PDFInclude adds pages from a PDF document to a LaTeX document during compilation.
When I say TeX score, I'm thinking of i.e. MusiXTeX. On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Bob Tennent <[email protected]> wrote: > >|Speaking as someone who uses ABC-Plus notation extensively, I say "Yes, > we > >|do need something like Panmus" > >| > >|As a Win-Numpty I find MusiXTeX to be cumbersome and difficult to set > up, > >|and equally cumbersome to use. For me it is far easier to use PDFInclude > >|for files created with a "more friendly" ABC notation program. > > Not sure what PDFInclude does: includes PDFs in what? > > >|Yes, there is the ABC package, which I am assured, in the right > >|hands, can be used to include ABC notation directly into a TeX > >|score, converting it to conventional notation. But I have never > >|been able to make it play nicely with any of my rather antiquated > >|computers. For me, something like Panmus would be a powerful > >|argument for using LaTeX more and workarounds less. > > Not sure what kind of workflow you're thinking of. If your ABC > processor generates PDF or Postscript or an image, any of those can > easily be input into a LaTeX document. What is a "TeX score"? What > is "conventional notation"? > > Bob > > >|On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Bob Tennent <[email protected]> wrote: > >| > >|> Dirk say: > >|> > >|> > We need something which can read PMX, M-Tx or ABC; convert it to > >|> > a central structure; from that central structure write PMX, M-Tx, > >|> > ABC, MusiXTeX, Lilypond, MIDI, etc. > >|> > >|> Do we? Yes, there are several "text-based" formats for describing > >|> music (MusiXTeX, PMX, M-Tx, ABC, PMW, LY, ... ). But why would > >|> anyone need to *inter-convert* these unless they were abandoning a > >|> format and needed to convert "legacy" files to another format? > >|> > >|> Pandoc is needed because there are often imposed requirements for > >|> "intermediate" formats; for example, documentation sources must > >|> be in a specific format or a pointy-headed boss insists on .doc > >|> format. But for us, there are rarely such requirements; we are just > >|> producing music scores (and parts) and midis; once we've learned > >|> a suitable input language, there's no reason routinely to convert > >|> descriptions to another. > ------------------------------- > [email protected] mailing list > If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music > -- http://kittybriton.etsy.com/ - My crafts store http://sphemusations.tripod.com/ - Music by James Butt
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