Re: What is the beef with \longa stems?

[Laura Conrad]

>>>>> "Valentin" == Valentin Villenave <address@hidden> writes:

    Valentin> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 7:01 PM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> 
wrote:
    >> why are longas treated specially?

    Valentin> Though I don't know how to answer that question, I suspect
    Valentin> the answer might help solve
    Valentin> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=826

I suspect not, because the problem with that issue isn't that lilypond
itself does something wrong with the longa tail, but because
lilypond-book's treatment of the bounding box cuts off the tail.


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