Lime 9.15.9. for Macintosh.
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Lime 9.15.9.9. pre-release 20 December 2016. *** STRONGLY RECOMMENDED FOR ALL USERS ***
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Verified on Mac El Capitan and on Windows 10.  Effectively 9.16.

Use Unicode for annotations when needed, when editing an annotation directly or from MusicXML import.

On Windows enable score file names to contain exotic (Unicode) characters.  Previously they caused a read file error.

Fixes to beaming and hidden rests on multi-voice staves.

Improvements to MusicXML import of transposing instruments, when key signatures change,
and also 8va/8vb.  Use hidden key signatures to enable specification of 8va amd 8vb play-back.

Add use of Shift key to constrain drawing direction when drawing or modifying Line annotations;
(Alt/option (not shift) now needed for micro pixel adjustments; alt(not command)+shift now needed for full ruler cross-hairs).

Add option to retain reminder accidentals when pasting music.

Improvements to algorithms when upgrading old scores,
in particular the algorithm to hide annotations on unplotted rests to compensate for the fix to the old bug that didn't plot annotations on such rests.

Fix occasional, nasty loop in MIDI export, and associated problem in MIDI import.

Performance improvements for big pieces.

Fix bug which changed size of chord symbol accidentals when transposing.

Fix crash when trying to select an annotation when there aren't any or when editing the only one (broken in 9.15.9.4).

On Macs fix job name when printing to PDF.


Lime 9.15.9.4 pre-release 17 November 2016.
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Fix MIDI import (broken in 9.15.9.3) and export (sorry).


Lime 9.15.9.3 pre-release 24 October 2016.
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Fix playback on some Macs that was a semitone too low (sorry).

Fix to music XML importing lyrics and other text annotations

Fix to playback on Windows if system is not turned off for over 24 days.

Once an upgraded or downgraded file is saved, save as is no longer required.


Lime 9.15.9. pre-release 04 September 2016.
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Verified on Mac El Capitan and on Windows 10.

Consolidation of ability to read the next (9.16) file format which will support unicode annotations.

Improvements to playback when there are grace notes at disjunctions and to the metronome.
Support for concatenated bar lines to enable goto 2nd time and 3rd time at the same place.
Cmd/Ctrl-period now toggles hearing if used when playing is active.

Support for creating new measures with complex time signatures.
Ability to insert a pick-up measure.

Fix backslash expressions and dynamics when user changes the preferred music font (annotations in the other font were not recognized).

Increase maximum number of voices to 100.

Improvements to the piano window.

Fix to occasional problem with midi export.

Ability to specify midi instrument in the "Voice on Channel" dialog.  Eliminates need for most 'program' annotations.

Full support for polymetric and polytemporal pieces, supporting pagination.
Allow system breaks to be inserted anywhere, even when not at a timing boundary on all voices.
Polytemporal multiplier is now spwcified in the time signature.

Ability to hide time signatures and bar lines.  Option to temporarily show hidden symbols such as rests, time signatures, bar lines and and clefs.

Enable specification of colors used for automatic note head coloring.
The piece color palette is now separate from that used for general purposes. 

Add no ledger lines option (occasionally useful on single line staves).

Fixes to upgrading very old Lime files (before 4.52).

Add option to suppress warnings when reading older or newer file formats.
If file is upgraded or downgraded, save is always save as.

Miscellaneous fixes and performance improvements.


Lime 9.15.8. Re-released as 9.15. 12 December 2015
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Fix for unicode oriental fonts and blanks when using some backslash expressions.

Improvements to copy measures.

Infrastructure to support Unicode annotations, which will be in release 9.16.  9.15.8 can read such annotations, but will not create any.

Improved font handling on Macs, replacing the unwieldy font menu by the font panel.

Improvements to PARAM editing to enable the simple removal of a parameter annotation.

Improvements to hearing when there are complex disjunctions in the BAR order.

Fix bug in alternate slurring when grace notes are not involved.

Improved bar line scaling at larger staff sizes (n.b. staff sizes up to 25pt are now supported).

Improved clipboard handling - Don’t destroy clipboard when deleting (or clearing) an annotation. 
Shift-Paste when text editing now pastes unformatted.

Bug fixes.


Lime 9.15.7. pre-release 10 June 2015
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Restore use of Delete/Backspace to delete notes, converting them to rests (disabled by mistake in 9.15.6, sorry).

Fix placement bug that occasionally placed a note too far right on a multi-stave system (introduced in 9.15.6, sorry).

Fix occasional hang when deleting measures in pieces with irregular measure lengths.

Improved placement of whole note rests after time signatures, keys or clefs.
Prevent multi-measure rests being extended over double bar lines.

