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pl 54
        - bf dynamic_grav
        - bf accidentals with key change
        - bfs with command-items in non-breakable columns.
        - typos (thanks LM)

pl 53.jcn1
        - two new BUGs
        - preludes-* with trills
        - nicer trills
        - fixed ugly slur extend bug
        - first try at symphonic work: (start of) Coriolan
        - fixes: los-toros
        - test/ with some stupid tests
        - bf, again midi-output
        - --no-timestamps options for lily/mi2mu (to enable make check targets)
        - removed doubles in lilypython
        - smarter prev_version for make-patch

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pl 53
        - bf: c4 \< c4 \< 
        - bfs of spacing stuff


pl 52.jcn6
        - make check target
        - moved flower/test to flowertest
        - dist fixes
        - flower no longer independent package
        - bf: GNUmakefile
        - bf's: configure: debugging (default) /profiling
        - bf: Rational iface (fixes MIDI output)
        - bf: non --srcdir configure + build with GNU make (ugh)
        - ugh: autowildflower
        - bf's: invoking wild-perl
        - bf: ugh: staff-side.cc: placement height
        - bf's: gnu 2.7.2 link (huh?, everyone using 2.8?)
        - make-patch: default diff against (copy of) srcdir
        - bin/conflily configures in ../build
        - GNUmakefiles that do:
          * auto-update of Makefile.am.wild
          * auto-switch to builddir
        - bf's: configure --srcdir
        - fixes for los-toros/twinkle/test-lyrics
        - latex file for los-toros (ugh)
        - staff-side: symbols closer...
        - half fix of midi output? duh.
        - oboe1 los-toros

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pl 52
        - split up elem-group stuff.
        - per line widths
        - miscellaneous fixes by WL.


pl 51.jcn1
        - bf's: dutch->nederlands
        - Cygnus b19 compile/link fixes

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march 27
pl 51
        - changed dutch -> nederlands, german -> deutsch etc.
        - norwegian (AG)

pl 50.jcn4
        - fixes for cygnus' gnu-windows32  beta19
          be sure to compile with -fno-rtti
        - proof of concept for automated updating of Makefile.am
          see mi2mu/GNUmakefile (still somewhat clumsy)
        - mv'd both config.hh.in to acconfig.h
        - copied printing/debugging/optimising options to flower conf
        - (some modified) fixes from AO
        - beginnetje los-toros-oboe
        - bf: DIR_DATADIR
        - bf: trills

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pl 50
        - deprecate autowild
        - --srcdir fixes
        - ly2dvi 0.8

pl 49.jcn2
        - static (default) and/or shared libs flower and lily
        - patch from AO 'libtool 1.1.1'
        - mf: trill-symbols: feta-slag.mf
        - shared libs (ugh: hardcoded switch in configure set to static)
        - some fixes: denneboom.ly, standje.ly/standchen.ly
        
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march 19

pl 49
        - parser assert changed to warning
        - fix stdin reading
        - small jcn fix
        - changed unbound Spanner from assert to warning
        - forced breakpoints
        - add a nowildcard: stmt to wild-perl

pl 48.jcn5
        - ugh: double parser/lexer: 
          be sure to rm lily/parser.cc lily/lexer.cc or bin/clien 
          before re-running autowild!
        - V.RSION 
        - bin/clien bin/meek
        - bf's: flower/VERSION, flower/config.hh, lily/lexer/VURSION
          lib/config.hh bin/convent-mudela
        - lost of automake fixes
        - automake

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march 12
pl 48
        - Pitch_squash_engraver makes Rhythmic_staff possible.
        - some fixes to buildscripts for sgi irix
        - misc. patches (WL)
        - move away from libg++: rolled own Rational class..
        - don't make gif files Documentation/ by default 
        - ly2dvi manpage (JAF)
        - ly2dvi 0.7 (JAF)
        - more clefs. (MB)

pl 47.jcn2
        - bf: interbeams and beam-stemlengths for size != 16
        - bf's: preludes
        - more introduction

pl 47.jcn1
        - voice{one,two,three} defines
        - preludes-*: fixes, junked multi, broke-down score-block
        - mudela-book: added center option

