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5 (I'd rather have the below in the CG. -gp)
8 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
9 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
26 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
30 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
33 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
35 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
36 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
42 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
44 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
45 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
47 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
48 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
54 @subsubheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
56 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
57 article in the May 2011 issue titled
58 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
59 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
60 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
61 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
62 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
67 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
69 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
70 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
72 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
73 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
79 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
81 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
82 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
83 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
84 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
87 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
88 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
89 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
96 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
98 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
99 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
100 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
101 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
104 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
105 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
106 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
113 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
115 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
116 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
117 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
118 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
121 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
122 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
123 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
130 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
132 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
133 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
135 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
136 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
142 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
144 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
145 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
146 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
147 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
148 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
154 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
156 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
157 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
158 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
159 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
162 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
163 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
164 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
171 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
173 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
174 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
176 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
177 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
182 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
184 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
185 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
187 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
188 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
193 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
195 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
196 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
198 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
199 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
205 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
207 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
208 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
210 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
211 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
212 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
218 @subsubheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
220 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
221 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
222 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
229 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
231 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
232 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
233 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
234 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
237 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
238 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
239 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
246 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
248 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
249 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
250 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
258 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
260 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
261 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
262 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
270 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
272 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
273 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
274 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
275 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
276 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
282 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
284 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
285 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
286 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
287 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
290 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
291 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
292 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
299 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
301 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
302 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
303 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
312 @subsubheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
314 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
315 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
316 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
317 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
320 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
321 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
322 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
323 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
329 @subsubheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
331 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
332 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
333 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
334 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
337 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
338 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
339 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
340 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
346 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
348 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
349 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
350 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
353 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
354 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
355 at all confident about the quality of this release.
361 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
363 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
364 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
365 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
368 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
369 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
370 at all confident about the quality of this release.
376 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
378 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
379 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
380 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
383 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
384 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
385 at all confident about the quality of this release.
391 @subsubheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
393 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
394 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
395 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
396 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
399 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
400 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
401 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
402 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
411 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
413 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
414 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
415 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
416 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
417 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
418 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
419 read on to find out what for!
422 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
423 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
430 @subsubheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
432 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
433 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
434 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
435 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
438 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
439 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
440 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
441 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
448 @subsubheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
450 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
451 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
452 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
453 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
456 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
457 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
458 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
459 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
466 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
468 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
469 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
470 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
473 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
474 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
475 at all confident about the quality of this release.
480 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
482 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
483 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
484 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
485 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
486 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
490 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
491 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
498 @subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
500 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
501 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
502 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
503 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
506 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
507 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
508 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
509 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
511 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
513 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
514 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
515 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
521 @subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
523 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
524 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
525 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
526 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
529 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
530 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
531 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
532 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
533 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
534 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
540 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
542 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
543 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
544 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
553 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
555 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
556 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
557 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
564 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
566 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
567 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
568 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
569 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
570 the bug report of the report!
573 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
574 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
580 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
582 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
583 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
584 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
591 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
593 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
594 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
595 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
602 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
604 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
605 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
606 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
607 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
611 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
612 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
620 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
622 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
623 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
624 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
627 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
628 caution and expect breakage.
633 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
635 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
636 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
637 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
640 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
641 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
642 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
643 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
648 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
650 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
651 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
652 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
658 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
660 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
661 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
662 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
663 improvements to the new website.
665 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
666 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
668 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
669 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
671 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
677 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
679 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
680 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
681 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
686 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
688 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
689 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
690 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
696 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
698 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
699 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
700 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
706 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
708 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
709 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
710 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
715 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
717 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
718 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
719 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
724 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
726 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
727 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
728 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
731 This release should be of particular interest to package
732 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
733 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
734 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
740 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
742 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
743 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
744 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
745 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
748 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
749 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
756 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
758 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
759 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
760 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
763 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
764 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
765 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
766 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
767 see the Changes document for more information.
771 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
773 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
774 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
775 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
780 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
782 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
783 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
784 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
785 so this release is intended for developers only.
789 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
791 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
792 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
793 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
798 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
800 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
801 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
806 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
808 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
809 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
810 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
816 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
818 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
819 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
820 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
821 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
822 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
824 What are you waiting for? Come
825 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
826 LilyPond Report 17} now!
831 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
833 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
834 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
835 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
839 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
841 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
842 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
843 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
844 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
845 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
850 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
852 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
853 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
854 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
858 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
860 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
861 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
862 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
863 critical regressions against earlier versions.
867 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
869 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
870 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
871 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
872 and English names for feta filenames.
878 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
880 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
881 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
882 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
883 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
886 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
887 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
888 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
894 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
896 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
897 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
898 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
899 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
901 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
902 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
907 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
909 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
910 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
916 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
918 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
919 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
920 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
927 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
929 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
930 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
931 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
932 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
934 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
935 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
936 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
944 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
946 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
947 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
948 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
949 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
950 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
951 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
952 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
953 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
959 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
961 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
962 its team, its world, its community.
963 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
964 to read the full issue...
969 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
971 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
972 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
973 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
978 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
980 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
981 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
987 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
989 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
991 @uref{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
998 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
1000 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
1001 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
1002 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
1003 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
1004 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
1006 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
1007 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
1009 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
1011 @ref{Old downloads}.
1016 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
1018 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
1019 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
1020 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
1021 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
1022 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
1023 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
1026 @ref{Old downloads}.
1031 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
1033 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
1034 documentation and translations.
1035 @ref{Old downloads}.
1040 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 – Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
1042 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
1043 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
1044 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
1045 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
1046 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
1048 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
1049 @ref{Old downloads}.
1054 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
1056 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
1057 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
1058 (teaching) has been added.
1060 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
1062 @ref{Old downloads}.
1067 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
1069 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
1070 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
1071 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
1072 @ref{Old downloads}.
1077 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
1079 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
1080 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
1081 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
1082 translations of the documentation.
1083 @ref{Old downloads}.
1088 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
1090 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
1091 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
1092 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
1093 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
1094 deceased since then. All the development team express their
1095 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
1096 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
1097 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
1098 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
1100 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
1102 @ref{Old downloads}.
1107 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
1109 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
1110 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
1111 markup command names have been made.
1114 @ref{Old downloads}.
1119 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
1121 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
1122 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
1123 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
1124 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
1125 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
1128 @ref{Old downloads}.
1133 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
1135 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
1136 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
1138 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
1139 @ref{Old downloads}.
1144 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
1146 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
1147 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
1148 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
1150 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
1151 @ref{Old downloads}.
1156 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
1158 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
1160 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
1161 @ref{Old downloads}.
1166 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
1168 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
1169 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
1170 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
1172 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
1174 @ref{Old downloads}.
1179 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
1181 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
1182 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
1183 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
1184 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
1186 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
1187 @ref{Old downloads}.
1192 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
1194 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
1195 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
1198 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
1199 @ref{Old downloads}.
1204 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
1206 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1207 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
1212 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
1214 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1215 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
1220 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
1222 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
1224 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
1225 @ref{Old downloads}.
1230 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
1232 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
1233 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
1234 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
1236 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
1237 @ref{Old downloads}.
1242 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
1244 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1245 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
1250 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
1252 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
1253 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
1258 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
1260 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
1261 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
1262 regression tests maintenance for developers.
1264 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
1265 @ref{Old downloads}.
1270 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
1272 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
1273 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
1275 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
1277 @ref{Old downloads}.
1282 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
1284 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
1285 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
1286 report, new translations of the site and publications.
1287 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
1288 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
1289 announce releases and special events.
1294 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
1296 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
1297 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1298 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
1303 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
1305 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
1306 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
1307 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
1308 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
1309 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
1312 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
1314 @ref{Old downloads}.
1319 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
1321 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
1322 names has been added to the MusicXML
1325 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
1326 @ref{Old downloads}.
1331 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
1333 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
1338 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
1340 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
1341 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
1342 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
1345 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
1346 @ref{Old downloads}.
1351 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
1353 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
1356 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
1357 @ref{Old downloads}.
1362 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
1364 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
1365 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
1366 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
1367 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
1368 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
1369 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
1375 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
1377 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
1378 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
1379 updates to the MusicXML converter.
1381 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
1382 @ref{Old downloads}.
1387 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
1389 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
1390 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
1395 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
1397 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
1398 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
1399 Grand Documentation Project.
1401 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
1402 @ref{Old downloads}.
1407 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
1409 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
1411 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
1412 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
1413 @ref{Old downloads}.
1418 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
1420 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
1422 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
1423 @ref{Old downloads}.
1428 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
1430 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
1431 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
1433 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
1434 @ref{Old downloads}.
1439 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
1441 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
1442 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
1443 for the translations.
1445 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
1446 @ref{Old downloads}.
1451 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
1453 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
1454 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
1455 and lots of updates for the translations.
1457 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
1458 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
1459 @ref{Old downloads}.
1464 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
1466 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
1467 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
1468 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
1469 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
1474 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
1475 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
1476 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
1477 spacing engine code.
1479 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
1480 @ref{Old downloads}.
1485 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
1487 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
1488 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
1490 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
1491 @ref{Old downloads}.
1496 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
1498 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
1499 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
1501 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
1502 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
1503 @ref{Old downloads}.
1508 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
1509 This has lots of bugfixes.
1511 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
1512 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
1513 @ref{Old downloads}.
1518 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
1519 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des
1520 LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
1521 sind auf deutsch übersetzt — sie sind erhältlich für
1523 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
1528 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
1529 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
1531 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
1533 @ref{Old downloads}.
1538 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
1539 This release has some documentation updates.
1541 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
1543 @ref{Old downloads}.
1548 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
1549 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont
1550 désormais traduits, et disponibles en ligne — @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
1551 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
1552 2.11}. Les traductions sont également incluses dans la @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
1557 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
1558 This release fixes many bugs.
1560 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
1561 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
1563 @ref{Old downloads}.
1568 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
1569 This release fixes many bugs.
1571 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
1572 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
1574 @ref{Old downloads}.
1579 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
1580 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
1581 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
1583 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
1585 @ref{Old downloads}.
1590 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
1591 This release fixes still more bugs.
1593 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
1595 @ref{Old downloads}.
1600 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
1601 This release fixes many bugs.
1602 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
1603 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
1605 @ref{Old downloads})
1610 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
1611 This release will stretch piano staves on a
1612 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
1613 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
1615 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
1616 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
1618 @ref{Old downloads}.
1623 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
1624 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
1625 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
1627 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
1634 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1635 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
1636 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
1638 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
1640 @ref{Old downloads}.
1645 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1646 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
1647 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
1649 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
1651 @ref{Old downloads}.
1656 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1657 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
1660 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
1662 @ref{Old downloads}.
1667 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
1668 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
1670 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
1672 @ref{Old downloads}.
1677 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
1678 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
1679 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
1680 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
1682 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
1684 @ref{Old downloads}.
1689 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
1690 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
1691 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
1692 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
1693 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
1694 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
1696 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
1698 @ref{Old downloads}.
1703 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
1704 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
1705 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
1708 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
1710 @ref{Old downloads}.
1715 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
1716 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and —in 2.11.9&mdash
1717 further improvements in the regression test suite
1721 @ref{Old downloads}.
1726 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
1727 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1731 @ref{Old downloads}.
1736 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
1737 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
1742 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
1743 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
1748 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
1749 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1753 @ref{Old downloads}.
1758 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
1759 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
1760 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
1764 @ref{Old downloads}.
1769 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
1770 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1774 @ref{Old downloads}.
1779 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
1780 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
1785 @ref{Old downloads}.
1790 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
1791 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1795 @ref{Old downloads}.
1800 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
1801 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
1802 within a system as well as between systems.
1806 @ref{Old downloads}.
1811 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1812 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
1813 test results} and several website build improvements.
1817 @ref{Old downloads}.
1822 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1823 This release fixes several bugs.
1826 @ref{Old downloads}.
1831 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1832 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
1837 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
1838 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en
1839 français est maintenant disponible en ligne. @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1840 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1846 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1847 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
1851 @ref{Old downloads}.
1856 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1857 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1860 @ref{Old downloads}.
1865 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
1866 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
1870 @ref{Old downloads}.
1875 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
1876 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1879 @ref{Old downloads}.
1884 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
1885 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1890 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1891 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{announce-v2.10.html,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1896 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1897 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
1898 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
1903 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
1904 This release has many more bugfixes.
1907 @ref{Old downloads}.
1912 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
1913 This release has many more bugfixes.
1916 @ref{Old downloads}.
1921 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
1922 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
1927 @ref{Old downloads}.
1932 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
1933 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
1934 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
1935 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
1936 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
1937 (@ref{Publications}).
1942 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
1943 This release has further bugfixes.
1946 @ref{Old downloads}.
1951 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
1952 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
1953 available for x86/64.
1956 @ref{Old downloads}.
1961 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
1962 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
1963 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1964 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
1965 @ref{Old downloads})
1970 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
1971 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
1972 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1977 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
1978 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1983 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
1984 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1989 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
1990 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1995 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
1996 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
1997 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2002 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
2003 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
2004 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
2005 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2010 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
2011 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
2016 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
2017 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
2018 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
2023 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
2024 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
2025 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
2026 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
2027 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2032 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
2033 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
2034 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2039 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
2040 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
2041 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
2042 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2047 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
2048 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
2049 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
2050 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2055 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
2056 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
2058 @ref{Old downloads})
2063 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
2064 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
2066 @ref{Old downloads})
2071 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
2072 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
2073 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
2075 @ref{Old downloads})
2080 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
2081 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
2082 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
2083 (@ref{Old downloads})
2088 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
2089 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
2090 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
2091 glory} what features are broken in the development release
2096 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
2097 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
2098 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
2099 the development releases even better
2104 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
2106 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
2107 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
2108 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2113 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
2114 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
2115 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
2116 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
2117 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
2118 esthetics}. Happy reading!
2123 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
2124 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
2125 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
2127 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2132 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
2133 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
2134 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
2135 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
2136 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2141 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
2142 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
2143 (@ref{Old downloads})
2148 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
2149 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
2150 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
2151 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
2152 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
2153 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2158 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
2159 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
2160 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
2161 (@ref{Publications})
2166 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
2167 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
2168 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2173 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
2174 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
2175 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
2176 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2181 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
2182 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
2183 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
2188 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
2189 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @uref{announce-v2.8.html,release
2190 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2195 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
2196 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
2197 released. (@ref{Changes},
2198 @ref{Old downloads})
2203 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
2204 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
2205 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
2206 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
2207 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
2208 multi-measure rests.
2210 @ref{Old downloads})
2215 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
2216 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
2218 @ref{Old downloads})
2223 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
2224 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
2225 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
2226 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
2227 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
2228 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
2229 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
2230 @ref{Old downloads})
2235 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
2236 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
2237 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
2238 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
2239 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
2240 @ref{Old downloads})
2245 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
2246 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
2247 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
2248 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
2249 the endings and the middle
2250 part. (@ref{Changes},
2251 @ref{Old downloads})
2256 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
2257 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
2258 parenthesized, for example,
2261 c4 -\parenthesize -.
2262 <d \parenthesize fis a>
2266 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
2267 @ref{Old downloads})
2272 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
2273 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
2274 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
2284 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
2285 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
2286 vector. (@ref{Changes},
2287 @ref{Old downloads})
2292 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
2293 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
2294 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
2295 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
2296 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
2297 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
2298 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
2300 @ref{Old downloads})
2305 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
2306 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
2307 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
2308 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
2309 @ref{Old downloads})
2314 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
2315 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
2316 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
2317 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
2318 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
2319 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
2320 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
2321 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
2322 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
2323 @ref{Old downloads})
2328 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
2329 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
2330 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
2331 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
2332 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
2333 @ref{Old downloads})
2338 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
2340 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
2341 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
2342 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
2347 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
2348 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
2349 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
2350 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
2351 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
2356 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
2357 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
2358 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
2360 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
2362 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
2364 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
2370 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
2371 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
2372 (feature sponsored by Andrea
2373 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
2374 @ref{Old downloads})
2379 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
2380 Linux Journal publishes an article on
2381 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
2382 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
2383 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
2386 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
2387 “GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
2388 alternatives seem second-rate.”
