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30 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.21 released @emph{May 24, 2015}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
33 2.19.21. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
34 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
35 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
36 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
42 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.20 released @emph{May 10, 2015}
44 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
45 2.19.20. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
46 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
47 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
48 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
54 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.19 released @emph{April 26, 2015}
56 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
57 2.19.19. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
58 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
59 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
60 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
66 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.18 released @emph{April 5, 2015}
68 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
69 2.19.18. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
70 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
71 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
72 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
78 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.17 released @emph{March 15, 2015}
80 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
81 2.19.17. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
82 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
83 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
84 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
90 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.16 released @emph{February 28, 2015}
92 At long last, we are very happy to announce the release of LilyPond
93 2.19.16. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
94 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
95 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
96 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
99 We would like to acknowledge and thank Masamichi Hosoda for making this
100 release possible with his work on updating GUB, the build tool.
105 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.15 released @emph{September 28, 2014}
107 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.15. This
108 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
109 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
110 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
111 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
117 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.14 released @emph{September 14, 2014}
119 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.14. This
120 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
121 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
122 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
123 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
129 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.13 released @emph{August 31, 2014}
131 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.13. This
132 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
133 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
134 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
135 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
141 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.12 released @emph{August 17, 2014}
143 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.12. This
144 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
145 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
146 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
147 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
153 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.11 released @emph{August 3, 2014}
155 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.11. This
156 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
157 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
158 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
159 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
165 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.10 released @emph{July 13, 2014}
167 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.10. This
168 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
169 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
170 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
171 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
177 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.9 released @emph{June 29, 2014}
179 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.9. This
180 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
181 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
182 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
183 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
189 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.8 released @emph{June 15, 2014}
191 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.8. This
192 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
193 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
194 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
195 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
201 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.7 released @emph{May 25, 2014}
203 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.7. This
204 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
205 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
206 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
207 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
213 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.6 released @emph{May 11, 2014}
215 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.6. This
216 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
217 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
218 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
219 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
225 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.5 released @emph{April 20, 2014}
227 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.5. This
228 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
229 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
230 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
231 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
236 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.4 released @emph{April 6, 2014}
238 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.4. This
239 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
240 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
241 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
242 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
247 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.3 released @emph{March 2, 2014}
249 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.3. This
250 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
251 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
252 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
253 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
258 @subheading LilyPond 2.18.1 @emph{February 16, 2014}
260 We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
261 The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
262 over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
263 and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
264 enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
266 To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
267 stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
272 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
274 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
275 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
276 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
277 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
278 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
283 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
285 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
286 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
287 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
288 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
289 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
294 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
296 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
297 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
298 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
299 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
300 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
305 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
307 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
308 a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
309 developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
310 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
311 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
312 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
313 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
314 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
319 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
321 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
322 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
323 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
324 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
325 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
326 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
327 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
328 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
333 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
335 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
336 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
337 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
338 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
339 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
340 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
341 latest version, see @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
342 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
348 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
350 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
351 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
352 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
353 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
354 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
359 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
361 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
362 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
363 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
364 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
365 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
370 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
372 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
373 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
374 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
375 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
376 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
381 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
383 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
384 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
385 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
386 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
387 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
392 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
394 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
395 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
396 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
397 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
398 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
403 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
405 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
406 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
407 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
408 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
409 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
414 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
416 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
417 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
418 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
419 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
420 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
425 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
427 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
428 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
429 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
430 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
431 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
433 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
434 with positioning text.
439 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
441 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
442 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
443 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
444 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
445 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
450 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
452 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
453 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
454 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
455 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
456 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
461 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
463 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
464 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
465 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
466 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
467 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
472 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
474 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
475 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
476 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
477 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
478 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
483 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
485 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
486 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
487 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
488 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
489 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
494 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
496 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
497 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
498 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
499 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
500 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
505 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
507 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
508 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
509 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
510 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
511 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
516 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
518 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
519 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
520 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
521 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
522 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
523 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
528 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
530 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
531 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
532 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
533 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
534 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
539 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
541 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
542 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
543 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
544 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
545 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
550 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
552 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
553 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
554 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
555 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
556 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
561 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
563 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
564 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
565 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
566 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
567 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
572 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
574 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
575 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
576 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
577 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
578 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
583 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
585 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
586 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
587 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
588 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
589 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
594 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
596 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
597 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
598 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
599 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
600 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
606 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
608 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
609 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
610 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
614 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
616 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
617 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
618 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
619 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
620 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
625 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
627 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
628 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
629 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
630 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
631 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
636 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
638 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
639 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
640 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
641 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
646 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
648 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
649 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
650 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
651 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
656 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
658 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
659 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
660 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
661 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
666 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
668 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
669 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
670 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
671 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
677 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
679 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
680 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
681 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
682 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
687 @subheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
689 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
690 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
691 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
692 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
694 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
695 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
699 Support for kievan square notation
701 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
703 Music functions have become quite more versatile
706 A full list of new features is given in:
709 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
712 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
714 Main development team:
716 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
717 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
718 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
719 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
720 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
723 Programming contributors:
725 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
726 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
727 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
728 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
730 Documentation contributors:
732 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
736 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
741 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
743 Translation contributors:
745 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
750 @subheading Lilypond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
752 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
753 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
754 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
756 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
757 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
758 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
760 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
761 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
767 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
769 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
770 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
772 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
773 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
774 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
781 @subheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
783 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
784 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
785 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
786 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
787 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
788 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
791 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
792 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
797 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
799 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
800 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
801 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
802 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
803 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
809 @subheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
811 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
812 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
813 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
814 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
817 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
818 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
819 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
826 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
828 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
829 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
831 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
832 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
833 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
840 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
842 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
843 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
844 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
845 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
846 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
852 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
854 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
855 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
856 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
857 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
860 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
861 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
862 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
869 @subheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
871 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
872 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
873 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
874 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
875 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
876 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
879 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
880 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
887 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
889 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
890 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
891 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
892 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
895 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
896 candidate will be required.
902 @subheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
904 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
905 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
906 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
907 working on open source software.
909 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
910 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
916 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
918 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
919 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
920 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
921 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
924 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
925 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
926 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
933 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
935 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
936 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
937 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
938 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
941 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
942 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
943 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
950 @subheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
952 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
953 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
954 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
955 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
958 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
959 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
966 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
968 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
969 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
971 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
972 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
973 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
980 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
982 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
983 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
985 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
986 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
987 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
994 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
996 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
997 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
999 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1000 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1001 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1008 @subheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
1010 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
1011 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
1012 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
1013 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
1016 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
1017 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
1024 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
1026 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
1027 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1029 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1030 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1031 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1038 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
1040 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
1041 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1043 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1044 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1045 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1052 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
1054 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1055 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1056 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1057 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1060 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1061 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1062 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1069 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
1071 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
1072 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1074 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1075 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1076 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1083 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
1085 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
1086 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1088 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1089 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1090 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1097 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
1099 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
1100 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1102 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1103 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1104 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1111 @subheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
1113 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
1114 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
1115 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
1116 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
1117 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
1120 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
1121 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
1128 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
1130 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
1131 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1133 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1134 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1135 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1138 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
1144 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
1146 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
1147 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1149 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1150 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1151 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1158 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
1160 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
1161 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1163 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1164 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1165 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1172 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
1174 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
1175 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1177 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1178 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1179 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1186 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
1188 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
1189 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1191 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1192 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1193 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1200 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
1202 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
1203 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1205 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1206 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1207 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1214 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
1216 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
1217 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1219 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1220 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1221 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1228 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
1230 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
1231 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1233 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1234 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1235 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1242 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
1244 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
1245 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1247 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1248 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1249 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1256 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
1258 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
1259 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1261 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1262 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1263 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1270 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
1272 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
1273 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1275 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1276 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1277 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1284 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
1286 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
1287 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1289 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1290 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1291 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1298 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1300 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1301 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1303 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1304 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1305 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1312 @subheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1314 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1315 Critical regression.
1321 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1323 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1324 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1325 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1326 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1329 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1330 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1331 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1338 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1340 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
1341 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1343 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1344 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1345 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1346 not the next release candidate.
1352 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1354 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1355 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1357 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1358 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1359 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1360 next release candidate.
1366 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1368 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1369 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1370 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1372 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1373 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1374 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1375 next release candidate.
1381 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1383 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1384 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1385 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1386 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1389 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1390 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1391 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1398 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1400 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
1401 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1403 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1404 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1410 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1412 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1413 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1415 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1416 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1422 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1424 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1425 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1426 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1434 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1436 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1437 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1439 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1440 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1446 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1448 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1449 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1451 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1452 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1458 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1460 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1461 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1463 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1464 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1470 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1472 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1473 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1475 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1476 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1482 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1484 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1485 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1486 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1491 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1493 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1494 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1495 usual number of bugs.
1497 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1498 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1503 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1505 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1506 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1507 usual number of bugs.
1509 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1510 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1516 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1518 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1519 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1520 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1521 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1523 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1524 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1529 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1532 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1533 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1536 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1541 A full list of new features is given in:
1544 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1547 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1549 Main development team:
1551 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1552 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1553 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1554 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1555 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1557 Programming contributors:
1559 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1560 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1561 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1562 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1563 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1564 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1568 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1570 Documentation contributors:
1572 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1573 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
1577 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
1578 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
1580 Binaries support contributors:
1584 Translation contributors:
1586 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
1587 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
1594 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
1596 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1597 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1598 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1599 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1602 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1603 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1604 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1611 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
1613 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
1614 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1616 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1617 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1623 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
1625 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
1626 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1628 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1629 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1635 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
1637 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
1638 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1640 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1641 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1647 @subheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
1649 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
1650 article in the May 2011 issue titled
1651 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
1652 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
1653 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
1654 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
1655 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
1660 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
1662 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
1663 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1665 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1666 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1672 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
1674 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1675 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1676 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1677 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1680 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1681 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1682 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1689 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
1691 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1692 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1693 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1694 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1697 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1698 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1699 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1706 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
1708 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1709 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1710 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1711 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1714 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1715 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1716 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1723 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
1725 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
1726 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1728 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
1729 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1735 @subheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
1737 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
1738 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1739 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1740 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1741 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1747 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
1749 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1750 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1751 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1752 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1755 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1756 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1757 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1764 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
1766 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
1767 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1769 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1770 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1775 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
1777 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
1778 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1780 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1781 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1786 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
1788 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
1789 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1791 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1792 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1798 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
1800 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
1801 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1803 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
1804 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
1805 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
1811 @subheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
1813 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
1814 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
1815 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
1822 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
1824 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1825 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1826 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1827 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1830 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1831 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1832 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1839 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
1841 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
1842 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1843 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1851 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
1853 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
1854 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1855 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1863 @subheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
1865 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
1866 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1867 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1868 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1869 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1875 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
1877 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1878 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1879 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1880 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1883 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1884 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1885 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1892 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
1894 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
1895 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1896 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1905 @subheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
1907 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
1908 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1909 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1910 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1913 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1914 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1915 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1916 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1922 @subheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
1924 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
1925 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1926 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1927 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1930 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1931 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1932 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1933 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1939 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
1941 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
1942 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1943 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1946 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1947 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1948 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1954 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
1956 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
1957 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1958 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1961 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1962 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1963 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1969 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
1971 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
1972 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1973 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1976 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1977 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1978 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1984 @subheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
1986 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
1987 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1988 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1989 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1992 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1993 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1994 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
1995 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2004 @subheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
2006 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
2007 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
2008 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
2009 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
2010 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
2011 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
2012 read on to find out what for!
