bad beam lengths

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> greetings, han-wen!
> 
> this looks like a bug to me, but perhaps it's a "feature".   :-)
> 
> in the fragment attached, SOME of the 32nds near the staff top have
> unusually long stems. note that this does not affect 16ths, nor does it
> affect pairs of the SAME note. it does get somewhat better as the figure
> moves down into the staff, but at the top edge, it's REALLY ugly. the same
> thing happens with notes at the bottom of the staff.
> 
> what do you think?

A long standing bug - apparently the 32nd and 64th beams have never
been exercised properly. The quanting code tries to avoid certain
left/right configuration if beam endings end up centered in the
space. The demerit for this situation completely overshadowed the
demerits for the long stem. I've tuned it down in 1.9 CVS.

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Han-Wen Nienhuys   |   address@hidden   |   http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen