I agree completely, the stemLength (or maybe some beamStemLength)
property should work also for beamed stems. Of course the meaning
would then be the average stem length for the whole beam just as
for all the current paper variables that determine the sizes.
/Mats
> Occasionally I need to shorten or lengthen an individual stem length
> to avoid collisions.
>
> In the refman:
> stemLength
> Set length of stems. Unit is 'interline/2', so stemLength defaults to 7.
>
> But, in a printout, stem lengths vary all over the place, and in
> params.ly there are oodles of stem length modifiers for with and
> without beams etc. I'd like to say 'bloody well set *this* stem
> this length', then say 'revert to standard behaviour'. (This is
> most important for stems in beams - individual notes can be shifted
> horizontally, but beams wipe out whole parts sometimes.)
>
> What is the safe way of doing that?
>
> John
>
>
