2 New features in 1.6 since 1.4
4 * Support for figured bass and tablature.
6 * Completely rewritten beam formatting: provides much better output
9 * Completely revised and improved music font.
11 * Completely rewritten MIDI import support.
13 * Completely rewritten grace note support. Practically speaking this
14 means that grace notes can be slurred to normal normal notes.
16 * Improved accidental handling and formatting: styles for producing
17 cautionaries may vary, and complex collisions between accidentals of a
18 chord are handled much better.
20 * Better spacing: both globally and locally. This includes subtle
21 details like optical stem spacing.
23 * More support for ancient notation: mensural ligatures, ambitus
24 (pitch range) of voices, more shapes, etc.
26 * More support for piano notation: bracket pedals, directed arpeggios,
29 * Easier music polyphonic music entry.
31 * More extensibility, many speedups and bugfixes
33 * The manual has been thoroughly revised.
35 * Development is now hosted at http://savannah.gnu.org, and sources
36 can be downloaded through anonymous CVS.
38 * Support for windows: LilyPond is part of the cygwin distribution,
39 which comes with a user-friendly installer.