{Barry Gold}
>> One other problem I noted: I tried using Vx to get an open end on
>> the volta, and I still got a box end. It doesn't matter in this song,
>> but I would like to be able to control them in some other songs.
[Werner Icking]
>As far as I can see "Vx" doesn't work at the end of a piece. I tried
>this with the PMX source and it didn't work. But with a bit of MusiXTeX
>knowledge you may replace the next PMX-generated \endvoltabox by
>\endvolta.
>Maybe we should ask Don Simons whether it is a well-know error or a case
>of RTFM.
In a way, it's neither. It's 100% intentional, but a relic of simpler times
when PMX only allowed Voltas at the *beginning* of an input block. You
couldn't put in a command at the very end of a piece, so I just assumed if a
volta was still "open" at the end of a piece that it should be closed with a
box. I suppose I could let that behavior be overridden by a command at the
end. I'll put it one the list, but in the meanwhile use Werner's TeX
suggestion. (I'm surprised that anyone would want an open-ended volta to
end a piece).
Actually, I just thought of a PMX-only solution: put a dummy blank (with one
bar of music) after a Vx and a forced page break at the end of the last real
page.
--Don
