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authorNorbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>2021-05-18 03:01:12 +0000
committerNorbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>2021-05-18 03:01:12 +0000
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-rw-r--r--macros/musixtex/README2
-rw-r--r--macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc.pdfbin1396006 -> 1395131 bytes
-rw-r--r--macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/beams.tex4
-rw-r--r--macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/extensions.tex70
-rw-r--r--macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/frontmatter.tex2
-rw-r--r--macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/musixdoc.sty2
-rw-r--r--macros/musixtex/scripts/musixflx.bat (renamed from macros/musixtex/windows/musixflx.bat)0
-rw-r--r--macros/musixtex/scripts/musixtex.bat (renamed from macros/musixtex/windows/musixtex.bat)0
-rw-r--r--macros/musixtex/tex/musixvbm.tex12
9 files changed, 52 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/macros/musixtex/README b/macros/musixtex/README
index 257051bce4..da1567d60d 100644
--- a/macros/musixtex/README
+++ b/macros/musixtex/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is MusiXTeX, version 1.32 (2021-05-13).
+This is MusiXTeX, version 1.32a (2021-05-16).
MusiXTeX is a TeX-based system for typesetting music.
The main author was Daniel Taupin, who died in a climbing
diff --git a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc.pdf b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc.pdf
index 8503c82411..ec5eac0642 100644
--- a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc.pdf
+++ b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc.pdf
Binary files differ
diff --git a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/beams.tex b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/beams.tex
index 6cf562a9c3..dbf57e2eb4 100644
--- a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/beams.tex
+++ b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/beams.tex
@@ -622,6 +622,6 @@ In this example we see not only multiple uses of \keyindex{nextstaff} and
\section{Discontinuities in Long Beams}
-Beams are normally produced by \texttt{musixtex} using special fonts. Unfortunately, very long beams may have
+By default, \texttt{musixtex} produces beams using special fonts. Unfortunately, long beams may have
unsightly discontinuities (gaps or bumps). See Section~\ref{musixvbm}
-for an experimental solution to this problem.
+for a solution to this problem.
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}.
diff --git a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/frontmatter.tex b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/frontmatter.tex
index e0d9515830..3eedf3665c 100644
--- a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/frontmatter.tex
+++ b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/frontmatter.tex
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
\title{\Huge\bfseries\musixtex\\[\bigskipamount]
\LARGE\bfseries Using \TeX{} to write polyphonic\\or
-instrumental music\\\Large\itshape Version 1.32}
+instrumental music\\\Large\itshape Version 1.32a}
\author{}
diff --git a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/musixdoc.sty b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/musixdoc.sty
index 95b9c5a291..d06328eb8e 100644
--- a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/musixdoc.sty
+++ b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/musixdoc.sty
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
\usepackage{textcomp}
\input musixtex
-%\input musixvbm % experimental vectorized beams
+\input musixvbm % experimental vectorized beams
\input musixbm
\input musixcho
\input musixdat
diff --git a/macros/musixtex/windows/musixflx.bat b/macros/musixtex/scripts/musixflx.bat
index 684441ebb3..684441ebb3 100644
--- a/macros/musixtex/windows/musixflx.bat
+++ b/macros/musixtex/scripts/musixflx.bat
diff --git a/macros/musixtex/windows/musixtex.bat b/macros/musixtex/scripts/musixtex.bat
index 249ae595c4..249ae595c4 100644
--- a/macros/musixtex/windows/musixtex.bat
+++ b/macros/musixtex/scripts/musixtex.bat
diff --git a/macros/musixtex/tex/musixvbm.tex b/macros/musixtex/tex/musixvbm.tex
index 09fa03da42..a22a60e4c9 100644
--- a/macros/musixtex/tex/musixvbm.tex
+++ b/macros/musixtex/tex/musixvbm.tex
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
%%
-%% musixvbm.tex - MusiXTeX Extention, Vectorized Beams (& crescendos)
+%% musixvbm.tex - MusiXTeX Extension, Vectorized Beams (& crescendos)
%% by tpic specials / pdfTeX raw literal
%%
%% Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Hiroaki MORIMOTO (Kuuku)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
%% This is a successor of `musixtpb.tex' ver.1.10.
%%
\ifx\ifvectorizedbeam\undefined\else\endinput\fi
-\immediate\write16{MusiXTeX Extention, Vectorized Beams and crescendos v1.20-beta6 <2007/01/01>}%
+\immediate\write16{MusiXTeX Extension, Vectorized Beams and crescendos v1.20-beta6 <2007/01/01>}%
%
\edef\catcodeat{\the\catcode`\@}\catcode`\@=11
%
@@ -87,13 +87,13 @@
\advance\y@iv \tw@\b@amthick
\@dimentomil{-\y@iv}{\@Yend@u}%
% \special{pn 1}%
- \special{sh 1}%
- \@addbeampath{0}{\@Ystart@l}%
+ \special{sh 1}% set beam shading to black
+ \@addbeampath{0}{\@Ystart@l}% add points to define the beam perimeter
\@addbeampath{\@Xend}{\@Yend@l}%
\@addbeampath{\@Xend}{\@Yend@u}%
\@addbeampath{0}{\@Ystart@u}%
- \@addbeampath{0}{\@Ystart@l}%
- \special{ip}%
+ \@addbeampath{0}{\@Ystart@l}% close the perimeter
+ \special{ip}% draw the beam (without the outline)
\kern\y@ii
}%
%