Re: Removing the stem engraver?

[Dunstan Vavasour]

You're right.

I think that wants registering as a bug.

Dunstan.

On 21/02/06, Don Blaheta <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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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