Canorus 0.5 released

[Matevž Jekovec]

Canorus development team is happy to announce the new release of Canorus - a 
free cross-platform music score editor, version 0.5. The new version brings 
lots of new features and import/export improvements. Upgrade is recommended for 
all the users.

You can download it here:
http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=6144

*Note for Windows users*: Please use .xml file format for storing your scores. 
There is a known issue opening the new .can files under Microsoft Windows.

Changelog:
- Implemented infrastructure for getting MIDI-IN events.
- Lots of internal API changes:
  - Generalized Import and Export classes. New fileformats can now be 
implemented simply
    by inheriting those classes.
  - Import and Export are now done in their own threads.
  - Rewritten Voice class for insertion, deletion and manipulation for music 
elements.
    The score should now always stay consistent when removing a shared element 
from a
    single voice.
  - Scripting engine now uses internal CA-class name names instead of class 
names only.
    This solves the naming clashing problem in various scripting languages that 
don't
    use namespaces (eg. PHP) and enum<->class names clashes.
- Added marks:
  - Arbitrary text
  - BookMark
  - Tempo (bpm)
  - Ritardando, Accellerando
  - Fermata (normal, short, long, very long)
  - Dynamic (f, mf, p, sfz, etc.)
  - Crescendo, Decrescendo
  - Pedal (sustain)
  - Instrument change (effects midi as well)
  - Rehersal marks (A, B, C, D etc. on barlines)
  - Repeat marks (coda, varcoda, segno, volta)
  - Fingering (finger numbers, strings thumb, organ's left/right heel/toe)
- Added articulation marks:
  - Accent, Marcato, Staccatissimo, Espressivo, Staccato, Tenuto, Portato
  - Up bow, Down bow, Flageolet, Open, Stopped
  - Turn, ReverseTurn, Trill, Prall, Mordent, PrallPrall, PrallMordent, UpPrall,
    DownPrall, UpMordent, DownMordent, PrallDown, PrallUp, LinePrall
- Implemented export to Midi.
- New file format CAN - compressed CanorusML format with resources. This is now 
the
  default file format for Canorus.
  ISSUE: Please use CanorusML file format when using the document on cross 
platforms.
- Using new RtMidi-1.0.7 library.
- New translations (Canorus speaks 12 languages):
  - Danish
  - Norwegian-NB
  - Traditional Chinese
  - German
  - Hungarian
  - French
- Lots of other cleanups and bugfixes.


Regards.
- Matevž Jekovec
Canorus development team
http://www.canorus.org