Re: left space in front of the score

[Robin Bannister]

   bernhard kleine wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am working on the space frescobaldi plus Lilypond put infront of the
> score for long instrument names. There is only a small space after the
> first score when names are repeated, too small to match the instrument
> names which aligned to the right reach the physical border and go over it.
>
> How is it possible to have more space to the left of the score?

The general answer to that is to increase the left margin.
https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/horizontal-spacing-paper-variables#paper-variables-for-widths-and-margins

But there are two standard ways specific to instrument naming:


One way is to use abbreviated names further down.
What you call 'long instrument names', LilyPond calls 'instrumentName'.
LilyPond also provides 'shortInstrumentName', for further down.
https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/writing-parts#instrument-names

You can also use the second way, which provides more room on the left.
https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/horizontal-spacing-paper-variables#paper-variables-for-shifts-and-indents


Cheers,
Robin