1 --- ../lilypond-1.1.37/NEWS Wed Mar 31 21:50:35 1999
2 ++ b/NEWS Sun Apr 4 00:42:55 1999
6 - junked Text_def, changed \property textstyle -> \property textStyle
7 (todo -> convert-mudela)
8 - Line_of_score is an Axis_group_element, no more overlapping
10 - mf: whole diamond head tweak
13 pl 37 (march 30, 1999)
14 - diamond heads (probably really ugly).
16 - tweaked harmonic head a bit.pl 37.mb1
17 - Added property restStyle.
18 - mensural 4th, 8th and 16th rests.
22 - diamond heads (probably really ugly).
24 - tweaked harmonic head a bit.
25 - property noteHeadStyle
28 - bf: timeSignatureStyle
29 - Added dynamic fz (forzando) to Lilypond
30 - bf: N.W.Gade, sfz -> fz
34 - don't insert extra alignment space for empty stuff.
35 - Align_element derives from Axis_group_element
36 - junk all *{horizontal,vertical}* Score_element derived classes.
37 - G_staff_side_item::padding_f_ now generic property.
38 - some tweaking of beam & stem.
39 - junk pointerlist in Sources
40 - junk Stem::mult_i_, Stem::beam_gap_i_, G_staff_side_item::padding
41 Bar::at_line_start_b_, Key_item::c_position_, Note_head::type_str_,
42 Note_head::staff_size, Stem::xdir_
50 - more memory tweaks: don't do Score_element::line_l () when deleting lines.
51 - more generic properties.
52 - change ridic. dims assert into warning.
53 - tex/ midi fixes (thanks, Mats).
54 - bf: don't crash when no Stem_infos are set.
55 - extender-spanner simplification
56 - working MIDI chords (Thanks Dscho)
65 - "Lily Was Here" is def'd as \mudelatagline, override with
66 \header { tagline = "... " ; }
67 - \property currentBarNumber: set
69 - \property postBreakPadding: tune extra
70 space padding after linebreaks.
71 - \property textEmptyDimension: disregard script text
73 - \property staffLineLeading: set the staff space
74 - adjustable staff space size (per staff)
75 - Staff_symbol_referencer as base class for elements that use
76 info of the staff symbol. \property numberOfStaffLines also works OK
77 with ledger lines. (Is that useful? dunno.)
78 - warning if someone does \translator with no name
79 - junk Item::breakable_b_
80 - junk PointerList<Music*>, use Killing_cons
81 - bf: Auto_beam_engraver.
82 - bf: mmrest engraver.
83 - use callbacks for Dimension_cache.
84 - lots of small cleanups. Junk various members of
85 Score_element & derived classes:
87 * Spanner::original_l_,
88 * Score_element::transparent_b_,
89 * Item::break_priority_i_,
90 * Item::break_status_dir_,
91 - merge Score_priority_engraver / Score_horizontal_align_engraver
92 - Use more generic element properties.
93 - precompute SCM symbols.
94 - remove_elt_property (): Try to junk an element property, if not
100 - more PointerList junkings.
102 - be more conservative with Dicts/Hashes mem usage
108 - some performance cleanups: junked PointerList instance, plugged some leaks.
109 - style -> fontname now in scheme.
110 - minor Score_element brainsurgery:
111 * generic element properties.
112 * junked Score_element::junk_links, Score_element::unlink
113 * junked Directed_graph_node as superclass of
114 Score_element, this should reduce mem usage a bit.
117 - fixed autobeamer's beam->unlink ()
120 - allow autobeaming according to duration iso (crude) multiplicity
123 - change my email address
124 - Windows platform does a cp -r instead of a ln -s
128 - junked poor man's dynamics.
134 - bf: \> and \< were interchanged!!
135 - Added property: textScriptPadding
136 - Changed copyright text on the Gade score.
139 - really include Gade score now.
140 - fixes: install-[out-]targets, INSTALLATION_[OUT_]SUFFIXES
141 - install TFMs in separate dir.
143 - Span_bar bugfix (there you go, Mats).
