Johan Tufvesson wrote:
>
> On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Christian Mondrup wrote:
>
> "Simons, Don" wrote:
>
> > I will mention, however, that there are some undocumented simple dynamic
> > marks in PMX. The command is "D" followed by one of the following:
> > "pppp","ppp","pp","p","mp","mf","f","fp","sf","ff","fff","ffff",
> > followed by optional signed vertical (integer) and horizontal (decimal)
> > shifts. Use at your own risk, and your mileage may vary.
> > I could possibly be influenced to add up to three other combinations of up
> > to four letters each. I don't want to try dealing with hairpins until and
> > if it becomes possible to specify one in each line of music, indexed to its
> > starting and ending notes (like is now possible with slurs and beams).
>
> I suggest, instead of hardcoding any more examples, something like the
> Pc"insert text here" feature. D"cresc poco a poco" would print the text
> using the \ppff font.
>
I like the idea of "insert text" very much. However it should be
separate from the D command because the \ppff font would not be what you
want for performance indications like those quoted. For those you would
most often use a "non-bold" italic or slanted font.
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Christian Mondrup, Computer Programmer
Scandiatransplant, Skejby Hospital, University Hospital of Aarhus
Brendstrupgaardsvej, DK 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
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