Re: Why are book blocks objects but not contexts in Lilypond?

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Ian Hulin <address@hidden> wrote:

> I would like lilypond to have a Book context sitting above Score in the
> context hierarchy.
>
> How could I add Book as a valid context?
>
> I already understand how to add new properties to the lists in
> define-context-properties.scm.
>
> I haven't yet found out how \set, \unset,  \override or \revert code decides
> which of the property lists like all-music-properties,
> all-translation-properties or all-backend-properties to search for a valid
> property definition.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help, tips, pointers or comments.

I recommend you to read Eric Sandberg's thesis carefully to have a
better understanding how things mesh together.

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