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-* Finale (.etf) import program. 
 
-* Point and click functionality using emacs and Xdvi.
+New features in 1.5
 
-* Improved design and implementation: Complete rewrite of the
-internals: LilyPond is smaller, cleaner, more flexible, etc.
+* Tablature support.
 
- - More pervasive GUILE integration resulting in 
+* Many speedups, many slowdowns.
 
- - Improved speed, with comparable memory footprint
+* More extensibility.
 
- - Improved robustness: Lily almost never crashes.
+* Figured bass support.
 
-* Piano pedal support
+* Improved beam formatting.
 
-* MIDI: dynamics, tempo changes
+* Improved grace notes.
 
-* Typography: More elegant slurs, aligned dynamics, text crescendos,
+* Improved accidental handling and formatting.
 
-* Chordnames are now configurable in every respect
+* Better spacing.  Includes subtle details like optical stem spacing.
 
-* Included extensive glossary
+* More ancient notation support: mensural ligatures, porrectuses,
+ambituses, more shapes.
 
-* Many bugfixes.
+* Bracket piano pedals.
 
-* Finished ouverture Coriolan as full orchestral score example.
+* Some music entry optimizations.
 
-* AsciiScript [check if broken, decide wether to keep]
+* Font completely revised and improved.
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+* Completely rewritten midi input support.
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+* Many bugfixes