Re: multitable widths problem

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> In other words, we can't get the real width of the PDFs easily
>> within the texinfo framework.  A variant of `@columnfractions` that
>> accepts both fractions and sample strings would be thus ideal.
> 
> What prevents `lilypond-book` from determining the widths and
> inserting them?  Perhaps with a @lilypond-width placeholder in the
> initial source?

Assuming a LilyPond snippet

  @lilypond
  c4
  @end lilypond

you mean something like

  @multitable {@lilypond-width
               c4
               @end lilypond-width} {foo} ...
  ...

?  I don't think this flies.  First of all, the arguments of
`@multitable` have to be strictly on a single line that must not be
broken; this makes such code very fragile.  Second, how shall a
snippet width be specified for non-TeX modes?


    Werner