Re: Contexts (Was Re: Set vs. Override - I'm confused)

[Arjan Bos]

Erik,

That's a great document! I've read about half of it now and it does a  
very good job to explain to me how LilyPond works. And seeing the  
date on the title page, I think I have to congratulate you on your  
Masters Degree! Well Done!

Off topic, but are your music streams implemented in the current 2.9  
branch? From a structural point of view, it looks like a cleaner way  
of doing things. You might even add the syllables of lyrics to the  
music stream and do away with the current implementation. (Obviously,  
I've never looked hard at the lily source code, but as a data  
modeller, I like to see nice structured designs)


Congrats,
Arjan

On 27 apr 2006, at 13:58, Erik Sandberg wrote:

> Citerar Tomas Valusek <address@hidden>:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > > When I first read the manual I didn't see any clear explanation  
> > > of the
> > > difference,
> > > the docs could be more clear on that point. But when I realized  
> > > that one
> > > was for grobs
> > > and the other for context, it became much clearer, for me it helps
> > > separating and understanding
> > > grobs and contexts.
> >
> >
> > Context - another topic of my interest. It seems to me I haven't
> > understood them fully yet. I generally know what they are for, but  
> > the
> > role of them is not fully clear to me.
>
> You can read my master thesis if you like, it tries to explain the  
> context
> concept (the appendix "music streams for the impatient" might be a  
> good choice
> if you're in a hurry)
>
> http://home.student.uu.se/ersa9195/report.pdf
>
> BTW: Graham, feel free to incorporate anything you like from the  
> report into the
> manual.
>
> Erik
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> lilypond-user mailing list
> address@hidden
> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

---
The shortest unit of time in the universe is the New York Second,  
defined as the period of time between the traffic lights turning  
green and the cab behind you honking.

-- (Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies)