Re: \offset argument order

[Malte Meyn]

Am 23.03.2018 um 12:47 schrieb David Kastrup:
> Malte Meyn <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Hi list,
> >
> > is there a reason for the special order of \offset arguments? I would prefer
> >         \offset Beam positions #'(2 . 3)
> > or—even better because there would be no confusion with \override—
> >         \offset Beam.positions #'(2 . 3)
> > instead of the current
> >         \offset positions #'(2 . 3) Beam
>
> \offset can be applied to music expressions.  And something like
>
> \offset \offset c' positions #'(2 . 3) Y-offset #'3
>
> would be a lot less pleasant to read than
>
> \offset Y-offset #'3 \offset positions #'(2 . 3)  c'
>
> For that reason, \tweak-like expressions generally take the music
> expression to be tweaked as their last argument.  That makes nesting
> them reasonably clean.

Thanks for explanation! After reading that and trying some more stuff I 
learned that
        \offset Beam.positions #'(2 . 3)
works also but it’s a \tweak and
        \offset positions #'(2 . 3) Beam
is an \override that can be prefixed with a \once.

So
        \offset Beam.positions #'(2 . 3)
and
        \single \offset positions #'(2 . 3) Beam
should be the same?