v6.1.0-beta2

This is the second beta release for the TeX Live 2025 Pretest.

Windows installer is not currently available but should be available by time of final release.

CHANGELOG (since beta1)

[6.1.0-beta2] - 2025-02-17

Fixed

• Fixed a bug that could cause a hyphen to appear on the wrong line. See #1319.
• Fixed the placement of above-lines text (<alt>) relative to a note above the staff or when the number of staff lines is not 4. See #1613 and #1614.
• Fixed a bug where the above-lines text (<alt>) could collid with a note above the staff. See #1613.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the clef and staff to be printed too high. See #1503.

UPGRADE (cumulative)

[Unreleased][develop]

Initial letters that are 2 lines high used to require manual linebreaks (z), but no longer do. The alignment of 2-line initial letters has changed slightly and may need to be adjusted.

GABC now has some new alterations: soft flat (X) and sharp (##), which appear when there is no previous flat or sharp (respectively) in effect, and soft natural (Y), which appears when there is a previous flat or sharp in effect. A new option \gresetalterationeffect determines what the "effect" of an alteration is. It defaults to line, meaning that an alteration's effect extends to the end of the line. Thus, for Dominican chant, type a soft flat (X) in front of every note that is to be sung a half-step flat; naturals should also be soft (Y), but only naturals that cancel flats need to be typed.