M-Tx Documentation Package This is the development version of the M-Tx documentation. It contains all the sources for generating the Users's Manual (mtxdoc.?), its index (mtxindex.?), and two sample music documents (halleluja.?, kanons.?), where '?' might be 'dvi', 'ps', 'pdf' or 'lj'. On a GNU system (e.g. Linux; or Cygwin running under Windows) you need to change to some empty directory and unzip a file with a name of the form mtxD????.zip (use GNU unzip with the -a option, or some other unzipper that can convert text files to your operating system format). You need to have MusiXTEX, PMX, musixlyr and M-Tx already installed. Now decide whether you will need: .ps, .pdf, .dvi or .lj files (go to 1); only .ps or .pdf files (goto 2). 1. If you want .dvi or .lj files This option allows you to make any of the four file formats. Type make dvitarget && make config to configure the option. Make sure that everything looked for was found. You can then choose between: make Makes mtx.dvi (and mtxdoc.dvi, mtxindex.dvi on the way there) make all Make .dvi files. make ps Make .dvi and .ps files make pdf Make .dvi, .ps and .pdf files make ?.lj Make the specified .lj file 2. If you want only .ps or .pdf files You need to have pdflatex installed (any good TeX distribution has it). Type make pdftarget && make config to configure the option. Make sure that everything looked for was found. You can then choose between: make Makes mtx.pdf (and mtxdoc.pdf, mtxindex.pdf on the way there) make all Make .pdf files. make ps Make .pdf and .ps files You don't have the option of making .dvi or .lj files. Dirk Laurie FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions 1. I get "make: ./prepmx: Command not found". A: You have omitted the "make config" step. 2. I have configured, but the make still fails. A: Look at the screen output from "make config". Make sure that there is a file name after each "...". 3. Is there any difference between the .pdf and .ps files made by the two options? A: Yes. If you go by the second route, slurs tend to look smoother and certain additional slur shapes are possible; see the PMX manual. Also, the two versions look a little different on a low-resolution monitor, but apart from slurs, should be virtually indistinguishable when printed.