[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Curious behaviour of q and a tweak
From: |
Werner LEMBERG |
Subject: |
Re: Curious behaviour of q and a tweak |
Date: |
Tue, 01 Nov 2022 18:11:27 +0000 (UTC) |
> [...] As you can deduce from the existence of the \chordRepeats
> function, the substitution of q is not immediate. In contrast,
> \tweak takes effect immediately by modifying each of the notes in
> the chord. Since there are no notes yet in the "q" chord at the
> time \tweak is applied (they are copied later from the previous
> chord), \tweak does nothing. [...]
>
> On the other hand, in this case, there is little \tweak \could do
> that \override cannot do. The main purpose of \tweak is to be used
> if you want to modify only one of the notes in a chord, but without
> writing out each of the notes instead of putting "q", you don't make
> room for this. So, just use an \override here.
Shouldn't this be documented in the NR? It's certainly not obvious to
Joe User...
Werner