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@unnumbered New features in 2.7 since 2.6
@ifhtml
-This document is also available in @uref{NEWS.pdf,PDF}.
+This document is also available in @uref{NEWS.pdf,PDF}. It's part of
+the @uref{../,LilyPond Documentation}
@end ifhtml
@itemize @bullet
+
+@item Positions of staff lines may now be set individually, for
+example
+
+@lilypond[raggedright]
+\new Staff \relative c' {
+ \override Staff.StaffSymbol #'line-positions = #'(-7 -2 0 7)
+ g c f b e a
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Andrea Valle.
+
+
+@item A MusicXML importer is included now.
+
+It was sponsored by among others, Mark van den Borre,
+and Muziekacademie Lede.
+
@item
-Support for figured bass has been rewritten. Now it supports
-continuation lines, slashed figures, and its figures, brackets, and alignments may
-tuned separately.
+Stem direction on the center staff line are now interpolated between
+neighbors. This results in less stem direction changes, leading to a
+more even appearance. For example,
-@lilypond[raggedright,fragment]
-<<
-\relative { c4 c c c }
-\figures {
- \set useBassFigureExtenders = ##t
- <6+ 4 3> <6 4 3> <4 3+> <5/ 7/\+>
-} >>
+@lilypond[raggedright]
+\relative c'' {
+ c4 b c b
+ c c c r
+ b a b a
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Mike Rolish and Basil Crow.
+
+@item
+Slurs now avoid @code{TupletNumber}s, and tuplet numbers may enter the
+staff.
+
+@lilypond[raggedright]
+\relative {
+ \slurUp
+ \override TupletBracket #'bracket-visibility = ##f
+ \override TupletBracket #'staff-padding = ##f
+ \override Slur #'details #'region-size = #6
+
+ \times 2/3
+ {
+ c( \stemDown g' \stemNeutral c,)
+ }
+}
@end lilypond
-This rewrite was sponsored by Trent Johnston and John Mandereau.
+This feature was sponsored by Trent Johnston.
+
+
+@item Tuplet brackets and numbers are implemented as separate grobs,
+@code{TupletBracket} and @code{TupletNumber}.
+
+This rewrite was sponsored by Trent Johnston.
+
+@item String arguments for music functions may be specified without
+@code{#} marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like \clef and
+\bar) to be expressed in generic music functions.
+
+@item Ties in chords are also formatted using a scoring based
+formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords,
+
+@lilypond[raggedright,fragment,relative=2]
+ <b d f g> ~ <b d f g>
+@end lilypond
+
+Here, the tie for the D is flipped, in spite the default rule for
+tie directions.
+
+This rewrite was sponsored by Steve Doonan.
+
+@item With the @code{\tweak} music function, layout objects that are directly
+connected to input may be tuned easily,
+
+@lilypond[relative=2,fragment,verbatim,raggedright]
+<
+ \tweak #'font-size #3 c
+ \tweak #'color #red d
+ \tweak #'style #'cross g
+ \tweak #'duration-log #1 a
+>4
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Sean Reed and Bertalan Fodor.
+
+@item Generic music functions may now also be used on articulations
+and chord elements, eg.
+
+@verbatim
+ < \displayMusic c
+ e-\keepWithTag #'bla -\tag #'bla ^2 >
+@end verbatim
+
+This feature was sponsored by Sean Reed and Bertalan Fodor.
+
+
+@item Spaces between lyrics and distance between syllables with
+hyphens may now be separately tuned through the
+@code{LyricSpace} grob.
+
+This feature has been sponsored by Bertalan Fodor.
+
+@item Texts set in a TrueType font are now kerned. This requires CVS
+Pango or Pango 1.12.
+
+@item Using the @TeX{} no longer requires linking or dynamically
+opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more easily usable on
+various systems.
+
+This fix was sponsored by Black Trash Productions.
