I'm ready and willing to make some updates in PMX on this. But I'd like some input from the users.
The only parameters I plan to have PMX put in the TeX file are \hsize, \vsize, \hoffset, and \voffset. As it now stands, you can use Acl or Ac4, which assign some built in values to all 4 parameters for letter or a4 size paper respectively, and center the printed page within the paper size. Apart from that, with commands h[n][u] and w[n][u] you can also separately set the printed page width and height to whatever you want. I'd like ask both PMX and raw MusiXTeX users to report what they routinely do to control printed page size, paper size, and centering, including your favorite numerical values. Of course any other comments or thoughts would be welcomed. I'm planning on allowing PMX users to set values for any or all of the following: printed page width and/or height, paper width and/or height, \hoffset and/or \voffset, and whether or not you want it centered vertically and/or horizontally. The puzzle is going to be working out a consistent scheme for filling in the values of any of the 4 basic parameters that are not determined by the combination of inputs a user chooses. The scheme must cover all possibilities, ranging from no inputs at all, to too many (for example, trying to set page width, \hoffset, and \hsize). I'll use whatever feedback I get to decide about the defaults (i.e., if there are no inputs), but I'll probably go with the existing \hsize and \vsize, centered on letter size paper. --Don Simons ------------------------------- TeX-music@tug.org mailing list If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to https://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
