Re: Issue 2336 in lilypond: Patch: Add layout changing command \layout-from for getting context defs from music

[Jean-Charles Malahieude]

> Ok, what do people say to the following:
> a) rename settingsFrom to \context-like
> b) rename \layout-from to \output-like
>
> Then we may do things like
> \midi {
>   \Score { \context-like { \tempo 4 = 80 } }
> }
> \layout {
>   \output-like { \accidentalStyle modern }
> }
>
> Is that better than xxx-from ?


I totally agree.

It is an evidence that \context-like deals with "contexts" and,
from a non English native user point of view, I know that "layout" deals
with printable; therefore I would get confused to be allowed to mention
"\layout-from" in a midi block...

Cheers,
Jean-Charles