MusiXTeX Extention Package: PostScript Slurs by MetaPost

Features

• Supporting almost all MusiXTeX legacy slur expressions (normal slur/tie, slur height adjustment, inverted slur, dotted slur), except for that \curve{h}{i}{j} is equivalent to \midslur{h} at present.
• No limits of slur length, slur height, slur slope.
• Improved appearance.
• Almost full compatibility to old (font-based slurs) scores.
• Compatibility to various DVIwares.
• Good working even if LaTeX music environment with musixtex.sty.

Contents

• musixpss.html
  This file.
• musixpss.txt
  Documentation. (in Japanese)
• musixpss.tex
  TeX macro file.
• musixpss.exe
  Support program executable for Win32.
• musixpss.c
  C source of support program.
• COPYING.txt
  GNU General Public Licence ver.2.

Requirement

• the MetaPost system.
• a DVIware which supports inclusion of EPS figures via \special{PSfile=...} . followings is OK:
  • dvips
  • dvipdfm(0.12 or later)
  • dviout
  • ...
• an ANSI C compiler (in case your OS is not Win32).

How to use

• Installation
  1. Assume that TeX, MusiXTeX, and MetaPost work well on your system.
  2. Download the package and infrate it.
  3. Put musixpss.tex into the directry where the working score exists.
  4. If your OS is Win32, put musixpss.exe into a directry registrated in PATH environment valuable. If not, compile musixpss.c with an ANSI C compiler and put the executable into apporopriate directry.
• Practical Use
  Assume that the MusiXTeX score source is named foo.tex.
  1. Make a MusiXTeX score source foo.tex in conventional way.
  2. add \input musixpss.tex after \input musixtex.tex .
  3. Run usual MusiXTeX 3-path procedure:
     • tex foo.tex
     • musixflx foo
     • tex foo.tex
     Some warnings such as No file foo.1. will be appear on the terminal and LOG file. A file foo.slu containing parameters of slurs will be additionally generated.
  4. Run musixpss foo. The program musixpss.exe will translate foo.slu into foo.mp as MetaPost input.
  5. Run MetaPost. Command line is system dependent. On my system, it comes mpost foo. EPS files foo.1, foo.2 or so containing each slur will be generated.
  6. Run tex foo.tex once more. The warnings will disappear and \special for including EPS files will be written in DVI file.
  7. Run DVIware.

Note

• Most DVIwares compatible to dvips in LaTeX2e graphicx package will be OK, but I'm not sure.
• When printing score to paper, using printers with high resolurion (1200dpi or so) is recommended.

License

GNU GPL ver.2 or later. See the file COPYING.txt.
(since ver.0.41 of this package)