Re: scheme music function going backwards in time (or "better mp dolce") [solved]

[Kieren MacMillan]

Graham,

> I have an announcement to make: I'm an idiot.

Thanks! That saves us from having to say it…  ;-)

> In my defense, nobody *else* pointed out that \tweak was
> *invented* for customizing engraving of the next object in the
> input stream, as opposed to \override.

I think everyone else — including me — has (idiotically) forgotten  
about the \tweak command during this thread!

> The following lines fix the "how do I backwards in time" problem:
>        'tweaks
>          (list (cons (quote X-offset) -1))

I tip my hat to you, sir: an elegant solution!
Kieren.