On 16 April 2010 19:39, Boris Shingarov <b...@shingarov.com> wrote: > Quite apart from the height estimation, what is the supposed correct > semantics of 'length anyway? > It looks like it's interpreted as the distance between the end of the stem > and the midline??
No, that's the automatic adjustment which overrides the basic length calculated via ly:stem::calc-length. You have to override 'no-stem-extend to allow 'length to show its true setting for stems which aren't in forced directions: \override Stem #'no-stem-extend = ##t Regards, Neil _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
