Re: Corrects bounding box for longa (Issue 826) (issue 12032043)

[Phil Holmes]

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Subject: Corrects bounding box for longa (Issue 826) (issue 12032043)


> https://codereview.appspot.com/12032043/diff/1/mf/feta-noteheads.mf
> File mf/feta-noteheads.mf (right):
>
> https://codereview.appspot.com/12032043/diff/1/mf/feta-noteheads.mf#newcode116
> mf/feta-noteheads.mf:116: final_line_length := quanted_line_length *
> staff_space;
> This is rather hard to figure out.  Why don't you make
> define_pixels (final_line_length)
> and calculate final_line_length# as quanted_line_length * staff_space# ?
>
> The problem is that it is very hard to figure out the relation between
> boxtop# and final_line_length.
>
> https://codereview.appspot.com/12032043/

I'm not particularly confident with metafont code, and so generally try to 
make the minimum change necessary to effect the desired result. That said, I 
think final_line_length is a spurious variable, and so if you think the 
relationship between it and the boxxxx variables is not clear, would suggest 
deleting that variable.

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Phil Holmes