Re: \new and \context clarification

[Menu Jacques]

Hello Simon,

Thanks for the clarification!

JM

> Le 23 sept. 2016 à 23:51, Simon Albrecht <address@hidden> a écrit :
> 
> On 23.09.2016 17:43, Menu Jacques wrote:
>> Hello folks,
>> 
>> musicxml2ly as delivered with LP 2.19.35 produces score specifications such 
>> as:
>> 
>> % The score definition
>> \score {
>>     <<
>>         \new Staff <<
>>             \context Staff <<
>>                 \context Voice = "PartPOneVoiceOne" { \PartPOneVoiceOne }
>>                 \new Lyrics \lyricsto "PartPOneVoiceOne" 
>> \PartPOneVoiceOneLyricsOne
>>                 >>
>>             >>
>>                  >>
>>     \layout {}
>>     % To create MIDI output, uncomment the following line:
>>     %  \midi {}
>>     }
>> 
>> \context Staff inside \new Staff seems to be superfluous, but something 
>> probably escapes me…
> 
> I don’t think so; it is superfluous. Unless there is some necessity from the 
> conversion algorithm catering for other cases – can’t say anything about that.
> 
> Also, for what I know, best practice now is to use \context only when 
> referring to existing contexts, or those created by default (as in `\context 
> Bottom`) (and in \layout{} or \midi{} blocks of course). So in this example, 
> only \new and no \context.
> 
> But surely it’s nothing new that musicxml2ly isn’t in a state where one could 
> expect the most up-to-date or best-practice coding as a result.
> 
> Best, Simon
> 
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