Re: rest position in a polyphonic staff

[Colin Hall]

On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 02:21:18AM -0700, Eluze wrote:
> 
> 
> janek.lilypond wrote:
> > 
> > On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 5:50 PM, -Eluze <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> \new Staff <<
> >>   \set Timing.beamExceptions = #'()
> >>   \new Voice \relative c'' {
> >>     \voiceOne
> >>     \stemNeutral
> >>     a8 c e f e d f e
> >>   }
> >>   \new Voice \relative {
> >>     \voiceTwo
> >>     a1
> >>   }
> >>>>
> >>
> >> this generates a warning in the log and the first stems [a and c] go
> >> down.
> >> it would be helpful if I could override the flipping position for stems -
> >> is
> >> there a command for that?
> > 
> > You mean a command to tell Lily "i want the stems go down only if the
> > notes are this much up on the staff"?  I don't think there is a
> > command for that.  You can use
> > 
> >   \override Stem #'neutral-direction = #up
> >   \override Beam #'neutral-direction = #up
> > 
> > but these only work for cases directly on the middle of the staff,
> > i.e. they'll make beam here { a'[ c''] } go up, but won't affect { b'[
> > c''] } at all.
> > 
> > hth,
> > Janek
> > 
> > PS Colin, there's no bug, but the above might be a feature request
> > 
> > 
> 
> the docs talk about such a command for custos stem direction/position:
> 
> neutral-direction (direction)
>   Which direction to take in the center of the staff.
> neutral-position (number)
>   Position (in half staff spaces) where to flip the direction of custos
> stem.
> 
> but I don't know how and whether this can be applied to "normal" stems.
> 
> like Janek I wouldn't rate this as bug but rather a feature request (with
> low priority I assume)
> if you want I can add it to the tracker.

Thanks, that would be great.

Cheers,
Colin.

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Colin Hall