Re: \magnifyMusic stem-length enigma

[Mark Polesky]

On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 12:47 AM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:

> If the beam/stems were mirror images of each other, the noteheads in the
> left group would be closer to the beams than the noteheads in the right
> group since the noteheads are attached to the right of the stems rather
> than being centered on them.
>

Wow, I never knew that feature.  How refined!


> It would be an interesting question whether one should actually
> disregard this in the distance calculations in order to avoid
> quantization introducing "symmetry artifacts" like this.  Or perhaps do
> a mixed strategy: make distances that would provide the proper clearance
> regardless of whether the notehead would be attached to the right or the
> left of the stem.
>

Of those two ideas, I prefer the second, but now that I understand the
functionality, I'm willing to leave this as it is.

Thanks for the clarification.
- Mark