M-Tx:  Development history 

New features are marked in the User's Manual when they are introduced.
At the start of mtxdoc.tex there appears a definition of the form
 \def\newfrom{0.41}
This can be changed to highlight more or less of the development
history.  Versions not released to an ftp server, whether mine or
ftp.gmd.de, are not listed below. 

1998-10-29:  0.52 (pre-release, public on 1998-11-27)
 - c..d shortcut
 - )t(t works
 - the full accidental and dot adjustment syntax works (I hope)

1998-10-08:  0.50a (bug-fix)
   Bugs corrected:
   - music paragraphs in which all lines are labelled were not
     recognized
   - | anywhere in last paragraph caused loss of double bar
   - MSDOS executable
   - manual mistakenly mentioned \tinymusicsize

1998-09-30:  0.50 (public release)

1998-09-04:  0.42 (pre-release, beta-testers notified)

1998-06-12:  0.40a (bug-fix)
   Bugs corrected:
   - Nested non-melisma slurs
   - Name without Indent 
   - MSDOS executable

1998-06-08:  0.40 (public release)
   Program drastically rewritten, more modules, better encapsulation.
   Many new features -- see CHANGES. 

1998-05-26:  0.39 (pre-release)
   See CHANGES.
   Uses musixlyr 1.03 and PMX 1.3.8.

1998-01-20:  0.34 (pre-release, not advertized)
   See CHANGES.
   Bug in Pascal-to-C code corrected.
   Uses musixlyr 1.02a (much shorter PMX files for SATB music).
   Huge reorganization of source code.

1997-11-27:  0.30a (bug-fix)
   Bugs corrected:
   -m option causes PMX bugs.
   Too-short bar after pickup not diagnosed, causing problems later.
   Spurious diagnostic with nested slurs. 

1997-11-06:  0.30 (public release)
   See CHANGES.
   Many new diagnostic messages.
   User's Manual substantially expanded.
   TeX and M-Tx sources for manual included.

1997-10-21:  0.29 (pre-release)
   See CHANGES.
   Bug in comma shortcut corrected.

1997-10-14:  0.25 (pre-release)
   See CHANGES.  Uses PMX 1.3 and MusiXTeX 0.73.
   Uses Type 4 inline TeX instead of .mod files.
   Corrected documentation errors: key changes, meter changes, empty
     chords.
   Corrected bugs: many.
   FAQ file greatly expanded thanks to Joel Hunsberger, Barry Gold,
     Neil Killeen and others.

1997-06-23:  0.24 (public release)
   See CHANGES.  Uses PMX 1.2.
   Corrected bugs:
     Inline TeX strings correctly concatenated with automatically
     generated ones.

1997-05-26:  0.23 (pre-release)
   See CHANGES.

1997-05-19:  0.22 (not announced)
   Bug corrections only.

1997-05-16:  0.21 (pre-release)
   See CHANGES.

1997-04-25:  0.20 (pre-release)
   Many new features.  New lyrics system not backward compatible with
   0.12, but much nicer.

1997-04-10:
   Corrected bugs:
     Calculation of bar length when bar ends with a dotted note.
     Actual duration instead of pause rests when piece starts with a pickup.

1997-04-01:  0.12:
   First publicly available version.

1997-03-11:  0.10: 
   Pre-release: made available to those who ask for it.

