* Documentation/user/examples.itely (Transcription of mensural

[lilypond.git] / lily / grob.cc

diff --git a/lily/grob.cc b/lily/grob.cc
index 3e98a5b90a48ed87198158f30cbcf81d0e60d677..dd8726cac8bdc972324dc54391dcf6b7e4142072 100644 (file)
--- a/lily/grob.cc
+++ b/lily/grob.cc
@@ -425,7 +425,11 @@ Grob::pure_height (Grob *refp, int start, int end)
   Real offset = pure_relative_y_coordinate (refp, start, end);
 
   SCM min_ext = get_property ("minimum-Y-extent");
-  if (is_number_pair (min_ext))
+
+  /* we don't add minimum-Y-extent if the extent is empty. This solves
+     a problem with Hara-kiri spanners. They would request_suicide and
+     return empty extents, but we would force them here to be large. */
+  if (!iv.is_empty () && is_number_pair (min_ext))
     iv.unite (ly_scm2interval (min_ext));
 
   iv.translate (offset);