Re: [Lilypond-auto] Issue 2724 in lilypond: This natural stem is too short

[lilypond]

Comment #3 on issue 2724 by address@hidden: This natural stem is too  
short
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2724

I found this same issue. Having the stems shortened by the default amounts  
can result in some really bad aesthetics (even worse than the example shown  
above).

I find it aesthetically a bit better to have *some* clearance between the  
flags and the note heads, so I ended up disabling the shortening for  
flagged stems entirely:

override Stem #'details #'stem-shorten =  #'(1.0 0 0)

That is perhaps more than most people would like. It is more than Keith  
suggests and more than Karol wants, so I suspect there will simply be  
difference of opinion on this matter.

I attach an image showing an original engraving with clear and distinct  
flags, LIlypond’s default output, and my tweaked version.

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