xml2pmx translates MusicXML files to input suitable for PMX processing
xml2pmx [−v | −−version | −h | −−help]
xml2pmx input.xml output.pmx [ p | d | v | s | l ] ..
The musixtex.lua script from version 0.23 supports xml2pmx as a pre-preprocessor for MusicXML files.
The meanings of the letter options are as follows:
p XML parser output; not recommended unless the terminal window process has enough storage
d information on "directions" (dynamical marks etc)
v distribution of voices over instruments and measures
s statistics of MusicXML tags like <note>, <measure> etc
l for extracting lyrics in a separate file
xml2pmx processes input in UTF-8 encoding only. MusicXML files in UTF-16 encoding should be converted using, for example, recode (in Unix-like systems) or by importing into an editor like notepad and saving in UTF-8 encoding.
pmx(1) obc(1) musixtex(1) recode(1)
This man page was written by Bob Tennent <[email protected]>. xml2pmx was written by Dieter Gloetzel <[email protected]> and adapted for compilation by obc (the Oxford Oberon Compiler) by Mike Spivey <[email protected]>.