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
> 
> 

Attachment: string.tex
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