Stems push things away

[Jean Abou Samra]

> Hello,
>
> Sometimes stems push things that are outside-staff further outside, 
> even with things like TabStaff, which removes the Stem stencil. Take 
> this, for example:
>
> \version "2.23.0"
>
> \new TabStaff \with {
>   \revert Stem.stencil
>   \revert TextScript.stencil
>
>   \consists "Timing_translator"
> % \override Beam.quantized-positions = ##f
> }{
>     \time 2/4
>     << { a,8^A a'^B } \\ { c''4 r4 } >>
> }
>
> The B is significantly higher than the A, because the calculated stem 
> sticks outside the staff. This happens even when the stem stencil 
> isn't reverted, but I reverted it to show what I think is going on. It 
> happens without the Timing_translator as well, though it's less 
> pronounced.
>
> I would like to completely shut off the internal stem calculation in 
> order to get the A and the B on the same level, but I can't figure out 
> how. I was able to shut off the calculation for stem lengths by 
> setting Beam.quantized-positions to false, but this results in 
> lilypond errors.
>
> Thanks for the help!
> Brian Bartling

Hi,

Maybe something like this? Don't ask me why it works, I have no idea!

\version "2.23.0"

\layout {
  \context {
    \TabVoice
    \remove "Stem_engraver"
    \remove "Note_spacing_engraver"
  }
  \context {
    \TabStaff
    \revert TextScript.stencil
  }
}

\new TabStaff {
  \time 2/4
  << { a,8^AAAA a'^B } \\ { c''4 r4 } >>
}

Best,
Jean