> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 09:37:30 -0700
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Don Simons)
> Werner Icking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> > From: Dirk Laurie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> M-Tx and PMX have no such feature. Raw MusiXTeX may -- I don't know.
^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > MusiXTeXperts please help!
> >Have a look at the MusiXTeX add-ons on http://www.gmd.de/Misc/Music/
> >"Orchestral scores" shows such an example. The raw MusiXTeX-source is
^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >given there, too. An extract:
[...]
> >\def\namespace{14mm} % provide space for instrument names
> >\advance\hoffset\namespace\advance\hsize-\namespace
> >%...
> I have not tried this out, but please consider this: When horizontal
> spacing becomes tight, PMX inserts additional space to avoid crashes
> or just to improve appearance in many situations: accidentals, flags,
> clef changes, up-stems before bar lines, dots, etc. This facility
> will be compromised by any in-line TeX that alters either the
> horizontal space available in a line (as I believe Werner's suggestion
> does), or the horizontal space required (such as inserting an extra
> spacing note with in-line TeX). [...]
It's a "raw MusiXTeX"-solution.
If someone want's to port it to PMX he may do it by specifying an appropriate
width using PMX's "w..."-command - as Don already said - and shifting the
page using PMX's in-line TeX
\\advance\hoffset\namespace\
-- Werner
