Re: Syntactic synonyms, or no?

[Trevor Bača]

On 12/30/05, Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden> wrote:
> Trevor Bača wrote:
> > Is ...
> >
> >   \new Score {
> >     - music -
> >     \layout {
> >       \context {
> >         \Score
> >         \override Foo #'bar = #value
> >       }
> >     }
> >   }
> >
> > ... exactly equivalent to ...
> >
> >   \new Score \with {
> >     \override Foo #'bar = #value
> >   }  {
> >     - music -
> >   }
>
>
> yes.

OK. Thank you.

> > ... or is there a reason to prefer one to the other?
>
> it saves on typing if you have many \scores

Ah. True.

FWIW, I really like \new Score { ... } and somehow missed it when I
first learning the input sytax! Guess this is why it's a good idea to
go back and reread the manual (which just keeps getting better, much
like the code itself, imo).


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Trevor Bača
address@hidden