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-This is PMX, version 2.6.18 (Oct. 7th, 2012). PMX provides a preprocessor for MusiXTeX.
+This is PMX, version 2.6.19 (Jan. 19th, 2013). PMX provides a preprocessor for MusiXTeX.
pmxab builds a TeX input file based on a .pmx input file in a much
simpler language, making most of the layout decisions by itself. It has
@@ -14,42 +14,25 @@ and subsequent conversions to PDF.
The author of pmxab and scor2prt is Don Simons (dsimons@roadrunner.com).
The author of the pmxccn tutorial is Cornelius C. Noack.
-This package consists of
-
- (i) pmx-texmf.zip, which contains macros, documentation, and the
- pmx2pdf.lua script
-
- (ii) pmx-2.6.18.tar.gz, which contains the source code for
- pmxab and scor2prt
-
-(iii) directories Windows and OSX, which contain pre-compiled
- pmxab and scor2prt executables for those platforms
-
- (iv) pmx-install.{tex,pdf}, which is a more detailed version of the
- following instructions:
-
To install (on TDS-compliant TeX systems):
- + unzip pmx-texmf.zip at the root of a texmf tree and, if necessary,
- update the filename database; e.g., texhash texmf. Documentation for
- PMX is installed under doc/generic/pmx.
+ + unzip tex-archive/install/support/pmx.tds.zip at the root of a texmf
+ tree and, if necessary, update the filename database; e.g., texhash texmf.
+ Documentation for PMX is installed under doc/generic/pmx.
- + on Windows or OS-X: copy the pre-compiled executables appropriate for your
- platform to a folder on the executable PATH
+ + on Windows or OS-X: copy the executables appropriate for your
+ platform to a folder on the executable PATH
- + on any Unix-like system with gcc and standard development tools installed:
- unpack the pmx tarball (anywhere), move to the resulting pmx-2.6.18 directory
- and do
+ + on any Unix-like system with gcc and standard development tools
+ installed: unpack pmx-2.6.19.tar.gz (anywhere), move to the resulting
+ pmx-2.6.19 directory and do
./configure
make
make install (as root)
- + on Windows: copy the file scripts\pmx\Windows\pmx2pdf.bat to a folder on the
- executable PATH
-
- + on any Unix-like system: install a symbolic link pmx2pdf in any
- directory on the executable PATH to scripts/pmx/pmx2pdf.lua
+ Then install a symbolic link pmx2pdf in any directory on the
+ executable PATH to scripts/pmx/pmx2pdf.lua
In this release of PMX, the original Fortran sources for pmxab and
scor2prt have been included but the C files actually used have been
@@ -76,4 +59,4 @@ files are governed by a Notice that allows copying, modification and
distribution.
This CTAN distribution is maintained by Bob Tennent (rdt@cs.queensu.ca).
-Oct 7th, 2012.
+Jan. 19th, 2013.