lilypond 1.7.4

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

LilyPond 1.7.4 is out.


Attractions:

 * ability to put arbitrary texts on multi measure rests. (see
   input/test/multi-measure-rest.ly)

 * zigzag glissandi (thanks to Rune)

 * various syntax cleanups (which are handled by convert-ly)

 * preparations for Sodipodi support (by Jan).

 * New syntax for chords

      << c e g >>4

  will make a quarter note C major chord. This mechanism will supplant
  the current < > syntax at some point in the future

  I foresee that the syntax  will change as follows

      < { .. }  >  (current syntax)

  for simultaneous constructs will become


    \simultaneous {
      ..
    }

  or perhaps

    << .. >>

  Current syntax < .. > for normal chords (eg. <c4 e g>) will become

    <c e g>4


  This is a major change, and I'm not sure how and when we will do it,
  but this change will simplify some syntax arcana, notably:

    * the start-piece-with-chord effect

    * the ordering of [ ] ~ in combination with chords

  it will also give us a chance to make the move to uniform postfix
  syntax for articulations, i.e.

    c8-(-\<-[  c8-)-\!-[ 

  (for two notes with a slur, decrescendo and beam in between.) The
  dashes must be maintained for technical reasons, but it is likely
  that will become optional at some point, so that we will get

     c8(\< [   c8 )\! ] 
  
 


2002-10-21  Han-Wen Nienhuys  <address@hidden>

        * scm/generate-documentation.scm (string-append): add macro
        definitions.

        * lily/text-item.cc (lookup_text): don't use virtual fonts for
        normal texts.

        * lily/multi-measure-rest-engraver.cc: make separate
        MultiMeasureRestNumber grob. Introduce restNumberThreshold.

        * lily/multi-measure-rest.cc: remove text handling. Remove 
number-threshold.

2002-10-20  Han-Wen Nienhuys  <address@hidden>

        * scm/music-types.scm: doc patch by Graham Percival

2002-10-19  Jan Nieuwenhuizen  <address@hidden>

        * buildscripts/make-font-dir.py (sketch_p): Bugfix: only write
        encoding part.
        (Font_info.set_defaults): pixelsize now also defauts to '0'.
        (sketch_p): Sketch wants only first four elements of X11 font spec.

        * buildscripts/mf-to-table.py (parse_logfile): Bugfix. 

        * mf/feta-autometric.mf: Write foundry and family to log.

        * mf/GNUmakefile: Fixes for pfx builds.  Also write sketch
        font translation table.

        * buildscripts/mf-to-table.py: Better font info into afm.

        * buildscripts/make-font-dir.py: Use font info from afm.  Mftrace
        1.0.9 required.

        * configure.in: Whine for mftrace 1.0.9.

2002-10-19  Han-Wen Nienhuys  <address@hidden>

        * lily/parser.yy (chord_body): allow <<c e>>4 notation.

        * lily/main.cc (main_prog): don't try to load init.EXT when
        processing foo.EXT.

2002-10-15  Rune Zedeler  <address@hidden>

        * scm/tex.scm (zigzig-line): added.

        * scm/ps.scm (zigzag-line): added.

        * ps/music-drawing-routines.ps (subvec): added.
        (draw_zigzag_line): added.
        
        * lily/line-spanner.cc: Add support for #'type = #'zigzag. reading
        grob properties zigzag-width and zigzag-length.

        * input/regression/glissando.ly: Add some zig-zagged glissandi.

2002-10-15  Jan Nieuwenhuizen  <address@hidden>

        * scm/sodipodi.scm: Some fixes.  Sketch also groks this bare-bones
        svg output, including font.

2002-10-14  Jan Nieuwenhuizen  <address@hidden>

        * scm/lily.scm: Register sodipodi output module.

        * scm/sodipodi.scm: New file.

        * lily/afm.cc (read_afm_file): Read TfmCheckSum from comment.

        * buildscripts/mf-to-table.py (base): Write TfmChecksum in
        comment, after header.
        (parse_logfile): Remove invalid key FontFamily.  Add mandatory key
        FullName.  Fix FontName key.

2002-10-14  Rune Zedeler  <address@hidden>

        * lily/rest.cc (after_line_breaking): bugfix: dots after half
        and breve rests.
        
        * input/test/blank-notes.ly: bugfix

        * lily/rest.cc (after_line_breaking): bugfix: dots after whole
        rests. (Kim Shrier)

        * input/test/rest-dot-positions.ly: Added. (Kim Shrier)
        
2002-10-14  Jan Nieuwenhuizen  <address@hidden>

        * scm/tex.scm: 
        * scm/ps.scm: Cleanup and remove obsolete junk.

        * Documentation/user/internals.itely:
        * Documentation/user/refman.itely: Run texinfo-all-menus-update.

        * lily/parser.yy: Identify shift/reduce problems.

        * input/mutopia/W.A.Mozart/mozart-hrn3-defs.ly: Rename
        make-style-sheet.  Too specific for convert-ly?

2002-10-14  Han-Wen Nienhuys  <address@hidden>

        * po/cs.po: added czech translation, courtesy Tomas Kopecek.

        * input/test/*.ly: various fixes.

        * lily/music.cc (name): bugfix

        * lily/piano-pedal-engraver.cc (try_music): fix pedals.

        * lily/input-file-results.cc (code): set-point-and-click! ->
        set-point-and-click
        
2002-10-13  Han-Wen Nienhuys  <address@hidden>

        * Use uniform ly: prefix for exported scheme primitive functions.

        * scm/music-types.scm: junk compat glue

        * scripts/convert-ly.py: add rules for stuff below, junk
        compatibility glue for spanrequest.

        * lily/parser.yy (verbose_event): remove \spanrequest,
        \commandspanrequest, \script. 
        
        * lily/identifier-smob.cc (LY_DEFINE): change name to ly-export

        * lily/parser.yy: remove arpeggio keyword; use identifier. Idem
        for \penalty, \glissando.


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Han-Wen Nienhuys   |   address@hidden    | http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen/