Re: RemoveEmptyStaffContext erases previous setting

[Graham Percival]

On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 06:20:23PM +0100, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
> If would be pedagogically simpler to realize this difference if the
> syntax was separate if you define a context from scratch (as is the
> case with \RemoveEmptyStaffContext) or if it's defined by adding onto
> an existing context. For example, a syntax like
>
> \context{
>  % Copy the current settings of the Staff context:
>  \use Staff
>  % do whatever additional settings
> }
>
> could be used to distinguish from
>
> \context{
>  % Take settings from a variable:
>  \Variable
>  % do whatever additional settings
> }
>
> and
>
> \context{
>  % Start from scratch:
>  \type ...
>  \name ...
>  \consists ...
>  ...
> }

Good idea!  I've added that to list of items for GLISS.

Cheers,
- Graham