Re: Lyrics break estimation of vertical spacing

[Joe Neeman]

On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 21:25 -0400, Boris Shingarov wrote:
> Hi Joe,
> 
> > Replace constrained-breaking.cc:461 by
>   >
>   > Interval begin_extent = sys->begin_of_line_extent (start, end);
>   > Interval rest_extent = sys->rest_of_line_extent (start, end);
>   >
>   > and replace constrained-breaking.cc:485 by something analogous. 
>  
> Btw, it's not clear to me what the inverse_hooke_ should be in this 
> case -- I am setting it to max of the two extents, it should probably 
> be calculated later in the game, when we stack the systems on top of 
> each other at which point we know how long the actual rod is.  We'll 
> see if we get any head ache because of inverse_hooke_.  ::shrug::

I doubt it. I don't think any of the spring forces are really
significant here. Getting a better height estimate is much more
important.

Cheers,
Joe