From 11a1186b093ff2ae9478c20979b6eec30f63f32c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Norbert Preining Date: Fri, 14 May 2021 03:01:09 +0000 Subject: CTAN sync 202105140301 --- macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/beams.tex | 5 ++++ macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/extensions.tex | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/frontmatter.tex | 4 +-- macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/miscellaneous.tex | 6 ++--- macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc/musixdoc.sty | 1 + 5 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'macros/musixtex/doc/musixdoc') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3