1 New features in 1.8 since 1.6
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6 ** Completely rewritten support for chord entry. Cleaner and more flexible.
8 ** Text entry is now done in a separate mode, and is more ergonomic
9 than the previous Scheme texts.
11 ** Deeper integration of the input language and Scheme. You can now use
12 LilyPond identifiers in Scheme, and use Scheme expressions instead of
15 ** Music types cleaned up and Schemified.
17 ** New syntax for chords:
21 This is in addition to the < MUSICS > syntax for simultaneous
22 music. Combined with this is uniform postfix syntax for articulation:
26 for a beamed slurred pair of eighth notes.
28 *NOTE* In version 2.0, this syntax will be changed to
30 < PITCHES > for chords
34 \simultaneous { .. } for simultaneous music.
36 ** User code evaluation during interpreting. Syntax
38 \applycontext #SCHEME-FUNCTION
42 ** Friendly chord-name exception entry.
44 ** Texts can be put on multimeasure rests, eg.
46 R1*20^\markup { "GP" }
51 ** Preliminary Sodipodi/SVG output
58 ** Ancient notation ... ?? ... (Jurgen?)
60 ** Completely rewritten text formatting support, implemented in a
61 completely modular way.
63 ** Chord name formatting completely rewritten.
65 ** Texts can be added to multimeasure rests
67 ** Zigzagged glissandi
69 ** Cluster support. Syntax:
76 ** Beat grouping indications. Syntax:
78 #(set-time-signature 7 8 '(3 2 2))
80 ** Nested horizontal brackets for music analysis.
86 ** Gregorian ligatures.
88 ** Ottava brackets. Syntax: #(set-octavation 1)
90 ** Metronome markings.
92 ** Horizontal fingerings on chords.
94 ** Tuning of various font glyphs
96 ** Nested percent style repeats
100 ** More advanced emacs support
102 ** Completely revised manual, tutorial, and examples section
106 New features in 1.6 since 1.4
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109 * Support for figured bass and tablature.
111 * Completely rewritten beam formatting: provides much better output
114 * Completely revised and improved music font.
116 * Completely rewritten MIDI import support.
118 * Completely rewritten grace note support. Practically speaking this
119 means that grace notes can be slurred to normal normal notes.
121 * Improved accidental handling and formatting: styles for producing
122 cautionaries may vary, and complex collisions between accidentals of a
123 chord are handled much better.
125 * Better spacing: both globally and locally. This includes subtle
126 details like optical stem spacing.
128 * More support for ancient notation: mensural ligatures, ambitus
129 (pitch range) of voices, more shapes, etc.
131 * More support for piano notation: bracket pedals, directed arpeggios,
134 * Easier music polyphonic music entry.
136 * More extensibility, many speedups and bugfixes
138 * The manual has been thoroughly revised.
140 * Development is now hosted at http://savannah.gnu.org, and sources
141 can be downloaded through anonymous CVS.
143 * Support for windows: LilyPond is part of the cygwin distribution,
144 which comes with a user-friendly installer.