Re: Collision between ottava bracket and stems in cross-staff systems

[Aaron Hill]

On 2019-12-08 3:40 pm, Paolo Pr wrote:
> Hello,
>
> in cross-staff systems, I see that the ottava bracket can produce an
> unwanted collision between the "8va" string and the stems. Please, look 
> at:
>
> http://lilybin.com/vf4vaj/1
>
> Is there a way to automatically avoid that, without using the
> trial-and-error method for adjusting the offset of the object?

To where should (or could) the bracket move?  It would seem a collision 
is unavoidable.

Granted, one option is to apply some whiteout:

%%%%
\layout {
  \context { \Staff
    \override OttavaBracket.layer = #1000
    \override OttavaBracket.whiteout = #2
  }
}
%%%%


-- Aaron Hill