Re: \set vs \override

[Nick Payne]

James Worlton wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On Nov 23, 2009, at 9:26 PM, Nick Payne wrote:
>
> > On this subject of set vs override, if I want rehearsal marks to be 
> > boxed letters and also want to use the letter I as a rehearsal mark, 
> > how can I do that. Each set command overwrites the previous value of 
> > the context property, so if I use:
> >
> >    \set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-box-letters
> >    \set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-alphabet
> >
> > then I get "I" as a rehearsal mark but the letters aren't boxed, and 
> > if I use:
> >
> >    \set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-alphabet
> >    \set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-box-letters
>
> In 2.13.6 I did a project and used:
> \set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-box-alphabet
> and I got the boxes and the letter I (all in one command!)
Thanks for that. That particular value for set 
(format-mark-box-alphabet) doesn't seem to appear anywhere in the 
documentation - or at least, I can't find it in the PDF documentation, 
which is what I use.

Nick