Rodolfo Medina wrote > >> I wish a way of transposing a note that would affect only that note > >> and not any note until next `\en' command, as ' and ` do instead. ... > > > > Alternatively, a one- or two-digit, positive or negative integer can > > always be used. > > > Thanks. But in the next versions of MusiXTeX, I would hope that a new way > of `single note' transposition was introduced, so to affect, if desired, only a > single note. This for two reasons: the notation with digits is not good when > the piece is to be entirely transposed, and second because, with such a > `single note affecting transposition', it would be enough for the user, to write > notes, just to remember the seven letters: a, b, c, d, e, f, g and their capital > correspondent: A, B, C, D, E, F, G. So writing notes would be simpler. >
I've been seeing the complicated negotiations that followed this, and wondering all along "why?", until this morning when I looked up the start of the thread. I still wonder why, given that PMX directly and simply addresses both of the stated reasons --- full-score transposition and simple names for notes. And furthermore, PMX implicitly handles another MusiXTeX transposition issue: setting the default directions of beams. I will grant that Rodolfo has also indicated that one of his main applications is entering keyboard fingerings, and that PMX doesn't do that especially well...you'd either need to use inline TeX or the "text dynamics" command D"..." . But even so, in raw MusiXTeX you'd still need to fiddle around to get the positioning where you want it. --Don Simons ------------------------------- 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
