Re: \consists terminology

2018-06-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi all, > "will include the following as one of many constituents > upon instantiation to be part of its translator group" \involves \incorporates ?? Kieren. Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info ‣ email: i...@kierenmacmillan.info ___

Re: \consists terminology

2018-06-15 Thread N. Andrew Walsh
Hi David, On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 6:37 PM David Kastrup wrote: > > "consists of" and "will include the following as one of many > constituents upon instantiation to be part of its translator group" is > not the same. > > Well, if the latter of these is what "\consists" is intended to mean in this

Re: \consists terminology

2018-06-15 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2018-06-15 09:03, David Kastrup wrote: "consists of" and "will include the following as one of many constituents upon instantiation to be part of its translator group" is not the same. I asked you to defend the hyperbolic "factually utterly wrong". At most the distinctions are that of tens

Re: \consists terminology

2018-06-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
>> \enbike \debike > You mean \mount \unmount ? No… \addbiketoshed \removebikefromshed =) K. Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info ‣ email: i...@kierenmacmillan.info ___ lilypond-user mailing

Re: \consists terminology

2018-06-15 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan writes: >>> Another alternative might be \including and \excluding >> Or \engages / \disengages . So many bike sheds. > > \enbike \debike You mean \mount \unmount ? -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.

Re: \consists terminology

2018-06-15 Thread David Kastrup
Aaron Hill writes: > On 2018-06-14 23:58, David Kastrup wrote: >> Flaming Hakama by Elaine writes: >>> Here is a usage of the \consists command: >>> >>> \context { >>> \Staff >>> \consists Mark_engraver >>> \consists Metronome_mark_engraver >>> } >>> >>> To convey what this does,

RE: \consists terminology

2018-06-15 Thread Mark Stephen Mrotek
: Re: \consists terminology >> Another alternative might be \including and \excluding > Or \engages / \disengages . So many bike sheds. \enbike \debike Kieren. Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info ‣ email: i...@kierenmacmi

Re: \consists terminology

2018-06-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
>> Another alternative might be \including and \excluding > Or \engages / \disengages . So many bike sheds. \enbike \debike Kieren. Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info ‣ email: i...@kierenmacmillan.info __

Re: \consists terminology

2018-06-15 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2018-06-14 23:58, David Kastrup wrote: Flaming Hakama by Elaine writes: Here is a usage of the \consists command: \context { \Staff \consists Mark_engraver \consists Metronome_mark_engraver } To convey what this does, it would be more along the lines of "Create a Staff cont

Re: \consists terminology

2018-06-15 Thread Carl Sorensen
How about \contains and \excludes? \contains says that we want a context to contain a particular kind of translator \excludes says that we want exclude a translator that would normally be included \includes and \excludes would be more a natural pair, but then there is a conflict between \incl

Re: \consists terminology

2018-06-15 Thread David Kastrup
Carl Sorensen writes: > How about \contains and \excludes? > > \contains says that we want a context to contain a particular kind of > translator > \excludes says that we want exclude a translator that would normally be > included > > \includes and \excludes would be more a natural pair, but

Re: \consists terminology

2018-06-15 Thread David Kastrup
Aaron Hill writes: > On 2018-06-15 03:29, David Kastrup wrote: >> Flaming Hakama by Elaine writes: >>> On Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 1:42 AM David Kastrup wrote: Sorry, this is not going at all in the direction you were aiming for but from a purely technical standpoint getting rid of \remove

Re: \consists terminology

2018-06-15 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2018-06-15 03:29, David Kastrup wrote: Flaming Hakama by Elaine writes: On Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 1:42 AM David Kastrup wrote: Sorry, this is not going at all in the direction you were aiming for but from a purely technical standpoint getting rid of \remove would be a much more worthwhile targ

Re: \consists terminology

2018-06-15 Thread David Kastrup
Flaming Hakama by Elaine writes: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 1:42 AM David Kastrup wrote: > >> David Kastrup writes: >> >> > Flaming Hakama by Elaine writes: >> > >> >> I think that conveys more clearly what is happening. >> > >> > Not really: that remains something to look up in the documentation

Re: \consists terminology (was: Advice on naming and structuring scholarLY commands)

2018-06-15 Thread Flaming Hakama by Elaine
On Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 1:42 AM David Kastrup wrote: > David Kastrup writes: > > > Flaming Hakama by Elaine writes: > > > >> I think that conveys more clearly what is happening. > > > > Not really: that remains something to look up in the documentation. > > > > Now I'll readily admit that \consis

\consists terminology (was: Advice on naming and structuring scholarLY commands)

2018-06-15 Thread David Kastrup
David Kastrup writes: > Flaming Hakama by Elaine writes: > >> I think that conveys more clearly what is happening. > > Not really: that remains something to look up in the documentation. > > Now I'll readily admit that \consists / \remove does not make for an > appealing antonym pair. I'd be le

\consists terminology (was: Advice on naming and structuring scholarLY commands)

2018-06-15 Thread Urs Liska
[Adding a distinction in the thread title] Am 15. Juni 2018 09:44:44 MESZ schrieb "N. Andrew Walsh" : >Pedantry Corner: the *active* verb that Elaine is seeking is actually >"comprise." As in, "the committee comprises representatives from >various >disciplines." The verb in the opposite direction