Re: Set indent based on instrument name (issue 6457049)

[Graham Percival]

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 04:13:20PM +0100, Phil Holmes wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Kastrup" <address@hidden>
> >So _how_ are you trying to accommodate?  Increase indent until the
> >instrument name fits wholly in the text width?  Let it stick out
> >somewhat?  How much?
> 
> Increase the indent until it accommodates the instrument name.

+1

> If the user then discovers they have only one note per line
> because of a stupidly long name, they have the option of changing
> the name, putting it in a column, changing the font, etc.  But they
> don't need to keep experimenting with indents.

One slight quibble: if a user explicitly sets indent=1\cm, then I
think it's fair to let the instrument name go off the left-hand
side of the page.  But unless the user messes around with the
indent, there's no excuse for violating page margins (let alone
page size!).

- Graham