Re: Strange error

[David Kastrup]

"Br. Samuel Springuel" <address@hidden> writes:

> On 2016-12-18 12:24 PM, Malte Meyn wrote:
>> Try an additional \with:
>>
>> \new Staff \with \timeless { c' }
>
> That does indeed work, but isn't that redundant programming?

timeless = \with { }

\new StaffGroup { \new Staff \timeless { c' } }

timeless = { g' }

\new StaffGroup { \new Staff \timeless { c' } }

It was impossible to know just where the \new Staff ended unless you
knew the exact value and type of \timeless.

And \timeless may be a scheme function call rather than a fixed value.

Editors don't have such knowledge, and other utilities don't have that
knowledge.  And LilyPond only has such knowledge in certain situations.
And since timeless may get reassigned, this knowledge may be temporary.

-- 
David Kastrup