Dear MusixTeXers.
I have been on this mailing list for a long time. But, I wasn't reading
last mailings, and I was not typesetting for a few months. I will try to
find whether my problem is already solved by reading mailings which I
have
not read.
Personally I like Taupin's MusixTeX very much, and as far as I am
concerned,
I would use it without preprocessors. But, inconsistency with notes and
their names makes some trouble for me. I like the way that trouble is
solved in Don's PMX.
Still I have questions to ask:
1)
Pmxa.exe and pmxb.exe, versions I downloaded work very well on my
computer.
But, I have a trouble. They do not get (namely pmxa) inline parameters
as
filenames to be precompiled. I need to make a batch file which can
precompile (pmxa, then pmxb) and compile (texing with musixtex format,
musixltx, then texing again). I can not do that since pmxa asks me for
filename to be pmxed. Can you compile pmxa.exe so that it loads inline
argument? I would have done that but I have erased my fortran compiler
long
time ago.
2)
I have read musixdoc about transposition. My friend needs some exercises
to be transposed. I've seen a \relativeaccid command, but I still don't
understand how it works. My problem is in double sharpened (or double
flattened) notes, and sharpened notes which need to be flattened or
reversely.
Something like that is mentioned in musixdoc, but I still don't
understand.
Could someone who solved simple problem or Mr Taupin himself explain
this?
3)
I am LaTeX fan and I like typesetting in LaTeX. All my mathematic papers
and
a few books are typeset in LaTeX. Now LaTeX, using psnfss, can use more
fonts, not only (a little bit boring) CM fonts. I had some troubles
using
psnfss together with musixtex.sty, but there are not many papers that
have
to use both mathematical formulas and notes at the same moment. I am
still
fond of speed in typesetting mathematical text in LaTeX. There are
compatibility, the beauty of text and many more reasons to use LaTeX in
mathematics.
I have typeset only one page of notes in MusixTeX and the same in PMX
and I
like the output very much. Are there any more programs that can do the
same? Why are you using MusixTeX and it's preprocessors instead of Final
Code for example?
Still, I like your project very much and I think it is a very remarkable
system.
Zoran Ovcin
