Re: Description of \\ construct in NR

[David Kastrup]

Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:

> Am 10.03.2017 um 17:37 schrieb Urs Liska:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I stumbled over something I consider an omission in the NR but before
>> submitting a patch I'd like to clarify.
>
> To comment: what I found is surely not recommendable syntax, even if it
> is very useful in my current case. So I'd rather add it as a "note" box.

<< ... \\ ... >>

translates to

<< \context "1" \with ... ...
   \context "2" \with ... ...
>>

and contexts will not be deleted if the context is continued elsewhere
in the same time step.

The important thing is "in the same time step": if one of your continued
implicit voices starts with a grace, you need manual grace note
synchronization in order not to have other implicit voices rip off from
their continuation.

So it's fragile.

-- 
David Kastrup