• Reworked GUI - multiple documents in a single main window, scroll widget transformed into sheet widget
• Support for writing normal scores (notes, rests, different barlines, clefs, key signatures, time signatures, slures, dots)
• CanorusML redefined. Complete XML. Implement various different interfaces for score source view (LilyPond, ABC music).
• More work on scripting support
• Generated API reference for developers and scripts writers
• Translations system

• Finalized GUI - music elements properties (staff, note, barline, voices, slures etc.)
• Lyrics support
• Composer should be able to write a simple choral score in it
• Make doxygen documentation and update it regularly every major release
• Multiple selection
• Lilypond import

• Undo, Redo
• Settings dialog
• Copy/Paste
• Splash screen
• Extended Midi support for voices
• Document recovery if Canorus crashes
• Key signature major/minor support and function marking integration.
• Supported languages: English, Slovenian, Dutch, Swedish, Hebrew, German.

• Lots of small, useful but testing needed features like arpeggio, fermata, custom repeats, fingerings, ritardando, accellerando, custom text signs, instrument changes, dynamic markings, grace notes, tuplets, pedal markings - these features could be added even before
• Printing and print preview, probably only with Lily right now

Canorus version 0.7 was migrated to SourceForge.

Canorus team is proud to announce immediate release of Canorus version 0.7.

Release 0.6 was skipped for various stability and timing issues.

Changes:

• Added support for printing and preview of score using LilyPond backend.
• Added integrated Midi recorder.
• Added resources storage inside the document.
• Added User's guide.
• Added transposition support.
• GUI improvements:
  • Anti-aliasing in score view.
  • Music fonts loaded in runtime.
  • Show note name when inserting notes.
  • Integrated User's guide browser.
  • Copy&Paste rewritten and now supports copying complete voices and staffs.
• Import/Export improvements:
  • Basic MusicXml import
  • Basic Midi import
  • LilyPond now exports partial measure, uptext, downtext and rehersal marks
  • New export filters to PDF and SVG based on LilyPond
• Plugin improvements:
  • setSelection() and selection added to scripting engine.
  • rebuildUi() and repaintUi() added to scripting engine.
  • Added separator action for menus.
• Model improvements:
  • Added color property to music element.
  • Added facilities for calculating intervals from/to music pitches and key signatures.
  • Redesigned key signature, diatonic key and diatonic pitch.
  • Redesigned playable length and absolute length.
• Shipped Python 2.5 on Microsoft Windows.
• Support for Qt4.4.
• Official support for Mac OS X.
• Available translations:
  • English
  • German
  • Slovenian
  • Norwegian
  • Hebrew

0.7.2

• Set SelectMode instead of NoDocumentMode when a new document.was created
• Added ruler to show the bar number on top of the score view
• Updated translations
• Fix some issues to get Canorus running with Qt5
• Introduced official support for Qt5
• Bar reference list added to CAStaff
• Fixed Repeat bar lines in lilypond export
• Removed obsolete clipping from CAScoreView
• Add icon for upcoming shortcuts feature
• Added newDocument() fallback for environment without Python.
• Added "Canorus is compiled with Python support." to about dialog box.
• Requires Python 3.x; updated corresponding bindings
• Added basic MusicXML export.
• CATempo: Removed obsolete dotted property
• Lilypond export: Added support for CATempo and CARitardando.
• Scoreview: Fixed crash when adding lines marks
• Added MIDI pitch offset property to voice
• Lilypond export: Fixed indentination
• Lilypond export: Export instrument names.
• Lilypond export: Set rehersal marks drawn in box.
• Fixed horizontal scrolling regression introduced with new speed optimizations.
• Fixed MusicXML import regression introduced in R1282.
• Significant speed improvement for getting the current clef.
• Fixed crash in KDTree when adding notes.
• Significant speed improvement for finding elements in range for canvas.
• Moved drawable map from KDTree to ScoreView.
• Removed several obsolete KDTree functions.
• Removed several obsolete ScoreView functions
• Midi import gives staffs and voices a name
• Compatibility fix with recent Qt4
• Skipped 0.7.1 Release

