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-This is PMX, version 2.6.19 (Jan. 19th, 2013). PMX provides a preprocessor for MusiXTeX.
+This is PMX, version 2.7.0 (2013-05-16). 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
@@ -8,55 +8,4 @@ make a MIDI file of your score.
scor2prt is an auxiliary program that makes parts from a score.
-pmx2pdf is a wrapper script that runs pmxab, all 3 passes of MusiXTeX,
-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.
-
-To install (on TDS-compliant TeX systems):
-
- + 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 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 pmx-2.6.19.tar.gz (anywhere), move to the resulting
- pmx-2.6.19 directory and do
-
- ./configure
- make
- make install (as root)
-
- 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
-obtained from these by the f2c translator. The source files for libf2c,
-which is needed at link time, are also included.
-
-Documentation for PMX is installed under
-
-doc/generic/pmx
-
-Many examples of PMX and 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
-
-PMX may be freely copied, duplicated and used in conformance to the GNU
-General Public License (see included file COPYING). The libf2c source
-files are governed by a Notice that allows copying, modification and
-distribution.
-
-This CTAN distribution is maintained by Bob Tennent (rdt@cs.queensu.ca).
-Jan. 19th, 2013.
+The author of pmxab and scor2prt is Don Simons (dsimons@roadrunner.com).