Re: \offset argument order

[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

Why is this on the bug list?

At any rate, one could make

\offset Beam.positions #'(2 . 3) \default

resolve to an override but I don't think that there is a whole lot of
motivation for having this.  I doubt people would use it a lot.

You could likely write

\offset Beam.positions #'(2 . 3) #'()

at the current point of time.  Which is similarly ugly.  Or

\offset Beam.positions #'(2 . 3) Bottom

which seems weird.  You get the drift.

-- 
David Kastrup