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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/pmx/pmx-install.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/pmx/pmx-install.tex new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..67b27d82905 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/pmx/pmx-install.tex @@ -0,0 +1,163 @@ +\documentclass[11pt]{article} +\usepackage[textwidth=6.5in,textheight=8.5in]{geometry} +\usepackage[osf]{mathpazo} +\PassOptionsToPackage{urlcolor=black,colorlinks}{hyperref} +\RequirePackage{hyperref} +\usepackage{xcolor} +\newcommand{\myurl}[1]{\textcolor{blue}{\underline{\textcolor{black}{\url{#1}}}}} +\newcommand{\pmxVersion}{2.6.18} +\begin{document} +\title{Installation of the CTAN PMX Distribution} +\author{Bob Tennent\\ +\small\url{rdt@cs.queensu.ca}} +\date{\today} +\maketitle +\thispagestyle{empty} + +\section{Introduction} +We assume that you have already installed a MusiXTeX distribution. +Before trying to install PMX from CTAN, check whether your TeX distribution +provides a package for PMX; this will be easier than doing it yourself. +But if your TeX distribution +doesn't have PMX (or doesn't have the most recent version), this distribution +of PMX is very easy to install, though +you may need to read the material on +installation of (La)TeX files in the +TeX FAQ\footnote{% +\myurl{http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html}}, +particularly +the pages on +which tree to use\footnote{% +\myurl{http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=what-TDS}} +and installing files\footnote{% +\myurl{http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=inst-wlcf}}. + +\section{Installing \texttt{pmx-texmf.zip}} + +In this distribution of PMX, most of the files to be installed +(including macros, documentation, and a processing script) are in +\texttt{pmx-texmf.zip}, a zipped TEXMF +hierarchy. Simply unzip this archive in the root folder/directory of whichever TEXMF tree +you decide is most appropriate, likely a ``local'' or ``personal'' one. +This should work with any TDS\footnote{% +\myurl{http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=tds}} +compliant TeX distribution, including MikTeX, TeXlive and teTeX. + +After unzipping the archive, update the filename database as necessary, +for example, by executing \verb\texhash ~/texmf\ or +clicking the button labelled ``Refresh FNDB" in the MikTeX settings program. + +Documentation for PMX is installed under \verb\doc/generic/pmx\ +in the TEXMF tree. + +\section{Installing \texttt{pmxab} and \texttt{scor2prt}} + +The next step in the installation is to install +the two essential files that can't be installed in a TEXMF tree: the \texttt{pmxab} preprocessor +and \texttt{scor2prt}, an executable used to produce single-player parts from multi-player scores. + +\subsection{Pre-Compiled Executables} + +On Windows +systems, one can install \texttt{pmxab.exe} and +\texttt{scor2prt.exe} in the \texttt{Windows} sub-directory; these are pre-compiled +executables and should be copied to any +folder on the PATH of executables. +This might entail creating a suitable folder and adding that folder +to the PATH as follows: +in ``My Computer'' +click on +\begin{center} +View System Information\quad$\rightarrow$\quad Advanced\quad$\rightarrow$\quad Environment Variables +\end{center} +scroll +down to ``path'', select it, click edit, and add the path to \verb|...\scripts\musixtex\Windows| after a semi-colon. + + +On the MAC OS-X platform (version 10.2 or better), one can install \texttt{pmxab} and \texttt{scor2prt} that are in the +\texttt{OSX} sub-directory. + +\subsection{Compilation from Source} + +If you have conventional GNU development tools (\texttt{tar}, \texttt{gunzip}, \texttt{make}) +and \texttt{gcc}\footnote{% +\myurl{http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc/}} +on your platform, +you should be able to build \texttt{pmxab} and \texttt{scor2prt} executables. + +To build \texttt{pmxab} and \texttt{scor2prt} for your platform: +\begin{enumerate} +\item Unpack the \texttt{pmx-\pmxVersion.tar.gz} archive: +\begin{list}{}{} +\item \texttt{tar zxvf pmx-\pmxVersion.tar.gz} +\end{list} +and move to the resulting \texttt{pmx-\pmxVersion} directory. +\item Configure: +\begin{list}{}{} +\item \verb\./configure\ +\end{list} +or, if you want the executables to be installed in your own path, +\begin{list}{}{} +\item \verb\./configure --prefix=$HOME\ +\end{list} +\item Install: +\begin{list}{}{} +\item \verb\make install\ +\end{list} +as root (admin) to install to the system path, or just +\begin{list}{}{} +\item \verb\make install\ +\end{list} +to install in your own path. +\end{enumerate} +You should now have executables \verb\pmxab\ and +\verb\scor2prt\ available for use. + +\section{The Processing Script} + +The Lua script \verb\.../scripts/pmx/pmx2pdf.lua\ +is simply a convenient wrapper that +by default runs the following processes in order (and then deletes intermediate files): +\begin{itemize}\topsep=0pt\itemsep=0pt +\item \verb\pmxab\ (pre-processing pass) +\item \verb\etex\ (1st pass) +\item \verb\musixflx\ (2nd pass) +\item \verb\etex\ (3rd pass) +\item \verb\dvips\ (to convert \verb\dvi\ output to Postscript) +\item \verb\ps2pdf\ (to convert \verb\ps\ output to Portable Document Format) +\end{itemize}% +There are many options to vary the default behaviour. + +On a Unix-like system (with \texttt{luatex} installed), put a +symbolic link \texttt{pmx2pdf} in any directory on the executable PATH as follows: +\begin{list}{}{} +\item \verb\ln -s <path to pmx2pdf.lua> pmx2pdf \ +\end{list} +On Windows, you can \emph{either} +copy the batch file +\begin{list}{}{} +\item \verb|...\scripts\pmx\Windows\pmx2pdf.bat| +\end{list} +to a folder +on the executable PATH \emph{or} add the folder +\verb|...\scripts\pmx\Windows| to the executable PATH as explained above. + +Documentation for \verb\pmx2pdf\ is in the +\verb\doc/generic/pmx/scripts\ directory. + + +\section{Discussion} + + + +Other pre-processor packages, additional documentation, additional +add-on packages, and many examples of PMX and MusiXTeX typesetting may be found +at the Werner Icking Music Archive\footnote{% +\myurl{http://icking-music-archive.org}}. +Support for users of MusiXTeX and related software may be obtained via +the MusiXTeX mail list\footnote{% +\myurl{http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music}}. +PMX may be freely copied, duplicated and used in conformance to the +GNU General Public License (Version 2, 1991, see included file \verb\gpl.txt\). + +\end{document} |