-* Finale (.etf), PMX (.pmx) and musedata import tools.
+New features in 1.8 since 1.6
+=============================
-* Point and click functionality using emacs and Xdvi.
+** There chord entry code has been completely rewritten. It is now
+cleaner and more flexible.
-* Improved design and implementation: Complete rewrite of the
-internals: LilyPond is smaller, cleaner, more flexible, etc.
+** A new syntax has been added for text entry.
- - More pervasive GUILE integration resulting in:
+This syntax is more friendly than the old mechanism, and it is
+implemented in a more robust and modular way.
- - Improved speed (undone for now, by .73 + .74),
- with comparable memory footprint
+** Deeper integration of the input language and Scheme. You can now use
+LilyPond identifiers in Scheme, and use Scheme expressions instead of
+LilyPond identifiers.
- - More tweakability using less memory with the new `property push'
- mechanism.
+** The internal representation of music has been cleaned up completely
+converted to Scheme data structure. The representation may be
+exported as XML.
- - Improved robustness: Lily almost never crashes.
+** A new syntax has been added for chords:
-* Piano pedal support, Arpeggios
+ << PITCHES >>
-* MIDI: dynamics, tempo changes
+In version 2.0, this syntax will be changed to
-* Typography: More elegant slurs, aligned dynamics, text crescendos,
+ < PITCHES > for chords
-* Better lyrics placement: Automatical phrasing, melisma alignment,
- and stanza numbering.
+and
-* Part combining for orchestral scores and hymns: two voices are
- combined into a staff automatically, including Solo/`a2
- indications as appropriate.
+ \simultaneous { .. } for simultaneous music.
-* Chordnames are now configurable in every respect
+** A new uniform postfix syntax for articulation has been introduced.
+A beamed slurred pair of eighth notes can be entered as
-* Includes an extensive glossary of musical terms.
+ c8-[-( d8-]-)
-* Many bugfixes.
+In version 2.0, postfix syntax will be the only syntax
+available, and the dashes will become optional.
-* Finished ouverture Coriolan as full orchestral score example.
+** User code may now be executed during interpreting.
-* AsciiScript: ASCII-art output
+The syntax for this code is
+
+ \applycontext #SCHEME-FUNCTION
+
+
+** New algorithms for chord-name formatting have been installed. This
+algorithm can be tuned and has an ergonomic syntax for entering
+exceptions.
+
+** Texts may now be put on multimeasure rests, eg.
+
+ R1*20^\markup { "GP" }
+
+** Ancient notation now prints ligatures in Gregorian square neumes
+notation, roughly following the typographical style of the Liber
+hymnarius of Solesmes, published in 1983. Ligatures are still printed
+without the proper line breaking and horizontal spacing.
+
+** Glissandi can now be printed using the zigzag style.
+
+** Clusters may now be printed. The syntax is:
+
+ NOTE-\startCluster
+
+ ..
+ NOTE-\stopCluster
+
+** For irregular meters, beat grouping marks can be printed. The
+syntax for this is
+
+ #(set-time-signature 7 8 '(3 2 2))
+
+** Nested horizontal brackets for music analysis can now be printed.
+
+ NOTE-\startGroup
+ ..
+ NOTE-\stopGroup
+
+** Ottava brackets are now fully supported as a feature.
+The syntax is
+
+ #(set-octavation 1)
+
+** Metronome markings are printed when a
+\tempo command is processed.
+
+** Fingerings can be horizontally on chords.
+
+** The appearance of various glyphs has been fine-tuned
+
+** Different types of percent style repeats may now be nested
+
+** The emacs support has been extended.
+
+** The manual has been completely revised and extended.
+
+
+
+New features in 1.6 since 1.4
+=============================
+
+* Support for figured bass and tablature.
+
+* Completely rewritten beam formatting: provides much better output
+now.
+
+* 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: styles for producing
+cautionaries may vary, and complex collisions between accidentals of a
+chord are handled much better.
+
+* Better spacing: both globally and locally. This includes subtle
+details like optical stem spacing.
+
+* More support for ancient notation: mensural ligatures, ambitus
+(pitch range) of voices, more shapes, etc.
+
+* More support for piano notation: bracket pedals, directed arpeggios,
+arpeggio brackets.
+
+* Easier music polyphonic music entry.
+
+* More extensibility, many speedups and bugfixes
+
+* The manual has been thoroughly revised.
+
+* Development is now hosted at http://savannah.gnu.org, and sources
+can be downloaded through anonymous CVS.
+
+* Support for windows: LilyPond is part of the cygwin distribution,
+which comes with a user-friendly installer.
-* Translations into Japanese, French and Russian
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