select ancient flags. Besides the @code{default} flag style,
only the @code{mensural} style is supported.
-@lilypond[quote,fragment,ragged-right,verbatim]
+@lilypond[quote,fragment,ragged-right,verbatim,relative=1]
\override Flag.style = #'mensural
\override Stem.thickness = #1.0
\override NoteHead.style = #'mensural
\autoBeamOff
-c'8 d'8 e'8 f'8 c'16 d'16 e'16 f'16 c'32 d'32 e'32 f'32 s8
-c''8 d''8 e''8 f''8 c''16 d''16 e''16 f''16 c''32 d''32 e''32 f''32
+c8 d e f c16 d e f c32 d e f s8
+c'8 d e f c16 d e f c32 d e f
@end lilypond
-Note that the innermost flare of each mensural flag always is
+Note that the innermost flare of each mensural flag is
vertically aligned with a staff line.
There is no particular flag style for neo-mensural or Petrucci notation.
-@c Hence,
-@c when typesetting the incipit of a transcribed piece of mensural
-@c music, the default flag style should be used.
There are no flags in Gregorian chant notation.
@seealso
@rglos{flag}.
@knownissues
-The attachment of ancient flags to stems is slightly off.
-@c due to a change in early 2.3.x.
-
Vertically aligning each flag with a staff line assumes that stems
-always end either exactly on or exactly in the middle between two
+always end either exactly on or exactly in the middle of two
staff lines. This may not always be true when using advanced layout
features of classical notation (which however are typically out of
scope for mensural notation).
@code{\deadNote}, @code{\deadNotesOn} and @code{\deadNotesOff} can
be used. The term @notation{dead note} is commonly used by guitarists.
-There is also a shorthand for diamond shapes which can be used
-only inside chords:
+There is also a similar shorthand for diamond shapes:
@lilypond[verbatim,quote,relative=2]
-<c f\harmonic>2 <d a'\harmonic>4 <c g'\harmonic>
+<c f\harmonic>2 <d a'\harmonic>4 <c g'\harmonic> f\harmonic
@end lilypond
@predefined