Documentation/snippets/aligning-and-centering-instrument-names.ly


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%% DO NOT EDIT this file manually; it is automatically
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%% and then run scripts/auxiliar/makelsr.py
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%% This file is in the public domain.
\version "2.17.6"

\header {
  lsrtags = "paper-and-layout, text, titles"

  texidoc = "
The horizontal alignment of instrument names is tweaked by changing the
@code{Staff.InstrumentName #'self-alignment-X} property. The
@code{\\layout} variables @code{indent} and @code{short-indent} define
the space in which the instrument names are aligned before the first
and the following systems, respectively.

"
  doctitle = "Aligning and centering instrument names"
} % begin verbatim


\paper {
  left-margin = 3\cm
}

\score {
  \new StaffGroup <<
    \new Staff {
      \override Staff.InstrumentName.self-alignment-X = #LEFT
      \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup \left-column {
        "Left aligned"
        "instrument name"
      }
      \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = #"Left"
      c''1
      \break
      c''1
    }
    \new Staff {
      \override Staff.InstrumentName.self-alignment-X = #CENTER
      \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup \center-column {
        Centered
        "instrument name"
      }
      \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = #"Centered"
      g'1
      g'1
    }
    \new Staff {
      \override Staff.InstrumentName.self-alignment-X = #RIGHT
      \set Staff.instrumentName = \markup \right-column {
        "Right aligned"
        "instrument name"
      }
      \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = #"Right"
      e'1
      e'1
    }
  >>
  \layout {
    ragged-right = ##t
    indent = 4\cm
    short-indent = 2\cm
  }
}