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Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrum
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Kieren MacMillan |
Subject: |
Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name? |
Date: |
Fri, 15 May 2015 09:24:54 -0400 |
Hi David,
First of all, many [public] thanks for having done this work: it’s remarkable,
and extremely helpful to me.
q.v. On Wednesday night, I was out for a drink with a musician friend, who
“admires” me because I use Lilypond instead of Finale or Sibelius. I used this
exact feature/fix as an example of how amazing Lilypond — and the community —
are! I asked him how often and quickly new features that he wants in Finale are
added… he said nothing and had another [big] swig of his beer. ;)
> One problem that Kieren noticed is evident in the last example When the
> padding is set to 0, all names are as far right as they can go and still be
> properly aligned one to another. When, however, the padding is changed,
> inconsistencies are seen. With padding = 1, we would expect "Sop./Bar." on
> the second system to be the same distance from the system-edge as "Piano" is
> from its bracket on the last system--that is the goal of this function. Yet
> there is inconsistency, and this inconsistency varies when padding is
> adjusted.
The workaround — which is, in the end, ‘perfect’ to my eye — is:
\override Score.InstrumentName.padding = #0
\override Score.InstrumentName.extra-offset = #’(-N . 0)
where N is the amount of “padding” you actually want.
While ever-so-slightly “hacky”, I consider this to be light-years better (and
less “hacky”) than the conventional workaround of adding a terminal space to
instrumentName. And the positioning is truly reference-engraving (e.g.,
Barenreiter?) quality to my mind.
Thank you again!
Kieren.
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Kieren MacMillan, composer
‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info
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- Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?, David Nalesnik, 2015/05/11
- Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?, tisimst, 2015/05/11
- Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?, David Nalesnik, 2015/05/11
- Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longestinstrument name?, Phil Holmes, 2015/05/11
- 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
- Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?, David Nalesnik, 2015/05/15
- 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?, 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
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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
Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?, Kieren MacMillan, 2015/05/11