Re: Did VerticalAxisGroup default-staff-staff-spacing stop respecting padding in 2.17.10?

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On 8 févr. 2013, at 18:24, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:

> "address@hidden" <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> On 8 févr. 2013, at 16:57, Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden> wrote:
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>>> On 8 February 2013 09:27, address@hidden <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> (snip)
>>>> 
>>>> It's gonna take me some time to have a look at it - I'll do my best
>>>> to check it out on Sunday.
>>> 
>>> Is this related to the not-yet-added-to-the-tracker "chord name collide
>>> with staff" issue?
>>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2013-02/msg00019.html
>>> 
>>> Should Trevor's report be added to the tracker?
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Xavier
>> 
>> The two problems are related but not identical.  The problem here is
>> that skyline.cc uses an EPS value to weed out too-tiny buildings.
> 
> Why?  A building of height exactly zero is not empty (this corresponds
> to point-stencil).  Emptiness is signaled by an interval with the upper
> boundary being below the lower boundary.

I believe that the presence of EPS dates back to 2007 in some of Joe's skyline 
work. I'm assuming it exists to speed up skyline calculations, but it'd be best 
to get the response straight from him.

Cheers,
MS