144 - bf: Score copy ctor (-> bf declaring score)
145 - new Tie behavior: only tie identical pitches, switchable with
147 - junked cautionary_b_ from Musical_pitch
150 - set-lily: set weird locale links for $LILYPONDPREFIX
154 - Added example: "Imellan Fjeldene" by Niels W. Gade.
155 - bf: don't attach staff margin text to clef changes within the
156 lines. (Still not perfect: no text when a clef change happens
159 - be somewhat lazy in break/object multiplication.
160 - print # elements for memory usage impression (try -t)
161 - Paper_score cleanup
162 - junked various Pointer_list instances. Executable now is smaller.
163 - junked various cruft
164 - merged do_substitute_dependen{t,cy} to
165 do_substitute_element_pointer ()
166 - more parser cleanup
167 - Interval uses Drul_array
168 - bf: I've been drinking too much
169 - delete break helpers before object breaking/multiplication. Try
173 - bf: toplevel install, kpsewhich
174 - sm 71, require yodl-1.31.11
176 - bf: info in rpm, if available
178 - bf: slur-follow-music
181 - config.make: include GUILE_LDFLAGS
187 - sm fixes, intl/ fixes
190 - Added support for magnification of TeX fonts ==>
191 larger dynamics in 20pt scores. (Doesn't work in Postscript)
194 - Debian patches (thanks, Anthony)
195 - Italian support (thanks, Maurizio)
197 - minor chord.cc cleanups.
199 - hara kiri doesn't do suicide with normal rests.
200 - Hara_kiri_vertical_group_spanner generalised
201 - extender engraver rewrite, now __ is like ~ [] |, ie. in between
203 - lyric engraver now engraves only single voices. Use
204 separate LyricVoices to get stacked lyrics.
205 - bf: bar(Non)Auto first barline
206 - barAuto -> barNonAuto
215 - star-spangled-banner bf (slur.cc).
220 - init.sly: .fly with linewidt=-1
223 - resurrected ps output
226 - bf: coord relative to self.
227 - bf: error msg if no AFM found
228 - bf: hang script on bar in other axis too (fixes staff-side-slur bug)
229 - hang on scripts on clef as well (more to left for single staffs)
234 - GNU stuff on home page
240 - bf: mid measure clefs (breakable items in non-breakable columns.)
241 - spanner.cc assert changed to warning
242 - (c) 1998 -> 1999 search replace.
245 - new outline TODO + .emacs setup
249 - un-SMOB Atom. Cons and Killing_cons as simple cons replacements.
255 - measure-end hinterfleish patch
256 - input/test/coda-kludge.ly
257 - bf: volta-number placement
258 - volta: support for "1.-2." "3"
261 - bf's: zero-length repeats
263 * turned on by default
264 * input/test/auto-beam*.ly
265 * support for time-defaults
267 * input/just-friends.ly
269 * bf's: chord mode: accept STRINGS, rests
271 - new bool \property Score.barAtLineStart
275 - read lily.scm before all .lys
276 - Link_array derives from Array<void*>
277 - search repl: Array<X*> -> Link_array<X>
278 - junked most static casts
279 - revamped Atom / Molecule: Molecule now is the public interface.
280 Atom is a GUILE smob. Guile takes care of allocation and list stuff.
281 - bar scripts on score bars (there you are, Mats)
282 - :||: span bar fixed
283 - using generic ledger lines now (regenerate fonts!)
284 - refman updates (Thanks, Adrian!)
285 - Molecule::operator = (), Molecule::do_center ()
286 - junked Span_score_bar, Score_bar, Staff_bracket, Piano_brace. Folded functionality into Span_bar
287 - textstyle property for textual scripts.
288 - lookup cleanups (time_signature, text, stem, junked extender, filledbox, simple_bar)
289 - junked obsolete TeX stuff.
291 - only make AFMs for feta[0-9]+.mf
292 - using strings for abs loudness.
296 - grand renaming: Duration vs Moment / Rational
302 - complete redo of chord and chord name code
310 - bf: dynamics. (Don't hang on spanner!)
311 - read TFM before AFM.
312 - fix din-MF stuff (UGH)
315 - Chord: handle all chord stuff; lots of chord fixes
316 - bf: Chord-name-engraver: find tonic
317 - bf: my-lily-parser: get_chord
321 - bf's: spring spacer end of measure
322 - bf: tie/slur rods (dankje, lieverd)
323 - bf's: intl/ compile, install, uninstall
326 - enforce {slur,tie}_x_minimum (urg, paper vars?)
327 - tie listens to tieydirection/ydirection
332 - bf: OrchestralScore should do hara-kiri..
335 - update to yodl pl10, yodl2texinfo fixes
336 - use --force, .info should always be generated
342 - bf: staffside axis init
343 - bf: staffmargin stuff.
348 - junked Scarlatti clef
350 - Interpretation_context_handle is interface to interpretation context
351 - Staff_switching_translator: automatic staff switching for Piano staffs.
354 - volta-spanner: junked dot_p_; not so handy after all: kerning??
355 - feta-nummer: added : ,-.
356 - volta/tuplet thickness
358 - bf: ".|", and bar-thicknesses
361 - bf: default duration is 4
367 - property noteheadStyle
368 - first attempt to make harmonics : see input/test/harmonics.fly
371 - sinfonia.ly: several fixes
373 * increased range pppppp to ffffff
374 * added sp, spp, sff, rfz
375 * example see input/test/tchaikovsky.ly
376 * updated dynamics in refman
382 * reverted c1*2, collides with \times {}
383 * should use: c\breve, c\longa for long chords
384 * addition: c-9, subtraction: c^5
385 * multiple -add, ^sub: c-7+.9-^3.5
387 - bf: lookup text height
391 - bf: rest collisions
392 - separate tfm-reader
393 - bf: :|: should not have thin lines
397 - bf: Correct units now used in the .afm files.
401 pl 24, Hacking Apart Together (Jan 25)
404 - bf's: preludes-* (found a \meter and \transpose c`` there!)
405 - bf: ly2dvi: don't barf on 'linewidth = -1.;'
409 - scripts/ly2dvi.py: Windows 95 shell does not support redivrection
410 of stderr. We now distribute ash and use it when needed.
411 - stepmake/bin/package-zip32.sh: distribute ash, and guild ice-9/
412 directory. We build and distribute manpages in html format instead
414 - Documentation/ntweb: Updated doco and now distributing as a self
415 extracted binary with install script.
419 - changed All_font_metrics to do TFM as well.
420 - changed init/ to ly/
423 - tfm reader; revamped code from fontutils-0.6
426 - {Bar numbers|staff margin stuff|marks} fixed using
427 Bar_script_engraver as base class
428 - bf: PS points != Lily \pt
429 - junked Bar_column_engraver
430 - junked Text_item and some old files.
434 - bf: piano-brace size (veels te simpel: kruis vingers tegen reject)
435 - crude autobeam stuff in mi2mu
436 - brevis, longa chords: c1*2,*4
437 - mutopia/E.Satie/petite-ouverture-a-danser.ly
438 - prop: voltaVisibility
439 - more cello-suite-ii fixes:
441 * removed all beams ifo auto-beamer
443 - junked dur2real; beamAutoEndx now as rational string: "1/2"
447 - junked #args symtable def.
449 - moved Bar assembling into LilyPond
450 - junked symtables reads
452 - junked Symtable from init/table*
455 - revamped Scarlatti K3-L378
457 - use interning/SCM for Scopes
458 - hanging on now works for breakables too.
461 - chord fixes; notemode chord syntax changed: @c@ @c-7@
462 - fixed cello-suite ii
463 - bf's: auto-beamer; but nasty bug remains: input/bug/auto-beam.ly
465 - (bit ugly) fix for lyric-chords
466 - fixed repeats (dankjewel lieverd)
471 - succussfully removed []s from wtk1-fugue2.ly
472 - bf + smarter autobeamer
475 - mi2mu: d-minor: des->cis, g-minor ges->fis
478 - bf: Position and possible SIGSEGV in Mark_engraver
479 - Added padding support in G_staff_side_item
480 - bf: Correct direction of textual scripts.
481 - bf, lookup.cc: Fewer warnings about missing text styles.
