Re: \once and shortcuts

[M Watts]

Nick Payne wrote:
> Why is it that I can use, for example:
>
> \once \override Slur #'direction = #DOWN
>
> or
>
> \once \override Slur #'direction = #UP
>
> but
>
> \once \slurDown or \once \slurUp
>
> Generates a syntax error. The same happens with stemUp and stemDown, tieUp
> and tieDown, etc.
>
> I'm using 2.12.2.
>
> Nick

I've only seen \once used with \override or \set -- some digging in the 
scm folder would probably reveal why.