Re: Issue 1219 in lilypond: Broken tie may become a too small dot

[lilypond]

Comment #4 on issue 1219 by Carl.D.Sorensen: Broken tie may become a too  
small dot
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1219

The slur is not necessary in order to show this problem.

It appears to be caused by trying to fit more music in a bar than there is  
space for.

If the line-width is set to 2.5\cm, the tie will be tie-shaped, but  
small.   At 2.4\cm, the tie shape can be imagined, but the size of the  
drawing pen messes it up.  At 2.3\cm, the width of the slur appears to be  
zero.

The fix would probably involve setting the minimum length of the completion  
tie to some positive value,
even if it forces the line-width to be exceeded.