Start score with barline (after time signature)

[Urs Liska]

I need to engrave a score that starts with a barline immediately after 
the time signature (to demonstrate the barline, that is), as can be seen 
in the attached image.

By default this barline is not printed at all, but when I insert a very 
short skip (even 1/128) there is a pretty huge gap between the time 
signature and the barline.

How can I control and/or remove this space?
Thanks for any pointers
Urs

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