Re: [abcusers] how well supported is the overlay operator

[Richard Robinson]

On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 05:53:21PM +0000, Phil Taylor wrote:
> On 12 Nov 2004, at 14:07, Richard Robinson wrote:
> >
> >"the character & is carried straight through to the TeX output and the
> >characters && produce a \enotes\notes pair. Thus the input
> >DEFG & ABcd && A4 & e2 c2| produces
> >[2 staves]
> >To explain this to those unfamiliar with MusicTeX, the DEFG are
> >put on the lowest stave. The & then tells MusicTeX to move up a
> >stave, where it puts the ABcd. The first notes of each group are
> >aligned. The && (or a bar line) moves the output back down to the
> >lowest stave and resets the alignment, so that in this case, the
> >A4 is on the lower stave, and is aligned with the e2 on the upper 
> >stave.
> >"
> >
> >ah ... related, then, but not altogether similiar.
> 
> I see - it's a MusicTex function then, rather than part of abc2mtex?

Um. I don't know.

It was a thing you could write in an ABC tune, once upon a time.


-- 
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: 
http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html