Doc-de: updates for Usage

[lilypond.git] / Documentation / changes.tely

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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ See user manual, \NAME\
 @finalout
 
 @node Top
-@top New features in 2.13 since 2.12
+@top New features in 2.14 since 2.12
 
 @allowcodebreaks false
 
@@ -61,6 +61,25 @@ which scares away people.
 
 @end ignore
 
+@item
+Lilypond now helps beams avoid collisions with other grobs!  This feature
+works completely with manual beams.  It also works for all automatic beams
+that do not end right before a change in staff.  For this special case, please
+use manual beams.
+
+@item
+The Articulate script by Peter Chubb, which is GPLv3 licensed, is now
+a part of the distribution.  It allows easy generation of improved
+MIDI files that perform non-legato by default, legato slurs, staccato,
+tempo markings, trills, etc.
+
+@example
+\include "articulate.ly"
+\articulate <<
+      all the rest of the score...
+>>
+@end example
+
 @item
 Single beat repeats for sixteenth or shorter notes and beat repeats for
 measures containing notes of varying durations are now supported.
@@ -96,9 +115,10 @@ Lilypond now engraves woodwind fingering charts.
 @item
 MIDI output has been improved
 @itemize @bullet
-@item voices are kept separated, which makes the MIDI much more useful for postprocessing
-@item optimal channel distribution: identical instruments share the same channel.  This means that e.g. for a full orchestral score there are always 16 (15 plus percussion) diffently sounding instruments available, unrestricted by the number of staves or voices.
-@item dynamics are now rendered as note velocities, no longer as midi dynamics.  This improves the sound on [high end] midi renderers.
+@item the option @code{\set Score.midiChannelMapping = #'voice} puts each voice on its own midi MIDI channel
+@item the option @code{\set Score.midiChannelMapping = #'instrument} puts identical instruments on the same MIDI channel.  This means that e.g. for a full orchestral score there are always 16 (15 plus percussion) differently sounding instruments available, unrestricted by the number of staves or voices.  (Some MIDI players will cut off notes, however, if two voices play the same pitch simultaneously on the same channel.) This option also stores each voice in a separate track in the MIDI file.
+@item the default, @code{\set Score.midiChannelMapping = #'staff}, assigns one MIDI channel per staff.  This setting allows instrument changes (implemented as MIDI program changes) to re-use single MIDI channel.
+@item dynamics are now rendered as note velocities, no longer as midi volume.  This improves the sound on [high end] midi renderers.
 @end itemize
 
 @item
@@ -215,6 +235,12 @@ Enhanced support for obliqua shapes within white mensural ligatures.
 }
 @end lilypond
 
+@item
+New markup functions @code{\with-link} and @code{\page-link} that add
+hyperlinks to a given label or a given page number. This works in the PDF
+backend only. All entries to the table of contents now automatically add
+hyperlinks to the pages they are referring to.
+
 @item
 Compound time signatures are now supported by the @code{\compoundMeter} command,
 which can be used instead of @code{\time}:
@@ -344,7 +370,7 @@ balance.  The old and new versions can be compared by looking at the
 documentation:
 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/The-Feta-font.html#Clef-glyphs,
 old version},
-@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/notation/the-feta-font.html#Clef-glyphs,
+@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/the-feta-font.html#Clef-glyphs,
 new version}.