prepmx

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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  exam-
       ple, 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  pre-
       processor 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>.

M-Tx Version 0.63               08 January 2018                      prepmx(1)