2015 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
2016 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
2023 @subheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
2025 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
2026 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2027 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2028 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2031 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2032 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2033 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
2034 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2041 @subheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
2043 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
2044 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2045 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2046 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2049 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2050 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2051 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
2052 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2059 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
2061 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
2062 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2063 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2066 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
2067 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2068 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2073 @subheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
2075 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2076 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
2077 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
2078 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
2079 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
2083 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
2084 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
2091 @subheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
2093 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
2094 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2095 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2096 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2099 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
2100 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2101 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2102 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
2104 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
2106 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
2107 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
2108 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2114 @subheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
2116 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
2117 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2118 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2119 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2122 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
2123 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2124 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2125 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
2126 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
2127 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2133 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
2135 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
2136 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2137 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2146 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
2148 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
2149 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2150 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2157 @subheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
2159 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2160 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
2161 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
2162 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
2163 the bug report of the report!
2166 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
2167 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
2173 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
2175 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
2176 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2177 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2184 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
2186 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
2187 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2188 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2195 @subheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
2197 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2198 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
2199 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
2200 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
2204 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
2205 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
2213 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
2215 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
2216 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2217 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2220 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
2221 caution and expect breakage.
2226 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
2228 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
2229 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2230 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2233 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
2234 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
2235 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
2236 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
2241 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
2243 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
2244 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2245 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2251 @subheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
2253 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
2254 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
2255 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
2256 improvements to the new website.
2258 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
2259 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
2261 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
2262 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
2264 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
2270 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
2272 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
2273 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2274 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2279 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
2281 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
2282 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2283 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2289 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2291 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2292 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2293 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2299 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2301 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2302 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2303 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2308 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2310 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2311 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2312 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2317 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2319 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2320 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2321 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2324 This release should be of particular interest to package
2325 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2326 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2327 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2333 @subheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2335 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2336 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2337 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2338 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2341 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2342 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2349 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2351 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2352 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2353 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2356 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2357 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2358 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2359 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2360 see the Changes document for more information.
2364 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2366 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2367 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2368 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2373 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2375 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2376 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2377 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2378 so this release is intended for developers only.
2382 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2384 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2385 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2386 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2391 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2393 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2394 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2399 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2401 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2402 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2403 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2409 @subheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2411 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2412 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2413 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2414 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2415 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2417 What are you waiting for? Come
2418 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2419 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2424 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2426 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2427 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2428 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2432 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2434 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2435 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2436 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2437 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2438 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2443 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2445 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2446 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2447 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2451 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2453 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2454 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2455 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2456 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2460 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2462 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2463 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2464 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2465 and English names for feta filenames.
2471 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2473 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2474 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2475 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2476 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2479 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2480 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2481 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2487 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2489 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2490 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2491 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2492 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2494 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2495 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2500 @subheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2502 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2503 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2509 @subheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2511 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2512 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2513 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2520 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2522 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2523 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2524 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2525 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2527 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2528 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2529 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2537 @subheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2539 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2540 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2541 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2542 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2543 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2544 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2545 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2546 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2552 @subheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2554 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2555 its team, its world, its community.
2556 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2557 to read the full issue...
2562 @subheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2564 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2565 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2566 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2571 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2573 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2574 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
2580 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
2582 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2584 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
2591 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
2593 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
2594 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
2595 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
2596 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
2597 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
2599 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
2600 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
2602 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
2604 @ref{Old downloads}.
2609 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
2611 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
2612 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
2613 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
2614 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
2615 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
2616 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
2619 @ref{Old downloads}.
2624 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
2626 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
2627 documentation and translations.
2628 @ref{Old downloads}.
2633 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
2635 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
2636 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
2637 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
2638 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
2639 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
2641 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
2642 @ref{Old downloads}.
2647 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
2649 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
2650 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
2651 (teaching) has been added.
2653 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
2655 @ref{Old downloads}.
2660 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
2662 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
2663 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
2664 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
2665 @ref{Old downloads}.
2670 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
2672 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
2673 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
2674 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
2675 translations of the documentation.
2676 @ref{Old downloads}.
2681 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
2683 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
2684 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
2685 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
2686 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
2687 deceased since then. All the development team express their
2688 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
2689 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
2690 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
2691 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
2693 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
2695 @ref{Old downloads}.
2700 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
2702 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
2703 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
2704 markup command names have been made.
2707 @ref{Old downloads}.
2712 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
2714 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
2715 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
2716 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
2717 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
2718 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
2721 @ref{Old downloads}.
2726 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
2728 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
2729 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
2731 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
2732 @ref{Old downloads}.
2737 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
2739 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
2740 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
2741 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
2743 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
2744 @ref{Old downloads}.
2749 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
2751 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
2753 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
2754 @ref{Old downloads}.
2759 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
2761 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
2762 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
2763 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
2765 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
2767 @ref{Old downloads}.
2772 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
2774 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
2775 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
2776 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
2777 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
2779 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
2780 @ref{Old downloads}.
2785 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
2787 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
2788 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
2791 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
2792 @ref{Old downloads}.
2797 @subheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
2799 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2800 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
2805 @subheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
2807 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2808 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
2813 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
2815 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
2817 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
2818 @ref{Old downloads}.
