Re: What is the beef with \longa stems?

[David Kastrup]

Laura Conrad <address@hidden> writes:

>>>>>> "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.

The skyline graphics attached to the issue report would appear to
suggest otherwise.

-- 
David Kastrup