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diff --git a/print/tex-musixtex/DESCR b/print/tex-musixtex/DESCR index d82c6b40983..eb30603c7c9 100644 --- a/print/tex-musixtex/DESCR +++ b/print/tex-musixtex/DESCR @@ -1,18 +1,10 @@ -MusixTeX is a set of TeX macros to typeset polyphonic, orchestral or -polyphonic music. - -This is the typical way one would process a MusixTeX file: - - musixtex foo - musixflx foo - musixtex foo - -This will give you foo.dvi which then can be processed like any other -.dvi. Use dvips to convert it into a postscript file or print it to a -Postscript printer. Then ps2pdf may be used to convert the Postscript -file into a PDF file. - -The full documentation of MusixTeX will be found in -${LOCALBASE}/share/texmf/doc/musixtex/. It's highly recommended that -you either print out musixdoc.ps directly or use a PDF viewer to print -musixdoc.pdf and put the resulting hardcopy in a loose-leaf binder. +MusiXTeX is a set of macros, based on the earlier MusicTeX, for +typesetting music with TeX. MusicTeX demonstrated that TeX alone cannot +practically typeset good-looking ties and slurs. There is therefore a +separate processor, musixflx, in the bundle, which uses the output of +MusiXTeX to position the slurs. As a result, MusixTeX is a three-pass +system: TeX, musixflx, and TeX again. This version of MusixTeX builds +upon work by Andreas Egler, whose own version is no longer being +developed. Raw MusiXTeX macros are universally acknowledged to be tricky +to write: most users employ the pmx preprocessor, which takes much of +the strain. |