Comment #3 on issue 2724 by [email protected]: 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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