+
+@item The horizontal location of rehearsal marks can be adjusted by
+setting the @code{rehearsalMarkAlignSymbol} property,
+
+@lilypond[raggedright]
+\relative {
+ c1
+ \key cis \major
+ \clef alto
+ \set Score.rehearsalMarkAlignSymbol = #'key-signature
+ \mark "on-key"
+ cis
+ \key ces \major
+ \set Score.rehearsalMarkAlignSymbol = #'clef
+ \clef treble
+ \mark "on clef"
+ ces
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+
+This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača.
+
@item
-For each grob, a subproperty in @code{callbacks} property defines the
-procedure which computes it. This is a major internal cleanup, which
-also provides advanced tweakability for power users. For example,
+It's now possible to easily create deeply nested system start
+delimiters,
+
+@lilypond[raggedright]
+\new StaffGroup
+\relative <<
+ \set StaffGroup.systemStartDelimiterHierarchy
+ = #'(SystemStartSquare (SystemStartBracket a (SystemStartSquare b)) d)
+ \new Staff { c1 }
+ \new Staff { c1 }
+ \new Staff { c1 }
+ \new Staff { c1 }
+ \new Staff { c1 }
+>>
+@end lilypond
+
+
+In addition, there is now also support for ``square'' system start
+brackets.
+
+This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača.
+
+@item
+Tie formatting now uses scoring. This opens the road to formatting
+which handles complex situations require tradeoffs between different
+beauty factors.
+
+This refactoring has been sponsored by Steve Doonan.
+
+@item
+Each grob property may also be a ``grob closure.'' This means that it
+is possible to combine functions. For example, the @code{Y-offset} of
+a @code{InstrumentName} grob is defined to be
@verbatim
-\override Beam #'callbacks #'direction
+,(ly:make-simple-closure
+ `(,+
+ ,(ly:make-simple-closure
+ (,Self_alignment_interface::y_aligned_on_self))
+ ,(ly:make-simple-closure
+ (,Side_position_interface::y_aligned_on_support_refpoints)))
+@end verbatim
+
+@noindent
+During execution, the @code{Y-offset} of an @code{InstrumentName} is computed
+as
+
+@example
+(+ (Self_alignment_interface::y_aligned_on_self @var{grob})
+ (Self_alignment_interface::y_aligned_on_support_refpoints @var{grob}))
+@end example
+
+
+@item
+Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now controlled via the
+@code{X-extent}, @code{Y-extent}, @code{X-offset} and @code{Y-offset}
+properties, for example
+
+@verbatim
+\override TextScript #'Y-offset = #-6
+@end verbatim
+
+@noindent
+hard codes @code{TextScript} grobs to be 6 spaces below their Y-parent
+grobs.
+
+@item
+Each grob property can be a procedure. If this is the case, it is
+assumed to be a routine that calculates said property. This is a
+major internal cleanup, which also provides advanced tweakability for
+power users. For example,
+
+@verbatim
+\override Beam #'direction
= #(lambda (grob)
(if (> 4 (ly:grob-array-length (ly:grob-object grob 'stems)))
DOWN
With this code fragment, the direction of a beam is decided to be up
or down, depending on the number of stems in the beam.
+
+@item
+Support for figured bass has been rewritten. Now it supports
+continuation lines, slashed figures, and its figures, brackets, and alignments may
+tuned separately.
+
+@lilypond[raggedright,fragment]
+<<
+\relative { c4 c c c }
+\figures {
+ \set useBassFigureExtenders = ##t
+ <6+ 4 3> <6 4 3> <4 3+> <5/ 7/\+>
+} >>
+@end lilypond
+
+This rewrite was sponsored by Trent Johnston and John Mandereau.
+
@item
Subproperties, like the @code{details} field of @code{Slur} and
@code{Tie} may now be tuned with @code{\override}. For example,
if the appropriate @code{spring-and-rods} callback is set.
@lilypond[relative=2,fragment,raggedright]
-\override MultiMeasureRestText #'callbacks #'springs-and-rods
+\override MultiMeasureRestText #'springs-and-rods
= #Multi_measure_rest::set_text_rods
c1 R1 R1^"Very long long long text"
@end lilypond
@ifhtml
For older news, go to
-@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.6/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html}.
+@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.6/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.html},
+or @uref{../,go back} to the Documentation index.
+
+
@end ifhtml
@bye
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