2823 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2825 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
2826 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
2827 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
2829 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
2830 @ref{Old downloads}.
2835 @subheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2837 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2838 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
2843 @subheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
2845 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
2846 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
2851 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
2853 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
2854 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
2855 regression tests maintenance for developers.
2857 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
2858 @ref{Old downloads}.
2863 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
2865 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
2866 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
2868 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
2870 @ref{Old downloads}.
2875 @subheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
2877 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
2878 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
2879 report, new translations of the site and publications.
2880 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
2881 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
2882 announce releases and special events.
2887 @subheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
2889 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
2890 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2891 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
2896 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
2898 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
2899 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
2900 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
2901 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
2902 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
2905 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
2907 @ref{Old downloads}.
2912 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
2914 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
2915 names has been added to the MusicXML
2918 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
2919 @ref{Old downloads}.
2924 @subheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
2926 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
2931 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
2933 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
2934 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
2935 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
2938 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
2939 @ref{Old downloads}.
2944 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
2946 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
2949 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
2950 @ref{Old downloads}.
2955 @subheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2957 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
2958 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
2959 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
2960 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
2961 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
2962 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
2968 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2970 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
2971 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
2972 updates to the MusicXML converter.
2974 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
2975 @ref{Old downloads}.
2980 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
2982 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
2983 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
2988 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
2990 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
2991 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
2992 Grand Documentation Project.
2994 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
2995 @ref{Old downloads}.
3000 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
3002 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
3004 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
3005 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
3006 @ref{Old downloads}.
3011 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
3013 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
3015 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
3016 @ref{Old downloads}.
3021 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
3023 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
3024 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
3026 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
3027 @ref{Old downloads}.
3032 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
3034 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
3035 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
3036 for the translations.
3038 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
3039 @ref{Old downloads}.
3044 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
3046 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
3047 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
3048 and lots of updates for the translations.
3050 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
3051 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
3052 @ref{Old downloads}.
3057 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
3059 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
3060 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
3061 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
3062 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
3067 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
3068 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
3069 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
3070 spacing engine code.
3072 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
3073 @ref{Old downloads}.
3078 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
3080 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
3081 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
3083 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
3084 @ref{Old downloads}.
3089 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
3091 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
3092 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
3094 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
3095 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
3096 @ref{Old downloads}.
3101 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
3102 This has lots of bugfixes.
3104 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
3105 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
3106 @ref{Old downloads}.
3111 @subheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
3112 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
3113 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
3114 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
3119 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
3120 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
3122 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
3124 @ref{Old downloads}.
3129 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
3130 This release has some documentation updates.
3132 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
3134 @ref{Old downloads}.
3139 @subheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
3140 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
3141 disponibles en ligne ---
3142 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
3143 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
3144 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
3145 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
3150 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
3151 This release fixes many bugs.
3153 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
3154 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
3156 @ref{Old downloads}.
3161 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
3162 This release fixes many bugs.
3164 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
3165 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
3167 @ref{Old downloads}.
3172 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
3173 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
3174 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
3176 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
3178 @ref{Old downloads}.
3183 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
3184 This release fixes still more bugs.
3186 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
3188 @ref{Old downloads}.
3193 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
3194 This release fixes many bugs.
3195 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
3196 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
3198 @ref{Old downloads})
3203 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
3204 This release will stretch piano staves on a
3205 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
3206 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
3208 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
3209 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
3211 @ref{Old downloads}.
3216 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
3217 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
3218 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
3220 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
3227 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3228 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
3229 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
3231 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
3233 @ref{Old downloads}.
3238 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3239 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
3240 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
3242 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
3244 @ref{Old downloads}.
3249 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3250 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
3253 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
3255 @ref{Old downloads}.
3260 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
3261 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
3263 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
3265 @ref{Old downloads}.
3270 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
3271 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
3272 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
3273 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
3275 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
3277 @ref{Old downloads}.
3282 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3283 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
3284 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
3285 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
3286 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
3287 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3289 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3291 @ref{Old downloads}.
3296 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3297 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3298 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3301 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3303 @ref{Old downloads}.
3308 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3309 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3310 further improvements in the regression test suite
3314 @ref{Old downloads}.
3319 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3320 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3324 @ref{Old downloads}.
3329 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3330 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3335 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3336 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3341 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3342 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3346 @ref{Old downloads}.
3351 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3352 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3353 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3357 @ref{Old downloads}.
3362 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3363 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3367 @ref{Old downloads}.
3372 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3373 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3378 @ref{Old downloads}.
3383 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3384 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3388 @ref{Old downloads}.
3393 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3394 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3395 within a system as well as between systems.
3399 @ref{Old downloads}.
3404 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3405 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3406 test results} and several website build improvements.
3410 @ref{Old downloads}.
3415 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3416 This release fixes several bugs.
3419 @ref{Old downloads}.
3424 @subheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3425 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3430 @subheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3431 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3432 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3433 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3434 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3439 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3440 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3444 @ref{Old downloads}.
3449 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3450 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3453 @ref{Old downloads}.
3458 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3459 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3463 @ref{Old downloads}.
3468 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3469 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3472 @ref{Old downloads}.
3477 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3478 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3483 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3484 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3485 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3490 @subheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3491 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3492 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3497 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3498 This release has many more bugfixes.
3501 @ref{Old downloads}.
3506 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3507 This release has many more bugfixes.
3510 @ref{Old downloads}.
3515 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3516 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3521 @ref{Old downloads}.
3526 @subheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3527 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3528 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3529 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3530 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3531 (@ref{Publications}).
3536 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3537 This release has further bugfixes.
