Readme for PMX beta vs 2.4

Changes from PMX 2.4 to the Latest Beta (2.411), 9 August 2003

2.401

Suboption for Type K postscript ties, activated by Apl, to (a) change first part of a linebreak ties to have same shape as normal ties, and (b) move start of second part of linebreak ties a little to the left.
Bugfix: Enable arpeggios on chords in xtuplets.

2.402

Automatic forced beam patterns. If the option ":" (colon) is included in the starting symbol "[" for a forced beam, then henceforth beams of the same length will be forced in that line of music, until stopped. Stop them by either (a) inserting a regular forced beam, or (b) coming to the end of the input block.
The number of forced beams allowed is increased from 20 to 40 per line of per input block. This includes both regular and the new automatic ones.

2.403

Bugfix: Automatic termination of auto forced beam patterns at end of input block.

2.404

Allow slur or tie to end on rest, but not start on a rest. Default height of ending is default height of start (before any automatic or user- defined djustments). User may adjust height as normal from default.

2.406 (Note: new pmx.tex)

Allow explicit double sharps and flats in chords.
New option Aph to write \special{header=psslurs.pro} top of each page, so dviselec will work OK.
Bugfix in pmx.tex for system spacing equalization by Ae, to correct behavior when top staff is smaller than others (was giving smaller space after first system than others).
Bugfix in line-break tie option Apl, to correct behavior when there is more than one staff in an instrument.
Internal change in storage, transparent to user: Use only first 4 bits of mult for multiplicity+8, so rest can be used for other stuff.
Bugfix: Move stemlength stuff in nacc(27-30) to mult(27-30) to remove storage conflict with dot movement stuff.

2.407 (10/20/02) (Note: new scor2prt.for, .exe)

Allow AN[n]"[user-defined-part-file-name]", where n is instrument number and quotes are rquired around file name. Place before first bar in pmx file for score, Syntax-checked but not used in PMX. Interpreted by scor2prt and allows you to name the part files as you please.

2.408 (2/8/03) (Note: new pmx.tex)

Bugfix: admit pnotes{x} when x>9.995. This is only needed for notes groups longer than a breve (double whole note).
Bugfixes in \liftPAuse and \liftPAusep.
With postscript slurs, for up-stem single graces slurred to down-stem main note, shift slur start left by 0.8 so slur doesn't get too short.

2.409 (6/8/03)

Bugfix: In docrd for MIDI, use original pitch in case main/chord were switched due to 2nds.
New syntax: Use ":" (colon) before 2-digit instrument numbers in movement break command.
Bugfix: Adjust output formats for \setname at movement break to allow instrument numbers >9.
Bugfix in coding to raise barno due to slur over line break (pmxb)

2.410 (6/28/03)

For non-beamed xtuplets, you can activate Col. S.'s brackets (with the number inline with the bracket) with "AT". You must have tuplet.tex installed in your TeX structure. You don't need to change anything else in the PMX input.
To tweak the slope of the bracket for a non-beamed xtuplet, use "s(+|-)(integer)" as a sub-option to "n" in the first note of the xtuplet, e.g., "c04x3ns+2 d e".

2.411 (8/9/03)

"Apl" in the preamble now activates special treatment of line-break slurs and ties (before, "Apl" only affected ties.). Specifically, it enables tweaking the ending position of the first segment (seg 1), the starting position of the second (seg 2), and the curvature of either or both. You must have musixps.tex available to TeX. With "Apl" every slur/tie at a line break is automagically broken into two separate ones (no additional PMX slur start or ending commands are required). Vert/horiz tweaks to the start of the seg 1 and the end of seg 2 are handled as before. Vert/horiz tweaks for the end of the seg 1 and start of seg 2 are entered as options in the otherwise normal command that starts the slur/tie. The option for the end of seg 1 starts with "s" (for sever or split), then the usual one or two signed numbers, then a second "s" and one or two more signed numbers for the start of seg 2. The usual curvature options "h","H","HH","f", if included in the starting command for a linebreak slur, will apply to seg 1, and if in the closing command, to seg 2. Of course, if the slur/tie does not come at a linebreak, the special position tweaks (those after the "s" option) will all be ignored, and the curvature tweaks on the closing note take precedence (as before).

Revised 9 August 2003