Re: Stem length

[Nick Payne]

On 01/03/11 10:17, Hilary Snaden wrote:
> I've been trying these to lengthen some stems to avoid collisions...
>
> \override Stem #'(details beamed-lengths) = #'(5)
> \override Stem #'length-fraction = #(magstep 3.5)
>
> ...but despite documentation to the contrary, non-integer values 
> aren't recognised, making it impossible to fine-tune the stem lengths. 
> Is this a known problem, or am I missing something?

For unbeamed notes, you can use

\override Stem #'length = #len

where len is the length of the stem in staff units.

For beamed notes, you can use

\override Beam #'positions = #'(l . r)

where l and r are the positions in staff units of the left and right 
ends of the beam relative to the centre of the staff.

All of these values can be non-integral.

Nick