Hi Mats Yes, I've read the 2.9 manual, but as I prefer to stick with the stable releases I shall wait for 2.10 before I try any of the new features.
Incidentally there are some inconsistencies in this section of the 2.9 manual - the text uses the old form (Staff.instrument) and the examples the new (Staff.instrumentName). But as far as I can see the 2.9 manual does not suggest any method of left-aligning the instrument names, which is common in orchestral scores. Is there a better way in 2.9 to do this? The way of achieving centre-aligning, which is perhaps the most popular alignment, seems to be unchanged in 2.9, although I see the width of the brace still causes a need for some manual adjustment. Trevor > -----Original Message----- > From: Mats Bengtsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24 October 2006 13:01 > To: Trevor Daniels > Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Subject: Re: Repositioning \tempo, and one other question > > > I hope you have read the section on Instrument Names in the manual for > version 2.9. > > /Mats > > Trevor Daniels wrote: > > However, you may find the alignment of instrument names across > a range of > > staves is not what you would like. As I understand it this is > because the > > instrument name is positioned during individual staff processing and is > > right-aligned to the start of the staff. It is not possible to > take other > > staves into account. (Perhaps someone more knowledgeable could > correct me if > > any of this is wrong). This is OK if all the staves are within > a group or > > all without one but if you use several staff groups or have > staves outside a > > group the names of instruments within the group appear to be > right-aligned > > to the group bracket and so are slightly offset from the names > attached to > > single staves. There are various work-arounds for this, and also for > > centre-aligning names or left-aligning names. The ones I have used are: > > > > Centre-aligning instrument names: > > > > \set Staff.instrument = \markup { \hcenter-in #5.0 Solo } > > > > This will centre "Solo" in a box of length 5.0 which is itself > offset from > > the staff end (in this case not the brace, it seems). All the > instrument > > names can then be centre-aligned by specifying the same box > length for all > > of them. However, it seems necessary for the specified box > length to be up > > to twice as long as the longest name for the alignment to be > correct. You > > may need to move the first system over to the right to make enough room. > > Set indent=3.0\cm or whatever in layout to do this. > > > > Left-aligning instrument names: > > > > This is somewhat arcane - anyone found a better way? > > > > \set Staff.instrument=\markup { > > \override #'(baseline-skip . 0) > > \left-align { \column { \transparent AAAAAAAAA Solo } } > > } > > This works by using a fixed length string ("AAAAAAAA" in the > example above) > > to establish a left-hand edge at a fixed distance from the aligned > > right-hand edge. The real string is then left-aligned with > this by using > > \left-align and \column. The fixed-length string is made > transparent, and > > the vertical distance between the two elements of the column is > set to zero > > with the override. The length of the fixed length string is chosen to be > > slightly longer than the longest instrument name. > > Because the left-aligned points of a single staff, a choirstaff > and a piano > > staff are at slightly different distances from the left margin > the 'fixed' > > string needs to be slightly longer by about a "a" character (using the > > default font) for any single staves. > > > > HTH > > > > Trevor > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of > >> OnionRingOfDoom > >> Sent: 24 October 2006 03:36 > >> To: lilypond-user@gnu.org > >> Subject: Repositioning \tempo, and one other question > >> > >> > >> > >> Like the subject says, is there any way to reposition the > \tempo mark? I'd > >> love to be able to move it a bit to the left. > >> > >> Also, my instrument names seem to not be displayed propperly > in my score. > >> The names are declared as follows: > >> > >> Soprano = \relative c'' { > >> \set Staff.instrumentName = #"Soprano Sax " > >> \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = #"s.Sax " > >> \global > >> \clef treble > >> \key c \minor > >> % notes > >> } > >> > >> Then, the score is set up as so: > >> > >> \score { > >> << > >> \new StaffGroup = "horns" << > >> \new Staff = "Soprano" \Soprano > >> % more staves... > >> >> > >> >> > >> } > >> > >> I saw this work in the Jazz Combo example, but it's not > working for me for > >> some reason. Any help is greatly appreciated, as always! > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> http://www.nabble.com/Repositioning-%5Ctempo%2C-and-one-other-ques > >> > > tion-tf2498893.html#a6966138 > > Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > lilypond-user mailing list > > lilypond-user@gnu.org > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > lilypond-user mailing list > > lilypond-user@gnu.org > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > > -- > ============================================= > Mats Bengtsson > Signal Processing > Signals, Sensors and Systems > Royal Institute of Technology > SE-100 44 STOCKHOLM > Sweden > Phone: (+46) 8 790 8463 > Fax: (+46) 8 790 7260 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WWW: http://www.s3.kth.se/~mabe > ============================================= > > > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
