Dieter-- Can you send the mtx or pmx input file?
--Don > -----Original Message----- > From: TeX-Music [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dieter > Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 12:08 PM > To: Werner Icking Music Archive > Subject: Re: [Tex-music] How can I switch PMX to landscape paper format? > > Hi Don, thanks for your rapid reply. > > on a WIndows/miktex installation it works perfectly as you suggested putting > the "w" and "h" command in PMX and setting the "-tlandscape" > option in the call to DVIPS. > > However I do have another problem. I have a choir example with two staves > and 5 verses (typeset with Musixlyr) between the staves. And I need more > space between the staves. > > I was not successful to resolve the problem with the PMX option AI[x] . > I know I must do something to the interinstrument distance, but I am not so > familiar with MusixTeX. > > Thanks and kind regards > Dieter > > Am 18.10.2014 19:56, schrieb Don Simons: > > Within PMX it's pretty easy. Right after the setup data, just set the > > width and height of the printed area with built-in PMX commands. For > > example, for U.S. lettersize with 1/2 in margins, right after the > > setup data put > > > > w10i > > h7.5i > > > > >From that point forward, it's probably system dependent. For myself, > > >under > > Windows 7, in my test I found that no changes were needed when running > TeX. > > For dvips, I used > > > > dvips -tlandscape file.dvi > > > > I can't say whether you'd need a different option for European size paper. > > Also, you might want to tweak the vertical and horizontal position of > > the postscript output with dvips command line options like > > -o0.25in,-0.22in; I didn't mess with that in my test and the > > postscript output looks slightly low and to the left of center. > > > > When I converted the .ps to .pdf using convert in > > gsview32/ghostscript, and opened the result in Acrobat, it looked OK, > > the same as the .ps > > > > I also found reference to a postscript special which might provide an > > alternate approach, but didn't experiment with it. You could enter the > > special via type 4 inline TeX at the top of the PMX file: > > > > --- > > \special{papersize=11in,8.5in}% > > --- > > > > but from then on you're on your own. > > > > --Don Simons > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: TeX-Music [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > >> Dieter > >> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 6:01 AM > >> To: Werner Icking Music Archive > >> Subject: [Tex-music] How can I switch PMX to landscape paper format? > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> could anybody please tell me, how to influence the paper format when > >> typesetting music with PMX? > >> > >> Thanks and regards, > >> Dieter > >> ------------------------------- > >> [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 > > > > > -- > ____________________________________ > Dr. Dieter Glötzel > Im Rosengarten 27 > 64367 Mühltal > Tel.: 06151 / 360 82 72 > > ------------------------------- > [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
