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Dmuse is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_development_environment Integrated Development Environment] for text editing/processing and graphical music notation rendering of [[MuseData]], with a built-in interpretive programming language called [[zbex]].   Here is a screenshot of dmuse, showing some text typed into the text editor in window 0:

[[File:dmuse-window0.png|500px|thumb|center|dmuse window 0 with some text typed into it.]]


== Download ==

Dmuse and related programs can be [[Dmuse:_Download | downloaded from this page]].

== Dmuse User Guide ==

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# [[Dmuse: Overview | Overview and history of Dmuse]]
# [[Dmuse: Download | Downloading and installing Dmuse]]
# [[Dmuse: Organization | File organization and init file for Dmuse]]
# [[Dmuse: Getting started | Getting started with Dmuse]]
# [[Dmuse: Editor | Text editing capabilities of Dmuse]]
# [[Dmuse: Zbex | Running zbex programs in Dmuse]]
# [[Dmuse: MuseData organization | MuseData file organization]]
# [[Dmuse: Text printing | How to print text files from within Dmuse]]
# [[Dmuse: Score printing | How to print a score in Dmuse]]
# [[Dmuse: CFT File Creation and Extraction| How to convert between CFT files and page files]]
# [[Dmuse: Parts printing | How to print instrumental parts in Dmuse]]
# [[Dmuse: Score creation | How to create a score in Dmuse]]
# [[Dmuse: Parts creation | How to create instrumental parts in Dmuse]]
# [[Dmuse: MIDI entry | How to enter music with a MIDI keyboard ]]
# [[Dmuse: MIDI files | How to create MIDI files from MuseData]]
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== Dmuse File Formats ==

* [[Dmuse text files]]
* MuseData [[stage1]] files: Preliminary musical data created by MIDI keyboard entry.
* MuseData [[stage2]] files: The primary musical data storage format.
* [[i-files]]: Intermediate graphical notation format, created by [[autoset]] from [[stage2]] files.
* [[page files]]: Page description files for graphical notation, created by [[mskpage]] from [[i-files]].
* [[dmuse fonts]]

== Dmuse Zbex Programs ==

* [[autoset]]: Converts [[stage2]] files into [[i-files]] in preparation for music printing.
* [[mskpage]]: Converts [[i-files]] into [[page files]] for graphical music notation printing.
* [[eskpage]]: On-screen graphical music editor editor that displays and edits [[page files]].
* [[vskpage]]: Further processing of [[page files]] which adjusts the inter-staff and inter-system spacing on pages.  Generates a file called [[scform]] which is used to create an [[MuseData edition | edition]] using [[vspace]].
* [[vspace]]: Takes [[scform]] data file [[vskpage]] and processes [[page files]] to generate an [[edition]] which is a set of refined [[page files]].
* [[autoload]]: Downloads fonts to a PCL printer.  Must be run before using [[pskpage]].
* [[pskpage]]: Prints [[page files]] to a PCL printer.
* [[dskpage]]: Similar to [[pskpage]], but displays [[page files]] as graphical music notation on the screen rather than printing.
* Some program to generate parts? Or has that merged into mskpage?  Mainly has to do with multi-rests.

== Dmuse Reference Manual ==

* [[Dmuse: Key commands | Dmuse Keyboard command list]]
* [[Dmuse: INIT|Dmuse INIT file]]
* [[Dmuse: Menu bar | Dmuse Menu bar]]
* [[Dmuse: File manager | Resident file manager]]
* [[Dmuse: Color and upper-ASCII codes | Color and character byte codes in Dmuse text files]]
* [[Zbex programming language]]

 <div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">{{Zbex chapter list}}</div>
* [[CCARH data formats]]: [[MuseData file specification]]

== Dmuse internal documentation ==

* [[Dmuse: Browser display test|Browser display test]]

=== Dmuse help menu documentation ===

Files in dmuse/doc/help:

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* [[Media:Intro.html | Introduction to Dmuse]]
* [[Media:Using.html | Using the Screen Editor]]
* [[Media:Quick.html | Editor quick reference]]
* [[Media:Manager.html | Resident File Manager ]]
* [[Media:Mpg.html | MPG file format]]
* [[Media:Cft.html | CFT file format]]
* [[Media:Tiff.html | TIFF file format]]
* [[Media:Topics.html | Advanced Topics]] (Wordwrap, INIT, Dictionaries, Zbex)
* [[Media:New.html | New Directions]]
* [[Media:Display.html | Displaying music]]
* [[Media:Print.html | Printing music]]
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=== File format specifications ===

Files in dmuse/doc/specs:

* [[Media:Stage2-specs.html | MuseData Stage2 file specification]]
* [[Media:I-files.html | I-file file specification]] (Intermediate file)
* [[Media:Mpg-specs.html | MPG file specification]] (Music PaGe)
* [[Media:Cft-specs.html |CFT file specification]] (Compressed FormaT)

=== Program documentation ===

Files in dmuse/doc/progdoc:

* [[Media:Read-me-1st.html | Introduction to Music Typsetting]]
* [[Media:Edmake.html |  Music Processing, from Stage1 to Final Edition]] 28 April 2009
* [[Media:Mprogs.html | Relationships among music typesetting programs]] 30 Nov 2009
* [[Media:S2ed.html | Documentation for the s2ed program]] 29 April 2009
* [[Media:Run-vspc.html | Instructions for running vspace.z]]
* [[Media:Run-vskp.html | Instructions for running vskpage.z]]
* [[Media:Run-pskp.html |  Instructions for running pskpage.z]]
* [[Media:Run-mskp.html |  Instructions for running mskpage.z]]
* [[Media:Run-dskp.html | Instructions for running dskpage.z]]
* [[Media:Run-auto.html |  Instructions for running autoset.z]]
* [[Media:Eskpage.html |  Instructions for the eskpage program]]
* [[Media:Edform.html | Edform]]

== Other ==

* [[Dmuse: feature requests | Dmuse feature requests]]
* [[Dmuse: quirks | Quirky behaviors in Dmuse ]]