pmtex

Short:        A Preprocessor for MusicTeX
Author:       Don Simons (dsimons@logicon.com)
Uploader:     Reinhard Katzmann (suamor student uni-tuebingen de)
Architecture: m68k-amigaos


INTRODUCTION       
     PMTeX will generate MusicTeX code for multi-staff scores with up to 
five staves (or voices) per system.  Once it makes a .tex file for you, 
you will probably want or need to change a few things manually.  This is 
because (a) PMTeX only has a small subset of the capabilities of 
MusicTeX, and (b) PMTeX is not perfect.  But it can save a LOT of time 
with the grunge work involved in setting up notes...enotes groupings, 
defining beams, justifying lines, and spreading the entire piece evenly 
over a specified number of systems.
     PMTeX can deal with one and only one melody per staff (voice).  It 
won't let you change the time signature or key signature within a piece.  

TECHNICAL
I (the Uploader) have compiled PMTeX with f2c and had to change the src
therefore (See src/pmtex.diffs for more information). I've included an
"ready to print" dvi-file (examples/music.dvi) with some manual correction
to the original file (sample.tex = orig, music.tex=changed), So you can
get quickly a first impression.

IMPORTANT
Of course you need to have TeX installed (I used PasTeX 1.4b) and MusicTeX
(avalaible from ftp.gmd.de:music/musictex/musictex-5xx.tar.gz). If you
don't have that, throw away this program ;-) (NOT).

QUESTIONS
If you have any problems with the amiga port, mail to me, general problems
with pmtex should be mailed to the original author.