On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 4:05 PM David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > I see absolutely nothing that would suggest that LilyPond doesn't > exactly engrave what you are asking for here. No bug, no ugly. > > > Is there any work-around? > > Not a workaround but correct input: you want to stop the staff 3 eighths > of grace notes before the next beat, so your ossia needs to stop _then_: > > > Now that \stopStaff is placed at the time where you actually want to > have the staff end, that's exactly where the staff _does_ end. > > And what you see now in terms of stems deserves the title "bug, or at > least ugly". > > But at least the staff length is what you want, and you tell LilyPond > properly about it. So you get to complain about the real bug instead...
Thanks for this explanation. I tried something similar to what you suggested and ran into the same problem you did. It's already an issue: https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/6307 -- Knute Snortum _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond