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<h2 class="unnumbered">NEWS</h2>
<h2 class="unnumbered">New features in 2.11 since 2.10</h2>
<p>This document is also available in <a href="NEWS.pdf">PDF</a>. It's part of
the <a href="../">LilyPond Documentation</a> .
<ul>
<li>Harp pedalling diagrams were added:
<p class="noindent"><p>
<a href="f6/lily-19a90f72.ly">
<img align="middle"
border="0" src="f6/lily-19a90f72.png" alt="[image of music]">
</a>
</p>
<li>Predefined, user-configurable, transposable fret diagrams
are now available in the <code>FretBoards</code> context:
<p>
<a href="68/lily-e1b059c0.ly">
<img align="middle"
border="0" src="68/lily-e1b059c0.png" alt="[image of music]">
</a>
</p>
<li>The following syntax changes were made, in chronological order. In
addition, fret diagram properties have been moved to
<code>fret-diagram-details</code>, and <code>#'style</code> property is used to
select solid/dashed lines instead of <code>#'dash-fraction</code>.
<pre class="example"> #'break-align-symbol -> #'break-align-symbols
scripts.caesura -> scripts.caesura.curved
\setEasyHeads -> \easyHeadsOn
\easyHeadsOff (new command)
\fatText -> \textLengthOn
\emptyText -> \textLengthOff
\set hairpinToBarline -> \override Hairpin #'to-barline
\compressMusic -> \scaleDurations
\octave -> \octaveCheck
\arpeggioUp -> \arpeggioArrowUp
\arpeggioDown -> \arpeggioArrowDown
\arpeggioNeutral -> \arpeggioNormal
\setTextCresc -> \crescTextCresc
\setTextDecresc -> \dimTextDecresc
\setTextDecr -> \dimTextDecr
\setTextDim -> \dimTextDim
\setHairpinCresc -> \crescHairpin
\setHairpinDecresc -> \dimHairpin
\sustainUp -> \sustainOff
\sustainDown -> \sustainOn
\sostenutoDown -> \sostenutoOn
\sostenutoUp -> \sostenutoOff
infinite-spacing-height -> extra-spacing-height
#(set-octavation oct) -> \ottava #oct
\put-adjacent markup axis dir markup -> \put-adjacent axis dir markup markup
\center-align -> \center-column
\hcenter -> \center-align
</pre>
<li>Metronome marks can now also contain a textual description. The
duration and count (if given) are shown in parentheses after the text.
<p class="noindent"><p>
<a href="8d/lily-77a3b413.ly">
<img align="middle"
border="0" src="8d/lily-77a3b413.png" alt="[image of music]">
</a>
</p>
<li>In figured bass you can now also use a backslash through a number to
indicate a raised 6th step.
<p class="noindent"><p>
<a href="d3/lily-3453f26f.ly">
<img align="middle"
border="0" src="d3/lily-3453f26f.png" alt="[image of music]">
</a>
</p>
<li>Arpeggios may now use “parenthesis” style brackets:
<p class="noindent"><p>
<a href="22/lily-07313a4a.ly">
<img align="middle"
border="0" src="22/lily-07313a4a.png" alt="[image of music]">
</a>
</p>
<li>Enclosing text within boxes with rounded corners is now possible,
using the <code>rounded-box</code> command.
<li><samp><span class="command">lilypond-book</span></samp> can run any program instead of <samp><span class="command">latex</span></samp>
to guess the line width, thanks to <code>--latex-program</code> command line
option.
<li>Underlining is now possible with the <code>\underline</code> markup command.
<li>It is now possible to specify, using the <code>page-count</code> variable in
the paper block, the number of pages that will be used.
<li>A new page breaking function, <code>ly:minimal-breaking</code>, is dedicated
to books with many pages or a lot of texts.
<li>A table of contents is included using <code>\markuplines \table-of-contents</code>.
Elements are added to it using the <code>\tocItem</code> command.