3540 @ref{Old downloads}.
3545 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3546 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3547 available for x86/64.
3550 @ref{Old downloads}.
3555 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3556 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3557 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3558 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3559 @ref{Old downloads})
3564 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3565 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3566 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3571 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3572 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3577 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
3578 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3583 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
3584 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3589 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
3590 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
3591 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3596 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
3597 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
3598 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
3599 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3604 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
3605 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3610 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
3611 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
3612 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
3617 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
3618 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
3619 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
3620 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
3621 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3626 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
3627 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
3628 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3633 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
3634 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
3635 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
3636 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3641 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
3642 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
3643 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
3644 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3649 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3650 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
3652 @ref{Old downloads})
3657 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3658 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
3660 @ref{Old downloads})
3665 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
3666 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
3667 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3669 @ref{Old downloads})
3674 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3675 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
3676 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3677 (@ref{Old downloads})
3682 @subheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3683 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
3684 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
3685 glory} what features are broken in the development release
3690 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
3691 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
3692 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
3693 the development releases even better
3698 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
3700 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
3701 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
3702 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3707 @subheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
3708 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
3709 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
3710 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
3711 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
3712 esthetics}. Happy reading!
3717 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
3718 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
3719 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
3721 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3726 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3727 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
3728 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
3729 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
3730 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3735 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3736 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
3737 (@ref{Old downloads})
3742 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
3743 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
3744 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
3745 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
3746 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
3747 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3752 @subheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
3753 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
3754 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
3755 (@ref{Publications})
3760 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3761 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
3762 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3767 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3768 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
3769 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
3770 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3775 @subheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
3776 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
3777 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
3782 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
3783 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
3784 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3789 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
3790 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
3791 released. (@ref{Changes},
3792 @ref{Old downloads})
3797 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
3798 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
3799 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
3800 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
3801 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
3802 multi-measure rests.
3804 @ref{Old downloads})
3809 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
3810 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
3812 @ref{Old downloads})
3817 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
3818 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
3819 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
3820 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
3821 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3822 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
3823 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
3824 @ref{Old downloads})
3829 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
3830 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
3831 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
3832 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
3833 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
3834 @ref{Old downloads})
3839 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
3840 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
3841 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
3842 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
3843 the endings and the middle
3844 part. (@ref{Changes},
3845 @ref{Old downloads})
3850 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
3851 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
3852 parenthesized, for example,
3855 c4 -\parenthesize -.
3856 <d \parenthesize fis a>
3860 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
3861 @ref{Old downloads})
3866 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
3867 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
3868 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
3878 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
3879 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
3880 vector. (@ref{Changes},
3881 @ref{Old downloads})
3886 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
3887 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
3888 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
3889 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
3890 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
3891 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
3892 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
3894 @ref{Old downloads})
3899 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
3900 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
3901 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
3902 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
3903 @ref{Old downloads})
3908 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
3909 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
3910 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
3911 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
3912 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
3913 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
3914 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
3915 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3916 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3917 @ref{Old downloads})
3922 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
3923 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
3924 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
3925 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
3926 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
3927 @ref{Old downloads})
3932 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
3934 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
3935 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
3936 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
3941 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
3942 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
3943 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
3944 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
3945 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
3950 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3951 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
3952 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
3954 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
3956 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
3958 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
3964 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3965 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
3966 (feature sponsored by Andrea
3967 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
3968 @ref{Old downloads})
3973 @subheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
3974 Linux Journal publishes an article on
3975 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
3976 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
3977 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
3980 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
3981 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
3982 alternatives seem second-rate.}
3983 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
3988 @subheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
3989 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
3990 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
3991 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
3992 page. Let us know how you fare!
3997 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
3998 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
3999 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
4000 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
4001 The important occasion for this release is our new build
4002 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
4003 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
4004 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
4005 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
4007 @ref{Old downloads})
4012 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
4013 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
4014 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
4015 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
4016 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
4017 @ref{Old downloads})
4022 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
4023 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
4024 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
4025 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
4026 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
4027 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
4028 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
4029 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
4030 functions. (@ref{Changes},
4031 @ref{Old downloads})
4036 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
4037 This release has the following new features:
4040 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
4041 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
4042 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4044 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
4045 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
4046 and Bertalan Fodor).
4048 Generic music functions may now also be used on
4049 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
4052 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
4053 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
4054 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
4058 @ref{Old downloads})
4063 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
4064 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
4065 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
4066 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
4067 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
4068 van den Borre and Bertalan
4069 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
4070 @ref{Old downloads})
4075 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
4076 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
4077 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
4078 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
4084 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
4085 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
4086 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
4087 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
4088 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
4090 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
4091 @ref{Old downloads})
4096 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
4097 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
4098 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
4103 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
4104 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
4105 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
4106 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
4107 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
4108 etc. (@ref{Changes},
4109 @ref{Old downloads})
4114 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
4115 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
4116 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
4117 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4118 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4119 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4120 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4121 @ref{Old downloads})
4126 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
4127 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4128 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4129 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4130 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4131 @ref{Old downloads})
4136 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
4137 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
4138 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
4139 @ref{Old downloads})
4144 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
4145 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
4146 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
4147 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
4148 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
4149 properties. (@ref{Changes},
4150 @ref{Old downloads})
4155 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
4156 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
4157 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
4158 that compute said property, i.e.
