Based on recent list postings, I'm considering implementing staff gaps in PMX. (Since the need is so rare, this is mainly an intellectual challenge). It would use psframe from pstricks, to paint a white box from one barline to the next, covering the full height of the system. The psframe construct requires the use to select an insertion point and to designate the vertical and horizontal distances from that point to the lower left and upper right corners of the box. In the example I used as the insertion point the first default musixtex position after the left barline, and I got the relative corner locations by trial and error.
What I'm asking for here is some help in working out how to teach PMX to automagically select all of the necessary parameters, using info buried in musixtex. I'm thinking the insertion point should probably come at the right barline, so musixtex knows where it is and can work backwards from there to the previous barline to get the width of the measure. Horizontally, the insertion point should probably be at the bottom of the lowest staff (as in my earlier example). I'd then need to know how to calculate the vertical distance from there to the top line of the top staff using musixtex parameters. If anyone cares to tackle this, the best way to communicate it would be to generate a musixtex file from a PMX file, then provide a manually doctored tex file, or maybe use inline tex in the PMX file. --Don ------------------------------- TeX-music@tug.org mailing list If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
