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-rw-r--r--macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/beams.tex5
-rw-r--r--macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/extensions.tex34
-rw-r--r--macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/frontmatter.tex4
-rw-r--r--macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/miscellaneous.tex6
-rw-r--r--macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/musixdoc.sty1
5 files changed, 45 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/beams.tex b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/beams.tex
index 2805e0aff6..6cf562a9c3 100644
--- a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/beams.tex
+++ b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/beams.tex
@@ -620,3 +620,8 @@ In this example we see not only multiple uses of \keyindex{nextstaff} and
\keyindex{prevstaff}, but also the character \verb|*| to make virtual beam notes
(see Section~\ref{CollectiveCoding}).
+
+ \section{Discontinuities in Long Beams}
+Beams are normally produced by \texttt{musixtex} using special fonts. Unfortunately, very long beams may have
+unsightly discontinuities (gaps or bumps). See Section~\ref{musixvbm}
+for an experimental solution to this problem.
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}
diff --git a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/frontmatter.tex b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/frontmatter.tex
index e1402cfb3e..e0d9515830 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 1.31}
+instrumental music\\\Large\itshape Version 1.32}
\author{}
@@ -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~1.30.
+\musixtex\ version~1.32.
Novice users need not start here.
Most
diff --git a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/miscellaneous.tex b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/miscellaneous.tex
index f212b769d7..a9e8fad4bb 100644
--- a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/miscellaneous.tex
+++ b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/miscellaneous.tex
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ or
\section{Accents}
You may use\footnote{Note from the editor: the reason the names of some of
-these macros don't seem to be constructed to suggest the terms used in the
-descriptions is that whoever originally defined the macros had in mind terms
-that did not agree with normal English usage.}
+these macros don't seem to suggest the terms used in the
+descriptions is that apparently Daniel Taupin had in mind other terms,
+such as \emph{pizzicato}.}
\begin{itemize}\setlength{\itemsep}{0ex}
\item \keyindex{upz}\pitchp~(upper \itxem{staccato}) to put a dot above a note
head at pitch $p$,
diff --git a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/musixdoc.sty b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/musixdoc.sty
index d752fc8b02..95b9c5a291 100644
--- a/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/musixdoc.sty
+++ b/macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/musixdoc.sty
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
\usepackage{textcomp}
\input musixtex
+%\input musixvbm % experimental vectorized beams
\input musixbm
\input musixcho
\input musixdat