Hello Luise!
> there are a few issues with custodes I'd like to address.
>
> Namely: the direction and default-direction properties don't do
> anything to them so it's kinda non-trivial to get the actual early
> music look of all custodes pointing up; [...]
>
> Worth noting that setting the neutral-position property value to a
> high-ass number (like \override Staff.Custos.neutral-position = #20)
> does work to make ly engrave all custodes pointing up, thank you
> Xavier Scheuer on the mailing list for the tip, so I might just be
> whining and not actually being helpful :p
So what exactly is the problem? Your code example is faulty: `Custos`
grobs don't listen to the `direction` property. As you've meanwhile
found out, it's rather `neutral-position`.
> and custodes don't engrave if there's a rest at the start of the
> line.
Please provide scans of real-world scores to back up your claim (and
open a new issue in the tracker).
> (Also bonus extra complaint could you shorten the tail of the
> mensural custos by like two (2) millimeters so it's also usable for
> baroque music which is arguably busier? Or make a slightly larger,
> tail-less variant which is what a lot of ppl did late 17th c and
> call it baroque style idk)
Again, please provide scans and open a new issue. Maybe a different
glyph would be more appropriate.
> Excited for the next stable release whenever that might be,
Probably in spring.
Werner
