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NAME
prepmx - preprocessor for PMX, easy music typesetting program
SYNOPSIS
prepmx [options] jobname [outdir/] [stylefile]
DESCRIPTION
M-Tx is an easy to use preprocessor language for the PMX music typeset-
ting program, aimed at people who are not experts. For an easy example,
have a look at the following example:
c2+ e4 g | b4d- c1 d c2 |
c8 g+ e g c- g+ e g | d g f g c- g+ e g |
For syntax reference, please look at the M-Tx manual written by Dirk
Laurie, the creator of the M-Tx language and the author of prepmx(1),
its command-line utility.
prepmx processes the file jobname.mtx to generate jobname.pmx. You can
then process this file using the pmxab(1) command, which is a preproces-
sor for MusiXTeX.
outdir/ is the directory where `pmx' will put the final .tex file. Note
that the trailing slash is mandatory. You can provide a stylefile for M-
Tx. If omitted, the file `mtxstyle.txt' in the current directory is
used, if there is one.
OPTIONS
Options can also be specified in a `Options:' line in the preamble,
which takes precedence over the command line.
-b disable unbeamVocal
-c disable doChords
-D enable debugMode
-f enable solfaNoteNames
-i enable ignoreErrors
-m disable doLyrics
-n enable instrumentNames
-t disable doUptext
-u disable uptextOnRests
-v enable beVerbose
-w enable pedanticWarnings
-n select Special Case n
-H print enabled status of all options
EXIT STATUS
If no error was found, prepmx exits with return code 0. In case of an
error, the line number of the processed line is returned. This may not
always be the line containing the actual error. A return status of 10000
means that the input file was empty or could not be opened.
SEE ALSO
M-Tx User's Guide (mtxdoc.pdf)
pmxab(1), musixtex(1)
AUTHORS
prepmx was written by Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@gmail.com>. This manual
page was written by Roland Stigge <stigge@antcom.de> for the Debian
project. It was revised and extended by Nis Martensen
<nis.martensen@web.de> and Bob Tennent <rdt@cs.queensu.ca>.
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