I propose to add some more information, as in the attached patch.
/Mats
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RCS file: /sources/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog,v
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-04-27 Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden>
+
+ * Documentation/user/changing-defaults.itely (Creating contexts):
+ Clarify \new semantics.
+
2006-04-27 Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden>
* scm/framework-ps.scm (output-framework): remove PageMedia
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@@ -165,6 +165,13 @@ The @code{\new} command may also give a
\new @var{type} = @var{id} @var{music}
@end example
+If a context with the same identifier already exists, the
+result will be identical to
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+\new @var{type} @var{music}
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+i.e. the user specified name is ignored.
+
@cindex @code{\context}
Like @code{\new}, the @code{\context} command also directs a music