LilyPond — Changes
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This document lists changes and new features in LilyPond version 2.23.0
since 2.22.

   • 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.

          [[image of music]]

   • 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.

   • 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 of ‘style’.
     Shown in the image are ‘line’, ‘stub-left’, ‘stub-right’ and
     ‘stub-both’.

          [[image of music]]

     Also possible is ‘dashed-line’, ‘dotted-line’, ‘zigzag’, ‘trill’,
     ‘bow’ and ‘none’.

   • A new grob ‘BendSpanner’ is now available for ‘TabStaff’,
     indicating a bent string.  Apart from the default three styles are
     possible: ‘'hold’, ‘'pre-bend’ and ‘'pre-bend-hold’.

          [[image of music]]