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march 6
pl 47
        - Abbreviation now a separate item.
        - bf'd some gcc 2.8 warnings.
        - bf'd spurious space in autodep.
        - more clefs (MB)

pl 46.jcn1
        - start mudela introduction


pl 46.jcn2
        - bf's: preludes-*

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feb 27

pl 46
        - span-bar at upstep.
        - bf: \score { \score_identifier }
        - tenor clef (MB)

pl 45.jcn2
        - preludes-4,5,6
        - bf's denneboom (oeps, see loop)

pl 44.jcn7
        - text-item.cc: try to get fingers just above note...
        - set minimum space between columns
        - bff: mf/Makefile out/*log required: new .ly .tex's with make-dist :-(
        - bf's midi ascii-debug output
        - bf: property instrument 

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feb 12
pl 45
        - bf: translator switching 
        - SunOS and IRIX patches (AO)
        - preludes bugfixes; preludes.tex ugh (JCN)
        - shared lib numbering (AF)
        - various fixes for debian (AF)
        - ly2dvi .6.jaf (JAF)
pl 44.jcn6
        - bf: crescendo.cc: bigger and use bar_size
        - slur: guess extra height for height limit for extending notes/stems
        - ps: adjustable slur height limit, bf crescendo


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feb 6
pl 44
        - ly2dvi 0.6.hwn1 
        - ly2dvi 0.6 (JAF)
        - use ly2dvi for website

pl 44.jcn2
        - fingers default to above note
        - preludes-2.ly
        - parser: fingerings
        - preludes-1.ly
        - bf: denneboom.ly
        - preludes-3.ly.m4, standje.ly, preludes-4.ly
        - make rule for macro ly-files
        - pletvisibility (init/property.ly): 
          * default no bracket with beams
          * invisible plet bracket feature
        - finger dir in text-def

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feb 2

pl 43
        - bf: broken Plet_spanners
        - more GNITting
        - avoid some more global ctors, for NeXTstep
        - some NeXTStep patches from tiggr
        - don't do overstrike/bold chars in textfiles


pl 42.jcn2
        - bit hesitating start of mutopia
        - bf: don't try to typeset unterminated plet
        - separately sticky plet durations: "c4 c4*2/3 c8 c4*1/1", ok Mats?
        - denneboom.ly (half-baked version)
        - indent and shape, see ^ 

pl 42.jcn1
        - bf: memmem revisited
        - bf: ps: draw_plet vertical endings
        - renamed stem_start to stem_begin
        - bf: plet bracket placing on differently orientated stems
        - more standje.ly and fixes
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jan 28

pl 42
        - ly2dvi 0.5 (JAF)
        - italian.ly (thanks, Paolo)
        - bf: first \mudelapaper output (BS)
        - bf: cathedral + bazaar URL (thanks, Barrie)
        - bf: libc-extension.hh (AO)

pl 41.jcn4
        - plet brackets (always) in ps (only)
        - Plet_spanner derives from bow
        - bf: mf/Makefile: let %.tex %.ly depend on %.mf,
          iso non-distributed %.log
        - mi2mu mudela 0.1.8
        - bit better plet number placement
        - handier plet syntax: [2/3 c8 c c ]1/1 and \[2/3 c2 c c \]
        - Plet_swallow_engraver for lyrics
        - bit better plet number placement (NOT)
        - new plet syntax: combined beam and plet open
        - more standje.ly 
        - new plet syntax: start: \plet2/3 stop: \telp1/1
        - Plet_req, Plet_engraver; removed plet stuff from beam

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jan 20
pl 41
        - warn for score with multiple Music blocks
        - bf: \plet (MB)
        - \textsharp in 16pt
        - malloc frobnifying
        - more fontsizes: 26pt, 11pt, 13pt
        - \textstyle "bold"
        - .rpm: remove old fonts

pl 40.jcn2
        - bf: typo scores.cc
        - bfs: non-default base constructor calls
        - bfs: virtual destructors
        - standje.ly: the real standchen (first bit)
        - gcc 2.8 compile
        - nicer scsii-menuetto

pl 40.jcn1
        - bf: breaking of :| bar
        - bf: lyric substitution of _ -> ' ' flower/libc-ext:memmem
        - no slope=0 beams between stafflines
        - bf: tex without lily-ps-defs
        - bf: embedded mf shift: added '%' to \embeddedps
        - doos compile

