Re: \set vs \override

[James Worlton]

Hi!

On Nov 23, 2009, at 9:26 PM, Nick Payne wrote:

> On this subject of set vs override, if I want rehearsal marks to be  
> boxed letters and also want to use the letter I as a rehearsal  
> mark, how can I do that. Each set command overwrites the previous  
> value of the context property, so if I use:
>
>    \set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-box-letters
>    \set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-alphabet
>
> then I get "I" as a rehearsal mark but the letters aren't boxed,  
> and if I use:
>
>    \set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-alphabet
>    \set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-box-letters

In 2.13.6 I did a project and used:
\set Score.markFormatter = #format-mark-box-alphabet
and I got the boxes and the letter I (all in one command!)

James Worlton