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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 typesetting 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 preprocessor 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 AT gmail.com>. This manual page was written by
Roland Stigge <stigge AT antcom.de> for the Debian project. It was revised and extended by
Nis Martensen <nis.martensen AT web.de> and Bob Tennent <rdt AT cs.ca>.
M-Tx Version 0.63 08 January 2018 prepmx(1)
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