Alpha 19

[cameronwhite]

Thanks to the following contributors who worked on this release:

• @cameronwhite
• @brunosilvano
• @aaly11

Installing

• For Windows and Mac users, download the installer from the Assets section at the bottom of the release notes.
• For Linux users, a Snap package and Flatpak package are available.

Added

• The spacing between systems can now be configured in the preferences (Reduce space between sections #239, Add custom system spacing #382)
• Added Japanese and Russian translations

Changed

• Rhythm slashes from .ptb files are now imported (as a regular staff for now, until full support for rhythm slashes is added) (Implement rhythm slashes #16, Rhythm slashes #389)
• Increased the upper limit for irregular grouping values (Adding divisions to irregular groupings #376)
• The time signature dialog now enables the visibility checkbox by default (time signature box stays checked until changed #356, Make time signature visible by default #383)
• Improved rendering of slide outs from a note (Slideouts are forced to connect to the next note #393)

Fixed

• Fixed several potential errors when importing .ptb and Guitar Pro files.
• Fixed a potential crash when exporting to Guitar Pro (Crash when saving Guitar Pro format #379)
• Fixed issues where non-ASCII characters from .ptb files were not loaded correctly (Crash when saving Guitar Pro format #379)
• Fixed an issue where some bars could be skipped when importing a Guitar Pro file with a small number of bars.
• Ties between notes in different systems are now supported by the Guitar Pro exporter.
• Fixed a regression from alpha 15 where the final barline in a system could not be edited.
• The snap package provides more helpful error messages when the MIDI device cannot be accessed (Error initializing midi output device #386)
• Fixed a crash when editing multi-bar rests (Crash on "Multi-Bar Rest" #391)
• Fixed a potential crash when double-clicking to edit a bend (Crash when double clicking on a bend #390)
• Fixed a potential crash when using the Shift String Up / Down commands (Crash when "ctrl"+"↓" #394)
• Fixed a potential crash when displaying imported .ptb files (Error opening file #396)
• Fixed a MIDI playback issue where the pitch wheel could be incorrectly shifted when starting playback in the middle of the score (Pitch shifted unexpectly when start to play from the middle of the score #395)

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This discussion was created from the release Alpha 19.