<li>Text spreading over several pages is entered using the
<code>\markuplines</code> keyword. Builtin markup list commands, such as
<code>\justified-lines</code> or <code>\wordwrap-lines</code> may be used, and new
ones created using the <code>define-markup-list-command</code> Scheme macro.
<li>Particular points of a book may be marked with the <code>\label</code>
command. Then, the page where these points are placed can be refered to
using the <code>\page-ref</code> markup command.
<li>Page breaking and page turning commands (<code>\pageBreak</code>,
<code>\noPageBreak</code>, etc) can be used at top-level, between scores and
top-level markups.
<li>The following options are now changed as a <code>-d</code> sub-option:
<code>--backend</code>, <code>--safe</code>, <code>--preview</code> and
<code>--no-pages</code> (which became <code>-dno-print-pages</code>). The <code>-b</code>
option does not exist any more.
<li>Improved testing procedure now catch changes in CPU and memory
performance, page layout, MIDI results and warnings. This helps to
reduce the number of regression errors during development, resulting
in more stable releases.
<p>See <a href="INSTALL.html#testing">INSTALL.html#testing</a> for more information.
<li>Nested properties, such as <code>details</code> in <code>Slur</code>, can be
reverted as well. The syntax for this is
<pre class="example"> \revert Slur #'(details closeness-factor)
</pre>
<li>All line spanners are more flexible now in the configuration of
their end points. This includes glissando, voice followers, text
crescendos and other text spanners. The old syntax for setting
text on line spanners is no longer valid.
<p class="noindent"><p>
<a href="60/lily-6db502e5.ly">
<img align="middle"
border="0" src="60/lily-6db502e5.png" alt="[image of music]">
</a>
</p>
<p>This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača.
<li>The environment variable LILYPONDPREFIX has been renamed to
LILYPOND_DATADIR.
<li>Notes or rests, such as a typical end note, that fill an entire
measure are preceded by some more space.
<p class="noindent"><p>
<a href="87/lily-0c2c3ae3.ly">
<img align="middle"
border="0" src="87/lily-0c2c3ae3.png" alt="[image of music]">
</a>
</p>
<li>All <code>\score</code>s in a lilypond-book fragment are now inserted
into the document. Also, toplevel markups don't result in an entire
page.
<li>Alterations (such as a sharp and flat) may now be arbitrary
fractions. This allows some forms of microtonal music. For example,
Turkish makam music uses 1/9th tone alterations.
<p class="noindent"><p>
<a href="24/lily-06ac0a0b.ly">
<img align="middle"
border="0" src="24/lily-06ac0a0b.png" alt="[image of music]">
</a>
</p>
<li>Tie directions may be set with <code>^~</code> and <code>_~</code>
<li>Tablature now supports harmonics and slides,
<p class="noindent"><p>
<a href="01/lily-d0b06c62.ly">
<img align="middle"
border="0" src="01/lily-d0b06c62.png" alt="[image of music]">
</a>
</p>
<p>This feature was sponsored by Mike Amundsen
<li>Horizontal spacing now follows object outlines more
accurately. This allows tighter horizontal spacing.
<p class="noindent"><p>
<a href="60/lily-3981442d.ly">
<img align="middle"
border="0" src="60/lily-3981442d.png" alt="[image of music]">
</a>
</p>
<li>Objects that belong outside of the staff are
now positioned automatically to avoid collisions.
<p class="noindent"><p>
<a href="33/lily-6e28f699.ly">
<img align="middle"
border="0" src="33/lily-6e28f699.png" alt="[image of music]">
</a>
</p>
<li>Staves are spaced vertically using a skyline algorithm. This helps to avoid
uneven vertical spacing.
<p class="noindent"><p>
<a href="44/lily-7716cb5a.ly">
<img align="middle"
border="0" src="44/lily-7716cb5a.png" alt="[image of music]">
</a>
</p>
</ul>
<p>For older news, go to
<a href="http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.html">http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.html</a>,
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