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author | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2021-05-18 03:01:12 +0000 |
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committer | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2021-05-18 03:01:12 +0000 |
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diff --git a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/extensions.tex b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/extensions.tex index 5bf8dd667d..c31772897e 100644 --- a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/extensions.tex +++ b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/extensions.tex @@ -2178,38 +2178,52 @@ Available are: \section{musixvbm}\ixtt{musixvbm.tex} \label{musixvbm} -Beams are normally produced by \texttt{musixtex} using special fonts. Unfortunately, very long beams may have -unsightly discontinuities (gaps or bumps). This experimental add-on -(by Hiroaki \textsc{Morimoto}) produces vectorized beams without these -discontinuities. Compare -\begin{description} -\item{} +By default, \texttt{musixtex} produces beams using special fonts. Unfortunately, long beams may have +unsightly discontinuities (gaps or bumps). The \texttt{musixvbm} add-on +by Hiroaki \textsc{Morimoto} produces smooth vectorized beams. +Compare + +\medskip \begin{music} +\let\extractline\hbox +\vectorizedbeamfalse \nostartrule \setclef1{\bass} +\hbox to \hsize{% +\hss \startextract \nnotes\ibbl0G1\qb0{GJKLMLMLMLMLMLMK}\tqb0L\en -\endextract -\end{music} -\end{description} -and -\begin{description} -\item{} -\begin{music} -\input musixvbm -\nostartrule -\setclef1{\bass} +\zendextract +\hss +\raise20pt\hbox{ and } +\hss +\vectorizedbeamtrue \startextract \nnotes\ibbl0G1\qb0{GJKLMLMLMLMLMLMK}\tqb0L\en -\endextract +\zendextract +\hss} \end{music} -\end{description} -especially when magnified. - -The only known disadvantage is that some \texttt{dvi} viewers -including \texttt{xdvi} and \texttt{yap} do not support the \texttt{tpic} specials -that implement the vectorized beams so that no beams are shown; however, Postscript and PDF -output generated using \texttt{dvips} and \texttt{ps2pdf} (or \texttt{dvipdfm}) should be satisfactory. +\medskip +\noindent +with various magnifications. The output on the left shows a font-based beam; the one +on the right (like all the other beams in this report) shows the same beam with +\texttt{musixvbm} activated. + + +The only known disadvantage with use of \texttt{musixvbm} is that many \texttt{dvi} viewers +(including \texttt{xdvi} and \texttt{yap}) do not support the ``\texttt{tpic} specials'' +that implement vectorized beams in \texttt{dvi} output, so that no beams are shown\footnote{% +The \texttt{dviout} program for Windows supports \texttt{tpic} specials; +it is available from CTAN and in the Win32 distribution of TeXLive.}; +however, Postscript and PDF +output generated using \texttt{dvips} and \texttt{ps2pdf} (or using +\texttt{dvipdfm}, +or by processing the score using \texttt{pdfetex}) should be satisfactory. + +If Postscript hairpins +as described in Section~\ref{PostscriptSlurs} are not being used, +the \texttt{musixvbm} add-on also vectorizes crescendos and +decrescendos. \section{tuplet} @@ -2218,9 +2232,7 @@ This file does nothing; it is provided for compatibility with Since version 1.21, \verb|musixtex.tex| itself contains all the functions of the older \texttt{tuplet.tex}, namely definitions of -\begin{itemize} -\item \keyindex{tuplettxt} -\item \keyindex{uptuplet} -\item \keyindex{downtuplet} -\end{itemize} +\keyindex{tuplettxt}, +\keyindex{uptuplet} and +\keyindex{downtuplet}. See Section~\ref{tuplet}. |