Fix to color importing of Windows scores into a Mac

Support printing of coloured lines on PowerPC Macs using PostScript.  Note, however, that PostScript printing is deprecated as it is no longer needed.

MusicXML enhancements to handle some of the foibles of PDFtoMusic.

Sensible scrolling amounts when slicking in the scroll bars.

LimeLighter tweaks.


Lime 9.15.6. pre-release 11 March 2015
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Fix to polytemporal editing beyond the first couple of measures.

Lime Lighter improvements.

Allow Save even when file unchanged.

Default Key and Clef dialog to be before note.


Lime 9.15.5. pre-release 17 February 2015
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Fix crash in creation of new contexts (caused by a mistake in one of the performance improvements in 9.15.4),
and fix erroneous number of pages when changing context.
Sorry!


Lime 9.15.4 pre-release 15 February 2015
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Performance improvements in time taken to format pages of music.

On Windows, fix erroneous reporting of memory shortage on machines with more than 8gb of memory!

Handle tremolos in MusicXML import.

Go to relative Bar and page facilities.

Option to omit voice length consistency check when loading a piece.

Improved handling of Mark-up in Lime Lighter.

Miscellaneous bug fixes.

On Macs, ctrl can now be used instead of shift when selecting a menu (the old use of alt has been disabled). 


Lime 9.15.3 pre-release 27 December 2014
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Improvements to context duplication
 - Minor bug on Macs when there were PARAM annotations (there were harmless system error messages).
 - Remove staff drags when creating Ticker Tape or Autocue contexts.
 
Improvements to Ticker tape and Autocue contexts.

Default ctrl/cmd-G to go to BAR rather than page, but resulting dialog allows this to be changed.  Ctrl/cmd-shift-G continues to go to the beginning of the current page.

Fix dialog modality on Windows when one dialog invokes another.

Minor bug fixes.


Lime 9.15.2 pre-release 01 December 2014
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Autocue contexts and refinements to ticker tape for Lime Lighter low vision users.

Context duplication.

Fix to reading old files with extraneous NIFF import information in them.


Lime 9.15.1 pre-release 14 November 2014
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Minor bug fixes

Ticker tape contexts for Lime Lighter low vision users


Lime 9.15. release September 2014
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There have been over 100 fixes and enhancements since 9.14.9, the most notable of which are:

- New file format to support the new annotation anchoring capabilities. The new format can be read and converted back to the older format by the latest 9.14.9 version.

- New, flexible annotation anchoring capabilities, including bar lines and the top or right of the page. Also supports right justified text.

- Right-Click replaces Alt-click for selecting and manipulating annotations. Alt-click is still needed for the ‘Extended Alt-Click’ option. N.b. on Macs, ctrl-click is tantamount to a right click.

- Command-period (CTRL-period on windows) replaces command/ctrl-H for invoking the hear option. However, if you want, you can still set command/ctrl-H as a short cut.

- Major improvements in MusicXML import. However, export is still very basic.

- White on Black and Black on Yellowy windows

- Batch update facility, enabling multiple files to be updated to the new format.

- Template files.

- Whilst it is recommended to install the Marl and Tufa fonts, it is no longer essential for Lime (but is for other programs on Macs) because:
    on Macs, they are embedded in the application bundle;
    on Windows they can be used provided they are in the same directory as Lime.exe.

- Fixed flickering, stuttering and occasional unresponsiveness on Windows 7 (and 8).

- Truly high quality printing on Intel Macs; printing is as good, if not better, than anything that was achievable with PostScript on the old PowerPC systems.  N.b. saving to PDF (including PostScript on PowerPC Macs) has been fixed since 9.14.7.

- Lime Lighter upgrade, including automatic scrolling and Low Vision Parameter defaults.

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N.B. User's Manual has not yet been updated.  An addendum is available that describes the main changes.
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Lime 9.15 has been tested on:

 - Windows 2000 through Windows 8.1.  Note that, if your current version is earlier than 9.14, the preferences (.ini) file has been moved.

On Windows 8, 7 and Vista, LIME.INI is moved to:
    \Users\username\AppData\Local\

On Windows XP and 2000 it has moved to:
    \Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\

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 - Mac OSX 10.4 (Tiger) through 10.9 (Mavericks).  It is not, however, signed for Mountain Lion or Mavericks, which means you may need to configure the Gate Keeper to allow the application to be used.

On Mountain Lion, Mavericks and later, you should be able to bypass the initial Gatekeeper check by right clicking on the Lime App and choosing the 'Open' command. Once it has been opened one time, Gatekeeper no longer has any control over it.

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Please, please, email us (Lime.uk@virginmedia.com or Lime@CerlSoundGroup.org) if there are any problems.
