[Lilypond-auto] Issue 3155 in lilypond: regularized flag style

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Status: Accepted
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Labels: Type-Enhancement

New issue 3155 by address@hidden: regularized flag style
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3155

I've been contacted by Karol Majewski regarding a change in flag style that  
he prefers, where each fin of a flag has the same shape.  He has been sent  
a patch by Janek achieving this, however this patch is a straight change to  
the font itself, thus changing LilyPond's behavior.

Now my own take on this is that I find the lattice-type look produced by  
those flags made from the same elements confusing and ugly.  The variation  
in fins that the default flag style from LilyPond exhibits is indeed quite  
pronounced, however.  The question is whether the best course is revisiting  
the amount of staggering in LilyPond flags (and seeing whether its full  
extent is considered to be a best fit to the conservative design goals) or  
whether it might be worth creating a separate, pronouncedly different flag  
style accessible in a different manner.

I am attaching the patch Janek proposed to Karol, creating a non-standard  
variant of LilyPond.

Attachments:
        0001-straighten-upstem-flags.patch  4.6 KB