Re: Contexts (Was Re: Set vs. Override - I'm confused)

[Mats Bengtsson]

For some time, I have been thinking about adding an introductory text to
the Changing Defaults chapter, which introduces all the main methods
to set context and grob properties with one example for each and links
to the more detailed sections. This would be something along the lines of
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2003-10/msg00195.html
(which of course is outdated now).
My idea was that this should be placed as an introductory section of
the Changing Defaults chapter and I think that there is place for some
similar introductions also in other parts of the reference manual.
For example, we could have a short introduction summarizing
text scripts, text marks and markup. Now there is one section on
each and it's really hard to get the whole picture.

Of course, an alternative is to add these introductory texts in the 
tutorial,
but then many people who think that they have passed the tutorial stage
will never find it. The target group here is not the beginner but the 
somewhat
experienced user (as most of us are).

  /Mats

Ralph Little wrote:

> Hi,
> I too find the context/grob property distinction not clear and I did not
> find the online doc any help in getting through this barrier of
> understanding. It is the one most powerful aspect of Lilypond, but the
> one aspect which is treated the most meanly in the introductory docs.
> Even user doing basic stuff need to get into settings and stuff when
> changing default behaviour so I think it should be touched on earlier in
> the documentation.
>
> If the tutorial could be "beefed up" somewhat in this area, I think
> there would be far fewer questions regarding how to find tweaks and
> settings through the advanced doc, given that users would be armed with
> this important information beforehand.
>
> Wish I had the time to do it myself but sadly I do not :(
> Good luck to whoever gets the job ;)
>
> Regards,
> Ralph
>
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