Kieren MacMillan <[email protected]> writes:
> Hi Jean,
>
>> I'm not sure if the NR is the best place for explaining
>> \propertyTweak.
>
> I didn’t know of this until David K helped me build my \ignore functions, e.g.
>
> ignoreH =
> \propertyTweak horizontal-skylines ##f
> \propertyTweak extra-spacing-width #empty-interval
> \etc
>
>> Its usefulness is basically to be a helper
>> for defining "dual" commands like \shape, \footnote, \omit,
>> or (in 2.23) \parenthesize.
>
> Can I ask why one wouldn’t just always use this? e.g. What would be
> the benefit of choosing to define a “vanilla” \tweak, when
> \propertyTweak would also work in the other situation(s)?
Try
\new Lyrics \lyricmode {
\tweak color #red love
\propertyTweak color #blue wonderful
}
And you'll get the error message
/tmp/ba.ly:4:1: error: bad grob property path (wonderful color)
}
In general, tweaks that have some chance to be applied to lyrics may
become awkward with \propertyTweak .
--
David Kastrup
