> From: "Michael Koenig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 10:49:04 +0100
> I have set a 8-system-piece. It has 3 pages with 3/3/2 systems.
How did you typeset the piece? PMX? MusiXTeX?
> Now, on the pages 1 and 2 the vertical space between the systems is much
> too large for my taste. On page 3 the same space is a little to small. :-(
>
> How can I decrease this space for the first pages and increase it for
> the last page so I get the same size on all pages.
> I gess, the spaces on the first pages is increased because of the pagebreaks.
> But I'm not shure.
With MusiXTeX
\interstaff defines the space between staff lines
\setinterinstrument defines the (additional) space between instruments
\parskip defines the glue between systems (of staffs).
\staffbotmarg, \stafftopmarg defines the space on top and bottom of
the systems
\raggedbottom has the usual influence on the filling of the page.
\musicparskip is a recommendation for \parskip with MusiXTeX.
When using PMX you may use Ai (?) as global influence on \interstaff.
If there are enough systems for a page current PMX tries to fill that
page nicely by defining \interstaff for each page. Using M-Tx's
"SPACE: ..." there is limited access to "\interinstrument".
Because I often don't share PMX's taste about nice page-filling
I clobber \interstaff from MusiXTeX so that PMX can't use it.
\\let\interstaffsav\interstaff\def\interstaff#1{}\interstaffsav{11}\
This clobbers \interstaff and sets it to 11 for the whole piece. (Your
mileage may vary.)
If there is a need for an other \interstaff-value one can use with
PMX something like
... \gdef\atnextline{\interstaffsav{10}}\ ... somewhere in bar so that
the *next* line will be spaced with the new value. Similar usage is
possible for \interinstrument, \staffbotmarg, ... For easier use you
may define within a PMX-source
\\NLinterstaff#1{\gdef\atnextline{\interstaffsav{#1}}}\
and use it similar to the previous example:
... \NLinterstaff{11.5}\ ...
There are many PMX and M-Tx sources on http://www.gmd.de/Misc/Music/scores/
which successfully used such or similar solutions e.g. "Kunst der Fuge".
Hope this hilft -- Werner
PS: As Don Simons told already the next PMX version will offer new
features concerning filling the page.
