Re: stretched note stem

[Mark Polesky]

Neil Puttock wrote:

> > \override Stem #'no-stem-extend = ##t
> A small refinement:
> \override Stem #'(details stem-shorten) = ##f

Neil,

can you explain why that is preferable? Also, using this
for Peter's scale produced something completely weird:
\override Stem #'length = #3.5
Is that the expected behavior of that override?

Thanks.
- Mark