On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 18:57 -0600, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: > > > On 5/23/09 6:48 PM, "Joe Neeman" <joenee...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 23:38 +0100, Neil Puttock wrote: > >> A similar effect could be achieved by setting a negative value for > >> 'padding (see attached image), > > > > Fair enough, but I don't think 'padding has the right meaning here. > > Ideally, 'padding should be the smallest distance between an > > InstrumentName and the SystemStartXXX to its right. Here, it's the > > distance between the rightmost InstrumentName and the leftmost > > SystemStartXXX. > > Would 'minimum-space be a better property to use than 'padding?
Possibly, but I think calling it 'padding is consistent with the meaning of 'padding elsewhere. Actually, the existing 'minimum-space property seems misnamed, since it's really more of a minimum offset. Joe _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
