Re: changing staffgroup-staff-spacing

[Stefan Thomas]

Dear Keith,
thanks for Your explanations.
I think, the thing with  the "skyline-horizontal-padding" should be also a part of the documentation. At least I didn't find it there.

>  I would have thought so, too.
>
> > Unfortunately, it doesn't work.How can I avoid the collision in bar 2
> > without increasing the staffgroup-staff-spacing generally?
>
> I like to enforce extra clearance with
>  \once\override Staff.SustainPedal #'minimum-Y-extent = #'(-3 . 0)
> or
>  \once\override NoteHead #'minimum-Y-extent = #'(0 . 3)
> before the particular thing that needs more space.
>
> There is also a way to ask LilyPond to ensure horizontal clearance when deciding
> how close staves may come vertically:
>
> \layout { \context {
>   \PianoStaff \override VerticalAxisGroup #'skyline-horizontal-padding = #1
> }}