Respectfully, This is like someone asking for directions but instead of getting an answer on how to get to their preferred destination, getting asked why they would want to go there at all.
If this were a question about default lilypond behavior, I would understand that standard engraving practices should be discussed. But this is an exceptional case that I would like to do programmatically. That is, I was not asking for this to be the norm, but rather how I could enable the exception. After all, lilypond is so, so powerful for both its automatic behavior and the fact that you can pretty much do anything that you want. But to answer your question. I am engraving a score of someone posthumously. There are uninked copies done by hand, which are probably some of the most beautiful, albeit admittedly sometimes unconventional, notation practices I have ever seen. Regardless, I am doing my best to make the convention for engraving this particular project as close to possible to the composer's original hand copies. And believe me, I have yet to find a moment in this composer's work, where his exceptions to common practices were not well thought out and considered. Best, Michael On 09/08/2016 02:10 AM, Thomas Morley wrote: > 2016-09-08 8:52 GMT+02:00 Michael Winter <[email protected]>: >> Is it possible to force a beam to always start (vertically) a minimum >> distance from the staff regardless of the stem direction? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Michael > > > Hi Michael, > > well, it's doable. But why should I help you making LilyPond-output ugly? > Is there any usecase which makes sense? > > Convince me/us! ;) > And I will give it a try in the evening, now I have to run, job's calling. > > Cheers, > Harm _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
