Don Simons wrote: > > In the coming days I'll be looking into incorporating the postscript > slurs into PMX. I haven't decided whether to make them an option, or to > replace the old slur macros and bitmapped slurs completely. If they're > an option, I would do it with an "A" command up front (maybe "AP") and > then not require any other changes from the user except possibly if he > had used some of the more exotic midheight and curvature adjustments. > If it's a complete replacement, then the user would not have to change > anything in old files. I'd like to hear some comments to help me > decide. Either way, I'd do my best to make old PMX files compatible. > But it would be nice to settle this matter before I start programming.
I would say that the use of postscript slurs should be kept separate from the "old" slurs by means of a new PMX syntax. By doing so there'll be no backward compatibility problems. The disadvantage is of course that typesetters will be forced to re-edit their scores if they want to change to postscript slurs. The advantage is that a new syntax might better adopt to the curvature variations offered in Stanislafs code. > Assuming we don't find any show-stopping problems with the slurs > themselves, one big issue is how they work in dviwin and other dvi > viewers. In my initial tests they did not show up at all in dviwin. > However I recall seeing something about "specials" in dviwin. Does that > mean there is some way to tweak dviwin to display them? I suspect not, > in which case one will need to use a real postscript viewer to see the > results. For me this would pose no problem at all...I have fast > processors, dvips takes just seconds at most, and gsview works fine. > -- Christian Mondrup, Computer Programmer Scandiatransplant, Skejby Hospital, University Hospital of Aarhus Brendstrupgaardsvej, DK 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark Phone: +45 89 49 53 01 - http://www.scandiatransplant.org _______________________________________________ TeX-music mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sunsite.dk/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
