Short Instrument Name Alignment

[Will Oram]

There have been a gazillion suggestions over the years for a way to centre instrument names in an appealing manner. The best one I've used is a variant of http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2006-06/msg00012.html .

\layout {

\context { \RemoveEmptyStaffContext }

  \context { \GrandStaff \consists "Instrument_name_engraver" }

  \context {

\Score

   \override InstrumentName #'X-offset = #-14

}

}

%%% END

plus, say...

\set Staff.shortInstrumentName = \markup { "C." }

The consequence of this is that while the full name looks great, the short name is way out to the left, often cut off by the edge. I've tried a few unsuccessful hacks, like

pushShort = \once \override InstrumentName #'extra-offset = #'(X . X) % let X be anything

\pushShort \set Staff.shortInstrumentName = \markup { "C." }

%%% END

Also,

\set Staff.shortInstrumentName = \markup { \hcenter-in #'X "C." } % let X >> or << instrumentName's padding

Both don't do anything/much. I'm out of ideas.

Yours &c.,

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