Re: Instrument name placement, Was: Bug in "SustainPedal" ?

[Erik Sandberg]

On Thursday 25 November 2004 11.17, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
> Gilles wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > I use version 2.2.6.
>
> ...
>
> > Also, when there are sustain markings on the score, the short
> > instrument name ("Staff.instr") is not centered correctly: instead
> > of being at mid-height of the staff, it seems to be centered with
> > respect to the total height between the sustain line and the top
> > line of the staff.
>
> This is clearly a bug! The vertical placement of the instrument name
> seems to be centered relative to the total extent of the Staff,
> including the sustain pedals. Example (for version 2.4):
>
> \version "2.4"
> \new Staff { \set Staff.instrument = "Instrument" \clef bass
>    c4 \sustainDown c''2 c4 \sustainUp}
>
>
> I don't really understand what's going on here, since notes with ledger
> lines don't change the alignment of the instrument name, even if they
> change the total vertical extent of the Staff.

Added to bug cvs as instrument-center-pedal.ly.

erik