Stanislav Kneifl wrote: > > Hi all, > > as I can see, lot of people is producing PS or PDF files from MusiXTeX > scores. As the bitmapped slurs are not only far from being perfect due > to their discrete nature, but causing problems in high-res PS and in > Acrobat, you can try the atached PostScript solution for slurs, ties and > crescendos. You will find a short explanation at the end of the musixps.tex. > > This package is adapted from the original version for OpusTeX, therefore > some features may not work in MusiXTeX. Someone kind and able may adapt > the macro names to the MusiXTeX nature... > > Basically the macros are very similar to the standard slurs with the > following exceptions: > > \isslur...\tsslur is replaced with \irslur...\tlslur > no \iten[ul] and \tten, only \itie[ud] and \ttie > \dotted -> \dashed > no \midslur or \curve, see musixps for shaping > no \invertslur yet > no \xslurbreak > no simple slurs > \ibslur and \tbslur work in a different way, positioning the slur > exactly above the given _beam_, not _pitch_. However, this feature > currently works in OpusTeX only. Can be fixed easily. > > All the differences except inverted slurs can be easily removed, so the > user will be able to choose which slurs to use simply saying "\input > musixps" at the beginning - or not. > > Major features: > - exact positioning for slurs of any length > - precisely and intuitively adjustable curvature > - slurs won't interfere with staff lines (!!!!) > - no problems in Acrobat and high resolution printers > > Any comments welcome. >
I've made some initial - and rather promising - experiments with integrating Stanislaf's postscript slurs into an M-Tx source. Therefore I encourage all of you to have a closer look at the facilities Stanislaf offers for MusiXTeX typesetting. Unix users may install the new macro and the postscript prologue connected to it using the methods outlined in my recently published HOWTO, see http://icking-music-archive.sunsite.dk/software/musixtex/musixtex-for-unix.html. Similar methods will probably apply for win9x MiKTeX as well. You'll have to perform a single correction on Stanislafs macro source musixps.tex. In line 639 replace \catcode`\@=\atcode by \catcode`\@=\catcodeat Bye -- Christian Mondrup, Computer Programmer Scandiatransplant, Skejby Hospital, University Hospital of Aarhus Brendstrupgaardsvej, DK 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark Phone: +45 89 49 53 01 - http://www.scandiatransplant.org _______________________________________________ TeX-music mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sunsite.dk/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