2389 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
2394 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
2395 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
2396 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
2397 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
2398 page. Let us know how you fare!
2403 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
2404 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
2405 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
2406 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
2407 The important occasion for this release is our new build
2408 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
2409 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
2410 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
2411 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
2413 @ref{Old downloads})
2418 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
2419 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
2420 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
2421 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
2422 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
2423 @ref{Old downloads})
2428 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
2429 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
2430 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
2431 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
2432 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
2433 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
2434 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
2435 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
2436 functions. (@ref{Changes},
2437 @ref{Old downloads})
2442 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
2443 This release has the following new features:
2446 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
2447 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
2448 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
2450 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
2451 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
2452 and Bertalan Fodor).
2454 Generic music functions may now also be used on
2455 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
2458 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
2459 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
2460 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
2464 @ref{Old downloads})
2469 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
2470 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
2471 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
2472 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
2473 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
2474 van den Borre and Bertalan
2475 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
2476 @ref{Old downloads})
2481 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
2482 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
2483 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
2484 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
2490 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
2491 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
2492 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
2493 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
2494 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
2496 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
2497 @ref{Old downloads})
2502 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
2503 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
2504 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
2509 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
2510 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
2511 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
2512 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
2513 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
2514 etc. (@ref{Changes},
2515 @ref{Old downloads})
2520 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
2521 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
2522 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
2523 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
2524 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
2525 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
2526 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2527 @ref{Old downloads})
2532 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
2533 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
2534 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
2535 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
2536 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2537 @ref{Old downloads})
2542 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
2543 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
2544 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
2545 @ref{Old downloads})
2550 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
2551 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
2552 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
2553 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
2554 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
2555 properties. (@ref{Changes},
2556 @ref{Old downloads})
2561 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
2562 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
2563 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
2564 that compute said property, i.e.
2567 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
2568 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
2571 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
2572 @ref{Old downloads})
2577 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
2578 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
2579 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
2580 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
2581 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
2582 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
2583 also provides advanced tweakability for power
2584 users. (@ref{Changes},
2585 @ref{Old downloads})
2590 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
2591 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
2592 series. (@ref{Changes},
2593 @ref{Old downloads})
2598 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
2599 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
2600 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
2601 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
2602 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
2603 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
2604 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
2605 sponsored by Nicolas
2606 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
2607 @ref{Old downloads})
2612 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
2613 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
2614 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
2615 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
2616 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
2617 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
2618 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2619 @ref{Old downloads})
2624 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
2625 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
2626 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
2627 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
2628 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
2629 @ref{Old downloads})
2634 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
2635 This is mainly a bugfix
2636 release. (@ref{Changes},
2637 @ref{Old downloads})
2642 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
2643 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
2644 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
2645 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
2646 la gravure musicale}.
2651 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
2652 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
2653 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
2654 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
2655 @ref{Old downloads})
2660 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
2661 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
2662 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
2663 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
2664 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
2665 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
2670 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
2671 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
2672 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
2673 Baca, and Vicente Solsona
2674 Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
2675 @ref{Old downloads})
2680 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
2681 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
2682 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
2683 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
2684 signs. (@ref{Changes},
2685 @ref{Old downloads})
2690 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
2691 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
2692 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
2693 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
2694 @ref{Old downloads})
2699 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
2700 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
2701 for a note is proportional to the time it
2702 takes. (@ref{Changes},
2703 @ref{Old downloads})
2708 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
2709 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
2710 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
2715 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
2716 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
2717 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
2718 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
2720 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
2721 @ref{Old downloads})
2726 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
2727 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
2728 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
2729 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
2731 @ref{Old downloads})
2736 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
2737 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
2738 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
2739 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
2740 @ref{Old downloads})
2745 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
2746 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
2748 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
2749 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
2750 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
2751 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
2752 (@uref{announce-v2.6.html,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
2757 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
2758 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
2759 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
2760 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
2765 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
2766 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
2767 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
2768 @ref{Old downloads})
2773 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
2774 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
2775 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
2776 @ref{Old downloads})
2781 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
2782 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
2783 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
2784 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
2785 (@ref{Old downloads})
2790 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
2791 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
2792 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
2793 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
2798 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
2799 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
2800 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
2801 better help functionality.
