Longer tie

[Palmer, Ralph]

Greetings -

I'm running LilyPond 2.11.23 under Windows XP2002 SP2.

I'm trying to get a tie to a phantom note at the beginning of a cue.
There's a multi-measure rest before the cue, and I don't want the tie to
be generated within the multi-measure rest. I think I'm coming close,
but I can't figure out how to get the tie long enough to appear to be a
tie. It looks like the "minimum-length" property might be what I need to
use, but I don't know the syntax. Can someone please try to give me a
hand? Here's a snippet:

%%%%%%%%%% Begin Snippet %%%%%


\version "2.11.23"
\include "english.ly"

%invisible notes for hanging ties
inv = { \override Voice.NoteHead  #'transparent = ##t
                        \override Voice.Stem  #'transparent = ##t }
unv = { \revert Voice.NoteHead  #'transparent
                        \revert Voice.Stem  #'transparent }

\layout {
        ragged-right = ##t
        }

Test = {
        \key d \minor
        \clef treble
        \time 4/4

        \set Score.skipBars = ##t
        R1*2\noBreak |

%Cue
        << {
        \set fontSize = #-2.5
        \inv bf'16*1/10~ \unv
        bf'16*9/10^"Vln I"[ a'16 g' a'] bf' c'' d'' e'' f''8. ef''16 d''
c'' bf' a' |
        } \\{
        \set fontSize = #0
        R1
        } >>
%End Cue

}

\score {
        \Test
}

%%%%%%%%%% End Snippet %%%%%%%%

Thank you for your time and attention,

Ralph
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Ralph Palmer, CEM
Energy/Administrative Coordinator
Keene State College
Keene, NH 03435-2502
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