Hello Martin!
On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 02:51:14PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The following Code arises a strange spacing between the last two systems of
> page 1.
> The first movement contains 4 voices, the second 2 and the third 4 again.
>
> When I don't use musixlyr everything is ok, but I need it for the text.
This problem has already occurred once or twice quite a time ago, if I
remember correctly. It is indeed caused by combining PMX and musixlyr
for writing a sequence of movements with increasing instrument numbers:
PMX does not strictly synchronize the instrument number change with the
movement break; without musixlyr, this is no problem at all. However,
musixlyr must rely on the system layout (number of instruments, staves,
and vertical spacing) to be the same throughout a system because it
performs some "system closing" actions as part of each system break. PMX
now sets the number of instruments of the last movement to 4 before the
second movement is actually finished, thus musixlyr assumes 4
instruments at the movement ending; as a result, the final system of
this movement consumes as much vertical space as a system with four
instruments, leading to the weird spacing.
> Is there a possibility to enforce an equal spacing for the 2-voice-systems?
I've currently no idea of a workaround, i.e. superseding some of
pmx.tex's macros within your score header in order to fool PMX into
doing the desired thing. There's no chance either to let musixlyr guess
the actual number of instruments of a system in case this number is
set inappropriately at the system ending. The only way that comes to my
mind is editing the resulting .tex file: The \stoppiece call that
finishes a movement must occur _before_ the system settings
(\instrumentnumber etc.) are redefined for the next movement. See the
following fragment, and compare it with the corresponding portion of
your example's .tex file:
8<-----------------------------------------------------------
% Bar count 5
\alaligne
\pnotes{2.83}\ql{''C}\ql D\ql E\ql F&\qu c\qu d\qu e\qu f\en%
\newmovement00%
\stoppiece%
\instrumentnumber4
%\newnoi{4}%
\setstaffs11%
\setclef16%
\setstaffs21%
\setclef20%
\setstaffs31%
\setclef30%
\setstaffs41%
\setclef40%
\setname1{Continuo}%
\setname2{Sporano}%
\setname3{Violino 2}%
\setname4{Violino 1}%
\akkoladen{{1}{1}{3}{4}}%
% Bar 1-2
% Bar count 6
%\newmovement00%
%\stoppiece%
8<-----------------------------------------------------------
Altering the .tex file the way cited above removes the problem, at least
for me (based on PMX 2.3; I don't know whether more current beta
versions behave differently). A more thorough solution wouldn't be
possible without altering PMX itself, I'm afraid.
Regards,
Rainer
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