Re: collision beam with staff-crossing beam

[David Kastrup]

Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> writes:

>> It is a good docstring but could perhaps be changed to "Fattens each
>> constituent building of a skyline by this amount when determining
>> distances with other skylines.  The larger this is, the more likely
>> two buildings are to be identified as intersecting."
>
> I still don't understand, sorry.  What do you mean with `fatten'?

Horizontal padding.  Everything appears to stick out to the left and
right more than it actually does.

> Can you give a rough sketch?  And what is this property good for?

To prevent excessively interlocking skylines.  Cf
<URL:http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1290>

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David Kastrup