Re: can InstrumentName padding centered according to the longest instrument name?

[Kieren MacMillan]

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 <address@hidden> 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.
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