2802 (@ref{Old downloads})
2807 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
2808 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
2809 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
2810 compile them directly from
2811 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
2816 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
2817 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
2818 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
2823 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
2824 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
2825 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
2826 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
2831 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
2832 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
2833 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
2834 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
2835 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
2840 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2841 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
2842 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
2847 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2848 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
2853 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
2854 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
2855 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
2860 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
2861 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
2862 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
2863 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
2864 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
2869 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
2870 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
2871 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
2872 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
2873 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
2874 @ref{Old downloads})
2879 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
2881 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
2882 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
2884 (@ref{Old downloads})
2889 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
2890 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
2891 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
2892 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
2893 signatures like 5/8.
2895 @ref{Old downloads})
2900 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
2901 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
2902 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
2903 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
2904 More details are in the
2906 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
2911 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
2912 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
2913 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
2914 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
2915 Scheme code. Take a look at
2917 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
2922 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
2923 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
2924 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
2925 place. @ref{Old downloads}
2930 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
2931 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
2932 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
2933 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
2938 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
2939 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
2940 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
2946 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
2947 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
2948 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
2949 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
2950 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2951 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2956 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2957 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
2958 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
2959 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
2960 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
2961 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
2963 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2968 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2969 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
2970 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
2976 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2977 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
2978 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
2979 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
2980 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
2986 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2987 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
2988 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}.
2989 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2990 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2995 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
2996 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
2997 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
2998 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
2999 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
3004 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
3005 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
3006 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
3007 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
3008 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
3010 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
3015 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
3016 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
3017 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
3018 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
3019 @ref{Old downloads}!
3024 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
3025 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
3026 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
3027 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
3033 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
3034 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
3035 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
3041 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
3042 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
3043 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
3044 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
3046 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
3048 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
3053 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
3054 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
3055 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
3056 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
3057 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
3058 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
3059 font code by Werner.
3061 and check out the changes in
3062 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3067 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
3068 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
3069 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
3070 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
3071 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
3072 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
3073 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
3074 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
3075 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
3076 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
3079 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}.
3084 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
3085 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
3086 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
3087 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
3088 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
3090 and check out the changes in
3091 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3096 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
3097 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
3098 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
3099 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
3100 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
3101 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
3104 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}.
3109 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
3110 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
3111 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
3112 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
3113 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
3114 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
3115 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
3116 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
3117 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
3121 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}.
3126 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
3127 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
3128 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
3129 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
3130 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
3131 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
3133 and check out the changes in
3134 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3139 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
3140 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
3141 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
3142 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
3143 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
3144 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
3145 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
3146 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
3147 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
3150 and check out the changes in
3151 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3156 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
3157 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
3158 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
3159 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
3160 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
3161 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
3164 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
3167 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
3168 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
3169 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
3170 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
3171 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
3174 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}.
3179 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
3180 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
3181 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
3187 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
3188 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
3189 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
3191 and check out the changes in
3192 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3197 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
3198 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @uref{announce-v2.4.html,released!}
3199 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
3200 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
3201 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
3208 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
3209 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
3210 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
3211 some problems with the conversion scripts.
3213 and check out the changes in
3214 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3219 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
3220 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
3221 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
3222 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
3223 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
3225 and check out the changes in
3226 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3231 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
3232 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
3233 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
3234 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
3236 and check out the changes in
3237 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3242 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
3243 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
3244 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
3245 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
3247 and check out the changes in
3248 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3253 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
3254 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
3255 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
3256 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
3260 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}.
3265 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
3266 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
3267 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
3268 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
3272 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}.
3277 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
3278 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
3279 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
3280 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
3281 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
3282 in the documentation.
