NEWS
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New features in 2.9 since 2.8
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   * Calculation of note head durations is now softcoded. This means
     that they can be changed on the fly

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   * Chords can now be partially tied,

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     This feature was sponsored by Steve Doonan.

   * Lyric extenders now have tunable padding.

     This feature was sponsored by David Griffel.

   * Instrument changes are better supported: names in the margin can be
     changed half-way during a staff, and cues are printed
     automatically.

     This feature was sponsored by Kieren MacMillan.

   * Barlines can be dashed now,

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     This feature was sponsored by Kieren MacMillan.

   * Grace notes may be forced to use floating spacing,

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     This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača.

   * Durations of grace notes are taken into account for spacing,

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     This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača.

   * Tuplet brackets can be made to run to prefatory matter or the next
     note

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     This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača.

   * Falls and doits can be added to notes

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     This feature was sponsored by Anthony Youngman and Paul Scott.

   * `lilypond-book' now includes support for PDFTeX.

     This feature was sponsored by David Roundy.

   * Nested tuplets can have different formatting for each nesting
     level,

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     This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača.

   * New sections with different spacing parameters can be started with
     `newSpacingSection'.  This is useful when there are sections with
     a different notions of long and short notes.

     In the following example, the time signature change introduces a
     new section, and hence the 16ths notes are spaced wider.

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     This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača, Michael Meixner and
     Vivian Barty-Taylor.

   * A new, automated testing technique has been added. It will detect
     changes in the formatting automatically, which will make it easier
     to spot regression errors in the future.

     View test results (../../test-results.html).

   * Figured bass can also be added to `Staff' contexts directly. In
     this case, their vertical position is adjusted automatically.

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     This feature was sponsored by Trent Johnston.

   * Beams may be put on isolated stems, and beamlets may be paired by
     setting the `max-beam-connect' property,

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     This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača.

   * Beaming patterns obey the `beatGrouping' property.

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     This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača.

   * With the command `\transposedCueDuring' a cue's transposition can
     be changed locally.  This can be used to prevent excessive ledger
     lines on cues.

     This feature was contributed by Werner Lemberg

   * By setting `hairpinToBarline', hairpins will stop at the barline
     preceding the ending note.

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     This feature was sponsored by Andrew Sidwell and Trevor Bača.

   * Objects may be rotated using the `rotation' property.  [image of music]

     This feature was contributed by Erlend Aasland.

   * Hairpins now support circled tips (al niente notation).  [image of music]

     This feature was contributed by Erlend Aasland.

   * The MusicXML convertor has been sped up, and has rudimentary
     support for percussion notation.  It will also condense multi-bar
     rests to enable part extraction.

   * The beam printing code has been completely rewritten, and now
     includes support for feathered beaming,

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     Known bug: the \featherDuration command only works with very short
     music snippets.

     This feature was sponsored by Jamie Bullock.

   * The `\note' markup command now also accepts note head styles.

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     This feature was sponsored by Jamie Bullock.

   * Tie chord formatting also works with arpegiated ties.

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     This feature was sponsored by Steve Doonan.




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