+New features in 1.7 since 1.6
-New features in 1.5
+* Deeper integration of the input language and Scheme. You can now use
+LilyPond identifiers in Scheme, and use Scheme expressions instead of
+LilyPond identifiers.
-* Development hosted at savannah.gnu.org
+* Music types cleaned up and Schemified.
-* Tablature support.
+New features in 1.6 since 1.4
-* Many speedups, many slowdowns.
-
-* More extensibility.
-
-* Figured bass support.
+* Support for figured bass and tablature.
* Completely rewritten beam formatting: provides much better output
now.
-* Completely rewritten grace note support.
+* Completely revised and improved music font.
+
+* Completely rewritten MIDI import support.
+
+* Completely rewritten grace note support. Practically speaking this
+means that grace notes can be slurred to normal normal notes.
-* Improved accidental handling and formatting.
+* Improved accidental handling and formatting: styles for producing
+cautionaries may vary, and complex collisions between accidentals of a
+chord are handled much better.
-* Better spacing: both globally and locally. It includes subtle
+* Better spacing: both globally and locally. This includes subtle
details like optical stem spacing.
-* More ancient notation support: mensural ligatures, porrectuses,
-ambituses, more shapes.
+* More support for ancient notation: mensural ligatures, ambitus
+(pitch range) of voices, more shapes, etc.
-* Piano notation: bracket pedals, directed arpeggios, arpeggio
-brackets.
+* More support for piano notation: bracket pedals, directed arpeggios,
+arpeggio brackets.
-* Some music entry optimizations.
+* Easier music polyphonic music entry.
-* Font completely revised and improved.
+* More extensibility, many speedups and bugfixes
-* Completely rewritten midi input support.
+* The manual has been thoroughly revised.
-* Manual thoroughly revised.
+* Development is now hosted at http://savannah.gnu.org, and sources
+can be downloaded through anonymous CVS.
-* Many bugfixes.
+* Support for windows: LilyPond is part of the cygwin distribution,
+which comes with a user-friendly installer.
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