3284 and check out the changes in
3285 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3290 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
3291 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
3292 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
3293 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
3294 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
3299 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
3300 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
3302 and check out the changes
3303 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3308 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
3309 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
3310 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
3311 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
3312 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
3313 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
3314 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
3317 and check out the changes in
3318 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3323 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
3324 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
3325 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
3326 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
3327 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
3328 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
3329 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
3330 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
3331 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
3332 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
3333 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
3334 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
3335 will hold users back in switching.
3337 and check out the changes in
3338 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3343 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
3344 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
3345 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
3346 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
3347 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
3348 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
3349 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
3351 and check out the changes in
3352 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3357 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
3358 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
3359 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
3360 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
3361 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
3362 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
3366 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}.
3371 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
3372 LilyPond now has a Documentation
3373 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
3374 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
3375 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
3376 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
3377 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
3378 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
3379 chapter of the user manual.
3380 A lot of cheers for Graham!
3385 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
3386 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
3387 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
3388 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
3389 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
3390 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
3391 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
3395 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}.
3400 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
3401 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
3402 disappearing metronome mark.
3404 and check out the changes in
3405 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}.
3410 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
3411 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
3412 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
3413 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
3414 `doubleSlurs' property.
3416 and check out the changes in
3417 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3422 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
3423 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
3424 annoying bugs fixed.
3427 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}.
3432 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
3433 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
3434 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
3435 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
3436 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
3437 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
3438 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
3441 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
3442 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
3444 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
3445 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
3450 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}.
3455 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
3456 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
3457 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
3458 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
3459 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
3460 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
3461 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
3462 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
3463 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
3464 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
3465 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
3468 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}.
3473 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
3474 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
3475 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
3476 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
3477 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
3480 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}.
3485 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
3486 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
3487 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
3488 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
3489 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
3490 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
3491 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
3492 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
3493 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
3494 beat within the measure.
3496 and check out the changes in
3497 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3502 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
3503 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
3507 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}.
3512 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
3513 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
3519 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
3520 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
3521 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
3522 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
3523 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
3525 and check out the changes
3526 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3531 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
3532 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
3536 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}.
3541 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
3542 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
3543 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
3544 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
3545 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
3546 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
3547 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
3548 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}
3550 @ref{Old downloads}.
3555 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
3556 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
3557 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
3558 @ref{Old downloads}.
3563 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
3564 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
3565 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
3566 @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}
3568 @ref{Old downloads}.
3573 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
3574 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
3575 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
3576 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}
3578 @ref{Old downloads}.
3583 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
3584 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
3585 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}
3586 or head straight to the
3587 @ref{Old downloads}.
3592 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
3593 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
3594 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
3595 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
3596 @ref{Old downloads}.
3601 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
3602 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
3603 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
3604 @ref{Old downloads}.
3609 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
3610 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
3612 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
3613 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
3614 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
3615 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
3616 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
3621 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
3622 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
3623 @ref{Old downloads}.
3628 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
3629 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
3630 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
3636 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
3637 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
3638 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
3639 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
3640 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
3641 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
3642 @ref{Old downloads}.
3647 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
3648 A French article on the new LilyPond
3649 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
3654 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
3655 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
3656 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
3662 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
3663 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
3664 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
3665 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
3666 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
3667 the @uref{announce-v2.2.html,announcement} or skip to the
3668 @ref{Old downloads}.
3673 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
3674 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
3675 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
3676 documentation polish. This should be the final release
3677 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
3679 @ref{Old downloads}.
3684 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
3685 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
3687 @ref{Old downloads}.
3692 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
3693 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
3694 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
3695 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
3702 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
3703 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
3704 @ref{Old downloads}.
3709 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
3710 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
3717 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
3718 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
3719 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
3720 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
3722 @ref{Old downloads}.
3727 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
3728 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
3729 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
3730 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
3733 @ref{Old downloads}.
3738 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
3740 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
3741 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
3747 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
3748 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
3750 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
3751 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
3752 authors of LilyPond.
3757 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
3758 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
3759 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
3762 @ref{Old downloads}.
3767 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
3768 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
3769 experimental support for producing titles with
3775 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
3776 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
3777 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
3778 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
3780 @ref{Old downloads}.
