Re: \set vs \override

[Anthony W. Youngman]

In message <address@hidden>, Nick Payne 
<address@hidden> writes
> Carl Sorensen wrote:
> > On 11/24/09 2:57 AM, "Nick Payne" <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > James Worlton wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 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.
> >
> > This must be a bug in the documentation.
> >
> > Nick, could you figure out where it should go, and write a bit of text and a
> > simple example, so we can add it to the docs?
> Well I only have/use the PDF documentation, and the section on 
> Rehearsal marks is on p.74 of the 2.13.7 Notation reference. After the 
> initial example, it presently says:
>
> ==============================================
> The letter ‘I’ is skipped in accordance with engraving traditions. 
> If you wish to include the
> letter ‘I’, then use
>
> \set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-alphabet
> ==============================================
Following up a bit late, I know ...

If you look back at when format-mark-alphabet first appeared, you'll 
find I featured prominently (and ineptly :-)

I wanted the functionality, tried to write it and got into a mess. 
Somebody else kindly added it for me, along with various other features 
such as using bar numbers as rehearsal marks.

And as part of that, I understand that ALL combinations of "mark on its 
own", "mark in a circle" and "mark in box" crossed with bar-number, 
number, letter and alphabet were created.

I can't remember the scheme file name, but iirc they are all in the same 
file, if anyone wants to check, but the documentation should say that 
ANY and ALL combinations of mark and mark-formatting should work, and if 
they don't it's a bug.

Cheers,
Wol
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