Re: ties over dots

[Mats Bengtsson]

> The attached lilypond file has a dotted half note tied to a half
> note.  This is probably non-standard notation by modern standards, but
> it's what John Dowland did, so I transcribed it that way.
> Unfortunately, the way lily typeset it, everybody at the rehearsal
> missed the dot at least once, because it's too close to the tie.
> 
> Is this a bug, or is there a good way to move the dot or the tie?

According to the documentation, there's a property x-gap
to determine the horizontal gap between notehead and tie, with 
default value 0.2. Try (untested):

Staff.Tie \set #'x-gap = #0.4

    /Mats