Re: printing the current moment in a context

[David Kastrup]

Francisco Vila <address@hidden> writes:

> On 16/08/17 14:53, David Kastrup wrote:
>> Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Hi David,
>>>
>>>> Something like
>>> This is great!
>>>
>>> …except in the *exact* circumstance I actually need it for:
>
> {
>  c d-"@" f g
> c d-"@" f g
> \cadenzaOn
> c d-"@" f g
> c d-"@" f g
> }
>
> May I ask, after \cadenzaOn there is no moment anymore?

It doesn't advance.  That's pretty much the point of a cadenza.

> Is there some other internal counter for this?

Absolute time as via ly:context-now or grob::when .  This is global and
unfazed by all timing and context changes (eat your heart out,
Einstein).

-- 
David Kastrup