As many of you know, PMX has evolved continuously since I introduced it 9 or 10 years ago. Many of the choices I had to make along the way concerning the language and the default behavior have stood the test of time pretty well (if I do say so myself). But I'll be the first to admit that the original choice for the default behavior of accidental sizes was not the best. I don't think anyone would prefer the mixture of sizes that it causes. But in the interest of maintaining backward compatibility I've kept it, while introducing the Ab and As options as a remedy.
It has occurred to me from time to time that a default-override file might be useful. There are a few drawbacks, though. Now, the output from a given pmx file depends *only* on the binary, and that's a very good thing. Among other advantages, that makes problem-solving via the list a whole lot easier. Anyone with the same binary will get the same tex file. Yes, it's true that the dvi file will depend on pmx.tex, and by the way have you noticed how many times over the years a stray, outdated pmx.tex has caused problems? pmx.tex is a necessary evil, but it seems to me that maintaining the status quo is the best course in this area, rather than introducing another kind of local installation dependence, and one that's not really necessary. --Don Simons > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Olivier Vogel > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [TeX-music] pmx: big and small accidentals > > > Andre, > > In the manual of PMX, page 16, you can read at section > "Overriding certain > defaults for accidentals, dot positions, vertical spacing, slurs": > > "b makes all accidentals big, s makes them all small. By default, > big ones > are used unless unaltered spacing doesn?t provide enough space. Thus the > default behavior may cause a mixture of big and small accidentals, and in > fact is not recommended." > > So, if you want that all the accidentals are big (respectively > small), just > insert the option b (respectively s) after A in your code. In the > 5th line > of your code, write Abr (or Asr) instead of Ar. > > Olivier > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Search, le moteur de recherche qui pense comme vous ! > http://search.msn.fr/worldwide.asp > > > _______________________________________________ > TeX-music mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://sunsite.dk/mailman/listinfo/tex-music > _______________________________________________ TeX-music mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sunsite.dk/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
