Werner Icking wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 23:12:00 +0100
> Up to now, MusiXTeX does not support line breaking of hairpins.
> And hairpins are only available up to a length of about 7 cm.
>
> -- Werner
>
> PS: It's a pity that \varline is not flexible enough for hairpins.
>
> 1 1 4 4 4 4 0 0
> 1 2 20 0
>
> t
> ./
>
> \\let\ns\noteskip\
> \\let\af\afterruleskip\
> \\let\vl\varline\
>
> \vl{-3}{1.5\ns}1\off{-1.5\ns}\vl{-3}{1.5\ns}{-1}\off{-1.5\ns}\ f44 f f
> \vl{-3}{1.0\ns}1\off{-1.0\ns}\vl{-3}{1.0\ns}{-1}\off{-1.0\ns}\ f /
> \off{-\af}\vl{-3}{2.0\ns}1\off{-2.0\ns}\vl{-4}{2.0\ns}{-1}\off{-2.0\ns}\
> \off{\af}\ f44 f f f /
>
Very ingenious, but a bit tedious to do for each instrument in a score!
What we seem to need are two markers in each intrument line and a (pre-PMX
scan?) routine to calculate the distance between them and then apply the first
part off your method. Or, if a line break occurs,calculate two separate
distances and apply the second part of your method, (I guess this would have to
be done at the tex stage). I think I'd be reasonably happy to just to restart
another hairpin after the line break rather than the extra complication of the
slightly open start hairpin which you use.
Best wishes,
Howard.
(A.H.Gilbert, Thornaby, North Yorkshire)
