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Re: centering of instrument names


From: Joe Neeman
Subject: Re: centering of instrument names
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 19:27:32 -0700

On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 18:57 -0600, Carl D. Sorensen wrote:
> 
> 
> On 5/23/09 6:48 PM, "Joe Neeman" <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 23:38 +0100, Neil Puttock wrote:
> >> A similar effect could be achieved by setting a negative value for
> >> 'padding (see attached image),
> > 
> > Fair enough, but I don't think 'padding has the right meaning here.
> > Ideally, 'padding should be the smallest distance between an
> > InstrumentName and the SystemStartXXX to its right. Here, it's the
> > distance between the rightmost InstrumentName and the leftmost
> > SystemStartXXX.
> 
> Would 'minimum-space be a better property to use than 'padding?

Possibly, but I think calling it 'padding is consistent with the meaning
of 'padding elsewhere. Actually, the existing 'minimum-space property
seems misnamed, since it's really more of a minimum offset.

Joe






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