Re: different font size settings for instrumentName and shortInstrumentName

[Simon Albrecht]

Hi Kieren,

I think the most natural way to do this would be to define a scheme 
function, which generates an output def, so that the following two 
examples would have the same result:

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\version "2.19.47"

\score {
  \new Staff \with {
    instrumentName = \markup \fontsize #3 "Flute"
    shortInstrumentName = \markup \fontsize #-2 "Fl."
  }
  { 1 \break 1 }
}

nameInstrument =
#(define-scheme-function (long short) (string? string?)
   (ly:make-output-def
    ;;; do whatever it takes to make an output def with the above content…
    ))

\score {
  \new Staff \nameInstrument "Flute" "Fl." { 1 \break 1 }
}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

David K. recently made it possible to use multiple \with blocks per 
context creation, so that could easily be combined with other 
modifications to the Staff.

Unfortunately, ly:make-output-def is totally opaque, even looking at the 
definition in the source doesn’t give me (ok, I don’t know any C++) the 
slightest hint how to use it. What’s more, one cannot use \displayScheme 
on a with block… so I need to ask for others to chime in here – it can’t 
be too complicated, can it?

Best, Simon

On 21.09.2016 16:08, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Has anyone elegantly solved the problem of having different font settings 
> (size, in particular) for instrumentName and shortInstrumentName? I know I 
> could write a music function, and then use
>
>      instrumentName = “long name”
>      shortInstrumentName = \myfunction ”short name”
>
> or even just use
>
>      instrumentName = “long name”
>      shortInstrumentName = \markup \fontsize #-2 ”short name”
>
> etc., but I’d prefer a global solution that can be set as a context override.
>
> Thanks!
> Kieren.
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