Re: shortening a stem

[Xavier Scheuer]

On 20 January 2013 17:21, Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:
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> Folks,
>
>
> what must I write to shorten an unbeamed stem by, say, one unit?  A
> naive approach would be
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>   \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>