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RE: Question on syntax
From: |
Fairchild |
Subject: |
RE: Question on syntax |
Date: |
Tue, 31 May 2005 10:16:18 -0500 |
Also see especially
http://www.schemers.org/Documents/Standards/R5RS/HTML/
- Bruce
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Kenward Vaughan
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 9:12 AM
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Subject: Re: Question on syntax
On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 09:29:37AM +0100, andrew Black wrote:
> Mats Bengtsson wrote:
>
> > ...
> > \context{
> > \Lyrics
> > \override LyricText #'font-size = #2
>
> I am finding certain aspects of Lilypond's syntax a little cryptic.
> Specifically
> - what is the difference between
> \context Lyrics=xxxx
> \context { \Lyrics ....... }
>
> - what is the reasoning behind the # and ' in the phrase #'font-size
...
The answer to the second question has to do with the syntax for the
underlying language (Scheme) used with lilypond.
See Appendix B of the User's Manual.
Kenward
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