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authorNorbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>2021-07-08 03:00:51 +0000
committerNorbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>2021-07-08 03:00:51 +0000
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-rw-r--r--macros/musixtex/doc/ChangeLog-133.txt6
-rw-r--r--macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc.pdfbin1410802 -> 1410320 bytes
-rw-r--r--macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/frontmatter.tex2
-rw-r--r--macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/miscellaneous.tex17
4 files changed, 12 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/macros/musixtex/doc/ChangeLog-133.txt b/macros/musixtex/doc/ChangeLog-133.txt
index e6e4a70cc9..226ded73bf 100644
--- a/macros/musixtex/doc/ChangeLog-133.txt
+++ b/macros/musixtex/doc/ChangeLog-133.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-Changes from MusiXTeX 132 to 133:
+Changes from MusiXTeX 132 to 133a:
* \tabfnt etc. now uses (Helvetica) bold for tablature notes
- * replace ledger lines by slashes (/) for tablature notes below the staff
- * new commands \tzqu, \tzcup, etc. for stems without noteheads, for use in
+ * replace ledger lines by slashes (/) or numbers for tablature notes below the staff
+ * new commands \tzqu, \tzcup, etc. for tiny notes to indicate duration, for use in
tablature
diff --git a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc.pdf b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc.pdf
index d3410b5dde..48fc1a33af 100644
--- a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc.pdf
+++ b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc.pdf
Binary files differ
diff --git a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/frontmatter.tex b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/frontmatter.tex
index bd14bf64bd..7feaad8416 100644
--- a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/frontmatter.tex
+++ b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/frontmatter.tex
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Since then, the only significant update to \musixtex\ has been in version 1.15 (
takes advantage of the greater capacity of the e\TeX\ version of \TeX.
This manual
is the definitive reference to all features of
-\musixtex\ version~1.32.
+\musixtex\ version~1.33a.
Novice users need not start here.
Most
diff --git a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/miscellaneous.tex b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/miscellaneous.tex
index 3375bd121b..db1ae9cf1e 100644
--- a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/miscellaneous.tex
+++ b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/miscellaneous.tex
@@ -844,7 +844,8 @@ are as follows:
\item \keyindex{tab}\verb|{|$n$\verb|}|\verb|{|$p$\verb|}|
puts $p$ on string $n$
(counting from top to bottom); $p$ is centered, using \verb|\ccharnote|.
-Ledger lines are replaced by slashes (/) for $n$ greater than the number of staff lines.
+Ledger lines are replaced by slashes (/) for $n$ greater than the number of staff lines,
+or simply the number of courses below the staff if this is greater than 3.
\item \keyindex{ltab}\verb|{|$n$\verb|}|\verb|{|$p$\verb|}|
uses \verb|\zcharnote| so $p$
spills to the right and
@@ -860,7 +861,7 @@ is a non-spacing \verb|\rtab|.
\end{itemize}
A size-dependent font \keyindex{tabfnt} is used for tab characters; Helvetica bold is the default font family.
-The default tablature style is to place the fingering notations \emph{on} the staff line;
+The default tablature style is to place fingering notations \emph{on} staff lines;
Postscript specials are used to ``blank'' staff lines below
the tab characters.
If it is desired to locate the fingering notations \emph{above} staff lines, use
@@ -957,8 +958,7 @@ The coding is
&\zql K\ibbu0g{-1}\qb0g\slur edd2\qb0e\qb0f\tqu0d\en
\NOtesp\zltab50\zltab40\ltab30&\zhl{d}\zhu{f}\qu{.h}\en
\Notes\ltab30&\cu{h}\en
-\bar%
-\zendextract
+\bar\zendextract
\end{verbatim}\end{quote}
\end{footnotesize}
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ Here is the same example with \verb|\tabstylespacetrue|:
\medskip
\noindent
-In pure tablature, note durations are typically specified by stems without noteheads immediately
+In pure tablature, note durations can be specified by tiny notes
above the staff, as in:
\medskip
@@ -1060,13 +1060,12 @@ above the staff, as in:
\end{music}
\medskip
\noindent
-Note that this notation does not
-specify the duration of \emph{every} note.
\smallskip
-A stem (without a notehead) is generated immediately above the staff using one of the commands
-\keyindex{tzqu}, \keyindex{tzqup}, \keyindex{tzcu}, \keyindex{tzcup}, \keyindex{tzccu}, \ldots\
+\noindent
+A tiny note can be generated above the staff using one of the commands
+\keyindex{tzwh}, \keyindex{tzwhp}, \keyindex{tzhu}, \keyindex{tzhup}, \keyindex{tzqu}, \keyindex{tzqup}, \keyindex{tzcu}, \keyindex{tzcup}, \keyindex{tzccu}, \ldots\
\emph{before} a spacing command. Coding
for the notes in the example above is as follows:
\begin{footnotesize}