4161 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
4162 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
4165 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
4166 @ref{Old downloads})
4171 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
4172 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
4173 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
4174 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
4175 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
4176 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
4177 also provides advanced tweakability for power
4178 users. (@ref{Changes},
4179 @ref{Old downloads})
4184 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
4185 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
4186 series. (@ref{Changes},
4187 @ref{Old downloads})
4192 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
4193 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
4194 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
4195 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
4196 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
4197 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
4198 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
4199 sponsored by Nicolas
4200 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4201 @ref{Old downloads})
4206 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
4207 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
4208 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4209 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
4210 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
4211 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
4212 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4213 @ref{Old downloads})
4218 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
4219 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
4220 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
4221 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
4222 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4223 @ref{Old downloads})
4228 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
4229 This is mainly a bugfix
4230 release. (@ref{Changes},
4231 @ref{Old downloads})
4236 @subheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
4237 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
4238 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
4239 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
4240 la gravure musicale}.
4245 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
4246 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
4247 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
4248 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
4249 @ref{Old downloads})
4254 @subheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
4255 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
4256 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
4257 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
4258 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
4259 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
4264 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
4265 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
4266 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
4267 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
4268 @ref{Old downloads})
4273 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
4274 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
4275 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
4276 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
4277 signs. (@ref{Changes},
4278 @ref{Old downloads})
4283 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
4284 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
4285 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
4286 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
4287 @ref{Old downloads})
4292 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4293 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4294 for a note is proportional to the time it
4295 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4296 @ref{Old downloads})
4301 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4302 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4303 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4308 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4309 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4310 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4311 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4313 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4314 @ref{Old downloads})
4319 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4320 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4321 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4322 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4324 @ref{Old downloads})
4329 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4330 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4331 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4332 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4333 @ref{Old downloads})
4338 @subheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4339 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4341 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4342 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4343 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4344 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4345 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4350 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4351 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4352 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4353 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4358 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4359 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4360 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4361 @ref{Old downloads})
4366 @subheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4367 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4368 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4369 @ref{Old downloads})
4374 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4375 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4376 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4377 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4378 (@ref{Old downloads})
4383 @subheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4384 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4385 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4386 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4391 @subheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4392 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4393 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4394 better help functionality.
4395 (@ref{Old downloads})
4400 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4401 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4402 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4403 compile them directly from
4404 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4409 @subheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4410 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4411 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4416 @subheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4417 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4418 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4419 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4424 @subheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4425 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4426 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4427 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4428 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4433 @subheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4434 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4435 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4440 @subheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4441 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4446 @subheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4447 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4448 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4453 @subheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4454 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4455 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4456 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4457 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4462 @subheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4463 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4464 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4465 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4466 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4467 @ref{Old downloads})
4472 @subheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4474 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4475 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4477 (@ref{Old downloads})
4482 @subheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4483 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4484 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4485 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4486 signatures like 5/8.
4488 @ref{Old downloads})
4493 @subheading April 18, 2005
4494 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4495 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4496 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4497 More details are in the
4499 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4504 @subheading April 15, 2005
4505 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4506 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4507 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4508 Scheme code. Take a look at
4510 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4515 @subheading April 6, 2005
4516 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4517 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4518 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4523 @subheading March 31, 2005
4524 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4525 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4526 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4531 @subheading March 20, 2005
4532 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4533 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4539 @subheading March 14, 2005
4540 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4541 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4542 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4543 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4544 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4549 @subheading March 7, 2005
4550 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4551 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4552 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4553 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4554 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4556 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4561 @subheading March 7, 2005
4562 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4563 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4569 @subheading February 28, 2005
4570 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/Fedora-3/ghostscript-8.15rc3-0.i386.rpm,ESP
4571 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4572 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4573 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
4579 @subheading February 28, 2005
4580 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
4581 PDF output. You can read more about it @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.5/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Point-and-click.html,here}.
4582 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4583 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4588 @subheading February 26, 2005
4589 The @uref{http://lsr.di.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
4590 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
4591 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
4592 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
4597 @subheading February 21, 2005
4598 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
4599 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
4600 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
4601 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
4603 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4608 @subheading February 4, 2005
4609 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
4610 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
4611 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
4612 @ref{Old downloads}!
4617 @subheading January 31, 2005
4618 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
4619 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
4620 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
4626 @subheading January 26, 2005
4627 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
4628 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
4634 @subheading January 16, 2005
4635 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
4636 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
4637 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
4639 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
4641 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
4646 @subheading January 11, 2005
4647 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
4648 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
4649 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
4650 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
4651 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
4652 font code by Werner.
4654 and check out the changes in
4655 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4660 @subheading January 02, 2005
4661 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
4662 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
4663 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
4664 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
4665 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
4666 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
4667 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
4668 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
4669 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
4672 changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3013&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4677 @subheading December 28, 2004
4678 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
4679 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
4680 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
4681 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
4683 and check out the changes in
4684 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4689 @subheading December 20, 2004
4690 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
4691 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
4692 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
4693 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
4694 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
4697 changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2974&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4702 @subheading December 3, 2004
4703 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
4704 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
4705 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
4706 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
4707 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
4708 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
4709 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
4710 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
4714 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2908&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4719 @subheading November 26, 2004
4720 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
4721 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
4722 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
4723 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
4724 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
4726 and check out the changes in
4727 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4732 @subheading November 20, 2004
4733 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
4734 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
4735 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
4736 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
4737 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
4738 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
4739 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
4740 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
4743 and check out the changes in
4744 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4749 @subheading November 12, 2004
4750 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
4751 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
4752 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
4753 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
4754 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
4757 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
4760 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
4761 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
4762 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
4763 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
4764 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
4767 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2837&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4772 @subheading November 11, 2004
4773 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
4774 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
4780 @subheading November 4, 2004
4781 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
4782 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
4784 and check out the changes in
4785 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4790 @subheading October 31, 2004
4791 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
4792 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
4793 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
4794 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
4801 @subheading October 29, 2004
4802 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
4803 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
4804 some problems with the conversion scripts.
