Thanks to Diane for taking a crack at this one. Everything she said is
right. Since the need for an alternate line of figures arises so rarely,
using the existing facilities with inline TeX is what I would recommend.
Please let me add a few more remarks.
The vertical position represented by the first parameter of \Figu is the
distance down from a reference level. The reference level is set by
\figdrop. PMX computes a new value of \figdrop for each system with figures,
based on the lowest object in the whole system that could interfere with the
figures. PMX then puts the top figure in every system at \Figu{0}{...}. This
makes the tops of all the figures in each system line up. I'm explaining
this because if you use \Figu manually, it will use whatever value of
\figdrop is currently in effect. If you want to manually emplace figures in
a staff other than the bottom one, there are two situations to consider: (1)
If there are also PMX-emplaced figures in the bottom system, I suggest
leaving \figdrop alone and adjusting the first \Figu parameter accordingly.
(2) If there are no figures in the bottom staff, then you could set your own
value of \figdrop, probably best done right before the first figure in the
system.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:tex-music-
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Diane Blaurock
>Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 1:10 PM
>To: 'Werner Icking Music Archive'
>Subject: Re: [TeX-Music] M-TX, figured bass
>
>Hi Hermann,
>
>I came up against the same problem setting a Lully piece where in the
>chaconne the bottom two voices dropped out and the figured bass wandered
>up
>to taille. In my desperation I looked at the TeX file produced by PMX
>and
>found the macro "\Figu" which precedes the note it belongs to. I haven't
>been able to find any documentation about it, but it seems to be
>followed by
>two parameters in curly brackets - the first is the vertical offset and
>the
>second is the number to be printed. So, for example:
>
>" \Figu{0}{6}\ \Figu{4}{5}\ c8" prints the note "c" with a bass figure
>of 6
>over 5.
>"\Figu{-1}{\sharpfig}\ d8" prints the note "d" with a sharp.
>
>There are also commands for a horizontal offset if the numbers don't
>line up
>exactly under a particular note, but I am too TeX-illiterate to figure
>out
>how to use them. Maybe one of our wizards can help. I'd be very
>interested
>in a solution myself.
>
>Hope this helps, at least a little.
>
>Diane
>
>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von
>Hermann
>Hinsch
>Gesendet: Donnerstag, 3. Juli 2008 16:14
>An: [email protected]
>Betreff: [TeX-Music] M-TX, figured bass
>
>
>Dear all,
>
>I have a score with 5 staves, the first two are for violins, the second
>for
>a
>lute, the next for a solo and the last for b.c. with figured bass.
>Although
>I
>know that PMX allows figured bass for the lowest stave only, I would
>like to
>
>have figured bass for the lute too. Do you know any possibility?
>
>Hermann
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