Re: short instrument name setting

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Cameron,

> Yeah... \context is okay, I guess, but surely my way of doing
> this---using \set short.InstrumentName in the appropriate \staff block
> is the more idiomatic way to go. That way the definition is
> *completely* removed from the content. It just seems more LilyPondish.

Agreed!
I always try to set instrument name(s) in the \score block (or a  
subcontext) instead of the content — I probably should have started  
by suggesting that to Chip.

The only place where this approach doesn't work well is with  
instrument switches, which are still unnecessarily complex and error- 
prone in Lilypond.

Cheers,
Kieren.