Well, there is no cost for trying it out -:). But the answer is no. However, I'm not sure that's a good thing. If you set them above the staff, you might want the BOTTOMS to line up. After setting \figdrop to what you want for the system, you could then case-by-case use "_" to move the single digits down to line up with the lower of the two-digit figures.
>-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of Edward Lilley >Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 11:38 AM >To: Werner Icking Music Archive >Subject: Re: [TeX-Music] Figured bass above stave > >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:icking-music-archive.org-tex-music- >[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 _______________________________________________ [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
