From e0c6872cf40896c7be36b11dcc744620f10adf1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Norbert Preining Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 13:46:59 +0900 Subject: Initial commit --- macros/musixtex/README | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 89 insertions(+) create mode 100644 macros/musixtex/README (limited to 'macros/musixtex/README') diff --git a/macros/musixtex/README b/macros/musixtex/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..aebd633e31 --- /dev/null +++ b/macros/musixtex/README @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +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. -- cgit v1.2.3