# prepmx - preprocessor for PMX, easy music typesetting program - man(1) - [phpMan]

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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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/prepmx/1/markdown), its command-line utility.

       **prepmx  **processes  the  file  _jobname_.mtx to generate _jobname_.pmx.  You can then process this
       file using the [**pmxab**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pmxab/1/markdown) 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     

### -c     

### -D     

### -f     

### -i     

### -m     

### -n     

### -t     

### -u     

### -v     

### -w     

### -_

### -H     

## 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  er‐
       ror. 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pmxab/1/markdown), [musixtex(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/musixtex/1/markdown)

## 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>>.

M-Tx Version 0.63                          08 January 2018                                 [_prepmx_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/prepmx/1/markdown)