On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Alexander V. Voinov wrote:
>
> I'm typing bar-less music in M-Tx (i.e. the concept of meter is usually
> not applicable). With the current setup of the support for this in M-Tx,
> if I choose bar-less meter, I have no longer a way to set a bar in any
> place. I can however set 'decorative' bars (e.g. double bar) anywhere I
> like. My proposal is to handle single bars in the case of the barless
> music in the same way as double bars are handled currently. That is, to
> allow them to appear anywhere and do not count them in any meter
> calculations, like with the double bars, instead of prohibiting them.
>
I often typeset bar-less vocal music. M-Tx produces bar lines at the end
of a block. This can be easily used to insert bar lines where you want
them, e.g., to emphasize a rhyme.
Christof