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jan 12
pl 40
        - some doco fixes
        - debian diffs (AF)

pl 39.jcn2
        - bf: bit smarter atan() for feta-sleur (thanks wendy)
        - bf: y quantise of multiple down beams (typo)
        - minor doc fixes
        - bf: distribute mfdeps and moved from mf/out/mfdeps to mf/mf.dep
        - some changes to ANNOUNCE
        - fixes for simple slur/tie placement
        - embedded MF fonts identified by parameters -> reusable runtime fonts
        - clean-embeds.sh
        - runtime MF beams: feta-beum.mf
        - bf: enable switching PS off
        - updated runtime MF feta-sleur.mf with new PS slur algorithm

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jan 5 1998
pl 39
        - 0.2 ANNOUNCE sketch
        - unix style paths for LILYINCLUDE env
        - show all output pages on website
        - ps-to-gifs.sh
        - bf: wtk1-fugue2
        - python make-website
        - higher brace resolution 
        - phased out musixtex stuff
        - bf: rhythm.ly
        - PS slurs
        - PS beams
        - Bow units
        - turn on PS by default
        - turn off barnumbers by default.
        - bf: halfbeam size.
        - bf: -M bug
        - stafflinethick in PS (crescendi)
        - continued (de)crescendi (in PS)
        - bf: spurious beam reqs
        - handle unfeasible spacing cleanly. 
        - ML-address change
        - output naming: default to basename[-serialnumber].{midi,tex}
        - bf: clef width

pl 39.jcn2
        - make-examples.sh
        - leftright repeat sign + repeatbar dims
        - smaller minimum sized rod at end of bar
        - bf: spacing.ly 
        - less space at begin of bar
        - experimental whitespace fixes at begin and end of bar
        - added to beams.ly
        - open-up beam spacing for mult > 3
        - fixed hang/sit to overlap iso aligne with staffline
        - fixed inter beam spacing, paper*.ly
        - scsii-menuetto.ly fixes
        - init/property.ly
        - property settings for beam quantiseing and damping
        - provisionary multiple-beam fix

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pl 38
        - bf: \> \! \ff (crescendo overlap)
        - misc feta-fixes, flageolet sign.
        - midi tempo fixes.
pl 37.jcn3
        - max beam slope "compile time parameterised" and set to 0.6
          (oh, how we need runtime generated beams!)
        - beam's left y-pos quantisation
        - beam slopes' y-span quantisation
        - stem.ly

pl 37.jcn2
        - feta: fixed sizes small numerals + flageolet


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dec 12
pl 37
        - --postscript
        - don't crash non-fitting grouping (thx, John)
        - attach unended spanners to a column (thanks John)
        - bf: unended tie
        - bf: tie direction
        - bf: unended slur

pl 36.jcn2
        - feta: small numerals
        
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dec 9

pl 36
        - bf: notehead collisions
        - bf: dot y-position
        - use Item::break_priority_i_ for horizontal alignment of breakables.
        (it still sucks)
        - junk some derivation checks, junk Normal_*_bar
        - FlowerLib fixes.
        - twinkle fixes.
        - feta: flag/clefspacing


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dec 5
pl 35
        - naming: lily-init iso symbol.ly
        - mf braces
        - center textscripts.

pl 34.jcn1
        - mf: nicening of dyn, klef, rest
        - fingerfont
        - bf: 12/8
        

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dec 2
pl 34
        - bf: mf: numbers and alto clef
        - bf: scsi-menuet
        - PS crescendos
        - ly2dvi diffs (JAF)
        - debian diffs (AF)
        - w32 doco fix (JCN)


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nov 24

pl 33
        - added abbrev.ly to font.ly; rm'd abbrev.ly
        - don't process scores on parse errors.
        - bf: kortjakje.ly
        - bf: invisible stems in beams (abbrev.ly)
        - lytodvi script (JAF)
        - output Paper_def settings to TeX file. (eg: linewidth)

