M. Chapman skryf:
>
> Hi M-Tx'ers,
>
> Would someone please take a look at this M-Tx file? From bar 10 on, the
> lyrics placement seems to not work as I understood it in the M-Tx manual.
> I'm sure I'm doing something quite wrong, but here are some things that I
> found funny (including an item from PMX). Sorry if I try your patience...
>
> * In bar 10, if I use only a L: line instead of LS: and LT:, the lyrics
> disappear.
>
The L: line goes with the notes above it, which in that position
is the alto, which has only rests. If you put the L: line just
under the soprano notes, it will work.
> * The same thing goes for bars 11-13 if I change LS: to L:.
>
> * In bar 14, M-Tx is apparently expecting a syllable from the previous bars,
> hence the ???'s. The tenor line also doesn't show up where I expected it to.
>
I can't explain this -- it's probably a bug. The whole "auxiliary lyrics"
business is horribly complicated, and the next musixlyr.tex will have
much easier constructions, so I am more motivated towards working those
in than towards debugging anomalous behaviour involving the older method.
> * In bars 15-18 and 19-23, the alto and soprano or alto and tenor lines tend
> to get switched. Before sending this, it seems to magically behave, I don't
> know what I did to fix it.
Thank heaven for small mercies. :-)
> Also note that I had to use a Hey-~-man to prevent the -man from coming in
> on the F#. Why is that, I thought M-Tx held the lyrics as long as the slur
> continued?
>
M-Tx notices only ( and { slurs, not s and t slurs.
> ...I would also appreciate any general comments, including slur, staff or
> beam placement and the use of chords.
>
Seeing that you're not getting the piece onto one page anyway, and
in places it is quite polyphonic, I'd suggest SATB4 style (which will
also get rid of all the lyrics problems -- in fact, one can use lyrics
paragraphs instead of in-line lyrics).
Dirk
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