0.7.1

• Updated translations
• Deprecated version 1 usage of swig, we no longer maintain this.
• Added support for ignoring Lilypond comments when importing it
• Fixed problem that undo command doesn't correctly update the cloned sheet
• Fixed crash when undoing source commits for the first time
• Fixed Lilypond comments import when parsing newlines (cr/lf)
• Fixed crash when importing lilypond lyrics
• Fixed warnings throughout the code with newer gcc compiler versions (See separate file large-warn-fixes.txt for technical details)
• Added Break of Compilation when warning occurs
• Fixed Lilypond melismatic lyrics when used in combination with hyphens
• Set autobeamOff for printing when lyrics is applied to the voice
• Added Lilypond export for forced accidentals
• Added underscores as spaces in Lilypond export
• Fixed compilation errors using Swig2
• Fixed note marks time start calculation
• Fixed importing of slurs times inside the tuplet
• Fixed importing of canorus files containing tuplet+slur combination
• Fixed settings dialog page on startup, if playback device not available anymore
• Fixed crash in reposit method, check for valid slur during creation
• Implemented degree-based accidentals detection for the given diatonic midi key
• Fixed semitiones calculation of diminished intervals
• Fixed midi notes import real times and for tempo > 240bmp
• Fixed wrong calculation from midi pitch to diatonic pitch
• Added parameter for scrolling the score view on newly selected music elements
• Fixed wrong semitones interval calculation
• Added midi support for (GM) instruments
• Fixed midi time and length calculation for midi import
• Fixed brackets and quotes lilypond export
• Fixed importing the tempo mark on a slured element
• Added notes, events to midi import and allow control via scripting
• Added list of shortcuts (midi and UI) in a special file to be used for user defined shortcuts
• Started work on backend for editing shortcuts (loading/saving/parsing)
• Fixed exporting text on chords to lilypond
• Added preliminary documentation of canorus libraries
• Fixed problem that make it impossible to save the document (#16606)
• Added support for moving sheets using drag&drop and double click
• Fixed unsaved changes warning dialog when opening recent documents
• Fixed sheet properties toolbar when removing the last sheet.
• Fixed update of the sheet tab name when renaming the sheet
• Fixed properties dialog layout
• Fixed default note stem direction
• Fixed that no time signature/barlines are shown when there are none in the score
• Fixed licensing issues with examples (and remove example with undefined license)
• Renamed license file to COPYING
• Added volta bracket support through special text mark
• Added release build possibility (including compiler optimizations)
• Fixed problem on text display with cleanup and chord creation
• Enforce UTF-8 encoding for the canorus and lilypond formats
• Fixed midi time scaling and quantisation for all events
• Fixed crash when opening an empty XML file
• Fixed crash with using certain styles in GNOME environment
• Fixed midi import adjustment of notes being left over
• Added articulation, fingering, dynamic marks to lilypond export
• Fixed problem with tuplet export by returning the last note of a chort instead of the first
• Fixed freeze in the GUI during import
• Fixed Midi export and repeats
• Fixed repeat in multiple staffs
• Fixed arbitrary placed key signature changes
• Added Midi support of key signature changes
• Added more examples
• Created undo only for a whole chord at midi keyboard input
• Fixed tuplet and chords saving
• Expanded scripting engine for figured bass
• Added some user interface settings
• Allowed midi import with no document opened
• Fixed minor problems on lilypond export
• Added GUI, support, load/save for figured bass marks
• Updated documentation
• Added support for melisma and syllabic lyrics in MusicXML import
• Moved view to the right if right border is hit on insert of new elements
• Fixed crash when reinterpreting accidentals
• Added reinterpret accidentals in transpose view
• Added support for key signature in midi export/playback
• Fixed default mode for the toolbar when creating a new document.
• Improved midi device (names)
• Use base name of midi imported file as sheet name
• Added support for time signatures in midi import
• Added factoring of music elements to scripting library
• Fixed automatic bar placement to work with future time signatures
• Added default time signature (midi recorder)
• Improvement for midi export: music length and tempo
• Now using newer RtMidi-1.0.9 library.
• Preserved midi channels and fixed hangover notes (midi import)
• Added multiple voices and tempo to midi import
• Added progress bar for opening and importing documents
• Use PMidi on all platforms
• Added some self-made midi examples
• Added Midi Import based on PMidi
• Fixed handling of sheets for midi export
• Added shortcut for cycling through sheets
• "Print Preview" is used for the current sheet only (same as for printing)
• Fixed problems when adding lyrics
• Added debian (ubuntu) build support (amd64)
• Started adding support for all kind of actions in Canorus
• Improved layout of properties dialog
• Added project file for the smallish IDE geany
• Fixed tempo for playback when starting outside of the beginning
• Fixed breve syntax in lilypond export
• Fixed back-scroll for repeats
• Moved "Use animated scroll" to settings dialog
• Fixed, lock (optionally, default), store scroll (position) on playback
• Fixed playback of multiple voices with different timelengths
• Fixed MusicXML import (midi, grace notes)
• Added ArgoUML sources of the score model
• Parse movement title of MusicXML scores
• Fixed MusicXML import crash on multiple staffs and clefs and on unset
• Added Czesh translation
• Started adding the action editor (to be finished in 0.7.2)
• Added support for Tab/Shift-Tab keys in Insert mode for voices
• Fixed crash when manipilating a slured chord
• Fixed dots offset and tuplet settings when editing the first time
• Fixed transposition bug in UI
• Fixed a crash when closing the document
• Removed some special characters on example file names.
• Added support for fermata in lilypond export
• Fixed a pasting problem
• Fixed UTF-8 file names in archives
• Added examples to the installer

