Re: Add the command \offset to LilyPond (issue 8647044)

[David Kastrup]

Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> writes:

> Sorry for the delay, got little lilypond-time recently...
>
> 2013/4/16  <address@hidden>:
>> On 2013/04/16 14:33:50, janek wrote:
>>>
>>> 2013/4/16  <address@hidden>:
>>> > nothing-or-music in the last position only works if "nothing" is
>>> > _explicitly_ specified with \default
>>> >
>>> > There is no way that the last argument of a music function can be
>>> > "nothing" silently.
>>>
>>> pity.  would it possible (and reasonable) to change this?
>>
>>
>> Uh, a call of offset can be followed by music quite naturally.  So this
>> is not just a "technical restriction".  It is one of logic.
>
> So, do i understand correctly that \offset could have a syntax like
>
> \offset grob-property-path value music
>
> And then, if grob-property-path contained only property,
> the function would be used as a tweak (with "music" being
> what's tweaked), and if the function was being used as an
> override (grob-property-path contains a grobname), "music"
> would be sort-of-unused?

Possible, but "sort-of-unused" is not a reasonable interface.

-- 
David Kastrup