Guido Milanese skryf:
>
> Many thanks to all the kind souls who answered my request about using
> M-TX to produce pieces with no bars. I think I can summarise as follows:
>
> (1) for simple hymns with no bars, follow what is said in the m-tx
> manual. You must calculate the duration of each line, that's why I say
> that this system is good for simple pieces.
>
> (2) for complicated music (in my case, one of the versions of the
> hispanic "Sibyl chant") I did as follows:
> -- used a lot of hidden meter changes in m-tx and PMX (e.g. m4400);
> -- edited directly the TeX file, commenting all the "xbar" statements
> and the "tempo" at the beginning of the composition;
> -- compiled the TeX file as usual.
>
It should not be necessary in M-Tx to calculate the duration of each line.
If you use
Meter: 0/4
then M-Tx itself calculates the duration, puts in the hidden meter changes,
and checks that the line duration is a multiple of 1/4.
Dirk
