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Re: \set vs \override
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David Kastrup |
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Re: \set vs \override |
Date: |
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:13:33 +0100 |
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Graham Percival <address@hidden> writes:
> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 11:31:40PM +0100, David Kastrup wrote:
>> I don't see a good rationale why \set, \override, \revert, \tweak should
>> not work on the same set of properties (including subproperties). I
>> don't see an explanation why it makes sense to differentiate between
>> them.
>>
>> And I am arrogant enough to believe that if I don't understand a design
>> decision after a few days of trying, it is likely that ultimately a lot
>> of people other than myself will be better off if the distinction gets
>> abolished.
>
> I can't speak to the programming side of things, but as an
> (ex-)user, documentation editor, and upcoming GLISS manager, I
> would *love* it if we could condense these commands into a single
> one.
I don't think that is necessary, they do different things after all (an
\override can be reverted, a \set not, a \tweak works just on a single
item rather than at a single moment like \once\override does). What I
don't understand is why they are supposed to do this to only to specific
classes of properties.
--
David Kastrup
- \set vs \override, David Kastrup, 2009/11/21
- Re: \set vs \override, Joe Neeman, 2009/11/21
- Re: \set vs \override, David Kastrup, 2009/11/21
- Re: \set vs \override, Graham Percival, 2009/11/21
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- Re: \set vs \override, Joe Neeman, 2009/11/21
- Re: \set vs \override, David Kastrup, 2009/11/22
- Re: \set vs \override, Mats Bengtsson, 2009/11/22
- Re: \set vs \override, David Kastrup, 2009/11/23
- Re: \set vs \override, Mats Bengtsson, 2009/11/23
- Re: \set vs \override, David Kastrup, 2009/11/23
- Re: \set vs \override, Joe Neeman, 2009/11/21
- Re: \set vs \override, Han-Wen Nienhuys, 2009/11/22
- Re: \set vs \override, David Kastrup, 2009/11/23
- Re: \set vs \override, Han-Wen Nienhuys, 2009/11/23