X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fchanges.tely;h=8b36e5fe17a0dd9d945f418a8d9d544a8bb85721;hb=f38c1deba59c233e1af2d36fc55b1d0f08c2f9ac;hp=f93fcf8ca843f35d18f0185736723649ee318056;hpb=aa8523e4fa16352a1708065e447aac65426d82a4;p=lilypond.git diff --git a/Documentation/changes.tely b/Documentation/changes.tely index f93fcf8ca8..8b36e5fe17 100644 --- a/Documentation/changes.tely +++ b/Documentation/changes.tely @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ @setfilename lilypond-changes.info @settitle LilyPond Changes +@include macros.itexi + @ifhtml @macro inputfileref{DIR,NAME} @uref{../../\DIR\/collated-files.html#\NAME\,@file{\DIR\/\NAME\}}@c @@ -38,11 +40,10 @@ See user manual, \NAME\ @ifhtml This document is also available in @uref{changes.pdf,PDF}. It is part of -the @uref{lilypond/Manuals.html,LilyPond Documentation}. +the @uref{lilypond/manuals.html,LilyPond Documentation}. @end ifhtml - - +@allowcodebreaks false @itemize @bullet @@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ the @uref{lilypond/Manuals.html,LilyPond Documentation}. HINTS +* add new items at the top + * only show verbatim input for syntax/input changes * try to be as brief possible in those cases @@ -63,6 +66,219 @@ which scares away people. @end ignore +@item +Note names can be selected with a new +@code{@bs{}language "italiano"} command, which +can be used in safe mode. The old +@code{@bs{}include "italiano.ly"} syntax is +still supported for now, but will be deprecated +in the future. + +@item +auotbeaming is now disabled by @code{\cadenzaOn} and enabled by +@code{\cadenzaOff}. Beaming in cadenzas should be indicated manually. +Also, if a cadenza is used in a piece with autobeaming disabled, it +will need to be disabled again after the cadenza. + +@item +The user is now able to specify the name of the predefined fretboard +table. This allows the use of multiple tables, with switching between them +based on user input. + +@item +The part-combiner's decision to combine/not combine notes can now be customized +@lilypond[quote,relative=2] +\partcombine +\relative c' { c2 \partcombineApart c | \partcombineChordsOnce e' e } +\relative c' { c2 \partcombineApart c | c c } +@end lilypond + +@item +Tablature staves show fret numbers only by default. To get the +former style, @code{\tabFullNotation} is provided. + +@item +Funk-style and Walker-style shape notes have been added. + +@item +Rests will no longer keep a staff alive if @code{\RemoveEmptyStaffContext} +is used. + +@item +New option @code{-dinclude-settings=INCLUDEFILE.ly}, which causes lilypond +to include the given file before the score is processed. This allows the +user to change global settings without the need to change the score itself. +That way, several different editions/version (e.g. different page sizes) +can be generated from a file without having to modify the score for each +version. + +@item +The autobeaming settings syntax has been changed. beatLength, +beatGrouping, beamSettings, and measureGrouping have all been eliminated. +Autobeaming is now controlled by baseMoment, beatStructure, and +beamExceptions. Default settings for each of these properties can be +stored for any time signature in time-signature-settings, so that +when the time signature is changed, the autobeaming will automatically +change. The new syntax should be much easier and require fewer +overrides. + +@item +The SVG backend has optional support for +@uref{http://www.w3.org/Submission/WOFF, WOFF fonts}. Using the Scheme +option @code{-d svg-woff} together with the SVG backend selection +@code{-d backend=svg}, produces SVG output with CSS WOFF font selection. + +@item +The LilyPond G clef has been rotated 1.5 degrees clockwise for improved +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, +new version}. + + +@item +Text crescendo spanners can now be added directly using @code{\cresc}, +@code{\dim} and @code{\decresc}. +@lilypond[quote,relative=2] +c4\cresc c c c\f | +c4\dim c c c\! +@end lilypond + + +@item +The documented syntax of @samp{lilypond} environments in the @LaTeX{} +mode of @command{lilypond-book} has been changed to conform with +standard @LaTeX{} syntax: options now come after the environment name: +@example +\begin@{lilypond@}[@var{options}] @dots{} +@end example + +The previous syntax with options after @samp{\begin} is still accepted +by @command{lilypond-book} but deprecated. Something like +@example +sed -i '/begin\[/s/begin\(\[[^]]*]\)\(@{lilypond@}\)/begin\2\1/' +@end example + +might do the trick for conversion. + +@item +Aesthetics of shape note heads have been enhanced. Variable line thicknesses +have been implemented. All note widths have been made consistent. +Minor shape note commands that use the relative major key for scale steps +have been added. + +@item +A variant of the segno sign is provided: +@lilypond[quote,relative=2] +c4 d e f \bar "S" +g4 f e d +@end lilypond + +@item +Context modifications (@code{\with} blocks) can be stored in variables and +inserted into contexts or other @code{\with} blocks: +@lilypond[quote,verbatim] +coloredheads = \with { \override NoteHead #'color = #red } +noclef = \with { \remove "Clef_engraver" } +\score { + \new Staff { + \new Voice \with { \coloredheads } \relative c' { c4 e g c } + } + \layout { + \context { + \Staff + \noclef + } + } +} +@end lilypond + +@item +A half-open articulation was added: +@lilypond[quote,relative=2] +c4\halfopen +@end lilypond +This is sometimes used to indicate half-open hi-hats. + +@item +The Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm is now fully supported for +single-line markup due to enhanced integration with Pango. + +@item +LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3+. + +@item +In tablature, frets can be indicated with labels other than numbers: + +@lilypond[verbatim,quote,relative=1] +\new TabStaff +\with { + stringTunings = #'(17 14 9 5 2 -3) + tablatureFormat = #fret-letter-tablature-format +} +\new TabVoice { + \set fretLabels = #`(,(markup #:with-color red "a") + "b" + ,(markup #:italic #:smaller "c")) + 4. 8 4 +} +@end lilypond + +@item +Layout objects can be printed over a white background, which whites-out objects +in lower layers which lie beneath: + +@lilypond[verbatim,quote,relative=1] +\time 3/4 +\override Staff.StaffSymbol #'layer = #4 +\once \override Tie #'layer = #2 +b'2.~ +\once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'whiteout = ##t +\once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'layer = #3 +\time 5/4 +b4 +@end lilypond + +@item +Chords can be repeated using the @code{q} shortcut: + +@lilypond[verbatim,quote,relative=2] +8.-^ q16 q4-^ +@end lilypond + +@item +With two-sided mode, margins for odd and even pages can be set using +@code{inner-margin} and @code{outer-margin}: + +@example +\paper @{ + two-sided = ##t + inner-margin = 10 \mm + outer-margin = 20 \mm +@} +@end example + +@item +Paper margin defaults, as specified in @file{ly/@/paper@/-defaults@/-init@/.ly}, apply +to the default paper size (a4) and are automatically scaled according to the +paper size chosen. + +@item +All combinations of @code{left-margin}, @code{right-margin} and +@code{line-width} work now. There is no more need to set @code{line-width} +manually unless you explicitly want to. + +@item +Support for using an alternative music font, such as Gonville, is now +added. + +@item +In addition to the existing @code{\hspace} markup command, +a new @code{\vspace} command has been added to provide an easy +and flexible way to add vertical space in markups. + @item The direction of manual beams can be set with @code{^[} and @code{_[}. @@ -192,6 +408,10 @@ and to add notes to the number or fraction: FretBoards now have a chordChanges property to keep repeated FretBoard objects from being typeset. +@item +The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making +it more flexible and easier to control. + @end itemize