Urs Liska <[email protected]> writes: > What exactly is \context Bottom? > > I got it in a function originating from a suggestion by David Kastrup: > > \version "2.19.45" > > % Thanks to David Kastrup for the inspiration! > after = > #(define-music-function (t e m) (ly:duration? ly:music? ly:music?) > #{ > \context Bottom << > #m > { \skip $t <> -\tweak extra-spacing-width #empty-interval $e } > >> > #}) > > { \after 4 \< \after 2 \> \after 2. \! c'1 } > > but I can't find any documentation for a "Bottom" context. > I have an idea what it is, but would like to have a real explanation.
<http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/context-layout-order#index-contexts_002c-implicit> The idea of \context Bottom here is to avoid creating separate contexts for both expressions inside of the << >> which could lead to two Voice contexts or even two Staff contexts. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
