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New stuff at the end.
* Jan 2002 : GTablature 0.0.1
* First release.
* Fev 2002 : GTablature 0.1
* Added a demo song
* Instrument selection
* I18n (including French translation)
* Support multiple partitions with different instruments and different views
(Tablature is the only usable view implemented).
* Rythm dialog box allow to change the rythm of some or all mesures.
Only x/4 (4/4, 3/4, ...) rythms are supported now as i don't really
know what is 6/8 or other...
Syncope picking is also supported !
* Note properties dialog box
* Configuration druid
* Dragging the mouse can now select many note. Middle-clicking paste the
last selection. Drag/drop is supported !
* Bugfix :
* Re-tune GTablature (0.0.1 was one octavo too low !)
* small other bugfixes
* April 2002 : GTablature 0.2
* Integration with GChord via Bonobo !
* Lyrics !
* Graphic support for Hammer / Pull / Legato, Tremollo, Slide, Bend and dead
notes !
(See note properties dialog box or type "h", "s", ... !)
* Can play Hammer / Pull / Legato, Tremollo, Slide and dead notes !
* String tuning dialog with guitar and bass pre-sets !
* Better toolbar's buttons behaviour (toggle the note properties and not the
buttons ;-)
* Better presentation ;-)
* Accept filename(s) on command line
* Bugfix :
* Clipboard is shared between all windows
* small other bugfixs
* April 2002 : GTablature 0.2.1
* Non-french non-english people can now use GTablature ;-)
* May 2002 : GTablature 0.3
* Documentation (look at ./doc/en/) !!!
* Multiple cancel / redo !
* Partitions can be muted
* The song.py module, that generate midi, can now be used independatly
of GTablature, if you need to generate midi in your (GPL'ed) project !
* Export as Ascii tablature !
* Lyrics text areas support copy / paste and can be selected along with
notes
* Rolls and bends are now supported !
* "True" stems and beams !
* Triplets !
* Bugfixes (plenty !)
* June 2002 : GTablature 0.4
* Printing with LaTeX and Lilypond (still experimental) !
* Drums !!!
* Drums "tuning" dialog !
* Import from Ascii tablature (tested only with GTablature Ascii tab...)
* Improved left/right movements as well as mouse click single note selection
* Ask for saving if needed on close, open or new
* Songs have now a language property (used by LaTeX)
* Banjo 5 strings in G added !
* Bugfix :
* Ascii tablatures with triplets
* Ascii tablatures with notes fretted at 10 or more
* July 2002 : GTablature 0.5
* System wide installation !
* Midi importation !
* Remember the recent opened files
* Documentation in HTML format
* Per-partition volume setting
* Bugfix :
* Cancel/redo state are now cleared on new/open file
* Saving bug
* Hammer/linked on lower strings with Lilypond
* July 2002 : GTablature 0.6 -- Never released --
* Zoom
* Better (and faster) multiple selection
* Bugfix :
* Better time unit
* Tempo should now be more correct
* "Creating a note, then moving it, then cancel both operation" bug
* Cancel / redo system generates sometimes multiple notes at the same location
* Cancel new partition
* Cancel partition deletion
* Cancel partition move up / down
* Main window too big in height now works well
* Midi importation was clashing with pitch wheel
* Midi importation was clashing with drums
* Midi importation gives wrong note's times and durations (all were * or / by 1.5)
* Other small bugfixes
* July 2002 : Songwrite 0.7
* Renamed "Songwrite" since it is no longer a part of Gnome
* Use the Tk toolkit instead of Gtk
* Use EditObj
* Mailing list available at TuxFamily !
* Cleaner internal design
* Use Unicode strings
* August 2002 : Songwrite 0.8
* New lyrics system -- the new system is not fully compatible with the
old one :-(
* Staffs !
* New "Arrange notes at fret..." function
* Per-window undo/redo stack
* Dialog boxes are undoable
* Doc is available in French
* Midi importation now works on drums too
* Bugfix :
* multiple windows was a lot confusing
* Non 4/4 bars were buggy
* Speed improvement (when changing a bunch of notes at the same time)
* Unicode error: accentuated character in the title of the song
* Copy/paste works between multiple windows
* Bends now ends
* Drums partitions can be hidden
* Midi importation no longer puts 2 notes at the same position
* Other small bugfixes
* October 2002 : Songwrite 0.9
* New XML file format !
The previous file format can still be read, though it may no
longer be supported in the next versions
See ./convert_to_xml for a script to convert your old files
* Lilypond conversion has been updated to the latest version of Lily
* Capo
* Better keyboard and mouse handling on labtop
* Bugfix :
* Staffs are now correctely tuned
* May 2003 : Songwrite 0.10
* Use EditObj 0.5
* Shows what is currently playing ("playbar")
* More command line options: exporting to midi, lilypond, postscript, ...
can now be done with a command line interface (see songwrite
--help).
* Man page
* Debian package (thanks Duck !)
* Bugfix :
* Tablature with slide/hammer can now be converted to staff
* Opening a file given on the command line now expect an XML file
* June 2003 : Songwrite 0.11
* Repeat / playlist (including printing and playing support)
* Guitar pro 3 and 4 importer
* Songbook (command line interface only)
* Page format is customizable
* Headers no longer scrolls on x dimension => they are always
visible
* Python console
* "Insert times", "Insert bars" functions
* "Playbar" can be disabled
* XML Schema (see songwrite.schema.xml), not tested yet !
* Bugfix :
* Midi exportation didn't work
* When printing / converting to Lilypond a song with several
partitions, the final bar of the song is no longer duplicated.
* When opening a song, reset the scroll bars
* Bend were not saveable
* July 2003 : Songwrite 0.12
* Delayed rendering resulting in much much faster file opening !
* Songbook support
* Tempo changing support (on playing / MIDI exportation)
* y/8 rythms support (where y = 3, 6, 9, 12, ...)
* The 5th string of the banjo 5G is now correctly displayed (i.e.
fret number are 0, 6, 7, 8,...)
* Workarround for playing with aRts/KDE version of Timidity if aRts
is not running
* Bugfix :
* Staff's memory leak fixed
* "Insert bars" function was removing the new bars at the end
* September 2004 : Songwrite 0.13
* Support Lilypond 2.3.12 (latest development version)
OLDER VERSIONS OF LILYPOND MAY NO LONGER BE SUPPORTED !
* Much better error handling when exporting / printing
* New "print tab + staff" option for tablature
* To avoid license problem in Debian, the documentation is now under
the GPL (it was previously under the GFDL).
* Bugfixes :
* Drums partition of some midi files were badly imported
* Better lyrics layout when printing
* Dialog box bug, when displaying a yes-no dialog after a file dialog
* June 2006 : Songwrite 0.14
* Icon added
* Bugfixes :
* Use package graphicx in latex exports
* Songbooks now save the song filenames with path relative to the
songbook filename
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