Lukasz Makowski OP wrote:
> how can i provide shorter bar rules in gregorian staff? In our tradition
> we use 3 lengths of bar rules which are relative to lengths of
> pauses. And whats more, these bars should start on different staff
> lines.
I'd suggest to replace MusiXTeX's built-in bar rule writing routine by a
non-standard one. The example below demonstrates this; the parameters
\raisebarrule and \barruleheight are to be used to deliberately set the
vertical offset and height of subsequent bar rules in units of
\Internotes.
However, this quick-and-dirty solution does not work with multi-staff
instruments - but for Gregorianic chant, this should be no problem. :-)
Regards,
Rainer
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\input musixtex
\newcount\raisebarrule
\newcount\barruleheight
\makeatletter
\def\writ@rule#1{%
\n@loop
\raise\altitude\hbox{%
\raise\raisebarrule\Internote\rlap{%
\vrule\@depth\hlthick\@width#1\@height\barruleheight\Internote}}%
\repeat
\addspace#1}
\makeatother
\startpiece
\raisebarrule1\barruleheight6\bar
\raisebarrule2\barruleheight4\bar
\raisebarrule3\barruleheight2\bar
\raisebarrule0\barruleheight8% for the final bar rule
\endpiece\bye