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nov 19
pl 32
        - change type checks (ughugh) to derivation checks (ugh)
        - this fixes clef bug.
        - bf: order of breakables: meter comes after bar.
        - bf: do error iso coredump on unknown symbol-table
        - bf: release.py, copy patch too. 
        - bf: add makefile dep for disting MF logs.
        - bf: don't read font-en-tja*.ly, but feta*.ly

pl 31.jcn2
        - first version of (non-ugh) c-klef
        - bf: mi2mu: notes of zero duration as comments
        - feta: ugh c clef


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nov 17

pl 31
        - bf: replaced Score_column assert by a warning (thanks Scott)
        - bf: mi2mu version output (thanks Scott)
        - faq updates
        - always output lily header with  Lily version
        - bar mucking: make scorebars/braces different from repeat bars.
        - feta: repeatcolon, clef bf's
        - debian/ updates. (AF)
        - moved debian stuff into toplevel dir

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nov 11

pl 30
        - feta: G clef. 
        - scripts now do relative coords (fixes lyrics + barnumber bug)
        - bf: Lyrics lexer mode
        - bf: bass clef

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nov 6
pl 29
        - feta: bass clef, bf: dynamics, bf: 64th flag
        

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oct 30
pl 28
        - revised Staff_symbol::brew_molecule_p ()
        - naming: \makelilytitle
        - fixes for TeX titledefs (JAF)
        - junked some obsolete pedal stuff.

pl 27.om-je-te-helpen-met-je-ps-spul.jcn1
        - embedded slurs:
          * bf: placements
          * added \embeddedtex
          * postscript is default
          * fixed \embeddedps
          * fixed mf: draw_slur
          * postscript macro: draw_slur

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oct 29
pl 27
        - -t/--test switch for experimental stuff.
        - bf: debian optimize is not with 'z'
        - mf: naming feta fonts are now called feta16, feta-beams16, etc.
        - feta: ledgerline
        - lily adjustments for new and elegant ledger line
        - bf: mf-source path.

pl 26.jcn1
        - bf: numerals
        - sleur.ly
        - embedded slur testing 
        - bf + patch: make-patch release.py / VERSION


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oct 26
pl 26
        - bf: \transpose
        - feta: numerals 0 - 9, rewrote flags.

        

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oct 22

pl 25   
        - variable stemlength
        - feta: 32nd, 64th flags
        - font.ly
        - dist & tarball made in out/
        - rewrote release.sh in python
        - notehead/stem attachment better.
        - more Stem cleanage
        - related Beam cleanage
        - started numeral font (JCN)
        - bf: whole rest outside staff.

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oct 20
pl 24
        - internationalization preps (FP)
        - rewrote make-patch in python
        - BUGS: added another flex/libio crash explanation
        - feta: flags


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pl 23
        - feta changes: 1/4 rest, flat, bf 8-128 rest
        - bf: cadenza
        - bf: scripts
        - bf: rest-collision
        - bf: meter placement
        - junked cpgento.sh

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pl 22
        - bf: lyric 's- Zondags
        - bf: colliding accidentals: renamed translate(Real,Axis) to translate_axis()
        - renaming of scripts
        - strings with escaped characters.
        - bf "string_with_\"_embedded"
        - bf: mf/Makefile
        - feta changes (trill, organ pedals)
        - updated mf-to-table for new feta conventions
        - changed header format to something sensible.
        - moved staff to centerline == 0;

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pl 21
        - shrinking uses more energy  than stretching
        - check IO error on writing (disk full?)


