Hi Keith,

Thanks for your report and your suggested override. I'll give it a shot; in
the meantime, I've gone for a popular contemporary music workaround: the
addition of a third staff with an octave treble clef, to eliminate the
ledger lines. (hence my post about changing staffs for the notes of a
chord...)

cheers,
Jeff

On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Keith OHara <k-ohara5...@oco.net> wrote:

> Jeffrey Trevino <jeffrey.trevino2 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> > the accidentals should be moved to the left to avoid collision with the
> ledger
> lines.
>
> Yes, the ledger lines are discontinuous, so they hide the accidental much
> more
> than staff lines would.
> I added a bug report <
> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3141>
>
> Probably this can be fixed, when someone is able to spend the time.  An
> example of this situation in a printed score from some respected engraver
> would be help to get the spacing right.
>
> Until then, I can't think of a clear work-around, except telling LilyPond
> to treat the stem as if it were wider, nearly as wide as the ledgers
>  \once\override Stem #'minimum-X-extent = #'(-1.2 . 0)
>
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