RE: [TeX-music] PMX default duration

2005-03-06 Thread Don Simons
I propose leaving the code behavior the same, and rewording that statement to the effect that any initial default or block-to-block inherited duration is accidental. At this time I'm not inclined either to trap these violations or to make the behavior official. --Don Simons > -Original Messag

[TeX-music] PMX default duration

2005-03-06 Thread Dirk Laurie
The PMX manual states: "Duration is never inherited and must be set at the start of each input block. A little experimentation with omitting to set duration reveals: 1. At the start of the piece, duration is 0 (i.e. whole notes). 2. Duration is inherited from the preceding voice. Dirk

[TeX-music] Up-front meter change not allowed in PMX?

2005-03-06 Thread Dirk Laurie
I'm writing a piece in 4/4, so complicated that I asked for my first M-Tx > PMX > tex compile before completing the first bar. PMX complained. Reason: if the last bar of a piece is incomplete, M-Tx issues a blind meter change to make it look complete. But now the last bar is also the first bar.