Thanks for this -- I was guessing it was just some internal TeX variable that needed to be adjusted. One thing : when figures are below the stave, single digit figures line up with the top digit of double digit figures -- will this tweak break that?
"Don Simons" <[email protected]> writes: > 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/ >>>_______________________________________________ >>>[email protected] mailing list >>>If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to >>>http://mailman.nfit.au.dk/mailman/listinfo/icking-music-archive.org- >>tex- >>>music >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>[email protected] mailing list >>If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to >>http://mailman.nfit.au.dk/mailman/listinfo/icking-music-archive.org-tex- >>music > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to > http://mailman.nfit.au.dk/mailman/listinfo/icking-music-archive.org-tex-music _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to http://mailman.nfit.au.dk/mailman/listinfo/icking-music-archive.org-tex-music