4806 and check out the changes in
4807 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4812 @subheading October 29, 2004
4813 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4814 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
4815 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
4816 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
4818 and check out the changes in
4819 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4824 @subheading October 27, 2004
4825 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
4826 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
4827 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
4829 and check out the changes in
4830 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4835 @subheading October 24, 2004
4836 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
4837 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
4838 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4840 and check out the changes in
4841 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4846 @subheading October 10, 2004
4847 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
4848 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
4849 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
4853 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2709&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4858 @subheading October 09, 2004
4859 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
4860 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
4861 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
4865 out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2692&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4870 @subheading October 02, 2004
4871 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
4872 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
4873 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
4874 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
4875 in the documentation.
4877 and check out the changes in
4878 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4883 @subheading September 29, 2004
4884 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
4885 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
4886 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
4887 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
4892 @subheading September 26, 2004
4893 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
4895 and check out the changes
4896 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4901 @subheading September 20, 2004
4902 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
4903 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
4904 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
4905 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
4906 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
4907 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
4910 and check out the changes in
4911 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4916 @subheading September 11, 2004
4917 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
4918 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
4919 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
4920 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
4921 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
4922 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
4923 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
4924 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
4925 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
4926 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
4927 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
4928 will hold users back in switching.
4930 and check out the changes in
4931 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4936 @subheading September 10, 2004
4937 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
4938 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
4939 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
4940 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
4941 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
4942 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
4944 and check out the changes in
4945 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4950 @subheading September 6, 2004
4951 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
4952 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
4953 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
4954 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
4955 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
4959 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2534&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4964 @subheading August 29, 2004
4965 LilyPond now has a Documentation
4966 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
4967 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
4968 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
4969 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
4970 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
4971 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
4972 chapter of the user manual.
4973 A lot of cheers for Graham!
4978 @subheading August 29, 2004
4979 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
4980 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
4981 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
4982 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
4983 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
4984 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
4988 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2520&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4993 @subheading August 24, 2004
4994 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
4995 disappearing metronome mark.
4997 and check out the changes in
4998 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.33&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5003 @subheading August 23, 2004
5004 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
5005 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
5006 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
5007 `doubleSlurs' property.
5009 and check out the changes in
5010 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5015 @subheading August 3, 2004
5016 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
5017 annoying bugs fixed.
5020 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2449&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5025 @subheading August 1, 2004
5026 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
5027 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
5028 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
5029 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
5030 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
5031 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
5034 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
5035 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
5037 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
5038 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
5043 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2435&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5048 @subheading July 30, 2004
5049 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
5050 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
5051 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
5052 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
5053 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
5054 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
5055 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
5056 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
5057 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
5058 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
5061 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2416&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5066 @subheading July 23, 2004
5067 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
5068 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
5069 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
5070 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
5073 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2395&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5078 @subheading July 19, 2004
5079 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
5080 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
5081 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
5082 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
5083 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
5084 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
5085 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
5086 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
5087 beat within the measure.
5089 and check out the changes in
5090 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5095 @subheading July 15, 2004
5096 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
5100 out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.28&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5105 @subheading July 11, 2004
5106 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
5112 @subheading July 5, 2004
5113 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
5114 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
5115 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
5116 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
5118 and check out the changes
5119 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5124 @subheading July 5, 2004
5125 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
5129 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.23&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5134 @subheading June 25, 2004
5135 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
5136 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
5137 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
5138 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
5139 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
5140 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
5141 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2293&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
5143 @ref{Old downloads}.
5148 @subheading June 20, 2004
5149 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
5150 bugs that were reported over the past month. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.16&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog} for a full description and
5151 @ref{Old downloads}.
5156 @subheading June 13, 2004
5157 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
5158 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
5159 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2242&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
5161 @ref{Old downloads}.
5166 @subheading May 31, 2004
5167 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
5168 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
5169 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2207&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
5171 @ref{Old downloads}.
5176 @subheading May 31, 2004
5177 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
5178 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.9,ChangeLog}
5179 or head straight to the
5180 @ref{Old downloads}.
5185 @subheading May 26, 2004
5186 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
5187 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
5188 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5189 @ref{Old downloads}.
5194 @subheading May 9, 2004
5195 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
5196 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5197 @ref{Old downloads}.
5202 @subheading May 4, 2004
5203 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
5205 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
5206 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
5207 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
5208 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
5209 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
5214 @subheading May 3, 2004
5215 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
5216 @ref{Old downloads}.
5221 @subheading April 17, 2004
5222 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
5223 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
5229 @subheading April 12, 2004
5230 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
5231 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
5232 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
5233 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
5234 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
5235 @ref{Old downloads}.
5240 @subheading April 8, 2004
5241 A French article on the new LilyPond
5242 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
5247 @subheading April 8, 2004
5248 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
5249 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
5255 @subheading April 1, 2004
5256 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
5257 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
5258 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
5259 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
5260 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
5261 @ref{Old downloads}.
5266 @subheading March 31, 2004
5267 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
5268 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
5269 documentation polish. This should be the final release
5270 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
5272 @ref{Old downloads}.
5277 @subheading March 30, 2004
5278 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
5280 @ref{Old downloads}.
5285 @subheading March 28, 2004
5286 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
5287 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
5288 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5295 @subheading March 22, 2004
5296 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5297 @ref{Old downloads}.
5302 @subheading March 21, 2004
5303 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5310 @subheading March 20, 2004
5311 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5312 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5313 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5315 @ref{Old downloads}.
