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diff --git a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/extensions.tex b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/extensions.tex index 7d60a4dbc5..5bf8dd667d 100644 --- a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/extensions.tex +++ b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/extensions.tex @@ -2176,6 +2176,40 @@ Available are: \keyindex{qbppp} and \keyindex{zqbppp}. + \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{} +\begin{music} +\nostartrule +\setclef1{\bass} +\startextract +\nnotes\ibbl0G1\qb0{GJKLMLMLMLMLMLMK}\tqb0L\en +\endextract +\end{music} +\end{description} +and +\begin{description} +\item{} +\begin{music} +\input musixvbm +\nostartrule +\setclef1{\bass} +\startextract +\nnotes\ibbl0G1\qb0{GJKLMLMLMLMLMLMK}\tqb0L\en +\endextract +\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. \section{tuplet} |