0.7.3 Changes since previous release:

• Translation Updates
• GPLv3 compatibility
• Official compiler used for builds is gcc/mingw 5.3 / 5.4
• Fixes in offset to measure numberings and pickup measures
• Command Settings updates
• Small updates to View setWorld functions regarding types
• Bindings for page movement (up, down, home, end)
• Fix for Appearence Dialog
• Qt4 no longer supported officially
• Adjustments for Qt4 after API fixes for Qt5 (not removed except for helper dialog due to drop of webkit by Qt5.6)
• Other minor changes Midi/Shortcut
• Load Dialog Fix (shortcut settings)
• No longer differentiate before showing Load Dialog (settings)
• Save Dialog updated to behave same as Load Dialog (settings)
• Various fixes for shortcut settings
• Fix for cloning View
• Support Qt5 for Windows (build), adjusted build instructions
• Fix Windows Qt5 DLL installation
• Integrate Shortcut Settings finally into Settings View
• Support several types of shortcut settings
• Readme now contains several updates to reflect compatibility with older dependent packages like swig and cmake
• added note checker
• note checker and midi command support for shortcut settings
• fixed some compilation issues on other platforms
• fix issue with new sheet;
• add dynamic keyboard helper for shortcut settings
• Add version information to installer
• Qt4 build settings separated
• Fixed mouse move lagging
• AutoConnect issue fixed for Print Preview
• Pass binary midi data directly to QTextStream, fixes midi export again.
• Add support for C++11 build (and later, depending on recent compiler used)
• Unified Edit mode with Select mode. Default mode now is Edit mode.
• Fixed missing uiSelectMode in CAActionStorage.
• Fixed showing selection area, if a user had a shaky hand
• New more simple help system (HTML) documentation system based on sphinx
• Migrated several guides to sphinx (sorry, the german guide needs still to be done)
• Fix when inserting note on empty bar line when already having edited some notes on a different bar line
• Add check for alsa on Linux for rtmidi;
• Fixed old GUI bug: On Undo, On New document, Note checker not activated on Undo.
• On first Escape, the selection is cleared. On second Escape, we a context is deselected.
• Fixed console logging: No mode handled.
• Fixed edit text hiding when clicked on an existing music element.
• Fixed Text/Lyrics/Bookmarks saving when clicked outside of the text edit. Only Esc key explicitly cancels the editing.
• Fixed editing bookmarks.
• Fixed Text/Lyrics/Bookmarks lost when switching from Insert mode to Edit mode without confirming text edit content.
• Added panning the view forward when writing lyrics at the end of the screen.
• Added behaviour to text edit: Blank content deletes the text element.
• Lyrics, text and bookmarks: Text edit shows on mouse release to allows multiple selection.
• Fixed insert playable icon to be more meaningful.
• Fixed toolbars: When inserting clefs, time sigs, key sigs etc. the voice toolbar should not be visible.
• Fixed fake text edit, if adding a text illegaly to non-playable element.
• Fixed text edit popping back up, when switching from insert to edit mode.
• Show text edit when exactly one element is selected, otherwise, confirm any opened text edits and hide it.
• fix for pluginmanager when no plugins are available
• Streamline Translation with 5.6 (use official macros)
• Support for latest gcc 7 (fix compilation)
• Fix issue when opening recent files and saving showing "unknown file format"
• Fix: If a non-playable is on first notem a slur could not be made
• Fix issue on not working Key Signature based transposition downwards
• Fix issue on voice number not updated when using tab key to walk over voices
• Added support for walking through contexts using tab key
• Set new MusicXML extension (.xml -> .musicxml) and change examples too
• Fixes and improvements on LilyPondExport (text, tempo, mark)
• Add support for importing compressed musicxml (only with metainfo)
• Fix Menu Shortcuts with ALT missing
• Fix order of keys
• Set key signature to autodetect values when transposing
• Fix issue that accidentals not shown in the second voice over barline
• Fix issues with dotted barlines and bars
• Add support for debug output that is only shown with debug build
• Add go to (jump to) bar
• Fix replace mark icon by volta
• Fix issues with creating/installing translation files
• Fix some swig warnings and debug output
• Show midi warnings dialog on startup
• Make properties dialog resizable (inkl. "grab" button)
• Show bar length error, if it is too long.
• Do not place autobars if inserting in the middle of the score
• Ctrl-T can now be used as shortcut for transpose

Known Issues: (Please report)

• PyCLI is broken after update to python3
• When Python plugin (scripting) is included, a crash occurs when exiting Canorus

If you really still need Qt4 please let us know. Basically you just can use the previous version of the helper dialog in SVN [widget/helpbrowser.h, r1468, all other code is still in place]

We plan to fully remove Qt4 support in one of the next releases.