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oct 8
pl 20
        - don't swallow non lyric-stuff in lyrics
        - x-position of Stem
        - more feta changes
        - move scripts to right
        - genheader.py replaces genheader.perl

pl 19.jcn2
        - bf's mi2mu:
          * Midi_track_parser::note_end_all
          * staff output uses key, meter, tempo read
          * command line read minor key
          * minor key notenames

pl 19.jcn1
        - small changes to sharp, fermata
        - small changes to lilypond.lsm+doc, lelievijver.lsm
        - mi2mu updeet + bf

pl 19
        - bf: keyword.cc rm'd struct defs
        - dots: support for feta dots.
        - lots of font (feta) tjanges
        - mf-to-table rewrite in python

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pl 18.jcn1
        - check for python, mf-deps fix

pl 18
        - bf: Box[X_AXIS] = b
        - bin/mf-deps.py script
        - moved beams out of font-en-tja into vette-beams.  
        - Made corresponding .cc changes.
        

jcn patches
        - egcs compile (no link yet)
        - nicer 4rest
        - beam font (je kunt wel tegen een grapje, eva?)
        - mf-to-table: 
          * "breapth" (x-depth) feature
          * handle generic stuff such as beams
        - polished noteheads
        - fixed 8-128 rests
        - 4rest
        - mf-to-table generates tex defs
        - bf:mf-to-table and conflily outname check
        - 8-128 rests

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sep 24
 
pl 17
        - bf: ledgerline width
        - bf: toccata-fuga-E
        - took out some hardwiring of tex-beam
        
pl 16.jcn1
        - mf-to-table.in: generate mozarella metric info tables
        - autometric.mf: write metric info to mf logfile
        - ital-r.mf, smaller ital-m.mf
        - variable streepjes length (top/bottomlines); fixed (for 20pt?)
        - streepjes twice as thick as staffrules
        - even more pronounced bolletjes -- how 'bout this wendy?
        - quarter and half note after drawings (a/b less distinct)

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sep 19
pl 16
        - revised mudela-man a bit
        - ; optional after \musicidentifier
        - bf: doco about {Mus*,Opus}TeX
        - bf: configure: MFDIR
        - bf: String::operator bool () removed
        - bf: String::operator char const * () removed
        - bf: Line_spacer::~Line_spacer () added: plugged memleak
        - bf: Line_of_score::do_unlink () call Spanner::do_unlink
        - bf: rests in beams
        - bf: textnatural
        - bf: 20 pt flags
        - bf: longarest 
        
pl 15.jcn1
        - bf: typos whole and half notehead
        - de-uglyfied bolletjes.mf
        - ascii output of font metrics in mf logfile

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sep 17

        
pl 15
        - put top of NEWS file in the webpage
        - breadth first search for engravers.
        - bf: coriolan-alto.ly
        - Stem / Notehead width now properly calced
        - Atom and Symbol merged

pl 14.jcn1
        - lily's own noteheads (balls/globes :)  (font-en-tja*.mf)
        - {table,paper}* and taupindefs adaptations (when are we moving?)
        - fp, sf, sfz dynamics
        - font.ly
        - bf: dist mudela-mode

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sep 15

pl 14
        - Simple but nifty mudela-mode.el for Emacs
        - slightly better syntax for single-note-repeat, now default kept in
Stem_engraver
        - bf: Abbrev_beams are not the only beams (see: jcn4, stem-info, thanks, Jan)
        - a CPU timer for Interpreting and Breaking
        - Separate Score_elem:
          * invoke-once stuff in Super_elem (using function pointers; much cleaner now)
          * geometrical stuff into Graphical_element
          * Axis_group_* accept Graphical_elements iso. Score_elems
          * A dimension cache, hopefully this makes lily a bit faster
          * TeX output moved out of Score_elem, separate interface Outputter
        
        - < \multi 2; bla >  -> \multi 2 < bla > (mudela 0.1.6)
        - bf: don't do \multi if \type specified
        - Translator switching: Change_translator, Change_iterator
        

pl 12.jcn4
        - fixed dynamic f, magstep bug
        - gaps on abbrev-beams 
        - bf: stem-info
        - bf: last abbrev
        - bf: stem: do_width
        - bf: removed rest-column.hh