5320 @subheading March 15, 2004
5321 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5322 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5323 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5326 @ref{Old downloads}.
5331 @subheading March 14, 2004
5333 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5334 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5340 @subheading March 11, 2004
5341 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5343 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5344 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5345 authors of LilyPond.
5350 @subheading March 11, 2004
5351 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5352 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5355 @ref{Old downloads}.
5360 @subheading March 9, 2004
5361 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5362 experimental support for producing titles with
5368 @subheading February 29, 2004
5369 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5370 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5371 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5373 @ref{Old downloads}.
5378 @subheading February 24, 2004
5379 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5380 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5381 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5383 @ref{Old downloads}.
5388 @subheading February 23, 2004
5389 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5390 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5391 produce cue notes. More information in the
5398 @subheading February 18, 2004
5399 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5400 for altering accidental rules.
5406 @subheading February 16, 2004
5407 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5408 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5409 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5410 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5411 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5412 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5413 More information in the
5420 @subheading February 13, 2004
5421 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5422 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5423 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5430 @subheading February 12, 2004
5431 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5432 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5433 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5434 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5441 @subheading February 9, 2004
5442 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5443 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5444 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5445 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5446 More information in the
5453 @subheading February 5, 2004
5454 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5455 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5456 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5457 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5458 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5459 More information in the
5466 @subheading February 4, 2004
5467 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5468 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5469 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5477 @subheading February 2, 2004
5478 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5479 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5480 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5487 @subheading January 28, 2004
5488 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5489 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5490 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5491 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5500 @subheading January 26, 2004
5501 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5502 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5505 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5510 @subheading January 21, 2004
5512 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5513 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5514 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5517 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5522 @subheading January 20, 2004
5523 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5524 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5525 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5526 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5531 @subheading January 20, 2004
5532 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5533 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5534 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5535 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5541 @subheading January 19, 2004
5542 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5543 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5545 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5550 @subheading January 18, 2004
5551 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5552 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5553 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5558 @subheading January 17, 2004
5559 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5560 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5561 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5563 More information in the
5564 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5569 @subheading January 16, 2004
5570 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5571 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5573 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5578 @subheading January 13, 2004
5579 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
5580 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
5581 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
5583 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5588 @subheading January 9, 2004
5589 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
5590 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
5591 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
5592 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
5593 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
5594 individual music expressions.
5595 More information in the
5596 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5601 @subheading January 7, 2004
5602 An update to the stable branch,
5603 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
5604 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
5609 @subheading January 6, 2004
5610 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
5611 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
5612 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
5613 More information in the
5614 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5619 @subheading January 4, 2004
5620 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
5622 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
5623 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5628 @subheading January 2, 2004
5629 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
5630 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
5631 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
5632 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5637 @subheading December 30, 2003
5638 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
5639 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
5640 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
5641 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5646 @subheading December 23, 2003
5647 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
5648 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
5649 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
5650 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
5651 to implement this are welcome!) See the
5652 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5657 @subheading December 17, 2003
5658 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
5659 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
5660 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
5662 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5667 @subheading December 16, 2003
5668 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
5669 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
5670 Han-Wen's absence. See the
5671 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5676 @subheading October 11, 2003
5677 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
5679 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5684 @subheading October 11, 2003
5685 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
5687 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
5688 thanks to Heikki Junes.
5693 @subheading October 9, 2003
5694 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
5695 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
5696 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
5701 @subheading October 5, 2003
5702 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
5709 @subheading October 4, 2003
5710 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
5712 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
5713 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
5718 @subheading September 29, 2003
5719 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
5720 contains minor bugfixes.
5721 See the @ref{Changes}
5722 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
5727 @subheading September 27, 2003
5728 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
5729 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
5730 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
5736 @subheading September 24, 2003
5737 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
5738 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
5739 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
5740 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
5741 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
5746 @subheading September 24, 2003
5747 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
5748 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
5749 the @ref{Changes} and
5750 download @uref{install/,here}.
5755 @subheading September 23, 2003
5756 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
5757 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5758 the @ref{Changes} and
5759 download @uref{install/,here}.
5764 @subheading September 19, 2003
5765 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
5766 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5767 the @ref{Changes} and
5768 download @uref{install/,here}.
5773 @subheading September 17, 2003
5774 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
5775 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
5781 @subheading September 16, 2003
5782 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
5783 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
5789 @subheading September 10, 2003
5790 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
5791 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
5792 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
5793 will be available in a few weeks.
5799 @subheading September 9, 2003
5800 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
5801 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
5807 @subheading September 7, 2003
5808 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
5809 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
5815 @subheading August 31, 2003
5816 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
5817 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
5818 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
5824 @subheading August 31, 2003
5825 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
5826 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
5831 @subheading August 31, 2003
5832 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
5833 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
5834 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
5835 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5840 @subheading August 28, 2003
5841 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
5842 @ref{Changes} and get it
5843 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5848 @subheading August 26, 2003
5849 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
5850 @ref{Changes} and get it
5851 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5856 @subheading August 25, 2003
5857 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
5858 @ref{Changes} and get it
5859 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5864 @subheading August 25, 2003
5865 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
5866 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
5871 @subheading August 21, 2003
5872 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
5873 read the @ref{Changes}.
5878 @subheading August 18, 2003
5879 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
5880 has been updated to 1.8.
5881 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
5886 @subheading August 7, 2003
5887 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
5888 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
5893 @subheading August 7, 2003
5894 New website went live!
5899 @subheading August 6, 2003
5900 Announced new website.
5905 @subheading August 1, 2003
5906 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
5911 @subheading July 30, 2003
5912 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
5913 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
5919 @subheading July 29, 2003
5920 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
5921 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.