Hello, On 1 January 2012 11:14, DrippingTone <[email protected]> wrote: > The documentation for the \once prefix (both v2.14 and v2.15) at: > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/learning/tweaking-methods > says: > > [...] effective only during the current musical moment before the property > reverts back to its default value. > > It should say something like : "reverts back to its current value (this can be > different from the default if an \override is in effect)." > > Slightly changing the example in the documentation illustrates this: > > c4 d > \override NoteHead #'color = #red > e4 f | > \once \override NoteHead #'color = #green > g4 a > \revert NoteHead #'color > b c | > > A single note is green, then we continue with red notes until we use \revert > to > get the default color (black). > > > I think the learning manual can fully explain this without becoming overly > complicated (this is the natural expectation from the English keyword \once). >
Doesn't it already explain this in the section before (explaining the \revert command)? -- -- James _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
