Re: [Tex-music] Compiling mtxdoc in Windows (was RE: Compile error in M-Tx documentation)

2011-05-03 Thread Bob Tennent
>|>... I wouldn't think that Windows users would >|>have any interest in constructing mtxdoc.pdf from scratch. >| >|I've been responsible for creating extensive revisions of musixdoc, >|which is >|a more complex document than mtxdoc, and I did all the work in >|Windows. So I >|have more tha

Re: [Tex-music] Compiling mtxdoc in Windows (was RE: Compile error in M-Tx documentation)

2011-05-03 Thread Don Simons
Bob Tennent wrote >... I wouldn't think that Windows users would >have any interest in constructing mtxdoc.pdf from scratch. I've been responsible for creating extensive revisions of musixdoc, which is a more complex document than mtxdoc, and I did all the work in Windows. So I have more than a

Re: [Tex-music] Coda Sign in PMX

2011-05-03 Thread Don Simons
DIETER glötzel wrote What does the "{10}" actually mean? There are two ways to refer to pitches in MusiXTeX: letters or numbers. When you use a number, it represents the number of \internote up from the bottom line of the staff, so for ANY 5-line staff, 0 is the bottom line and 8 is the top

Re: [Tex-music] Compiling mtxdoc in Windows (was RE: Compile error in M-Tx documentation)

2011-05-03 Thread Dirk Laurie
On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 12:39:44PM +0200, Bob Tennent wrote: > > Dirk: Shouldn't you be following your own advice? Re-write the Makefile > in Lua (and only use tools available on every platform)! > It's on my TODO list, but not at this moment very high up. Dirk ---

Re: [Tex-music] Compiling mtxdoc in Windows (was RE: Compile error in M-Tx documentation)

2011-05-03 Thread Bob Tennent
>|(Lack of) progress report: >| >|1. In a Windows command window, I've succeeded in creating *.tex for >|all of >|the *.mtx, using only commands starting with >| >|"for %a in (*." >| >|In the process I figured out how to pass only the basenames of all >|*.pmx to >|musixflx with >| >|"f

Re: [Tex-music] Compile error in M-Tx documentation

2011-05-03 Thread Dirk Laurie
On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 02:15:39AM +0200, Don Simons wrote: > They start with what happens when I try to compile mtxdoc according to Dirk's > instructions. I didn't think makefiles had a place in the Windows command > window, but to my surprise, when I unzipped mtxD060.zip and blindly typed > > ma

Re: [Tex-music] Compiling mtxdoc in Windows (was RE: Compile error in M-Tx documentation)

2011-05-03 Thread David Allsopp
Don Simons wrote: > At that point it transitioned from adventure to slog, and I threw in the > towel, leaving the keys to this forbidden kingdom to the Unix gurus for > the time being. Quick translation of the Makefile (I haven't tested it) > make dvitarget The effect of this statement is to cau

Re: [Tex-music] Compile error in M-Tx documentation

2011-05-03 Thread David Allsopp
Don Simons wrote: > I'm glad that the Linux-Unix-Debian-pdftex contingent can now sleep > soundly. I also see exactly how the new PMX etex-demanding commands got > into the mix (when the embedded examples were compiled with mtx/pmx). > > But there are still a few mysteries I'd like to pursue, for

[Tex-music] Compiling mtxdoc in Windows (was RE: Compile error in M-Tx documentation)

2011-05-03 Thread Don Simons
(Lack of) progress report: 1. In a Windows command window, I've succeeded in creating *.tex for all of the *.mtx, using only commands starting with "for %a in (*." In the process I figured out how to pass only the basenames of all *.pmx to musixflx with "for %a in (*.pmx) do musixflx %~na" 2.