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Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrum
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Kieren MacMillan |
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Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name? |
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Mon, 11 May 2015 11:39:54 -0400 |
Hi Abraham,
> Fantastic work, David!
+1
> This would make an excellent addition to the core code, IMHO.
+1
> The only thing that I would further request (and this applies to
> instrumentName in general) is that the indent variable automatically adjust
> itself to be larger to compensate for names that run into the left margin
> (and sometimes off the page entirely!).
Really, “left-margin” could (should?) be from the left edge of the physical
page to the left-most bit of printed material (i.e., the left-most bit of
SystemStartDelimiter or instrument name, whichever is farthest left). Right
now, it’s “left-margin + short-indent [indent, resp.]” to the left-most
SystemStartDelimiter of the system [first system, resp.], with the instrument
name(s) added almost as an afterthought.
> It just seems like the kind of thing that should automatically happen
I could see it being VERY expensive, though: the margin could potentially
change dramatically, depending on whether a given system is on one page or
another. Think about french-ed systems, changes in shortInstrumentName, etc.
Of course, I would love to see Lilypond improved to Do The Right Thing™,
whatever we determine that to be. =)
In the meantime, David’s excellent solution has saved me a lot of manual
tweaking to instrument names in my current engraving.
Cheers,
Kieren.
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- Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?, (continued)
- Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?, Kieren MacMillan, 2015/05/15
- Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?, David Nalesnik, 2015/05/15
- [OT] Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?, Kieren MacMillan, 2015/05/15
- Re: [OT] Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?, Urs Liska, 2015/05/15
- Re: [OT] Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?, David Nalesnik, 2015/05/15
- Re: [OT] Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?, Urs Liska, 2015/05/15
- Re: [OT] can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?, Kieren MacMillan, 2015/05/15
- Re: [OT] Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?, David Nalesnik, 2015/05/15
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- Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?, Kieren MacMillan, 2015/05/11
- Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?, David Nalesnik, 2015/05/11
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Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longestinstrument name?, Phil Holmes, 2015/05/11