3785 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
3786 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
3787 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
3788 of lyrics related bugs. See the
3790 @ref{Old downloads}.
3795 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
3796 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
3797 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
3798 produce cue notes. More information in the
3805 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
3806 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
3807 for altering accidental rules.
3813 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
3814 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
3815 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
3816 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
3817 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
3818 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
3819 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
3820 More information in the
3827 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
3828 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
3829 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
3830 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
3837 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
3838 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
3839 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
3840 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
3841 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
3848 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
3849 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
3850 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
3851 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
3852 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
3853 More information in the
3860 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
3861 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
3862 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
3863 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
3864 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
3865 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
3866 More information in the
3873 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
3874 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
3875 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
3876 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
3884 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
3885 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
3886 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
3887 @code{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
3894 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
3895 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
3896 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
3897 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
3898 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
3907 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
3908 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
3909 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
3912 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3917 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
3919 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
3920 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
3921 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
3924 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3929 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3930 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
3931 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
3932 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
3933 access, but only HTTP downloads.
3938 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3939 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
3940 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
3941 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
3942 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
3948 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
3949 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
3950 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
3952 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3957 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
3958 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
3959 available for Windows! For downloading, go
3960 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
3965 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
3966 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
3967 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
3968 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
3970 More information in the
3971 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3976 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
3977 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
3978 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
3980 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3985 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
3986 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
3987 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
3988 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
3990 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3995 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
3996 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
3997 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
3998 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
3999 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
4000 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
4001 individual music expressions.
4002 More information in the
4003 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4008 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
4009 An update to the stable branch,
4010 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
4011 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
4016 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
4017 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
4018 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
4019 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
4020 More information in the
4021 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4026 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
4027 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to
4028 improve the layout of lyrics. More
4030 @uref{@@DOC@@v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
4031 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4036 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
4037 in LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric
4038 alignment is completely revamped, and now matches my Edition
4039 Peters version of the Schubert song Sängers Morgen. More
4041 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4046 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
4047 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and linethickness
4048 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
4049 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
4050 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4055 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
4056 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
4057 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
4058 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
4059 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
4060 to implement this are welcome!) See the
4061 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4066 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
4067 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
4068 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
4069 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
4071 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4076 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
4077 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
4078 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
4079 Han-Wen's absence. See the
4080 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4085 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
4086 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
4088 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4093 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
4094 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
4096 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
4097 thanks to Heikki Junes.
4102 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
4103 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
4104 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
4105 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
4110 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
4111 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
4118 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
4119 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
4121 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
4122 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
4127 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
4128 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
4129 contains minor bugfixes.
4130 See the @ref{Changes}
4131 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
4136 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
4137 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
4138 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
4139 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
4145 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
4146 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
4147 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
4148 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
4149 @uref{announce-v2.0.html,here}, or go to the
4150 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
4155 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
4156 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
4157 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
4158 the @ref{Changes} and
4159 download @uref{install/,here}.
4164 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
4165 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
4166 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
4167 the @ref{Changes} and
4168 download @uref{install/,here}.
4173 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
4174 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
4175 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
4176 the @ref{Changes} and
4177 download @uref{install/,here}.
4182 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
4183 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
4184 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
4190 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
4191 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
4192 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
4198 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
4199 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
4200 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
4201 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
4202 will be available in a few weeks.
4208 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
4209 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
4210 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
4216 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
4217 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
4218 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
4224 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
4225 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
4226 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
4227 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
4233 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
4234 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
4235 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
4240 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
4241 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
4242 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
4243 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
4244 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4249 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
4250 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
4251 @ref{Changes} and get it
4252 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4257 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
4258 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
4259 @ref{Changes} and get it
4260 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4265 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
4266 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
4267 @ref{Changes} and get it
4268 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4273 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
4274 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
4275 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
4280 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
4281 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
4282 read the @ref{Changes}.
4287 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
4288 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
4289 has been updated to 1.8.
4290 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
4295 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
4296 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
4297 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
4302 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
4303 New website went live!
4308 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
4309 Announced new website.
4314 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
4315 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
4320 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
4321 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
4322 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
4328 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
4329 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
4330 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.