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Re: shortening a stem
From: |
Xavier Scheuer |
Subject: |
Re: shortening a stem |
Date: |
Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:57:48 +0100 |
On 20 January 2013 17:21, Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
>
> what must I write to shorten an unbeamed stem by, say, one unit? A
> naive approach would be
>
> \once \override Stem.length #(- ly:stem::calc-length 1)
>
> which doesn't work of course...
Hi Werner,
You might want to use
\override Stem #'no-stem-extend = ##t
as well, since by default notes with ledger lines get their stems
extending to the middle staff line (and maybe you do not want that
with your shortened stems).
Cheers,
Xavier
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Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden>