Re: Removing the stem engraver?

[Don Blaheta]

Quoth Mats Bengtsson:
> Quoting Don Blaheta <address@hidden>:
> > 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. ;)
> 
> How about setting the stem length to zero?

There's a bug there, too, I think.  The following example draws all
stems to the middle line of the staff rather than not drawing them:

  \version "2.7.35"
  \score {
    \new Voice \relative g' {
      \override Staff.Stem #'length = #0
      e4 g( a) a a( g) a( b c d a) g( a) a2
    }
  }

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