.2017 23:58, Noeck wrote:
In other words: if the \set happens early enough (with the staff
creation) there is no difference.
Technically, there is still a difference: if you use \with{}, the Staff
is _created_ with that particular setting for the context property, if
you use \set, the
In other words: if the \set happens early enough (with the staff
creation) there is no difference.
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Hi David,
>> What are cases in which that makes a difference? I always thought they
>> were equivalent.
> Once you take over the job of LilyPond, we might take note that you
> consider them equivalent and change the documentation. In the meantime,
> LilyPond's thoughts about the issue are more re
Noeck writes:
> Hi,
>
> I read on the dev list and in the issues [1] that setting some
> properties in the \with block is advisable, instead of setting them
> somewhere in the music. So
> \new Staff \with { instrumentName = "Flute" } { a }
> is better than
> { \set Staff.instrumentName = "Flute"
Hi,
I read on the dev list and in the issues [1] that setting some
properties in the \with block is advisable, instead of setting them
somewhere in the music. So
\new Staff \with { instrumentName = "Flute" } { a }
is better than
{ \set Staff.instrumentName = "Flute" a }
even though the output is i
