Bernhard Lang wrote:
Hi all

a) Using MTX I need a meter called in PMX 4/0/0/4. The first problem is
that MTX refuses the first zero although this would make sense, regarding
PMX's language. Well, this is not a real problem, since m8/2/0/4 fixes
this. But the second problem is that the third and fourth numbers do not
go through MTX. In the resulting PMX file I find in the preamble "8 2 8 2"
instead of the expected "8 2 0 4". Is this intended?
if you apply PMX syntax for the preamble parameter Meter:

Meter: m8/2/0/4

then prepmx will generate correct PMX meter values: 8 2 0 4

b) Apparently, MTX cannot handle the nice "rp" full bar rest provided by
PMX. This seems to mess up MTX's meter/length counting. In the above
mentioned meter I would like to use a \PAUSe. Well, "\PAUSe\ rb9 rb9" or
"rb9 \PAUSe\ rb9" are workarounds but both do not produce very nice output
since a full bar rest should appear centered within the bar. A construct
with \centerPAUSe\ on the other hand is also not a real solution as the
pice has 12 voices and many such rests. So I don't see a direct TeX macro
solution.

I have performed a test of how prepmx and pmxab handle the PMX full bar rest word 'rp' and found that it works OK until a meter of value 3/1 (notated with PMX syntax m6/2). In case of meter 4/1 (m8/2) prepmx happily handles 'rp' further to PMX. But then pmxab fails to behave reasonable. The musixtex result is:

% Bar count 2
\xbar
\pnotes{****}\en%
\def\atnextbar{\znotes\centerbar{\pausc}\en}%

Bye
--
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

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