482 Same units used in all .afm files.
485 - auto-beaming v0: input/test/auto-beam.ly
492 - bf's: repeat-engraver; \bar "|:", ":|" now deprecated for repeats
494 - property barAlways changed to boolean (0/1)
495 - added boolean property: barAuto
502 - bf: multi-measure-rest (input/test/m.ly)
503 - half fix for staff-margin-engraver
506 - bf's: cross-staff slur
509 - buxfix, \mudela{ \times 2/3{ ...} } works now
514 - fixed "already have a Beam" error
517 - gnossienne: hmm, how to
519 * don't put 'grace notes' in beam
520 * put separator between "] \translator Staff=x"
523 - gnossienne-4.ly (start of)
526 - mutopia fixes; see preludes-1.ly for cross-staff beams and slurs
527 - bf: broken interstaff slur
528 - sm66: check for gmake
532 - interstaff slurs v0: preludes-1.ly
533 - warnings for silly interbeam settings
536 - inclusion of WIP article about LilyPond.
544 - interstaff beams v0: see beam-interstaff.ly and wtk1-fugue2.ly
547 - new stem/beam parameters
548 - bf: forced stem shorten
551 - dehairification of beam code; cleanup and bugfixes
553 * forced stem shorten
555 * damping and correction
556 * catch for silly beams: input/test/beam-suspect.ly
559 - multi-measure-rest is now spanner SkipBars=0 is broken
562 - hmm, almost centered whole-bar rests -- NOT
570 - \mark now works, using G_staff_side_item.
571 - Improved layout of multi-bar rests, including a new
575 - beam length adjustments
576 - ugly beamtrend fix: input/test/beam-trend.ly
579 - bf: (beamed) forced stem shorten
580 - bf: broken slurs and ties; minimal slur/tie length setting ignored
581 - bf: separators on cygwin
584 - bf: stem-length algorithm
585 - bf: beam direction algorithm
586 - bf's: wtk1-fugue2.ly
590 - small fixes: spacing.ly, wtk1-fugue2-ly, violino-viola duet.
596 - Documentation/README-W32: Brought my stuff up to date
597 - Documentation/ntweb: updated for realease
598 - stepmake/bin/package-zip32.sh: cygwin-b20 changes
599 - scripts/ly2dvi.py: LILYPONDPREFIX fixes
602 - scripts/ly2dvi.py root is now the shared directory path not the
603 root of the lily installation. Environment variable LILYPONDPREFIX
604 is also the path to shared directory.
605 - lily/main.cc WINNT conditional added to avoid a casting of
610 - spacing tweak: very widely and tightly spaced lines look
612 - allow Beam settings to be overriden: property
613 stemLeftBeamCount, stemRightBeamCount
614 - junked Assoc, Assoc_iter
615 - junked Graphical_element::{width,height}
616 - junked Plet_swallow_engraver, Plet_engraver
617 - Command_tie_engraver -> Tie_engraver, Command_beam_engraver -> Beam_engraver
618 - naming brew_molecule_p / do_brew_molecule -> output_processing, do_brew_molecule_p
619 - experimental Text_item, Staff_side
620 - junked old Beam_engraver and old Tie_engraver.
621 - AFM administration cleanup.
622 - cache brewed molecules. Speed up ?
623 - rehacked Graphical_element, introduced Dimension_cache
629 - fix: TEMPO 4., well urg, "TEMPO 4 ."
630 - beginning of violino/violoncello (viola) duet
633 - resurrected po-stuff
640 - junked abbrev stuff from parser.
643 - fixed verbatim option behaviour for mudela-book.
644 - added mudela-book option intertext="some text"
645 - mudela-book now understand latex \begin{verbatim}
650 * display chord names according to boolean property
651 \property Score.chordInversion;
657 - new beam syntax: { [<c e> <c e>] }, changed in lilypond,
658 parser, lilypond (mudela 1.0.14), manual
659 - new tie syntax: { <c e > ~ <c e > } changed in manual,
660 parser, lilypond (Mudela 1.0.13)
663 - bf: get_chord C-m5-
667 - move option proccing out of main
676 - junked various plet goryness.
