Directory tex-archive/macros/musixtex
This is MusiXTeX, version 1.15 (packaged 2013-01-23). MusiXTeX is a
TeX-based system for typesetting music.
The main author was Daniel Taupin, who died in a climbing accident in
2003; other authors credited in the MusiXTeX manual are Andreas Egler
and Ross Mitchell. MusiXTeX is now being maintained by
Don Simons dsimons(at)roadrunner(dot)com
Hiroaki Morimoto CQX05646(at)nifty(dot)com
The package includes
+ Postscript slur support, due to Stanislav Kneifl
+ musixlyr support for lyrics, due to Rainer Dunker
+ musixcrd support for chord symbols, due to Robert Hennig
+ a few small extension packages (curly, tuplet, underbracket)
+ a script musixflx.lua for the 2nd-pass processing
+ a script musixtex.lua that automates the 3-pass
etex -> musixflx -> [pdf]etex process,
possibly followed by calls to dvips and ps2pdf (or dvipdfm)
to convert the output to Portable Document Format (PDF)
+ wrapper scripts musixflx.bat and musixtex.bat for use on Windows
MusiXTeX fonts, including both the original metafont sources and Type
1 versions by Takanori Uchiyama are in a separate musixtex-fonts
package, which must be installed before using the MusiXTeX macros.
musixtex-install.{pdf,tex} is a more-detailed version of the following
instructions:
To install (on TDS-compliant TeX systems):
+ unzip tex-archive/install/macros/musixtex.tds.zip at the root of a
texmf tree and, if necessary, update the filename database;
e.g., texhash texmf.
+ on Windows: move the scripts in Windows to a folder
on the executable PATH (or add that folder to the PATH)
+ on any Unix-like system: install symbolic links musixflx
and musixtex in a directory on the executable PATH to
scripts/musixtex/musixflx.lua and scripts/musixtex/musixtex.lua,
respectively.
Documentation for MusiXTeX and friends is installed under
doc/generic/musixtex
Documentation for the musixflx and musixtex scripts are in
doc/generic/musixtex/scripts
Check out musixtex-install.pdf for information on the extension
packages, which are installed under
doc/generic/musixtex/addons
Many users, especially beginners, will find it easier to use the PMX and
M-Tx pre-processors, which accept a simpler input language than MusiXTeX
itself. These pre-processor packages may be found at CTAN under support.
Additional documentation, additional add-on packages, and many examples
of 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
MusiXTeX may be freely copied, duplicated and used in conformance to the
GNU General Public License (Version 2, 1991, see included file gpl.txt).
This CTAN distribution is maintained by Bob Tennent
rdt(at)cs(dot)queensu(dot)ca.
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dvips |
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scripts |
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source |
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tex |
Files
| Name | Size | Date | Notes |
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README |
2901 | 2013-01-23 03:15:51 | |
gpl.txt |
12632 | 2010-09-24 05:06:01 |
Download the complete
contents of this directory in one zip archive
(2.3M).
musixtex – Sophisticated music typesetting
MusiXTeX provides a set of macros, based on the earlier
MusicTeX, for
typesetting music with TeX. To produce optimal spacing,
MusixTeX is a three-pass system:
etex, musixflx, and
etex again. (Musixflx is a lua script
that is provided in the bundle.) The three-pass process,
optionally followed by processing for printed output, is automated
by the musixtex wrapper script.
The package uses its own
specialised fonts, which must
be available on the system for musixtex to run.
This version of MusixTeX builds upon work by
Andreas Egler, whose
own version is no longer being developed.
The MusiXTeX macros are universally acknowledged to be challenging
to use directly: the pmx preprocessor
compiles a simpler input language to MusixTeX macros..
| Documentation |
Package documentation Package installation notes Readme |
| Home page | http://icking-music-archive.org/software/indexmt6.html |
| Version | 1.15 (2013-01-21) |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Maintainer | Hiroaki Morimoto Andreas Egler (inactive) Jean-Pierre Coulon Don Simons Daniel Taupin (inactive) Olivier Vogel Ross Mitchell (inactive) Bob Tennent |
| Contained in | TeXLive as musixtex |
| MiKTeX as musixtex | |
| Topics |
typesetting music and related stuff |
| See also |
pmx |
