Carl Sorensen <c_soren...@byu.edu> writes:
> On 12/3/11 7:38 AM, "David Kastrup" <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>>James <pkx1...@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Nothing sinister about it, and am happy to revert it but don't
>>> understand why this is bad. Sure the new example is much 'simpler'
>>> than having write all the \new Staff { with }, especially when I as a
>>> LP user want to write single system scores where I would probably
>>> never ever use \new Staff { \with.
>>
>>You apparently did not read what I wrote. The new example _does_ _not_
>>_work_ in standalone contexts.
>
> Actually, if you follow the instructions in the Learning Manual, it _does_
> work.
>
> See the Learning Manual, section 1.4.1 Omitted material, which explains
> that snippets from the documentation need to be enclosed in {} or
> \relative {}.
>
>
> {
> \override Staff.StaffSymbol #'line-count = #3
> {d4 d d d}
> }
>
> works just fine.
I quote the respective passage from the learning material:
Why omit the braces? Most examples in this manual can be inserted
into the middle of a longer piece of music. For these examples, it
does not make sense to add ``\relative c'' { ... }'' - you should not
place a `\relative' inside another `\relative'! If we included
``\relative c'' { ... }'' around every example, you would not be able
to copy a small documentation example and paste it inside a longer
piece of your own. Most people want to add material to an existing
piece, so we format the manual this way.
All of this does not apply here.
--
David Kastrup
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