Re: Questions about the edition engraver

[Simon Albrecht]

Am 28.04.2015 um 23:03 schrieb Noeck:
> 1. Can I use the same tweak at several points in time? Or do I have to
> add and \editionMod every time.
In a recent list post (by Urs, I think) I saw an \editionModList command 
to do this.
> 2. What do the letters mean in edition.Staff.A?
>     A numbering? How can I know which voice is which?
>     Can I test that (like \displayEngraverNameHere)?
>
> 3. How can I address a temporary voice in some measure?
>     a) One with << · \\ · >>?
>     b) One with << · \new Voice { · } >>?
>
> 4. What does the word 'edition' after the \editionEngraver mean?
>     Can I choose this name? Why would I need more than one?
>
> 5. Can I put tweaks with the edition engraver?
>     Like coloring the second of three note heads in a chord?
>     { <c \tweak #'color #red e g> }
>
> And more style-guide like:
>
> 6. Would you consider \voiceOne etc. content or layout? \noBeam?
>     \tempo? \bar? I.e. would you enter it in the musical content
>     or via the edition engraver?
I’d phrase it this way: everything that is decided by the 
composer/arranger is content, everything that is decided by the 
typesetter/editor is presentation. Where exactly the border is to be 
drawn, depends. But for the examples you gave, I’m pretty sure they 
belong to the content.
> 7. Would you write a Dynamics context using spacer rests or entirely
>     using the edition engraver? { s1\p | s | s\ff … } or { s1*55 } and
>     the rest is done by the edition engraver? Is that possible at all?
>
> 8. And unrelated to the edition engraver: What do you prefer:
>     a8\noBeam a16 a   or   a8 a16[ a] ?
Well, I’d say they’re completely synonymous, so it’s up to your likings.

Yours, Simon