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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-music.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-music.html index ac13464522e..67627a7df4a 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-music.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-music.html @@ -9,20 +9,27 @@ hardly ever used nowadays. Daniel Taupin took up the baton, and developed MusicTeX, which allows the typesetting of polyphonic and other multiple-stave music; MusicTeX remains available, but is most definitely no longer recommended. -<p/>MusicTeX has been superseded by its successor MusiXTeX, which is -a three-pass system (with a processor program that computes values for -the element spacing in the music), and achieves finer control than is -possible in the unmodified TeX-based mechanism that MusicTeX -uses. Daniel Taupin’s is the only version of MusiXTeX currently -being developed (the original author, Andreas Egler, had an -alternative version, but he is now working on a different package -altogether). -<p/>Input to MusixTeX is extremely tricky stuff, and Don Simons’ -preprocessor <i>pmx</i> is the preferred method of creating input -for Taupin’s version. <i>Pmx</i> greatly eases use of -MusixTeX, but it doesn’t support the full range of MusixTeX’s -facilities directly; however, it does allow in-line MusixTeX code -in <i>pmx</i> sources. +<p/>MusicTeX has been superseded by a further development called +MusiXTeX, which is a three-pass system (with a processor program +that computes values for the element spacing in the music, and sorts +out spaces and ties (which MusicTeX does “woodenly” — playing +from a MusicTeX-typeset page is entirely possible, but the look of +the slurs is very unsatisfying). Thus MusixTeX achieves finer +control than is possible with the unmodified TeX-based mechanism +that MusicTeX uses. +<p/>The original author of MusixTeX, Andreas Egler, withdrew from +development of the package; he has a further package OpusTeX (not +on CTAN) which is focused on typesetting Gregorian chant and +the like. +<p/>Daniel Taupin forked his development of MusiXTeX, and his is the +only version currently maintained (by Daniel’s successors, since +Daniel died). +<p/>Input to MusiXTeX is tricky stuff, and Don Simons’ preprocessor +<i>pmx</i> is the preferred method of creating input for Taupin’s +version. <i>Pmx</i> greatly eases use of MusiXTeX, but it +doesn’t support the full range of MusiXTeX’s facilities directly; +however, it does allow in-line MusiXTeX code in <i>pmx</i> +sources. <p/>Dirk Laurie’s <i>M-Tx</i> allows preparation of music with lyrics; it operates “on top of” <i>pmx</i> <p/>Another simple notation is supported by <i>abc2mtex</i>; this is a @@ -37,13 +44,13 @@ extendable to many other types of music. MusicTeX source code. <p/>There is a mailing list (<i>TeX-music@icking-music-archive.org</i>) for discussion of typesetting music in TeX; it mostly covers -MusixTeX and related systems. To subscribe, use +MusiXTeX and related systems. To subscribe, use <a href="http://icking-music-archive.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music/">http://icking-music-archive.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music/</a> <p/>An alternative (free) means of embedding music examples into (La)TeX documents is <a href="http://www.lilypond.org">Lilypond</a>. Lilypond is (at heart) a batch music typesetting system with plain text input that does most of its work without TeX. Lilypond’s input syntax is far -less cryptic than is MusixTeX’s, and it handles much more stuff +less cryptic than is MusiXTeX’s, and it handles much more stuff automatically, yielding the same or better quality with less effort. Lilypond can also produce basic MIDI output. <dl> @@ -52,8 +59,8 @@ Lilypond can also produce basic MIDI output. <dt><tt><i>midi2tex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/midi2tex.zip">support/midi2tex</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/midi2tex/">browse the directory</a>) <dt><tt><i>musictex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/musictex.zip">macros/musictex</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/musictex/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/musictex.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>musixtex (Taupin’s version)</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/musixtex/taupin.zip">macros/musixtex/taupin</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/musixtex/taupin/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/musixtex.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>musixtex (Egler’s version)</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/musixtex/egler.zip">macros/musixtex/egler</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/musixtex/egler/">browse the directory</a>) +<dt><tt><i>musixtex (Taupin’s version)</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/musixtex.zip">macros/musixtex</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/musixtex/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/musixtex.html">catalogue entry</a> +<dt><tt><i>musixtex (Egler’s version)</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/obsolete/macros/musixtex/egler.zip">obsolete/macros/musixtex/egler</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/obsolete/macros/musixtex/egler/">browse the directory</a>) <dt><tt><i>mutex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/mtex.zip">macros/mtex</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/mtex/">browse the directory</a>) <dt><tt><i>pmx</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/pmx.zip">support/pmx</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/pmx/">browse the directory</a>) </dl> |