@finalout
@node Top
-@top New features in 2.16 since 2.14
+@top New features in 2.18 since 2.16
@allowcodebreaks false
* only show user-visible changes.
@end ignore
-@item
-The @code{\markuplines} command has been renamed to @code{\markuplist}
-for a better match with its semantics and general Lilypond
-nomenclature.
-
-@item
-The interface for specifying string tunings in tablature has been
-simplified considerably.
-
-@item
-Beams can now have their slopes preserved over line breaks.
-@lilypond[fragment,quote,relative=2]
-\override Beam #'breakable = ##t
-\override Beam #'consistent-broken-slope = ##t
-a8[ b c d e f g \bar "" \break f e d c b a]
-@end lilypond
-To do this, several callback functions are now deprecated.
-@itemize
-@item @code{ly:beam::calc-least-squares-positions}
-@item @code{ly:beam::slope-damping}
-@item @code{ly:beam::shift-region-to-valid}
-@end itemize
-All of these functions are now automatically called via @code{ly:beam::quanting}.
-Furthermore, @code{ly:beam::quanting} now only takes one argument -
-the beam grob.
-
-@item
-In function arguments music, markups and Scheme expressions (as well
-as several other syntactic entities) have become mostly
-interchangeable and are told apart only by evaluating the respective
-predicate.
-
-@item
-Music functions (and their close relatives) can now be defined with
-optional arguments.
-
-@item
-For defining commands executed only for their side-effects,
-@code{define-void-function} is now available.
-
-@item
-There is a new @code{define-event-function} command in analogy to
-@code{define-music-function} that can be used for defining music
-functions acting as events without requiring a direction specifier
-(@code{-}, @code{^}, or @code{_}) placed before them.
-@lilypond[quote,verbatim,raggedright]
-dyn=#(define-event-function (parser location arg) (markup?)
- (make-dynamic-script arg))
-\relative c' { c\dyn pfsss }
-@end lilypond
-
-@item
-A list of ASCII aliases for special characters can be included.
-@lilypond[quote,verbatim]
-\paper {
- #(include-special-characters)
-}
-\markup "• † ©right; &OE; &ss; ¶"
-@end lilypond
@item
-There is a new @code{define-scheme-function} command in analogy to
-@code{define-music-function} that can be used to define functions
-evaluating to Scheme expressions while accepting arguments in Lilypond
-syntax.
+The bar line user interface has changed. Bar glyphs now resemble the
+appearance of the bar line, so a left repeat sign has to be coded
+as @code{.|:}. The command @code{\defineBarLine} provides an easy way
+to define additional bar line styles.
@item
-The construct @code{#@{ @dots{} #@}} can now be used not just for
-constructing sequential music lists, but also for single music events,
-void music expressions, post events, markups (mostly freeing users from
-having to use the @code{markup} macro), markup lists, number
-expressions, context definitions and modifications, and a few other
-things. If it encloses nothing or only a single music event, it no
-longer returns a sequential music list but rather a void music
-expression or just the music event itself, respectively.
-
-@item
-New command-line option @option{--loglevel=@var{level}} to control how much output
-LilyPond creates. Possible values are ERROR, WARN, BASIC_PROGRESS, PROGRESS, DEBUG.
-
-@item
-@code{\set \once} now correctly resets the property value to the previous value.
-@lilypond[fragment,quote,relative=2]
- \set fingeringOrientations = #'(left)
- <e-1>4
- \once \set fingeringOrientations = #'(right)
- <e-1>
- <e-1>-"left"
-@end lilypond
-
-
-@item
-The alignment of dynamic spanners (hairpins, text crescendo, etc.) is now
-automatically broken if a different direction is explicitly given.
-@lilypond[fragment,quote,relative=2]
-c4_\< c c^\> c c1_\p
-@end lilypond
-
-
-@item
-Appoggiaturas and acciaccaturas now also work inside a slur, not only inside
-a phrasing slur. Also, a function @code{\slashedGrace} was added that does
-does not use a slur from the acciaccatura note.
-@lilypond[fragment,quote,relative=2]
-c4( \appoggiatura e8 d4 \acciaccatura e8 d4 \slashedGrace e8 c4)
-@end lilypond
-
-
-@item
-To suppress the line on a crescendo text spanner (and other similar spanners),
-LilyPond now fully supports the @code{#'style = #'none} property.
-@lilypond[fragment,quote,relative=2]
-\override DynamicTextSpanner #'style = #'none
-c4\cresc c c g, c'\p
+Accidentals in the key signature may be printed in octaves other
+than their traditional positions, or in multiple octaves.
+@lilypond[quote,relative=0]
+\override Staff.KeySignature #'flat-positions = #'((-5 . 5))
+\override Staff.KeyCancellation #'flat-positions = #'((-5 . 5))
+\clef bass \key es\major es g bes d
+\clef treble \bar "||" \key es\major es g bes d
+\override Staff.KeySignature #'sharp-positions = #'(2)
+\bar "||" \key d\major b fis b2
@end lilypond
-@item
-LilyPond.app now supports MacOS X 10.7, thanks Christian Hitz!
-
-@item
-Glissandi can now span multiple lines.
-
@end itemize
@ifhtml
For older news, go to
+@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/},
@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/},
-@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.html},
or @uref{../,go back} to the Documentation index.
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