> Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 14:49:36 -0000 (GMT)
> From: Bernie Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I'm trying to get MusixTex to work on my SuSE 6.4 linux system. MusixTex came
> with the distribution, but apparently there is no musicnft.tex file.
You are installing MusiXTeX and complain that a file is missing which
is part of Musi-c-TeX. MusiXTeX is the successor of Musi-c-TeX. MusiXTeX
has a partial compatibility mode for processing old Musi-c-TeX source.
To use that compatibility mode (and only for that case!) it's neccessary
to use musixcpt.tex. So if it is neccessary to include "\input musixcpt"
into old Musi-c-TeX sources then you should comment-out or drop the
line "\input musicnft" which is or was neccessary with Musi-c-TeX.
If you want to use a special MusiXTeX-format to process old Musi-c-TeX
sources without modifying the sources you may add a file musicnft.tex
to the MusiXTeX macros which contains only one line e.g. "\relax" or
"\endinput" (other such "empty" files may be neccessary, too).
> I also
> downloaded the latest version of MusixTex, but don't see musicnft.tex anywhere
> in that either. This is apparently an essential part of MusixTex. I'm sure
> this is a dumb question but could someone give a 'newbie' a hint as to where to
> find it?
If you are a "newbie" then there is no need to use musicnft. And there
is often no need to use MusiXTeX directly. Use instead PMX or M-tx and
PMX which do not call for musicnft.
-- Werner
