On Aug 30, 2011, at 7:17 PM, Keith OHara wrote: > Mike Solomon <mikesol <at> ufl.edu> writes: > >> As I stated in a previous mail, it is easy to re-instate >> a length property in the stem-interface and then >> build it into either Stem::internal_height or Stem::print. >> I have no problem with this. >> > > The KEEP LENGTH option is the best, > because 'length and 'Y-extent should be distinct. >
In this case, it seems like the property should be called positions and not length. Length presupposes that the begin position remains constant and the end chagnes, whereas positions should take a pair that gives the bottom and top of the stencil. Otherwise, users won't be able to override the beginning point. Then, we could have \override Stem #'positions = #(stem::length whatever) to reinstitute the old length function (or stem::length-from-natural-beginning or whatever). Cheers, MS _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
