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diff --git a/macros/musixtex/README b/macros/musixtex/README deleted file mode 100644 index 001f12edda..0000000000 --- a/macros/musixtex/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,90 +0,0 @@ -This is MusiXTeX, version 1.37 (2023-10-07). -MusiXTeX is a TeX-based system for typesetting music. - -The main author was Daniel Taupin, who died in a climbing -accident in 2003; other authors credited in the MusiXTeX -manual are Andreas Egler and Ross Mitchell. MusiXTeX is now -being maintained by - -Don Simons dsimons(at)roadrunner(dot)com -Hiroaki Morimoto CQX05646(at)nifty(dot)com -Bob Tennent rdt(at)cs(dot)queensu(dot)ca - -The package includes - - + Postscript slur support, due to Stanislav Kneifl - - + musixlyr support for lyrics, due to Rainer Dunker - - + musixcrd support for chord symbols, due to Robert Hennig - - + support for music text in Palatino, Helvetica, Times - and EC fonts - - + several other extension packages - - + a script musixflx.lua for the 2nd-pass processing - - + a script musixtex.lua that uses pre-processors prepmx, - pmxab or autosp, as necessary, and automates the 3-pass - etex -> musixflx -> [pdf]etex process, possibly - followed by calls to dvips and ps2pdf (or dvipdfm) to - convert the output to Portable Document Format (PDF) - - + wrapper scripts musixflx.bat and musixtex.bat for use on Windows - -MusiXTeX fonts, including both the original metafont sources -and Type 1 versions by Takanori Uchiyama, and specialized -fonts frenchtab and MuseJazzText have been moved to a -separate musixtex-fonts package, which must be installed -before using the MusiXTeX macros. - -musixtex-install.{pdf,tex} is a more-detailed version of the -following instructions: - -To install (on TDS-compliant TeX systems): - - + unzip mirror.ctan.org/install/macros/musixtex.tds.zip at the root of a - texmf tree and, if necessary, update the filename database; - e.g., texhash texmf. - - + on Windows: move the scripts in Windows to a folder - on the executable PATH (or add that folder to the PATH) - - + on any Unix-like system: install symbolic links musixflx - and musixtex in a directory on the executable PATH to - scripts/musixtex/musixflx.lua and scripts/musixtex/musixtex.lua, - respectively. - -Documentation for MusiXTeX and friends is installed under - -doc/generic/musixtex - -Documentation for the musixflx and musixtex scripts are in - -doc/generic/musixtex/scripts - -Many users, especially beginners, will find it easier to -use the PMX and M-Tx pre-processors, which accept a simpler -input language than MusiXTeX itself. Another pre-processor, -autosp, simplifies input to MusiXTeX by automatically -generating note-spacing commands. These pre-processor -packages may be found at CTAN under support. Additional -documentation, additional add-on packages, and many examples -of MusiXTeX typesetting may be found at the Werner Icking -Music Archive at - -http://icking-music-archive.org/ - -Support for users of MusiXTeX and related software may be -obtained via the MusiXTeX mail list at - -http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music - -MusiXTeX may be freely copied, duplicated and used in -conformance to the GNU General Public License (Version 2, -1991, see included file gpl.txt) or (at your option) any -later version. - -This distribution is maintained by Bob Tennent -rdtennent(at)gmail(dot)com. |