[NTG-context] Figured bass symbols in a text.

2012-08-10 Thread Robert Blackstone
Dear all, Is there a neat way to insert a stack of three figures in a line of text with the middle one sitting on the base line? I need it in a discussion of figured bass. (Figured bass is a system to indicate harmonies to be played above a bass-line. The figures can be single or stacked, two o

Re: [NTG-context] Figured bass symbols in a text.

2012-08-10 Thread Rogers, Michael K
Hi, Since no one has offered a quick ConTeXt solution, I offer my usual -- a dumb Plain TeX solution: \def\lomihi#1#2#3{${\scriptstyle{#2}}\limits_{#1}^{#3}$} With the Computer Modern font, the top is a little further away from the middle than the bottom. It can be adjusted with something lik

Re: [NTG-context] Figured bass symbols in a text.

2012-08-10 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 10.08.2012 um 18:00 schrieb "Rogers, Michael K" : > Hi, > > Since no one has offered a quick ConTeXt solution, I offer my usual -- a dumb > Plain TeX solution: > > \def\lomihi#1#2#3{${\scriptstyle{#2}}\limits_{#1}^{#3}$} > > With the Computer Modern font, the top is a little further away f

Re: [NTG-context] Figured bass symbols in a text.

2012-08-10 Thread Hans Hagen
On 10-8-2012 18:08, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 10.08.2012 um 18:00 schrieb "Rogers, Michael K" : Hi, Since no one has offered a quick ConTeXt solution, I offer my usual -- a dumb Plain TeX solution: \def\lomihi#1#2#3{${\scriptstyle{#2}}\limits_{#1}^{#3}$} With the Computer Modern font, th

Re: [NTG-context] Figured bass symbols in a text.

2012-08-10 Thread Sietse Brouwer
Hans wrote: > So, we have low/high definable and clonable etc. Best check if the defaults > are compatible. Valid parameters are 'up', 'down' and 'distance' > (dimensions) and of course 'style' and 'color'. Just downloaded and tested, looks nice. Small bug: It's called lomihi, but the arguments ar

Re: [NTG-context] Figured bass symbols in a text.

2012-08-10 Thread Hans Hagen
On 10-8-2012 21:09, Sietse Brouwer wrote: Hans wrote: So, we have low/high definable and clonable etc. Best check if the defaults are compatible. Valid parameters are 'up', 'down' and 'distance' (dimensions) and of course 'style' and 'color'. Just downloaded and tested, looks nice. Small bug:

Re: [NTG-context] Figured bass symbols in a text

2012-08-11 Thread Robert Blackstone
On 10 aug. 2012, at 16:00, "Rogers, Michael K" wrote in reply to my question: "Is there a neat way to insert a stack of three figures in a line of text with the middle one sitting on the base line?" > Since no one has offered a quick ConTeXt solution, I offer my usual -- a dumb > Plain TeX sol

Re: [NTG-context] Figured bass symbols in a text

2012-08-11 Thread Robert Blackstone
On 10 aug. 2012, at 18:08:36 +0200, Wolfgang Schuster wrote > Am 10.08.2012 um 18:00 schrieb "Rogers, Michael K" : > >> Hi, >> >> Since no one has offered a quick ConTeXt solution, I offer my usual -- a >> dumb Plain TeX solution: >> >> \def\lomihi#1#2#3{${\scriptstyle{#2}}\limits_{#1}^{#3}

Re: [NTG-context] Figured bass symbols in a text.

2012-08-12 Thread Robert Blackstone
On 10 aug. 2012, at 21:09, 19:59:36, Hans Hagen wrote > The next beta has: > > \starttext > > \definelow [MyLow] [style=\txx] > \definehigh [MyHigh] [style=\txx] > \definelowhigh [MyLoHi] [style=\txx] > \definelowmidhigh[MyLoMiHi][style=\txx] > > We have > \ruledhbox{\low

Re: [NTG-context] Figured bass symbols in a text.

2012-08-12 Thread Rogers, Michael K
On Aug 12, 2012, at 5:00 AM, Robert Blackstone wrote: > On 10 aug. 2012, at 21:09, 19:59:36, Hans Hagen wrote >> The next beta has: >> >> \starttext >> >> \definelow [MyLow] [style=\txx] >> \definehigh [MyHigh] [style=\txx] >> \definelowhigh [MyLoHi] [style=\txx] >> \definelowmidh

Re: [NTG-context] Figured bass symbols in a text.

2012-08-13 Thread john Culleton
On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 11:00:31 +0200 Robert Blackstone wrote: > > > Hi Hans, > I just tested this for the figured bass symbols in my text. It is > perfect. > > And it has at least one important advantage over the plain-TeX > method, kindly offered by Michael Rogers, in that it uses the same > fo

Re: [NTG-context] Figured bass symbols in a text.

2012-08-14 Thread Robert Blackstone
On 14 aug. 2012, at 11:58:49 -0400, John Culleton wrote > Consider also creating the figured bass (or any musical notation) > in the shareware package Mup. The output is a ps file. Then the > notation and any accompanying verse can be treated as a graphic import. > There are horses for course