Hi David,
>> Because my only goal was to clarify for future readers of the list that "manipulations on stuff" are not the only thing that can cause headaches.
> I failed to see how cut and paste differed from manipulations on stuff.
I think of "manipulations on stuff" as being
foo = { stuff }
...
\transpose c d \foo
\foo \foo \foo
etc.
Cut and paste on the other hand, is this:
\relative {
c'4 d e f g1 % a rising diatonic scale, starting on middle C
g'4 f e d c1 % a falling diatonic scale, starting on the G a 12th above middle C
% now I want to reuse the rising diatonic scale… so I cut and paste the first line:
c'4 d e f g1 % a rising diatonic scale, starting on middle C <-- FAIL!
}
>> For future list-readers: Using absolute and fixed entry modes allows you to avoid the issues/effort described by David.
> If people would only cease bringing any questions about \relative
> to the list, we'd be able to avoid this particular drum beat.
Agreed. But I would offer that the reason people (esp. newbies) continually bring questions about \relative to the list is because it's not as intuitive and "idiot-proof" as our documentation would suggest — which is precisely why I keep beating the drum, to try to keep people from making the same decade-long mistake that I did (which was to use \relative, as suggested/implied in the official documentation).
Cheers,
Kieren.
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