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+This is MusiXTeX, version 1.29 (2018-08-04).
+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 are in 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
+rdt(at)cs(dot)queensu(dot)ca.