Re: improving the transition between full-length and shortenedstems. (issue4210051)

[Trevor Daniels]

Janek Warchoł wrote Wednesday, March 02, 2011 8:53 PM


> 2011/3/1 Trevor Daniels <address@hidden>
>
> > Yes, they are longer, but the stems on the full-size notes look 
> > too long
> > in this context to my eye.
> >
> > I've attached the output from 2.13.52.
>
> In my opinion it is ok.

It's OK; just not optimum when isolated like this.

> While i agree that in this particular example the stems may look
> *slightly* better if they were a bit shorter, i suppose that
> implementing this (i.e. making stem length depend on a broader 
> context
> than their position on the staff) would require too much work; i 
> also
> don't see by what criteria this could be judged. Since vast 
> majority
> of cases look better with this patch, and this problem isn't 
> serious
> imo, i suggest leaving it alone.

On balance your patch is a definite improvement, so I agree.

> PS my first patch is now in an official LilyPond release! Hooray!

Congratulations!  Welcome aboard!

Trevor