1 @c -*- coding: utf-8; mode: texinfo; -*-
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
31 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
33 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
34 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
35 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
36 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
39 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
40 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
41 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
48 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
50 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
51 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
52 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
60 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
62 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
63 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
64 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
72 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
74 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
75 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
76 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
77 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
78 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
84 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
86 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
87 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
88 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
89 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
92 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
93 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
94 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
101 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
103 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
104 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
105 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
114 @subsubheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
116 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
117 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
118 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
119 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
122 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
123 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
124 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
125 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
131 @subsubheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
133 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
134 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
135 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
136 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
139 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
140 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
141 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
142 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
148 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
150 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
151 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
152 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
155 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
156 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
157 at all confident about the quality of this release.
163 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
165 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
166 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
167 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
170 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
171 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
172 at all confident about the quality of this release.
178 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
180 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
181 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
182 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
185 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
186 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
187 at all confident about the quality of this release.
193 @subsubheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
195 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
196 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
197 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
198 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
201 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
202 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
203 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
204 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
213 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
215 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
216 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
217 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
218 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
219 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
220 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
221 read on to find out what for!
224 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
225 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
232 @subsubheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
234 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
235 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
236 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
237 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
240 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
241 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
242 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
243 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
250 @subsubheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
252 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
253 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
254 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
255 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
258 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
259 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
260 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
261 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
268 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
270 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
271 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
272 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
275 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
276 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
277 at all confident about the quality of this release.
282 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
284 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
285 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
286 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
287 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
288 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
292 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
293 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
300 @subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
302 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
303 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
304 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
305 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
308 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
309 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
310 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
311 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
313 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
315 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
316 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
317 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
323 @subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
325 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
326 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
327 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
328 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
331 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
332 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
333 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
334 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
335 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
336 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
342 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
344 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
345 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
346 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
355 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
357 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
358 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
359 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
366 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
368 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
369 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
370 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
371 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
372 the bug report of the report!
375 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
376 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
382 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
384 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
385 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
386 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
393 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
395 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
396 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
397 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
404 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
406 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
407 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
408 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
409 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
413 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
414 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
422 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
424 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
425 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
426 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
429 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
430 caution and expect breakage.
435 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
437 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
438 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
439 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
442 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
443 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
444 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
445 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
450 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
452 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
453 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
454 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
460 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
462 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
463 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
464 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
465 improvements to the new website.
467 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
468 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
470 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
471 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
473 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
479 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
481 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
482 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
483 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
488 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
490 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
491 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
492 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
498 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
500 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
501 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
502 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
508 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
510 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
511 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
512 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
517 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
519 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
520 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
521 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
526 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
528 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
529 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
530 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
533 This release should be of particular interest to package
534 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
535 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
536 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
542 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
544 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
545 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
546 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
547 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
550 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
551 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
558 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
560 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
561 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
562 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
565 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
566 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
567 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
568 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
569 see the Changes document for more information.
573 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
575 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
576 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
577 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
582 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
584 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
585 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
586 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
587 so this release is intended for developers only.
591 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
593 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
594 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
595 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
600 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
602 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
603 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
608 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
610 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
611 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
612 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
618 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
620 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
621 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
622 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
623 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
624 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
626 What are you waiting for? Come
627 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
628 LilyPond Report 17} now!
633 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
635 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
636 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
637 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
641 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
643 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
644 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
645 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
646 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
647 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
652 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
654 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
655 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
656 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
660 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
662 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
663 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
664 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
665 critical regressions against earlier versions.
669 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
671 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
672 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
673 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
674 and English names for feta filenames.
680 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
682 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
683 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
684 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
685 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
688 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
689 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
690 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
696 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
698 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
699 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
700 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
701 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
703 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
704 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
709 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
711 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
712 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
718 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
720 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
721 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
722 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
729 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
731 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
732 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
733 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
734 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
736 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
737 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
738 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
746 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
748 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
749 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
750 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
751 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
752 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
753 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
754 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
755 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
761 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
763 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
764 its team, its world, its community.
765 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
766 to read the full issue...
771 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
773 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
774 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
775 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
780 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
782 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
783 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
789 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
791 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
793 @uref{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
800 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
802 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
803 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
804 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
805 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
806 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
808 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
809 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
818 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
820 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
821 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
822 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
823 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
824 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
825 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
833 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
835 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
836 documentation and translations.
842 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 – Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
844 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
845 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
846 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
847 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
848 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
856 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
858 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
859 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
860 (teaching) has been added.
869 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
871 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
872 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
873 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
879 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
881 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
882 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
883 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
884 translations of the documentation.
890 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
892 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
893 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
894 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
895 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
896 deceased since then. All the development team express their
897 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
898 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
899 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
900 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
909 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
911 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
912 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
913 markup command names have been made.
921 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
923 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
924 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
925 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
926 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
927 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
935 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
937 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
938 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
946 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
948 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
949 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
950 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
958 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
960 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
968 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
970 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
971 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
972 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
981 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
983 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
984 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
985 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
986 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
994 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
996 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
997 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
1000 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
1001 @ref{Old downloads}.
