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| 13 | INTRODUCTION |
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| 16 | The music publisher program called "Mup" takes a text file describing |
| 17 | music as input, and generates PostScript* |
| 18 | output for printing that music. |
| 19 | The input file can be created using your favorite text editor, or with the |
| 20 | help of the companion Mupmate program, or generated |
| 21 | from any other source, such as another program. The input must be written |
| 22 | in a special language designed especially for describing music. The majority |
| 23 | of the Mup User's Guide is the explanation of this language and how to use it. |
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| 26 | Mup has the power to print almost any kind of music, everything from |
| 27 | a single melody line to full orchestral or choral scores complete with |
| 28 | tempo and dynamic marks. In addition to standard 5-line staffs, it can handle |
| 29 | 1-line staffs (typically used for percussion), |
| 30 | and tablature notation (typically used for guitar). |
| 31 | Because Mup can do so much, it takes a while to |
| 32 | master its entire language. However, it has built-in default values for |
| 33 | many things, so that you can start using it for simple songs after |
| 34 | <A HREF="basics.html">learning just the basics,</A> |
| 35 | then learn the more complicated features as you need them. |
| 36 | Mup also has an option to produce |
| 37 | <A HREF="midi.html">output in the standard Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) format.</A> |
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| 40 | Mup is shareware. That means you may try it out before buying it, and that |
| 41 | you may make copies for others, but anyone who wants to keep and |
| 42 | use Mup must pay a shareware registration fee. Running Mup with the -r |
| 43 | option (or /r option for MS-DOS** or Windows**) |
| 44 | will print the |
| 45 | <A HREF="register.html">registration form,</A> |
| 46 | with the relevant information. |
| 47 | Or if you are using Mupmate, the menu-driven interface on top of Mup, |
| 48 | you can get the registration form from the Config Menu. |
| 49 | Anyone may download an unregistered copy of Mup via ftp from ftp.arkkra.com |
| 50 | or via a Web browser from www.arkkra.com. |
| 51 | Music generated by an unregistered copy of Mup will include a notice |
| 52 | stating the program is unregistered, but all the features of a registered |
| 53 | copy are included. |
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| 56 | * PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated |
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| 58 | ** MS-DOS and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation |
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