Re: instrument name padding

[David Rogers]

Jonatan Liljedahl wrote:

>On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 23:44:07 +0100
>Bernard Hurley <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> In the 2.4.x series you could simply write 
>>  \set Staff.instrument = "Piano "
>> or if you want more space:
>>  \set Staff.instrument = "Piano  "
>> instead of:
>>  \set Staff.instrument = "Piano"
>> 
>> Doesn't this still work in 2.5?
>
>I've tried with 2.5.18 and the postscript backend, and no this does not
>work.


You can try the following:

\set Staff.instrument = \markup {Piano \hspace #1.0}


Hope it helps
David