>>> Now that I know to look for it, the definition of `\skip` in
>>> <https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.23/Documentation/notation/available-music-functions#index-_005cskip-5>
>>> does describe this behavior. But I would never have found this on
>>> my own.
>>
>> OK, how did you search exactly? Where did you look? What have you
>> missed? What did you assume? If you can give those details it
>> might be possible to improve the documentation accordingly.
>
> Werner, the documentation of \skip on music is a ticket
> at the moment.
>
> https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/6245
OK, but...
> Given that I am not surprised if people don't find it.
... it is still useful to know how people are searching.
Werner
