Re: stem shortening

[Neil Puttock]

2009/3/2 David Stocker <address@hidden>:
> Yes, but is there a way to tweak this behavior to suit different situations?

For stems:

\override Stem #'(details stem-shorten) = #'(1.0 0.5)

The numbers in the list signify unflagged & flagged stems
respectively; negative values will lengthen the stems.

For beams:

\override beam #'beamed-stem-shorten = #'(1.0 0.5 0.25)

Here the numbers determine the amount to shorten for single, double
and triple beams.

For both examples, I've given the default values as set in define-grobs.scm.

Regards,
Neil