Re: not-so-ancient flags

[Werner LEMBERG]

> i guess i have to apply your patch (and werner's)

Only my patch.

> to the sources and recompile lilypond, right? is it OK to patch
> against 2.11.49 sources?

Yes.

> how can i modify the file to get what i want?
> 
> +straight_flag_angle = -37;
> +straight_upflag_length# = .65 black_notehead_width# + stemthickness# / 2; 
> +straight_downflag_length# = .833 black_notehead_width# +
> stemthickness# / 2; 
> +straight_flag_thickness# = 0.5 staff_space#;
> 
> how do you proceed? by trial and error, modifying those values,
> compiling and looking at the results?

Usually yes.  If you find good values, we can still check that later
on to parameterize if needed.


    Werner