David Bobroff wrote:
>
> Christian Mondrup wrote:
>
> >Would you mind explaining a little more detailed about OpusTeX: major
> >differences in functionality compared to MusiXTeX, from where can it be
> >retrieved? I don't find it along with MusiXTeX in the CTAN mirror of our
> >server, sunsite.dk.
>
> Well, it seems that Erwin Achermann has mostly answered your questions.
> The last release version is at:
>
> ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/opustex/atwork/opus084 (.zip and .tgz)
>
> And there is a later (incomplete, I believe or maybe just for Gregorian
> Chant) version at:
>
> ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/opustex/grego/opus093.tgz
>
> I recall downloading a later version (I think it was 0.93) some time ago
> and finding that it was *greatly* changed from before.
>
> I was using OpusTeX because I prefer the fonts, particularly the time
> signatures. Also, a typsetting project I was working on was not very
> easily done with PMX (PMX does not output compatible OpusTeX code). There
> would have been so much in-line TeX that it would have looked like a .tex
> file anyway. I wanted to use the PostScript slurs/ties as well. Regarding
> these Erwin Achermann said:
>
> >I remember that it worked, but i also remember that it was somehow
> >disappointing...
>
> Perhaps they were not as good as real engraving, but I also thought they
> were better than the .pk versions.
>
> The input for OpusTeX is a bit streamlined compared to MusiXTeX but mostly
> looks about the same. Most (all?) macros were re-named but still had very
> similar names.
Many of the top level macros were renamed, and almost all low level
macros were renamed. Andreas wants to add to the the list of
differences the streamlined and nicely simplified input of slurs, ties,
chords and accents. Egler also tells me that he's currently implementing
a feature 'automatic beams': slope and orientation of the beams computed
by tex itself. And he plans to release that version to CTAN someday when
the documentation is there, too.
As David Bobroff say, there are two version 0.84 and 0.93 available.
There is also the Ur-version of of MusicTex there.
Egler says, that the great missing part of OpusTeX is its documentation.
So, if anybody of you feels adventurous enough to map the old doc of
0.84 to 0.93... this might give a boost to OpusTex.
Cheers
Erwin
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