LilyPond — Changes
This document lists changes and new features in LilyPond version 2.23.0 since 2.22. |
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The
lilypond-book
script now allows braces in the argument of the commands\lilypond
(for LaTeX) and@lilypond
(for Texinfo). -
With the new markup list command
string-lines
it is now possible to split a string at a given character. The default is to split at line break. Surrounding white space gets dropped. The resulting list of markups may be further formatted. This is a very convenient way of entering additional stanzas for songs. - Color transparency is supported when generating Postscript and PDF files. To use this new feature, it is necessary to use Ghostscript version 9.53 or later.
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A new grob
FingerGlideSpanner
is now available, indicating a finger gliding on a string from one to another position. Several appearances are possible, depending on the setting ofstyle
. Shown in the image areline
,stub-left
,stub-right
andstub-both
.Also possible is
dashed-line
,dotted-line
,zigzag
,trill
,bow
andnone
. -
A new grob
BendSpanner
is now available forTabStaff
, indicating a bent string. Apart from the default three styles are possible:'hold
,'pre-bend
and'pre-bend-hold
.
For older news, go to https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/changes/, https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.20/Documentation/changes/, or go back to the Documentation index.