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musixlyr -- a MusiXTeX Extension Package for Lyrics Handling
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Version 2.1c
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(C) Rainer Dunker 1996-2003
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musixlyr is a set of TeX macros to be used with Taupin MusiXTeX
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(version T.52 or later) for typesetting vocal music. Its purpose is
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to compensate two drawbacks of MusiXTeX's lyrics handling:
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o Typesetting lyrics with the ``native'' MusiXTeX commands \zcharnote,
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\zsong etc. tends to be quite inefficient, particularly if the
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lyrics have to be changed or corrected. The idea underlying
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musixlyr is to separate lyrics coding from music coding and let TeX
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weave them together with as little manual interference as
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possible. As a result you can enter and edit lyrics (nearly) as
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easily as normal text.
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o MusiXTeX has no built-in mechanism for centering hyphens between
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syllables and for handling hyphenation at long melismas. This is
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implemented in musixlyr following the example of engraved music.
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New in version 2.1:
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o \appendlyrics: Appends additional lyrics to existing lyrics line
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without discarding the remainder of the current lyrics
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o A couple of bugs fixed
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New in version 2.0:
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o Support for lyrics on multi-staff instruments
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o Melisma declaration as part of the lyrics definition,
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i.e. within \setlyrics
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o Improved scheme for vertical lyrics positioning
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o Using PMX: Automatic detection of upper/lower voice context in
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a two-voice staff; explicitly addressing lyrics commands to
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auxiliary lyrics with \auxlyr is no longer required
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o Context-dependent lyrics settings that do not need to be
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adressed to absolute instrument/staff numbers, making lyrics
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assignment robust against PMX part extraction
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o No more TeX register allocations per verse
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(i.e. musixlyr uses only a small, fixed number of registers)
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o Facility for posting "extra" lyrics anywhere on a staff,
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even where no notes are present at all
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o Slightly more robust processing of undefined verses
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See the included file mxlyrdoc.dvi about how to make use of musixlyr.
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This DVI file has been created using MusiXTeX T.103. If you have
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another version installed, the music examples of the manual may be
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corrupted due to font incompatibilities. Nevertheless, the rest of
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the manual will remain readable so that you will be able to install
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musixlyr and recompile the mxlyrdoc.tex file in order to get
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everything right.
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All kinds of comments, suggestions, and bug reports are welcome!
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Author: Rainer Dunker
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Wachtelweg 31
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85591 Vaterstetten
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Germany
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E-mail: rainer.dunker@web.de
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