Philip's Music Writer

Philip's Music Writer is an open source command-line software designed for typesetting music.

Philip's Music Writer can read text files as input, it generates PostScript as output,  and write simple MIDI files for proofhearing purposes.

What is new in this release:

• Two bugs are fixed: stretching or shearing fonts did not work on 64-bit systems, and under some circumstances a spurious "line too long after macro expansion" error could occur.

What is new in version 4.27:

• A multiple rest bar can now be stretched or (slightly) squashed.
• In text strings, all characters in the Latin-A Extended code page are now accessible.

What is new in version 4.26:

• Some infelicities in the code have been tidied up, and two small new facilities are added: old-style multirest bars and the ability to suppress only one of a pair of warning key and time signatures.

What is new in version 4.25:

• Two small new features are added: the ability to move tremolo lines vertically, and interpretation of simple tremolos when generating MIDI.
• One small source infelicity has been tidied up.

What is new in version 4.24:

• The bugs that are fixed are relatively minor.

What is new in version 4.22:

• A few bugs have been mended and a few new features have been added (staccatissimo accent, bracketing for accents, and "end" barline in the middle of a piece).

What is new in version 4.20:

• The code has been tidied and perhaps made 64-bit compatible (though the author cannot test this).
• The documentation has been thoroughly revised.
• A few new features have been added, including basic support for half sharps and flats and for right-to-left typesetting.