Re: Issue 1229 in lilypond: Notes on ledger lines with stems pointed away from the staff overlap clef and staff ends in tight layouts

[lilypond]

Comment #14 on issue 1229 by address@hidden: Notes on ledger lines  
with stems pointed away from the staff overlap clef and staff ends in tight  
layouts
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1229

The situation in the upper line of the last comment, with the bar extended  
to make room for lyrics, never arose through 95 pages of Handel's Messiah  
(set in Lilypond by Nicolas).  There was always a stem or something  
protruding from the staff in every part.

So, whether good or bad, we are unlikely to see the side effect in anything  
larger than a regression test.

If a bar-line lengthened for lyrics ever causes someone trouble, he or she  
can:
\override VerticalAxisGroup #'nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing  
#'minimum-distance
 = #4.5  %for Lyrics above the staff, 3.5, as distance is measured to the  
baseline