Re: Removing the stem engraver?

[Dunstan Vavasour]

In an earlier thread elsewhere someone suggested setting the stem length to 0

\override Stem #'length = #0

 - apparently it worked fine for crotchets and minims, but not for quavers.

Dunstan

On 15/02/06, Don Blaheta <address@hidden> wrote:
> Quoth Mats Bengtsson:
> > Have you considered just making the stems invisible, as a workaround?
> > \override Stem #'transparent = ##t
>
> That's exactly how I work around it, but the results aren't exactly the
> same---slurs are rendered as if the stems were there.  (This in turn can
> be worked around with judicious use of \stemDown and \stemUp, but the
> whole think is getting very crufty. ;)
>
> Which reminds me, I also tried
>
>   \override Stem #'print-function = ##f
>
> which I thought was supposed to have approximately the same effect as
> removing the engraver, but afaict it does nothing at all.