Hrngh, pressed the "Send" key too quickly - sorry! So here it is again, this time with attachment.
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 02:23:55PM +0100, Rainer Dunker wrote: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 12:16:39PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The problems start when I try to adapt this thing to denote string > > number rather than barre chord -- replacing the barre chord symbol in > > front of the line (a C with a vertical slash followed by a Roman > > numeral for the fret number and a subscript Arabic numeral for the > > number of strings that fall under the barre) with a circled numeral. > > The horizontal line is then supposed to indicate a sequence of notes > > all to be played on the same string. But two problems arise: > > > > 1. The horizontal line overstrikes the circled numeral. > > This is due to the \circleit macro yielding a horizontally "spaceless" > result. Moreover, you cannot even deduce the necessary right-shift of > the line by manipulating \circleit because the circle itself is a > spaceless character of the musixsps font. IMHO the easiest workaround is > to introduce a manual right-shift of the line start in your \String > macro. > > > 2. The vertical termination *always* points downwards, and this looks > > pretty awful when the string specification is inserted below the > > staff. > > Yes, the position distinction is missing in your \C@TO definition. I've > tried to add it based on the \C@TO original, and it seems to work for > your example. > > See attached string.tex for my solution attempt. > > Best regards, > > Rainer > >
string.tex
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