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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/autosp.1 b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/autosp.1 index 6affb4d93fe..dd66df84458 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/autosp.1 +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/autosp.1 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" This manpage is licensed under the GNU Public License -.TH AUTOSP 1 2016-01-30 "" "" +.TH AUTOSP 1 2017-04-06 "" "" .SH NAME autosp \- preprocessor to generate note-spacing commands for MusiXTeX scores @@ -126,9 +126,14 @@ coded using the standard \\def\\atnextbar notation but also the non-standard command \\Cpause in a note segment generates a bar-centered rest. -Spacing commands \\sk and \\hsk -(but not \\qsk, \\hqsk or \\qqsk) -in the source are discarded. +Spacing commands \\sk and \\hsk in the source are discarded, +but not \\qsk, \\hqsk or \\qqsk; +moreover +non-standard commands +\\Qsk, \\HQsk and \\QQsk generate "global" skips; i.e., the effect of \\qsk, \\hqsk or \\qqsk in +.I every +staff. + A note segment can be completely empty, but if a note segment should start with or contain a "space," the note-value of that space must be made explicit with a command of the @@ -199,7 +204,7 @@ assumes that an x-tuplet is to be played in (\fIx\fP\-1)/\fIx\fP of the apparent x-tuplet duration. So, for example, a triplet in eighths is assumed to be played in the time of one quarter note. -If these assumptions +If this assumption isn't valid, the x-tuplet must be coded explicitly using a \\vnotes command; see the first measure of barsant2.aspc for an example of a non-standard x-tuplet: a 5-tuple @@ -207,7 +212,11 @@ of 64th notes with an intended duration of .I six 64ths. - +.B autosp +cannot deal with simultaneous x-tuplets in multiple staffs unless the x values and +note durations are identical. Global skips (\\QQsk, \\HQsk and \\Qsk) are +ineffective if a staff has an x-tuplet; however, "local" skips (\\qqsk, \\hqsk, \\qsk) +are effective. User-defined macros are not processed or expanded. @@ -215,8 +224,9 @@ All staffs are assumed to have the same meter; see kinder2.aspc for an example of how to work around this. .B autosp -will not be effective for music with more than one voice in a single staff. It might be -advisable to use a separate staff for each voice, or to omit certain voices +may not be effective for music with more than one voice in a single staff. It might be +advisable to use a separate staff for each voice, to avoid \\anotes when necessary, +or to omit certain voices initially and add them into the resulting TeX file. .SH EXAMPLES |