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--- ../lilypond-1.1.18/NEWS     Mon Jan  4 10:25:45 1999
++ b/NEWS       Wed Jan  6 01:43:24 1999
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
pl 18.mb1
        - \mark now works, using G_staff_side_item.
        - Improved layout of multi-bar rests, including a new
          font symbol.

 pl 17.jbr2
         - Documentation/README-W32: Brought my stuff up to date
         - Documentation/ntweb: updated for realeasepl 18.jcn5
        - bf: beamtrend
        - bf: vv-duet

pl 18.jcn4
        - beam length adjustments
        - ugly beamtrend fix: input/test/beam-trend.ly

pl 18.jcn3
        - bf: (beamed) forced stem shorten
        - bf: broken slurs and ties; minimal slur/tie length setting ignored
        - bf: separators on cygwin

pl 18.jcn2
        - bf: stem-length algorithm
        - bf: beam direction algorithm
        - bf's: wtk1-fugue2.ly

pl 18.jcn1
        - stepmake update
        - small fixes: spacing.ly, wtk1-fugue2.ly, violino-viola duet.

pl 17.jbr2
        - Documentation/README-W32: Brought my stuff up to date
        - Documentation/ntweb: updated for realease
        - stepmake/bin/package-zip32.sh: cygwin-b20 changes
        - scripts/ly2dvi.py: LILYPONDPREFIX fixes

pl 17.jbr1
        - scripts/ly2dvi.py root is now the shared directory path not the
          root of the lily installation.  Environment variable LILYPONDPREFIX
          is also the path to shared directory.
        - lily/main.cc WINNT conditional added to avoid a casting of 
          main_prog

pl 17.hwn1
        - bfs wtk1-fugue1
        - spacing tweak: very widely and tightly spaced lines look
better.
        - allow Beam settings to be overriden: property
        stemLeftBeamCount, stemRightBeamCount
        - junked Assoc, Assoc_iter
        - junked Graphical_element::{width,height}
        - junked Plet_swallow_engraver, Plet_engraver
        - Command_tie_engraver -> Tie_engraver, Command_beam_engraver -> Beam_engraver
        - naming  brew_molecule_p / do_brew_molecule -> output_processing,  do_brew_molecule_p 
        - experimental Text_item, Staff_side
        - junked old Beam_engraver and old Tie_engraver.
        - AFM administration cleanup.
        - cache brewed molecules.  Speed up ?
        - rehacked Graphical_element, introduced Dimension_cache

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pl 17
pl 16.jcn2
        - fix: TEMPO 4., well urg, "TEMPO 4 ."
        - beginning of violino/violoncello (viola) duet

pl 16.jcn1
        - resurrected po-stuff

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pl 16

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pl 16

pl 15.uu1
        - dynamic fix.  
        - junked abbrev stuff from parser.

pl15.tca1
        - fixed verbatim option behaviour for mudela-book.
        - added mudela-book option intertext="some text" 
        - mudela-book now understand latex \begin{verbatim}
  
pl 15.jcn1
        - chord inversion: 
          * enter C/E
          * display chord names according to boolean property
            \property Score.chordInversion; 

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pl 15

pl 14.hwn1
        - new beam syntax: { [<c e> <c e>] }, changed in lilypond,
parser, lilypond (mudela 1.0.14), manual
        - new tie syntax:  { <c e > ~ <c e > } changed in manual,  
parser, lilypond (Mudela 1.0.13)

pl 14.jcn1
        - bf: get_chord C-m5-
        - typos: chord-name

pl 14.tca2      
        - move option proccing out of main

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pl 14

pl 13.hwn1
        - tutorial fixes.
        - junked find-quarts
        - junked various plet goryness.
        - preps for <c e> ~ <c e> syntax
        - bib fixes 

pl 12.jcn3
        - bf's: standchen
        - added repeat, chord stuff to website
        - bf: dashed slur
        - hacks for barlines, dynamics

pl 12.jcn2
        - bf: package-diff
        - new chord syntax, again: TONIC [DURATION] ['-' MODIFIERS/ADDITIONS]
        - shorthand prefix for note-mode: '@', no shorthand for notes in chord
           mode...
 
pl 11.jcn6
        - bf: ly2dvi: better guess LILYPONDPREFIX: <bin>../share/lilypond
        - chord-table; urg bugs:
           * note-collisions
           * accidental-placement
        - bf: cis m (\textsharpm, urg)
  
pl 11.jcn5
        - bib entry, twinkle-pop
        - bf's: chords

pl 11.jcn4

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pl 13
        - mutopia stuff (thanks, Peter)
        - bugfix : \maininput

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pl 12
pl 11.jcn3
        - bf: missing triads
        - @c @c min (* is taken, <<, <> don't work)
        - chord-modifiers (urg, "sus" should also subtract 2...)

pl 11.uu3
        - --safe: security paranoia: disallow untrusted \include,
disallow untrusted TeX code, disallow named output

pl 11.jcn2
        - duration with chords + change:  @4 c @c7

pl 11.jcn1
        - minor chord syntax change: *c6 iso @c6;

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pl 11

pl9.tca1
        - included that missing init/mudela-book-defs.py. Added
          one line to init/GNUMakefile to make .py-files be included.
        - fragment and nonfragment options to override autodetection

pl 10.jcn1
        - input/test/chords.ly
        - \type ChordNames and chord-name-engraver.*
        - chords mode: \chords { <c e g> @c; @d7; }

pl 10.uu1
        - scm/ directory.  install .scm stuff too.
        - tuplet bug fixed.

