2016-01-16 22:58 GMT+02:00 Don Simons <dsim...@roadrunner.com>: > Dirk Laurie wrote >> >> The M-Tx manual has since time immemorial contained this paragraph, which >> I have a strong mind to delete. >> >> "You can tune the appearance of the rest by appending a signed integer to >> the word, e.g. rm19+18. Roughly speaking, this moves the front end of the >> rest to the right by 18 points. Since multibar rests can have several > shapes >> and may even contain as many as three separate symbols (in the case of >> rm7) it is difficult to describe precisely what happens and you are > advised to >> experiment." >> >> I take it that PMX still supports that, but that it is probably no longer > needed, >> and will on the contrary just mess things up. Right? > > I'm puzzled. PMX does not accept rm19+18. Did M-Tx pass that > command directly to PMX? PMX will allow e.g. r2+2+3 but no position > adjustments seem to be possible with rm. That's true at least as far > back as version 2.3 (Feb. 2001).
Thanks, you have answered my question. I probably knew that once, but forgot it. > I'm not eager to exert the (mental) effort to code it. Don't. There is absolutely no reason to offer that feature now that MusiXTeX does nicely centred multibar rests. ------------------------------- TeX-music@tug.org mailing list If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
