Wow, thanks Luigi, this was almost like having Werner back among us. It really did "hilft." And it prompted me to add some options to PMX. So for letter and a4 paper respectively, commands "Acl" (letter "l") and "Ac4" will set horizontal and vertical sizes and offsets that center the page with no further adjustments needed in dvips. The new version is available at
http://icking-music-archive.org/software/pmx/pmx2618.zip --Don >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >Luigi Cataldi >Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 4:06 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Tex-music] Centering PMX output > >I usually follow an old suggestion by Werner Icking (24 may 2000) for a4 paper in >order to obtain a centered page with margins of 1.7 cm. Here is his post to the list: > ><< >e.g. for A4-size paper (210mm x 297mm): > >\hsize 210mm\advance\hsize -34mm\hoffset -1in\advance\hoffset 17mm \vsize >297mm\advance\vsize -34mm\voffset -1in\advance\voffset 17mm > >For a test add: > >\stafftopmarg 0pt\staffbotmarg 0pt\nopagenumbers\def\atnextline{\vfill} >\startpiece\NOTEs\qa{eeee}\en\alaligne\NOTEs\qa{eeee}\en\endpiece\eject\bye > >If you want to have a standard footline omit "\nopagenumbers" and add >"\advance\vsize 24pt" behind the definition of the page. > >If you use PMX the solution would be: > >w176m \\hoffset -1in\advance\hoffset 17mm\ h263m \\voffset - >1in\advance\voffset 17mm\ > >If you use scor2prt then it may help to code the PMX-comands and the in-line TeX on >seperate lines. > >-- Werner > >PS: DVI-drivers have a standard margin of 1 inch. Therefore \hoffset -1in > means a zero margin. > PPS: Because music needs much space I prefer 10mm margins > PPPS: For a universal paper format I start with "\hsize 210mm" and > "\vsize 11in" which makes the output useable as well on A4-size > paper as on letter-size paper. >>> > >Hope this hilft > >Luigi Cataldi > > >On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:52:15 -0700 >Don Simons <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm in the process of adding an option in PMX that causes the output >> to be centered, so that no further horizontal or vertical offsets are >> needed when running dvips. I've set up a mechanism whereby for >> letter-size paper, PMX inserts the two TeX commands >> >> \hoffset-.35in >> \voffset-.62in >> >> right after \startmuflex. I got these values by trial and error, >> starting with a PMX file with default positioning. Could someone do >> some experimentation and tell me what the comparable offsets should be >> for a4 paper? >> >> --Don Simons >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> [email protected] mailing list >> If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to >> http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music > > >-- >Luigi Cataldi <[email protected]> >------------------------------- >[email protected] mailing list >If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to >http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music ------------------------------- [email protected] mailing list If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
