Oops, accidentally hit the send button before I was ready. Please let me
finish.
>Thanks to Diane for taking a crack at this one. Everything she said is
>right. Since the need for an alternate line of figures arises so rarely,
>using the existing facilities with inline TeX is what I would recommend.
>Please let me add a few more remarks.
>
1. >The vertical position represented by the first parameter of \Figu is the
>distance down from a reference level. The reference level is set by
>\figdrop. PMX computes a new value of \figdrop for each system with
>figures, based on the lowest object in the whole system that could
>interfere with the figures. PMX then puts the top figure in every system
>at \Figu{0}{...}. This makes the tops of all the figures in each system
>line up. I'm explaining this because if you use \Figu manually, it will
>use whatever value of \figdrop is currently in effect. If you want to
>manually emplace figures in a staff other than the bottom one, there are
>two situations to consider: (1) If there are also PMX-emplaced figures
>in the bottom system, I suggest leaving \figdrop alone and adjusting the
>first \Figu parameter accordingly. (2) If there are no figures in the
>bottom staff, then you could set your own value of \figdrop (use
\figdrop=number, not \def\figdrop{number}), probably best done right before
the first figure in the system.
2. If the figure itself is an accidental, as Diane said, use \flatfig,
\sharpfig, or \natfig as the second argument of \Figu. On the other hand, if
you want a figure like "flat 6", use for example \Figu{-1}{\fsmsh}\Figu06
(or \fsmfl or \fsmna). For either of these kinds of accidentals, the first
\Figu parameter must be one less than the basic level of the figures.
3. The basic level of the second tier down is 4, then 8, etc.
4. The only time PMX messes with the horizontal alignment is when a figure
comes offset in time from any bass note. To do this, use e.g.
\off{.5\noteskip}\Figu03\off{-.5\noteskip} . You might also be able to use
\hoffset, but there must have been some good reason I can't remember why I
didn't use that in PMX.
5. The continuation figure (horizontal line of arbitrary length) has a
separate macro \Cont{vertical offset}{length}. Vertical offset works the
same as for \Figu.
--Don Simons
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:tex-music-
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Diane Blaurock
>>Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 1:10 PM
>>To: 'Werner Icking Music Archive'
>>Subject: Re: [TeX-Music] M-TX, figured bass
>>
>>Hi Hermann,
>>
>>I came up against the same problem setting a Lully piece where in the
>>chaconne the bottom two voices dropped out and the figured bass
>wandered
>>up
>>to taille. In my desperation I looked at the TeX file produced by PMX
>>and
>>found the macro "\Figu" which precedes the note it belongs to. I
>haven't
>>been able to find any documentation about it, but it seems to be
>>followed by
>>two parameters in curly brackets - the first is the vertical offset and
>>the
>>second is the number to be printed. So, for example:
>>
>>" \Figu{0}{6}\ \Figu{4}{5}\ c8" prints the note "c" with a bass figure
>>of 6
>>over 5.
>>"\Figu{-1}{\sharpfig}\ d8" prints the note "d" with a sharp.
>>
>>There are also commands for a horizontal offset if the numbers don't
>>line up
>>exactly under a particular note, but I am too TeX-illiterate to figure
>>out
>>how to use them. Maybe one of our wizards can help. I'd be very
>>interested
>>in a solution myself.
>>
>>Hope this helps, at least a little.
>>
>>Diane
>>
>>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von
>>Hermann
>>Hinsch
>>Gesendet: Donnerstag, 3. Juli 2008 16:14
>>An: tex-music@icking-music-archive.org
>>Betreff: [TeX-Music] M-TX, figured bass
>>
>>
>>Dear all,
>>
>>I have a score with 5 staves, the first two are for violins, the second
>>for
>>a
>>lute, the next for a solo and the last for b.c. with figured bass.
>>Although
>>I
>>know that PMX allows figured bass for the lowest stave only, I would
>>like to
>>
>>have figured bass for the lute too. Do you know any possibility?
>>
>>Hermann
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