677 - preps for <c e> ~ <c e> syntax
682 - added repeat, chord stuff to website
684 - hacks for barlines, dynamics
688 - new chord syntax, again: TONIC [DURATION] ['-' MODIFIERS/ADDITIONS]
689 - shorthand prefix for note-mode: '@', no shorthand for notes in chord
693 - bf: ly2dvi: better guess LILYPONDPREFIX: <bin>../share/lilypond
694 - chord-table; urg bugs:
696 * accidental-placement
697 - bf: cis m (\textsharpm, urg)
700 - bib entry, twinkle-pop
707 - mutopia stuff (thanks, Peter)
708 - bugfix : \maininput
716 - @c @c min (* is taken, <<, <> don't work)
717 - chord-modifiers (urg, "sus" should also subtract 2...)
720 - --safe: security paranoia: disallow untrusted \include,
721 disallow untrusted TeX code, disallow named output
724 - duration with chords + change: @4 c @c7
727 - minor chord syntax change: *c6 iso @c6;
734 - included that missing init/mudela-book-defs.py. Added
735 one line to init/GNUMakefile to make .py-files be included.
736 - fragment and nonfragment options to override autodetection
739 - input/test/chords.ly
740 - \type ChordNames and chord-name-engraver.*
741 - chords mode: \chords { <c e g> @c; @d7; }
744 - scm/ directory. install .scm stuff too.
751 - property: unfoldRepeats; unfolding still broken
752 - volta spanner y-collision
753 - bf: volta number,dot placement
754 - bf's: init/table16,20
755 - small additions to init/lily.scm to enable some testing
756 - junked extra repeat braces
761 - removed \output from parser/lexer
764 - bf/redo: slur.cc, encompass-info: setting of encompass array.
765 - switched tuplet-engaver off (core dumps)
768 - bf (urg): no |: at start of piece
769 - bf?: text defs without width
770 - alignment absolute dynamics
771 - mutopia/opus-130.ly (excerpt, triggered by GUIDO)
772 - bf: crescendo symbol
777 - copertina (thanks Maurizio)
784 - changes to mudela-book. Junked fragment and floating options,
785 added eps option. Options should not stay as long that you get
786 comfortable with them. ;)
787 - Also possible to define your own commands with
788 a syntax like \mudela{c d e}
789 - updated mudela-book-doc.doc
792 - website: gnuisation of footers
795 - input/test/vertical-text.ly: urg ydim of text chords
796 - bf: one set of |: :| volta per staff
797 - bf: init/table* braces + more braces
798 - try at score-volta-bracket
801 - bf: lyric-engraver: handle multiple requests (don't overwrite)
803 - music-list-iterator
809 - more output revamping.
812 - Scheme output stuff
819 - bf's: spanner/volta
820 - volta-support: via Note, Bar, and Paper-column to Bar (item)
826 - configure/guile fixes (still no check for 1.2/1.3)
830 - tuplets over beams.
836 - repeatbars, volta-spanner work, alternative iteration still broken
841 - tutorial doco updates
846 - repeat/alternative music layout (hehe)
849 - Doco of music iterators.
859 - bf: array.hh, don't make copy if resized to the same size
863 - scm additions: plet, hairpin
870 - extender-*, see input/test/extender.ly
871 - bf: half-beam length (urg)
872 - fixes: standchen, star
875 - tex/lily-ps-defs.tex fixes
881 - junked MY_RTTI stuff, simpler VIRTUAL_COPY_CONS
887 - fixes; preludes, finger
890 - bf: text staff vertical align; see input/test/vertical-text.ly
891 - urg, scaled cmr8 by factor 4/5
892 - apart from end/begin of measure spacing urgs, stars-and-stripes.ly
896 - read (cmrxx)afm for text char widths
897 - tfmtoafm.sh (quite urg)
901 - read .scm files. No need for GUILE_LOAD_PATH
902 - .ps hack. No need for lily.ps on the printer
904 (&$^@M&@^$@^&$@ Damn TeX)
907 - bf: mudela-book -> \default_paper is obsolete.
915 - bf: empty/unknown in ps
918 - 40% speedup executing mudela-book on mudela-book-doc.doc
919 - change of lilypond's output filenames. Given multiple input
920 files, eg. 'm.ly y.ly', output names will now be 'm.tex y.tex'
921 not 'm.tex y-1.tex', but if m.ly containts two paper definitions
922 output will be 'm.tex m-1.tex y.tex'
928 - accordion symbols in mf/feta-accordion.mf and
929 init/accordion-defs.ly.
