> I appreciate that you have given a nuanced response. Practically > speaking, the vast majority of scores only have bar numbers at the > beginning of a line, so I will simplistically categorise your response > as in favour of keeping LilyPond's current behaviour.
I would very much like that LilyPond has the ability of automatically adjusting the horizontal position of some grobs, in particular dynamic signs, bar numbers, and rehearsal marks. The idea is that a large delta from the optimum vertical position would make LilyPond retry to horizontally position the grob within some delta (say, ±2 notehead widths) from the 'correct' position. If the grob can then be moved (much) nearer to the standard vertical position, LilyPond should use this adjusted horizontal position. Werner