One thing I forgot to mention: If you want even finer control on the height
of any individual figure, you can get that using this feature introduced in
2.502: "The height of a figured bass vertical stack can now be adjusted
upward by an integral number of \internote by appending "+" and the number.
Recall that it can already be moved downward 4\internote by prepending "_"
(underscore). The two options can be combined to provide full control over
the vertical position."
Don Simons wrote
>
>Well, I can't remember this matter ever being "raised" before. But it
>can be
>done, using in-line TeX. Background: for figures below the staff, PMX
>computes a vertical offset for each system so that the tops of all
>figures
>in the system line up and don't crash into anything in the system. I
>can't
>think of a way to automagically transfer this capability for above-the-
>staff
>figures. But you can simply redefine the macro that sets the per-system
>vertical offset:
>
>==========================================
>2 2 4 4 4 4 0 0
>1 4 20 0
>
>
>bt
>.\
>w4i
>\\\def\fixdrop{\figdrop=-10}\
>c43 3 d e 6 g | a0 6 /
>e45 f g e | c0 /
>c43 3 d e 6 g | a0 6 /
>e45 f g e | c0 /
>\\\def\fixdrop{\figdrop=-12}\
>c43 3 d e 6 g | a0 6 /
>e45 f g e | c0 /
>c43 3 d e 6 g | a0 6 /
>e45 f g e | c0 /
>===========================================
>
>Each time you do the redefinition, it will be sticky until you do it
>again.
>So if you never have anything sticking above the staff, or if you don't
>care
>about crashes, it looks like -10 is about the right \figdrop, and you
>could
>set it at that once and then forget it. The alternative is to fine tune
>it
>by redefining \fixdrop as needed.
>
>--Don Simons
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [email protected]
>>[mailto:[email protected]]
>>On Behalf Of Edward Lilley
>>Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 10:08 AM
>>To: 'Werner Icking Music Archive'
>>Subject: [TeX-Music] Figured bass above stave
>>
>>I've been typesetting some Purcell, and noticed that the figured bass
>is
>>printed above the bottom stave -- further research suggests that this
>is
>>very common, and is supposedly easier for a continuo player to read,
>>especially in chamber music.
>>Is there a convenient automated way of doing this in PMX? Surely it
>must
>>have been brought up before.
>>
>>--
>>Edward Lilley <[email protected]>
>>http://www.ugnus.uk.eu.org/~edward/
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