930 - small changes to mudela-book and Documentation/man/mudela-book.yo
931 - mudela-book example file in Documentation/tex/mudela-book-doc.doc
940 - mup-to-ly.py: version 0.0
941 - init/test/stars-and-stripes.ly (from star.mup)
945 - junked musical info from key-item
958 - obsoleted ly2dvi.sh
959 - removed Note_head_engraver
962 - scm cleanups, chop-decimal
966 - commented-out Level-2 PostScript in lily.ps (J. Buehler)
967 - moved tex/*.ps to ps/
968 - merged lilyponddefs.ps, lily-ps-defs: tex/lily.ps
970 export GS_LIB=$HOME/usr/src/lilypond/ps
971 - added tex and empty ps-symbols
974 - more little website fixes
981 - Support for cautionary accidentals. , i.e. accidentals
982 within parantheses. Syntax: 'cis?'. Try input/test/accid.fly
983 Note that the font has changed.
984 - bf: No unnecessary warnings about time signatures
985 - Added optional second argument of \key. Set to \major or \minor
986 to get a major or minor key. Default: major.
987 - bf: Compilation error in midi-walker.cc
990 - fixes for htmldoc, website
992 - junked MODULE stuff from lily/GNUmakefile (again)
996 export GUILE_LOAD_PATH=$HOME/usr/src/lilypond/init
997 - dstream: Score_element, Column_info
998 - -fscm debug hack: lilypond -fscm a; guile a.scm > a.tex; tex a
1006 - fixed MIDI output.
1009 - dropped stepmake/aclocal.m4
1010 - removed silly -lguile (BLA_LIBS, EXTRA_LIBS ??)
1011 - added debugging output format: -fscm
1013 - Documentation/tex/feta.tex
1014 - doco fixes: PATCHES.yo, yodl-1.31.7
1017 - Protected_scm to fixup GUILE gc
1020 - more RTTI cleaning.
1023 - undone type_info::before hack. (Ugh. RTFM).
1026 - more RTTI stuff: is_type_b -> type_info::before
1030 - added: set*text, timesig, beam
1031 - guile-1.3 is fine; my egcs-1.0.2's -O2 is broken
1033 - stepmake/stepmake/bin/package-zip32.sh: Updated configure statement
1034 and modified win32 specific distribution file names to match
1036 - scripts/ly2dvi.py: Modified search paths to match the new lilypond
1038 - scripts/convert-mudela.py: Remove the an existing backup file
1039 before renaming original. This is a WIN32 Python requirement.
1040 - Documentation/ntweb/index.html: Updated documentation to match
1041 new lilypond installation tree.
1042 - lily/main.cc: Fixed LILYPONDPREFIX search paths.
1051 - use C++ RTTI iso access_Xxx ()
1052 - junk Graphical_lisp_element
1056 - rewrite of mudela-book
1059 - added \thumb (used very often in cello music) in
1061 - added /input/test/thumb.ly (example)
1064 - dashed-slur through scheme
1070 - try at scheme in Atom
1072 pl 15.jcn2 # rest of
1073 - graphical-lisp-element + silly half hook-up with autuplet
1076 - stepmake pl59: templatised install (see mf/)
1077 - reasonably ps/tex success (with guile-1.2):
1078 * input/kortjakje.ly
1079 - lots more scm stuff
1080 - bf: mf/mfplain.ini
1081 - stepmake pl58: guile 1.3 configure fix
1082 - working font-switch:
1083 guile-1.2 and -lreadline -ldl from 1.3 configure...
1086 - installable stepmake pl57
1087 - urg, FIXME guile-1.3:
1088 * don't install shared libs! configure can't handle
1089 * manually add: EXTRA_LIBS = -lguile -lreadline -ldl
1090 * lily's truely broken, downgrade do 1.2
1093 - lots of stuff still broken, notably font selection, just try
1096 - tex output support
1097 - all output through scheme
1098 - option: f, output-format=X
1103 - all paper output through scheme, about half way