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pl 10

pl 9.jcn3
        - property: unfoldRepeats; unfolding still broken
        - volta spanner y-collision
        - bf: volta number,dot placement
        - bf's: init/table16,20
        - small additions to init/lily.scm to enable some testing
        - junked extra repeat braces


pl 9.uu2
        - bib stuff
        - removed \output from parser/lexer

pl 9.jcn2
        - bf/redo: slur.cc, encompass-info: setting of encompass array.  
        - switched tuplet-engaver off (core dumps)

pl 9.jcn1       
        - bf (urg): no |: at start of piece
        - bf?: text defs without width
        - alignment absolute dynamics
        - mutopia/opus-130.ly (excerpt, triggered by GUIDO)
        - bf: crescendo symbol


pl 9.uu1
        - added faq entry
        - copertina (thanks Maurizio)

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pl 9
        - fixed \relative

pl8.tca1
        - changes to mudela-book. Junked fragment and floating options,
          added eps option. Options should not stay as long that you get
          comfortable with them. ;)
        - Also possible to define your own commands with
          a syntax like \mudela{c d e}
        - updated mudela-book-doc.doc

pl 8.jcn3
        - website: gnuisation of footers

pl 8.jcn2
        - input/test/vertical-text.ly: urg ydim of text chords
        - bf: one set of |: :| volta per staff
        - bf: init/table* braces + more braces
        - try at score-volta-bracket

pl 8.jcn1
        - bf: lyric-engraver: handle multiple requests (don't overwrite)
        - bf: guile-config
        - music-list-iterator

pl 8.hwn3
        - coriolan corno 1

pl 8.hwn2
        - more output revamping.

pl 8.hwn1
        - Scheme output stuff
        - tutorial fixes.

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pl 8

pl7.jcn3
        - bf's: spanner/volta
        - volta-support: via Note, Bar, and Paper-column to Bar (item)

pl7.jcn2
        - note repeats

pl7.jcn1
        - configure/guile fixes (still no check for 1.2/1.3)

pl7.hwn1
        - tutorial fixes
        - tuplets over beams.

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pl 7

pl6.jcn5
        - repeatbars, volta-spanner work, alternative iteration still broken
        - volta symbol

pl5.szmulewicz2
        - more GUILE stuff.
        - tutorial doco updates

pl6.jcn4
        - volta-spanner
        - repeat-engraver
        - repeat/alternative music layout (hehe)
  
pl6.uu1
        - Doco of music iterators.

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pl 6

pl5.szmulewicz1
        - rtti stuff
        - bf's: lily.scm

pl5.mb1
        - bf: array.hh, don't make copy if resized to the same size
        - bf: feta.tex

pl5.jcn4
        - scm additions: plet, hairpin
        - website fixes

pl5.jcn3
        - website fixes

pl5.jcn2
        - extender-*, see input/test/extender.ly
        - bf: half-beam length (urg)
        - fixes: standchen, star

pl5.jcn1
        - tex/lily-ps-defs.tex fixes
        - lily.ps 

pl 5.hwn1
        - Tuplet_engraver
        - lily.ps fix.
        - junked MY_RTTI stuff, simpler VIRTUAL_COPY_CONS

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1.1.5

pl4.jcn4
        - fixes; preludes, finger

pl4.jcn3
        - bf: text staff vertical align; see input/test/vertical-text.ly
        - urg, scaled cmr8 by factor 4/5
        - apart from end/begin of measure spacing urgs, stars-and-stripes.ly 
          is rather cool

pl4.jcn2
        - read (cmrxx)afm for text char widths
        - tfmtoafm.sh (quite urg)
        - alphabet.ly
 
pl 4.uu1
        - read .scm files. No need for GUILE_LOAD_PATH
        - .ps hack.  No need for lily.ps on the printer
        
        (&$^@M&@^$@^&$@ Damn TeX)


        - bf: mudela-book -> \default_paper is obsolete.

pl 3.ms1
         - thumb-upgrade
 
pl4.jcn1
        - bf: dotted slur
        - bf: text ssb
        - bf: empty/unknown in ps

pl 4.tca1
        - 40% speedup executing mudela-book on mudela-book-doc.doc
        - change of lilypond's output filenames. Given multiple input
          files, eg. 'm.ly y.ly', output names will now be 'm.tex y.tex'
          not 'm.tex y-1.tex', but if m.ly containts two paper definitions
          output will be 'm.tex m-1.tex y.tex' 

