@cindex stem, cross staff
@cindex distance between staves in piano music
-The distance between the two staves is the same for all systems in the
-score. It is possible to override this per system, but it does require
-an arcane command incantation. See
-@inputfileref{input/@/test,piano@/-staff@/-distance@/.ly}.
-
@node Automatic staff changes
@subsection Automatic staff changes
staff, or vice versa.
@lilypond[ragged-right,verbatim,quote]
-stemExtend = \once \override Stem #'length = #22
+stemExtend = {
+ \once \override Stem #'length = #10
+ \once \override Stem #'cross-staff = ##t
+}
noFlag = \once \override Stem #'flag-style = #'no-flag
\new PianoStaff <<
\new Staff {
To enter lyrics with characters from non-English languages, or with
-non-ascii characters (such as the heart symbol or slanted quotes),
+accented and special characters (such as the heart symbol or slanted quotes),
simply insert the characters directly into the input file and save
it with utf-8 encoding. See @ref{Text encoding} for more info.