Oh, and some/all of the [Short]InstrumentName settings (e.g., padding) should be adjustable after the score is “in progress". =)
Cheers, Kieren. On May 11, 2015, at 11:57 AM, Kieren MacMillan <kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi David (et al.), > >> Not sure what the best practice would be. After all, you do want the numbers >> you set for indent and short-indent to exactly match what you specify. > > It depends on how you define “indent” and “short-indent”… or “margin”… ;) > > All kidding aside: > > 1. Perhaps there could be a switch — acting a bit like > PaperColumn.keep-inside-line, but built like > RehearsalMark.break-align-symbols — which would determine those grobs that > cannot pass the page margins? For example, I might want short-indent fixed to > the margin and InstrumentNames added post-hoc (i.e., the current default), or > I might want InstrumentNames added first and [short-]indent calculated > post-hoc; I might want any TextScript or RehearsalMark (etc.) dangling [and > possibly running off the page, as InstrumentName currently does], or > RehearsalMark might form the left-most “printed edge” sitting flush against > the margin. > > 2. Regardless of the above, instrumentName and shortInstrumentName should > utimately have different settings: right now, it’s extremely difficult to set > paddings, alignments, etc. for them independently (i.e., you can’t, but you > can fudge it). > > Just thinking out loud… =) > Kieren. ________________________________ Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info ‣ email: i...@kierenmacmillan.info _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