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sep 11

pl 13
        - big Rest/notehead rewrite:
          * separated Rest, Note_head and Dots
          * Dot_column: dots are now chord-wise aligned 
          * Rhythmic_head is base for Rest, Note_head
          * Merged Note_column and Rest_column
          * Rest_engraver
        - grand Engraver/Translator/Performer rewrite.
          * properties:  \property voice.dir = -1 (mudela 0.1.3)
          * Input_translator junked, now Translators are generated
by the parser (mudela 0.1.4)
          * Translator changing: \translator Staff=oboesolo
          * Translator preselect: \type Staff=bla < c4 >. (mudela 0.1.5)
          * Engraver/Performer now derived of Translator.
          * Engraver_group_engraver/ Performer_group_performer derived of
        Translator_group
          * renamed: Voice -> Thread, Voice_group -> Voice
        - renamed Audio_score to Performance
        - junked mididef statics
        - Audio debug output
        - bf: excess [] in scsi
        - bf: swallow \skips
        - bf: don't crash on infinite dims
        - renamed wohltemperirt to wtk1-fugue2
        - bf: address in GPL
        - bf: errors in stdin
        - bf: stop if errors in init files
        - bf: move stem too when doing collisions
        - Molecule::add_XXXX -> Molecule::add_at_edge ()
        - doco updeet: why no midi FAQ, index, CodingStyle hungarian


pl 12.jcn3
        - try at better dynamic font, copied from cmbxti10: mf/*
        - typesetting abbreviation beams; abbreviation-*
        - some simple abbrev fixes + code cleanup (dank je, lieverd)
        - typesetting simple abbreviations: c4:16 === [c16 c c c]

pl 11mb
        - Support also for \longa in duration-convert.cc, init/ and tex/
          files. (MB)

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sep 3


pl 12
        - bf: don't redefine tex primitives like \textfont and  \mathfont
        - nicer broken slurs (?)
        - bf: error status upon parse error
        - robustness in Lookup::*slur
        - bf: mi2mu: warn if 0-length string in midi-file
        - output id-footer

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sep 1

pl 11
        - forms for Musical vocabulary 
        - ignore \r for windows
        - Now paper{score,def} & midi{def,score} derived of class
Music_output[_def]. Score is almost empty.
        - Engraver hacking:
          * junk Text_engraver
          * Timing_engraver
          * barnumber now really counts the number of bars
          * Separated Stem_engraver and Beam_engraver
          * junk Stem_beam_engraver
          * no need for Stem_reqs
        - use Direction = {LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN} iso. -1, 1 throughout source
        - ties and slurs with Drul_array
        - junked Spanner_elem_group
        - bf: w32 fixes
        - Spanner now spans items.
        - more GNITting ( bla ) -> (bla), indentation
        - Drul_array
        - Paper_column now is derived of Horizontal_group_item. Items
are no longer hardwired into a Paper_column
        - bf: stdin input
        - PCol -> Paper_column
        - Wtk-i, fugue1, prelude1 (SR)

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aug 21
pl 10
        - bf: init pending_indent_i_
        - output header to TeX file. Who wants to write TeX to make it work?

        - mi2mu: bf's, --key option
        - removed Duration(int,int)
        - bf: Duration_convert::dur2_str

pl 9.jcn2
        - redo of mi2mu frontend (midi-parser)
        - bf: String_convert::bin2_i; added bin2_u
        - bf's: Binary_source_file
        - bf: constr. Tempo/Timing_req
pl 0.1.8.jcn3
        - table20, standchen-{16,20}*
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aug 18

pl 9    
        - declare rhythic_request
        - preliminary support for real \mudelaheaders
        - context-sensitive arithmetic spacing. Looks alot better
        - silly GNU braces.
        - JCN fixes for pl 8
        - bf: midi instrument
        - Vocabs from GMP-I

pl 8.mb:
        - use log of duration-name

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aug 15
pl 8

        - gif -> xpm
        - bf: Whoops! Open eyes now, when finding shortest note in
spring-spacer. Fixes spacing problems.
        - GNU coding: parentheses (here you are, Franc,ois :-)
        - all macros now UPPERCASE
        - Identifier blondification: don't use void*
        - Identifier doesn't store its name. Much cleaner now.  
        - bf: Rest_collision_engraver now always announces
        - bf: announce Staff_sym only once
pl 0.1.7.jcn1
        - complete redo mid/back-end of mi2mu
        - bf: do not create/play empty Audio-{text,instrument} events


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aug 14

pl 7
        - Audio_element as base for Audio_item and Audio_staff. fixes
midi-lyric segfault
        - added "Gallina a due violini" (MB)
        - make MIDI files on website.
        - Collision now also is an Element_group.
        - bf: announce Collision when created

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aug 13
pl 6
        - bf: 13 shift/reduce in parser fixed
        - bf: plets in parser
        - bf: main.o (again)
        - german notenames (RM)
        - Score_elem::offset_ now relative to its X/Y groups. Slight
speed increase? 

