> From: Ronald Gelten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 09:27:39 +0100 (MET)
> In MusiXTeX, I would like to put some staffs next to each other. In
> order to do so, I put some extracts (\startextract ... \endextract) in
> boxes, and glue the boxes together in the way that I want them.
Here is the error. \startextract...\endextract cannot be put into boxes
like you expect it. \startextract...\endextract runs without "flexing"
the result and generates something which is output as centerline. It is
independent of \hsize. If the extract fits into the line it will be
centered; if not, the overhanging parts are spilled off to both sides of
the line.
[...]
> The problem is that I cannot seem to manage the horizontal width of the
> extracts. Setting different \hsize for different extracts does not work.
> Setting \hsize on a piece (\startpiece ... \endpiece) works fine, but I
That *is* the difference between "...extract" and "...piece".
> cannot use more than one piece in a document. Perhaps I'm not correct
> about all this, and perhaps I'm doing things wrong. Am I?
Yes. Use \startpiece and \endpiece in your example and it might work
as you expect it. Nevertheless I had problems to get it to work.
Imho the reason is, that box3 is too small for musixtex. If I change
"0.6\wd1" and "0.2\wd1" into "0.5\wd1" and "0.3\wd1" and use \startpiece
...\endpiece then I get a result which isn't ok but nearer to that
what you want.
I didn't invest more time into this problem, because I hope, that you
are now nearer to the solution you want.
-- Werner
