Re: better beam direction algorithm (again)

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> [CVS 2005-08-28]
>
> Lilypond still uses a non-optimal beam direction algorithm.  Again I
> suggest to simply check for the note under the beam which has the
> greatest distance from the staff's middle line, and to use its natural
> direction for the whole beam.

hmm.
But what happens if there are a lot of those notes with the same 
maximum? We'd get a beam with a lot of (too) long stems. Wouldn't it be 
better to take the direction which minimizes the total deviation from 
the standard stemlength?

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