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aug 12
pl 5

        - Wordwrap revert
        - added LilyPond in WWW titles
        - oops. A quaver is a 8th note, not a 4th
        - bf: main.o remaking in lily/Makefile 
        - unhair Voice_iterator 
        - bf: error if no music in score
        - bf: don't create translators if Chord element is empty
        - bf: ctor of Tempo_req
        - use virtual do_equal_b() for request comparison
        - bf: turned off default plets: c4*2/3 c4*2/3 -> c4*2/3 c4*4/9
        - bf: time_int() of an empty chord/voice
        - more corrections to GMP Manifesto
        - debian updates (AF)
        - bf: g++ ICE in Performer_group_performer
        - use fread() for reading in Simple_file_storage

pl 0.1.3.jcn1
        - mi2mu: simplification +bf lily_stream: indentation and wordwrap
        - mi2mu: bf: blunt: non-alpha(num) chars from identifiers

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aug 11

pl 4
        - correction of GNU Music Manifesto
        - moved lowlevel stuff of Source_file to Mapped_file_storage. 
Interface via File_storage. (Now using Simple_file_storage)
        - bf: c4-"A"-"B"
        - bf: exit status
        - declarable keys
        - Engraver_group_engraver::find_simple_engraver()
        - bf: lily/Makefile
        - bf: Midi_note_event ctor 
        - bf: tempo request
        - popular twinkle twinkle (JV)
        - mudela: parse tempo requests, \midi{ \tempo 4= 60;}

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aug 8
pl 3
        - don't crash if no Clef_engraver.
        - PScore -> Paper_score
        - bf: Score_elem::extent() init of interval
        - bfs: {Horizontal,Vertical}_group related
        - bf: don't change original Item while doing making 
        multiple copies
        - bf: configure DATADIR
        - bf: type of spanbar.

pl 0.1.2.jcn1
        - minor doco fixes
        - revived Midi_walker
        - moved midi out of performer-* to audio-*
        - Audio_staff
        - removed all <ugh> members from performers

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aug 7
pl 2
        - junked Line_of_staff
        - bf: --output
        - bf: . in lexer
        - bf: mi2mu version number.
        - bf: in mudela-book
        - bf: don't forget to make mi2mu
        - Bar_number_grav: measure numbers (experimental)
        - Bar_column_engraver, Bar_column: scripts on bars
        - rewrite of {Horizontal,Vertical}_group. Yes, again. 
Now neatly integrated into class hierarchy
        - Axis, Axis_group
        - Debian rules (AF)

pl 0.1.1.jcn1
        - Audio{column,score,item,...}, more generic audio
        - bf: Makefiles
        - bf: mi2mu mudela version
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aug 5

pl 0.1.1
        - {Horizontal, Vertical}_group.  A score_element may be in at most one.
        - This means Horizontal_group_item and Vertical_group_spanner need special support.
        - This also means a big speed increase
        - configure cleanup
        - bf: Choleski solve.
        - doc updates: lilygut, INSTALL

pl 0.1.1.hwn
        - recode of Break/Colhpos interfaces
        - Gourlay_breaking: dynamic-programming optimal solution for 
        casting off. Word_wrap is still optional
        - some printing short cuts if no -d specced.
        - band_matrices for column calcs
        - more Diagonal_storage fixes
        - retake: INFTY fixes ( now infinity_mom, infinity_f )

pl 78.jcn3
        - configure: ln and zip 
        - target doosdist -> lilypond-x.x.x.exe.zip: + executables - sources