Hello,
thanks for your long answer. I used mtx and I knew the Ai?? command, but it
didn't work. But now I found the error: I tried to force a L4P3 one page 1,
so mtx/pmx got a little confused. :-)
Happy music-setting,
Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: Werner Icking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: too much space between systems
> > 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.
>
>
>
>
