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-* Preface to version 1.8::
-* Preface to version 1.6::
-@end menu
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-@node Preface to version 1.8
-@unnumberedsec Preface to version 1.8
-
-The 1.8 release brings old thing, in new, flashier
-clothes. Previously, the program used to have half-baked solutions to
-various problems. In version 1.8, we took the good parts of the
-solutions, threw away the bad code, and rebuilt the rest of the
-formatting code. Version 1.8 has revamped support for
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-@itemize
-@item Chord names
-@item Entering normal chords
-@item Formatting text
-@item Storing music expressions
-@item Manipulating identifiers and music
-@end itemize
-
-Version 1.8 is a preparation for version 2.0, which is expected to
-follow 1.8 shortly. Version 2.0 will have a number of significant,
-non-backwards-compatible changes in the input syntax.
-
-Special thanks for version 1.8 go out to Juergen Reuter for lots of
-work on the ancient notation engine, and to Amy Zapf for pushing to
-rewrite chord name support
-
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-@node Preface to version 1.6
-@unnumberedsec Preface to version 1.6