Thanks to Angelo for the description of this rare life form. Now as to his
original question:
In PMX, you can place any text you want as a figure by using the PMX macro
\Figu#1#2 . You would insert it into the .pmx file with in-line TeX. The
first argument is the depth from the "figure's baseline". It would be
0,4,8,... for the highest, next highest, next highest ... The second
argument is the text. Example:
=====================
1 1 4 4 4 4 0 0
1 1 20 0
b
c:\pctex\texinput\
\Figu0{XXX}\ d23 c 2 /
======================
This puts "XXX" under the first note where a figure would normally go.
Caveat: if the note for the manually inserted figure is below the staff and
is the lowest of all notes with figures in the system, then the height will
not be right...PMX itself computes the height of the top of all figures in a
system based on the lowest note with a figure, but PMX only knows about
figures entered normally.
I'll have to leave it up to you to work out the character you want. \cup is
a dotted up-stemmed eighth note, and even though you mentioned it before I
don't think that's what you want, and it wouldn't work anyhow for TeX-nical
reasons I don't completely understand (but they have something to do with
the fact that \cup is a macro, not a token for a text string).
--Don Simons
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Angelo Pagan [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 3:37 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: R: Transitus irregularis
>
> The "transitus irregularis" is described, for example, in the method fo
> figured bass said to be written by W. A. Mozart (which I suppose to have
> an
> english translation). Well, that book names it "transitus irregularem" but
> this is not a correct Latin...
>
> It is also cited, with a few examples, in an Italian book about figured
> bass. I'm very sorry but I don't know the english language literature on
> the
> subject.
>
> The transitus irregularis is used in ancient Italian literature (not very
> often: you know that the Italian figured bass uses very few symbols) and
> in
> German one (I'm not at home so I can not cite any author... tomorrow if
> you
> are interested).
>
> The meaning is very simple: suppose you have a "d" with transitus
> irregularis followed by "c" numbered "2". You should execute on the first
> "d" the harmonization of the "c" numberd "2", that is you anticipate on
> "d"
> the harmony of the following "c". Just the opposite of the continuation of
> the prior harmony over a new bass note.
>
> It has more than one possible symbol (written under the note at the height
> of the numbers):
> 1 - nothing (alas: this is an Italian use...)
> 2 - a circle
> 3 - an ancient trill sign (^^^^)
> 4 - a \cup sign
> 5 - a slash
>
> So, my problem is to have the effect of the continuation "0", but instead
> of
> a line to see a circle, or a trill sign, or a \cup or a slash.
>
> I hope this description is sufficientely clear, but English is not my
> mother
> tongue...
>
> Thank you very much,
> Angelo Pagan
>
>
>
>
>
> Angelo Pagan
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