On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Kieren MacMillan < kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Hi Abraham, > > > Fantastic work, David! > > +1 > > > This would make an excellent addition to the core code, IMHO. > > +1 > > > The only thing that I would further request (and this applies to > instrumentName in general) is that the indent variable automatically adjust > itself to be larger to compensate for names that run into the left margin > (and sometimes off the page entirely!). > > Really, “left-margin” could (should?) be from the left edge of the > physical page to the left-most bit of printed material (i.e., the left-most > bit of SystemStartDelimiter or instrument name, whichever is farthest > left). Right now, it’s “left-margin + short-indent [indent, resp.]” to the > left-most SystemStartDelimiter of the system [first system, resp.], with > the instrument name(s) added almost as an afterthought. > Ha. This brings back the days of getting my dissertation--an orchestral composition--through all the final hoops. Did the explicit requirement of 1.5\in at the left (if I remember correctly) include the instrument name or not? There never was a conclusive answer. You could see the varying interpretation in past scores. David
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