musixpss - PostScript Slurs by MetaPost

version 0.53 [2009/07/21]

Sample

Images are rasterized at 120(600/5)dpi by dviout.

(a) Normal MusiXTeX (slurs by font) ... a bit jerky and heavy.


(b) With this package (slurs by PostScript) ... smooth and slender.


(c) Source files (bug-fixed; similar but not same as the images:-) [2002/06/03]

• agnusdei.pmx
• agnusdei.tex generated by PMX 2.357a

Features

• Supporting almost all MusiXTeX traditional slur expressions (normal slur/tie, slur height adjustment, inverted slur, dotted slur).
• Almost full upper-compatible with traditional font-based slurs, except for that \curve{h}{i}{j} is equivalent to \midslur{h} at present.
• No limits of slur length, slur height, slur slope.
• Improved appearance.
• Compatible with various DVIwares (dvips, dvipdfm, dviout, and so on) and pdfTeX.
• Low consumption of TeX's registers: 1 \count, 1 \write, 1 \read.
• Good working in LaTeX music environment with musixtex.sty.

Download

• Latest version: musixpss-0.53.tar.gz [2009/07/21]
  (functionally equal to 0.52a)
  • Support program bug fix: Program crashes in case given filename has extension.
  • Support program fix: Compilation problem with gcc-4.x because of buffer overflow warning at gets().
  • The source URL of GNU GPL ver.2 is updated because GNU GPL ver.2 is no longer the latest GNU GPL.
• Previous version (Obsolete; 0.53 is recommended) : musixpss-0.52.tar.gz [2007/01/01]
  • Automatic pdfTeX detection.
  • Bugfix of support program.
  • bugfix of support program for 0.52: musixpss.c.0.52a.gz [2009/03/14]
    Replace the support program from the package below.
    • Program crashes in case given filename has extension.
    • Compilation problem with gcc-4.x because of buffer overflow warning at gets().

License

GNU GPL ver.2 or later.

Some hints

Hints of musixpss package [2003/01/05]