> > OK, this means LilyPond's behaviour is not a buglet, and what you
> > want is a different ledger line behaviour. Please open an issue
> > in the tracker, provide real-world images (ideally with a larger
> > zoom), and mark it as 'enhancement'.
>
> I note that although Gould and the other writers don't address this
> specific case, they do have a closely related case (which to my mind
> is equivalent) in which they specify that the ledger line on the
> side of an offset note away from the stave is shortened (Gould, page
> 27, second para; Read and Ross show the same in examples without
> stating it explicitly).
Thanks. Gould explicitly writes:
When parts overlap, ledger lines that are not shared by the part
whose pitch is closest to the stave should not cut through its stem
(see image) and this is exactly what LilyPond does.
Werner
