>> I have to typeset a snippet that is an excerpt of a longer piece,
>> and this snippet ends with a key change:
>>
>> \relative c' {
>> \key d \major
>> d1
>> \key c \major
>> }
>>
>> However, the staff stops right before the key change, see attached
>> image. What can I do to avoid that?
>
> Try:
>
> \relative c' {
> \override Staff.StaffSymbol.break-align-symbols =
> #'(time-signature key-cancellation key-signature staff-bar break-alignment)
> \key d \major
> d1
> \tweak X-extent #'(0.25 . 2.4)
> \key c \major
> }
>
> The StaffSymbol being too short is a consequence of a bug-fix some
> time ago, though in this case the cure isn't nice either.
> Furthermore you need to add some padding to the right manually.
Very nice, thanks! I didn't think of manipulating the X-extent. Any
chance that this could be done in an official way as a bug fix to
LilyPond? I don't think that the current behaviour is ever wanted...
Werner
