Re: once and shortcuts

[Mats Bengtsson]

Quoting M Watts <address@hidden>:

> Nick Payne wrote:
> > Why is it that I can use, for example:
> >
> > \once \override Slur #'direction = #DOWN
> >
> > or
> >
> > \once \override Slur #'direction = #UP
> >
> > but
> >
> > \once \slurDown or \once \slurUp
> >
> > Generates a syntax error. The same happens with stemUp and stemDown, tieUp
> > and tieDown, etc.
> >
> > I'm using 2.12.2.
> >
> > Nick
>
> I've only seen \once used with \override or \set -- some digging in 
> the scm folder would probably reveal why.

It's rather a matter of a limitation in the input syntax, which does not
allow for a macro to follow after \once.

  /Mats