Re: Request for changes in manuals

[James Bailey]

On Sep 21, 2010, at 12:17 AM, mark damerell wrote:

> I am using Version 2.12.3.
> 
> In a previous post I asked about printing bar numbers in non-standard
> places. I was told:
> 
> 1)   \once \override Score.BarNumber #'break-visibility = #all-visible
> 
> I believe that the manual fails to say that this command only works
> if you put it in exactly the right place, which is at the bar that is to be
> numbered.
> 
The once command is explained in the 2.12 documentation in the learnining 
manual, section 1.4.1. It may not be exactly clear what "the current musical 
moment" is, but that's where it is.

> 2)    and
> 
>   barNumberVisibility = #all-bar-numbers-visible
> 
> I cannot find this documented anywhere.

The learning manual explains how to find these settings, and how the various 
types of properties work.
> 
> 3)  It seems as if   #(define    can be used to define macros with
> arguments. but I cannot find the syntax.

The advanced tweaking with scheme is explained in the learning manual in 
section 4.6.5 and in the notation reference in section 6.

Hope this helps!

James