That's a pretty good start. But there are two things I wouldn't do. One is
use \ast as inline TeX. It could cause spacing that PMX doesn't know about,
and that could mess up things like accidental spacing elsewhere in the
system. The other is that you used letters to denote pitches in the inline
TeX. As I wrote twice during the past week, that's not a good idea either,
because it could introduce octave changes that PMX won't know about. It may
not have caused a problem here (I had to guess what octave and clef to
assign since you didn't tell me) but it's still not a good idea, assuming
you won't want to transpose sometime later. Better to use numbers.
I thought about this for quite a while. I think the following comes pretty
close to spacing that PMX would use if it could handle the wierd triplet.
============================
4 4 6 4 6 4 0 0
1 1 20 0
tttt
.\
\\let\qut\qu\
\\def\huforqu{\def\qu##1{\hu{##1}\let\qu\qut}}\
%
c25 g0 |
c-2x3nf f g
\huforqu\xnum{2.31}93\ovbkt{14}{2.00}{-4}\ a4 rb1 X-1 gd8x2n f
g2x3nf eD /
e24 d0 | c2 a4 b2 c4 /
rp | rp /
g44 c d b.a b | c2.b g2 /
============================
It sure would be easier if PMX could handle this :-)
--Don Simons
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>
> Alright, here the first result of my thinking:
> It's right, that inline TeX is the much better way to correct things.
> Still, it isn't easy.
> To make pmx thinking the bar would be full, I inserted an invisible
> break. Then I had the problem, that even if the break isn't visible it
> still needs space. With three other lines, I cannot afford giving that
> space. So I tried to correct the trouble. Neither X nor XS would help
> for that, it's still causing weird spaces in the other voices.
> Usually pmx is doing a great job in sorting the space. How to trick it?
>
> On the end I used \ast - although I don't think it is an optimal
> solution. In the context it looks like that, if somebody needs something
> similiar:
>
> c2 g0 | c-2x3nf f g r2b \ast{-5.4}\xnum{2.31}{n}3\ovbkt{s}{2.00}{-5}%
> \hu h\Dqbu gf\ g2x3nf eD /
> e2 d0 | c2 a4 b2 c4 /
> rp | rp /
> g4 c d b.a b | c2.b g2 /
>
> I gave you the other lines, too. So you have a better overview. It is
> about an renaissance mess and best would be a meterchange in only one
> voice. Realization of that with pmx seems to me even more complicated.
>
> The interesting bit is
> r2b \ast{-5.4}\xnum{2.31}{n}3\ovbkt{s}{2.00}{-5}\hu h\Dqbu gf\
>
>
> If one of you knows a better way, please let me know. I like things
> really good and I am not satisfied with what I did. The output doesn't
> has an optimal layout. And the digits you have to correct by hand.
>
> So far from my side.
>
> Sonja
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