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New features in 2.14 since 2.12
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   * Lilypond now helps beams avoid collisions with other grobs!  This
     feature works completely with manual beams.  It also works for all
     automatic beams that do not end right before a change in staff.
     For this special case, please use manual beams.

   * The Articulate script by Peter Chubb, which is GPLv3 licensed, is
     now a part of the distribution.  It allows easy generation of
     improved MIDI files that perform non-legato by default, legato
     slurs, staccato, tempo markings, trills, etc.

          \include "articulate.ly"
          \articulate <<
                all the rest of the score...
          >>

   * Single beat repeats for sixteenth or shorter notes and beat
     repeats for measures containing notes of varying durations are now
     supported.

     [image of music]

   * Lilypond now engraves woodwind fingering charts.

     [image of music]

   * MIDI output has been improved
        * the option `\set Score.midiChannelMapping = #'voice' puts
          each voice on its own midi MIDI channel

        * the option `\set Score.midiChannelMapping = #'instrument'
          puts identical instruments on the same MIDI channel.  This
          means that e.g. for a full orchestral score there are always
          16 (15 plus percussion) differently sounding instruments
          available, unrestricted by the number of staves or voices.
          (Some MIDI players will cut off notes, however, if two voices
          play the same pitch simultaneously on the same channel.) This
          option also stores each voice in a separate track in the MIDI
          file.

        * the default, `\set Score.midiChannelMapping = #'staff',
          assigns one MIDI channel per staff.  This setting allows
          instrument changes (implemented as MIDI program changes) to
          re-use single MIDI channel.

        * dynamics are now rendered as note velocities, no longer as
          midi volume.  This improves the sound on [high end] midi
          renderers.

   * MIDI-import through Midi2ly is improved
        * Midi2ly now also works on Windows systems

        * MIDI-files with more than 32 tracks are now handled

        * notes on certain simultaneous voices no longer ignored

        * notes overrunning a bar line are no longer truncated

        * initial key signature and time signature are respected

        * a problem with octaves in subsequent tracks/voices is fixed

        * initial support for multiple voices notated on one staff

        * the instrumentName is set from track data

        * new -skip option, rests are displayed by default

        * rests overrunning a bar line are not truncated

        * new -include-header option for setting titles

        * new -preview option for big MIDI-files
     The first feature was sponsored by Valentin Villenave, the other
     features were sponsored by Image-Line Software for FL Studio.

   * A new `Completion_rest_engraver' is available for automatically
     converting long rests which overrun bar lines, matching the
     `Completion_heads_engraver' for notes
          \layout {
            \context {
              \Voice
              \remove "Note_heads_engraver"
              \consists "Completion_heads_engraver"
              \remove "Rest_engraver"
              \consists "Completion_rest_engraver"
            }
          }
     This feature was sponsored by Image-Line Software for FL Studio.

   * Dots can be added to the table of contents items using:
          \paper {
            tocItemMarkup = \tocItemWithDotsMarkup
          }

   * New markup commands `\pattern' and `\fill-with-pattern' are
     available.  [image of music]

   * A minimal composer toolkit of modal transformations is provided.
     A motif may be transposed, inverted and/or converted to its
     retrograde within any scale.

     [image of music]

   * Added minimal support for black mensural notation.

   * Enhanced support for obliqua shapes within white mensural
     ligatures.

     [image of music]

   * New markup functions `\with-link' and `\page-link' that add
     hyperlinks to a given label or a given page number. This works in
     the PDF backend only. All entries to the table of contents now
     automatically add hyperlinks to the pages they are referring to.

   * Compound time signatures are now supported by the `\compoundMeter'
     command, which can be used instead of `\time':

     [image of music]

   * Lyrics above a staff must have their `staff-affinity' set to
     `DOWN' or must have their `alignAboveContext' property set in
     order to be properly aligned.  For more information, see *note
     Placing lyrics vertically: (lilypond-notation)Placing lyrics
     vertically.

   * `stringTunings' property values have changed from a list of
     semitones above middle C to a list of LilyPond pitch values.
     convert-ly will handle the change automatically where the value of
     `stringTunings' is set to a Scheme constant value.

     New commands `makeStringTuning' and `contextStringTuning' allow
     the creation of string tunings in the form of a Lilypond chord
     construct.

   * By using `\cueDuringWithClef', cue notes can now also have their
     own clef, which is correctly reset at the end of the cue notes.
     At the begin of each line, the standard clef is still displayed,
     but the cue clef is shown after the time/key signature in smaller
     size.

     [image of music]

   * Note names can be selected with a new `\language "italiano"'
     command, which can be used in safe mode.  The old `\include
     "italiano.ly"' syntax is still supported for now, but will be
     deprecated in the future.

   * autobeaming is now disabled by `\cadenzaOn' and enabled by
     `\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.

   * 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.

   * The part-combiner's decision to combine/not combine notes can now
     be customized

          [image of music]


   * Tablature staves show fret numbers only by default. To get the
     former style, `\tabFullNotation' is provided.

