2002-08-04 Rune Zedeler <rune@zedeler.dk>

	* Documentation/user/refman.itely
	* Documentation/user/internals.itely: Documented "Current" property.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-08-04  Rune Zedeler <rune@zedeler.dk>
+
+       * Documentation/user/refman.itely
+       * Documentation/user/internals.itely: Documented "Current" property.
+       
 2002-08-04  Han-Wen  <hanwen@cs.uu.nl>
 
        * lily/lily-guile.cc: change gh_str02scm to scm_makfrom0str.

diff --git a/Documentation/user/internals.itely b/Documentation/user/internals.itely
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--- a/Documentation/user/internals.itely
+++ b/Documentation/user/internals.itely
@@ -285,6 +285,30 @@ contained contexts.  This means that a property valid for the
 @internalsref{Voice} context can be set in the @internalsref{Score} context (for
 example) and thus take effect in all @internalsref{Voice} contexts.
 
+@cindex @code{Current}
+If you don't wish to specify the name of the context in the
+@code{\property}-expression
+itself, you can refer to the abstract context name,
+@code{Current}. The @code{Current} context is the latest
+used context. This will typically mean the @internalsref{Thread}
+context, but you can force another context with the
+@code{\property}-command. Hence the expressions
+
+@example
+  \property @var{contextname}.@var{propname} = @var{value}
+@end example
+
+and
+
+@example
+  \context @var{contextname}
+  \property Current.@var{propname} = @var{value}
+@end example
+
+do the same thing.
+The main use for this is in macros - allowing the specification of a
+property-setting without restriction to a specific context.
+
 Properties can be unset using the following expression:
 @example
   \property @var{contextname}.@var{propname} \unset

diff --git a/Documentation/user/refman.itely b/Documentation/user/refman.itely
index 9b9eeb11e2b717e0cbf48bf8e0944e4c98441d42..d38e284790becda92c8e7724d9bb69f6310c6d14 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/user/refman.itely
+++ b/Documentation/user/refman.itely
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ want to use relative within transposed music, you must place an
 additional @code{\relative} inside the @code{\transpose}.
 
 
-@c .  {Bar check}
+@c . {Bar check}
 @node Bar check
 @subsection Bar check
 @cindex Bar check
@@ -1332,7 +1332,8 @@ quite hairy, so non-experts should stick to the macros defined in
 @file{ly/property-init.ly}.
 @cindex @file{property-init.ly}
 
-The normal way of using the macros is to enter the macro name right after the
+The macros operate on the ``Current'' context (see @ref{Context properties}). This
+means that the macros shuold normally be invoked right after the
 creation of the context in which the accidental typesetting described
 by the macro is to take effect. I.e. if you want to use
 piano-accidentals in a pianostaff then you issue

diff --git a/input/SondagMorgen/SondagMorgenIntro.ly b/input/SondagMorgen/SondagMorgenIntro.ly
index aa1b638292a9bebfaa9a5a33c3476b124bbcd6dd..16c5bfa1645c97b3d0e61bcdd2a0b46bcb0c5735 100644 (file)
--- a/input/SondagMorgen/SondagMorgenIntro.ly
+++ b/input/SondagMorgen/SondagMorgenIntro.ly
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ marks = \lyrics {
 }
 
 ned = \downbow
-op = \upbow
+op = \upbow 
 
 #(define meter '(rows (music "noteheads-2" ((kern . -0.1) "flags-stem")) " = 128"))