On 20 January 2013 17:21, Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> wrote: > > Folks, > > > what must I write to shorten an unbeamed stem by, say, one unit? A > naive approach would be > > \once \override Stem.length #(- ly:stem::calc-length 1) > > which doesn't work of course...
Hi Werner, You might want to use \override Stem #'no-stem-extend = ##t as well, since by default notes with ledger lines get their stems extending to the middle staff line (and maybe you do not want that with your shortened stems). Cheers, Xavier -- Xavier Scheuer <x.sche...@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user