   * Funk-style and Walker-style shape notes have been added.

   * Rests will no longer keep a staff alive if
     `\RemoveEmptyStaffContext' is used.

   * New option `-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.

   * 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.

   * The SVG backend has optional support for WOFF fonts
     (http://www.w3.org/Submission/WOFF).  Using the Scheme option `-d
     svg-woff' together with the SVG backend selection `-d
     backend=svg', produces SVG output with CSS WOFF font selection.

   * 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: old version
     (http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/The-Feta-font.html#Clef-glyphs),
     new version
     (http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/the-feta-font.html#Clef-glyphs).

   * Text crescendo spanners can now be added directly using `\cresc',
     `\dim' and `\decresc'.

          [image of music]


   * The documented syntax of `lilypond' environments in the LaTeX mode
     of `lilypond-book' has been changed to conform with standard LaTeX
     syntax: options now come after the environment name:
          \begin{lilypond}[OPTIONS] ...

     The previous syntax with options after `\begin' is still accepted
     by `lilypond-book' but deprecated.  Something like
          sed -i '/begin\[/s/begin\(\[[^]]*]\)\({lilypond}\)/begin\2\1/'

     might do the trick for conversion.

   * 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.

   * A variant of the Segno sign is provided:

          [image of music]


   * Context modifications (`\with' blocks) can be stored in variables
     and inserted into contexts or other `\with' blocks:

          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
              }
            }
          }
           [image of music]


   * A half-open articulation was added:

          [image of music]


     This is sometimes used to indicate half-open hi-hats.

   * The Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm is now fully supported for
     single-line markup due to enhanced integration with Pango.

   * LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3+.

   * In tablature, frets can be indicated with labels other than
     numbers:

          \new TabStaff
          \with {
            stringTunings = #`(,(ly:make-pitch 1 3 NATURAL)
                               ,(ly:make-pitch 1 1 NATURAL)
          		     ,(ly:make-pitch 0 5 NATURAL)
          		     ,(ly:make-pitch 0 3 NATURAL)
          		     ,(ly:make-pitch 0 1 NATURAL)
          		     ,(ly:make-pitch -1 5 NATURAL))
            tablatureFormat = #fret-letter-tablature-format
          }
          \new TabVoice {
            \set fretLabels = #`(,(markup #:with-color red "a")
                                 "b"
                                 ,(markup #:italic #:smaller "c"))
            <f d>4. <bes>8 <g e>4
          }
           [image of music]


   * Layout objects can be printed over a white background, which
     whites-out objects in lower layers which lie beneath:

          \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
           [image of music]


   * Chords can be repeated using the `q' shortcut:

          <c e g>8.-^ q16 q4-^
           [image of music]


   * With two-sided mode, margins for odd and even pages can be set
     using `inner-margin' and `outer-margin':

     \paper {
       two-sided = ##t
       inner-margin = 10 \mm
       outer-margin = 20 \mm
     }

   * Paper margin defaults, as specified in
     `ly/paper-defaults-init.ly', apply to the default paper size (a4)
     and are automatically scaled according to the paper size chosen.

   * All combinations of `left-margin', `right-margin' and `line-width'
     work now.  There is no more need to set `line-width' manually
     unless you explicitly want to.

   * Support for using an alternative music font, such as Gonville, is
     now added.

   * In addition to the existing `\hspace' markup command, a new
     `\vspace' command has been added to provide an easy and flexible
     way to add vertical space in markups.

   * The direction of manual beams can be set with `^[' and `_['.

   * A version of the breve note head has been added with two vertical
     lines on each side.

          [image of music]


   * Instrument names and vocal names now take into account the extent
     of system start delimiters in other staves for their positioning,
     resulting in improved default alignment for left-, center- and
     right-aligned names.

          [image of music]


   * Braces in markup can now be selected by point size using the
     markup commands `\left-brace' and `\right-brace'.

          [image of music]


   * Intermediate .ps files which are created by LilyPond during
     compilation are now deleted by default.  To keep them, add the
     following line to your input files:
     #(ly:set-option 'delete-intermediate-files #f)

   * Dashed and dotted slurs, phrasing slurs, and ties have been made
     variable thickness, and partially dashed slurs are now available:

          [image of music]


   * An eyeglasses markup was added, indicating strongly to look at the
     conductor for instructions:

          [image of music]


   * A snap-pizzicato (also known as Bartok-pizzicato) articulation was
     added:

          [image of music]


   * Tuplet number formatting functions are now available to print
     other fractions and to add notes to the number or fraction:

          [image of music]


   * FretBoards now have a chordChanges property to keep repeated
     FretBoard objects from being typeset.

   * The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
     it more flexible and easier to control.  The spacing between
     staves within a system can now change to better use the space on
     the page.  User-defined contexts may participate in this flexible
     spacing, depending on how their `staff-affinity' is defined.  Some
     page formatting variables (`page-top-space', `between-system-space
     -padding', and `before- between- after-title-space') have been
     replaced by flexible vertical dimensions.




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