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1.1.4

pl 3.tca1
        - accordion symbols in mf/feta-accordion.mf and
          init/accordion-defs.ly.
        - small changes to mudela-book and Documentation/man/mudela-book.yo
        - mudela-book example file in Documentation/tex/mudela-book-doc.doc

pl 3.jcn5
        - bf: dashed-slur
        - bf: LilyIdString
        - more star fixes
        - repeatbar fixes

pl 3.jcn3
        - mup-to-ly.py: version 0.0
        - init/test/stars-and-stripes.ly (from star.mup)
        - GrandStaffContext
  
pl 3.hwn1
        - junked musical info from key-item
        - tutorial fixes.

pl 3.jcn2
        - bf: font switch
 
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1.1.3

pl 2.jcn2

pl 2.uu1
        - ly2dvi.py -I fix
        - obsoleted ly2dvi.sh
        - removed Note_head_engraver

pl 2.hwn1
        - scm cleanups, chop-decimal
        - scarlatti clef.

pl 2.jcn1
        - commented-out Level-2 PostScript in lily.ps (J. Buehler)
        - moved tex/*.ps to ps/
        - merged lilyponddefs.ps, lily-ps-defs: tex/lily.ps
        - be sure to set:
            export GS_LIB=$HOME/usr/src/lilypond/ps
        - added tex and empty ps-symbols

pl 1.jcn4
        - more little website fixes

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pl 2

pl 1.mb1
        - Support for cautionary accidentals. , i.e. accidentals 
          within parantheses. Syntax: 'cis?'. Try input/test/accid.fly
          Note that the font has changed.
        - bf: No unnecessary warnings about time signatures
        - Added optional second argument of \key. Set to \major or \minor 
          to get a major or minor key. Default: major.
        - bf: Compilation error in midi-walker.cc

pl 1.jcn2
        - fixes for htmldoc, website
        - silly jcn1 fixes
        - junked MODULE stuff from lily/GNUmakefile (again)
 
pl 0.jcn4
        -set:
           export GUILE_LOAD_PATH=$HOME/usr/src/lilypond/init
        - dstream: Score_element, Column_info
        - -fscm debug hack: lilypond -fscm a; guile a.scm > a.tex; tex a
        - init/lily.scm
 

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pl 1
pl 0.uu5
        - fixed MIDI output.

pl 0.jcn3
        - dropped stepmake/aclocal.m4
        - removed silly -lguile (BLA_LIBS, EXTRA_LIBS ??)
        - added debugging output format: -fscm
        - ly2dvi.py -I fix
        - Documentation/tex/feta.tex
        - doco fixes: PATCHES.yo, yodl-1.31.7

pl 0.uu4
        - Protected_scm to fixup GUILE gc

pl 0.uu3
        - more RTTI cleaning.

pl 0.uu2
        - undone type_info::before hack. (Ugh.  RTFM).

pl 0.uu1
        - more RTTI stuff: is_type_b -> type_info::before

pl 0.jcn1
pl 17.jcn7
        - added: set*text, timesig, beam
        - guile-1.3 is fine; my egcs-1.0.2's -O2 is broken
pl 17.jbr1
        - stepmake/stepmake/bin/package-zip32.sh: Updated configure statement
          and modified win32 specific distribution file names to match
          pl 16.hwn1 changes.
        - scripts/ly2dvi.py: Modified search paths to match the new lilypond
          installation tree.
        - scripts/convert-mudela.py: Remove the an existing backup file
          before renaming original.  This is a WIN32 Python requirement.
        - Documentation/ntweb/index.html: Updated documentation to match
          new lilypond installation tree.
        - lily/main.cc: Fixed LILYPONDPREFIX search paths.
           
  

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1.1.0

pl 18.exp
        - use C++ RTTI iso access_Xxx ()
        - junk Graphical_lisp_element
        - catalan.ly

pl 17.tca1
        - rewrite of mudela-book
 
pl 17.ms1
        - added \thumb (used very often in cello music) in
          mf/feta-schrift.mf. 
        - added /input/test/thumb.ly (example)

pl 16.jcn1
        - dashed-slur through scheme

pl 15.jcn4
        - more scheme hacks

pl 15.jcn3
        - try at scheme in Atom

pl 15.jcn2 # rest of
        - graphical-lisp-element + silly half hook-up with autuplet

pl 17.jcn5
        - stepmake pl59: templatised install (see mf/)
        - reasonably ps/tex success (with guile-1.2):
          * input/kortjakje.ly
        - lots more scm stuff
        - bf: mf/mfplain.ini
        - stepmake pl58: guile 1.3 configure fix
        - working font-switch:
          guile-1.2 and -lreadline -ldl from 1.3 configure...

pl 17.jcn4
        - installable stepmake pl57
        - urg, FIXME guile-1.3: 
          * don't install shared libs! configure can't handle
          * manually add: EXTRA_LIBS = -lguile -lreadline -ldl
          * lily's truely broken, downgrade do 1.2

pl 17.jcn3
        - lots of stuff still broken, notably font selection, just try 
           a()b
           or so
        - tex output support
        - all output through scheme
        - option: f, output-format=X
        - geile placebox 
        - mf/mfplain.ini

pl 17.jcn2
        - all paper output through scheme, about half way

pl 17.jcn1
        - 16.jcn1