1006 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
1008 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1009 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
1014 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
1016 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1017 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
1022 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
1024 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
1026 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
1027 @ref{Old downloads}.
1032 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
1034 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
1035 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
1036 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
1038 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
1039 @ref{Old downloads}.
1044 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
1046 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1047 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
1052 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
1054 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
1055 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
1060 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
1062 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
1063 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
1064 regression tests maintenance for developers.
1066 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
1067 @ref{Old downloads}.
1072 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
1074 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
1075 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
1077 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
1079 @ref{Old downloads}.
1084 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
1086 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
1087 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
1088 report, new translations of the site and publications.
1089 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
1090 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
1091 announce releases and special events.
1096 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
1098 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
1099 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1100 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
1105 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
1107 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
1108 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
1109 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
1110 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
1111 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
1114 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
1116 @ref{Old downloads}.
1121 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
1123 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
1124 names has been added to the MusicXML
1127 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
1128 @ref{Old downloads}.
1133 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
1135 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
1140 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
1142 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
1143 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
1144 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
1147 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
1148 @ref{Old downloads}.
1153 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
1155 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
1158 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
1159 @ref{Old downloads}.
1164 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
1166 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
1167 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
1168 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
1169 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
1170 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
1171 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
1177 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
1179 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
1180 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
1181 updates to the MusicXML converter.
1183 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
1184 @ref{Old downloads}.
1189 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
1191 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
1192 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
1197 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
1199 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
1200 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
1201 Grand Documentation Project.
1203 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
1204 @ref{Old downloads}.
1209 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
1211 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
1213 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
1214 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
1215 @ref{Old downloads}.
1220 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
1222 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
1224 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
1225 @ref{Old downloads}.
1230 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
1232 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
1233 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
1235 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
1236 @ref{Old downloads}.
1241 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
1243 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
1244 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
1245 for the translations.
1247 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
1248 @ref{Old downloads}.
1253 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
1255 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
1256 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
1257 and lots of updates for the translations.
1259 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
1260 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
1261 @ref{Old downloads}.
1266 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
1268 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
1269 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
1270 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
1271 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
1276 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
1277 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
1278 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
1279 spacing engine code.
1281 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
1282 @ref{Old downloads}.
1287 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
1289 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
1290 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
1292 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
1293 @ref{Old downloads}.
1298 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
1300 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
1301 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
1303 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
1304 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
1305 @ref{Old downloads}.
1310 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
1311 This has lots of bugfixes.
1313 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
1314 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
1315 @ref{Old downloads}.
1320 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
1321 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des
1322 LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
1323 sind auf deutsch übersetzt — sie sind erhältlich für
1325 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
1330 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
1331 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
1333 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
1335 @ref{Old downloads}.
1340 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
1341 This release has some documentation updates.
1343 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
1345 @ref{Old downloads}.
1350 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
1351 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont
1352 désormais traduits, et disponibles en ligne — @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
1353 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
1354 2.11}. Les traductions sont également incluses dans la @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
1359 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
1360 This release fixes many bugs.
1362 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
1363 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
1365 @ref{Old downloads}.
1370 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
1371 This release fixes many bugs.
1373 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
1374 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
1376 @ref{Old downloads}.
1381 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
1382 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
1383 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
1385 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
1387 @ref{Old downloads}.
1392 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
1393 This release fixes still more bugs.
1395 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
1397 @ref{Old downloads}.
1402 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
1403 This release fixes many bugs.
1404 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
1405 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
1407 @ref{Old downloads})
1412 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
1413 This release will stretch piano staves on a
1414 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
1415 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
1417 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
1418 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
1420 @ref{Old downloads}.
1425 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
1426 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
1427 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
1429 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
1436 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1437 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
1438 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
1440 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
1442 @ref{Old downloads}.
1447 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1448 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
1449 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
1451 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
1453 @ref{Old downloads}.
1458 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1459 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
1462 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
1464 @ref{Old downloads}.
1469 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
1470 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
1472 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
1474 @ref{Old downloads}.
1479 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
1480 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
1481 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
1482 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
1484 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
1486 @ref{Old downloads}.
1491 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
1492 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
1493 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
1494 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
1495 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
1496 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
1498 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
1500 @ref{Old downloads}.
1505 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
1506 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
1507 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
1510 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
1512 @ref{Old downloads}.
1517 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
1518 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and —in 2.11.9&mdash
1519 further improvements in the regression test suite
1523 @ref{Old downloads}.
1528 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
1529 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1533 @ref{Old downloads}.
1538 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
1539 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
1544 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
1545 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
1550 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
1551 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1555 @ref{Old downloads}.
1560 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
1561 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
1562 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
1566 @ref{Old downloads}.
1571 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
1572 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1576 @ref{Old downloads}.
1581 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
1582 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
1587 @ref{Old downloads}.
1592 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
1593 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1597 @ref{Old downloads}.
1602 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
1603 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
1604 within a system as well as between systems.
1608 @ref{Old downloads}.
1613 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1614 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
1615 test results} and several website build improvements.
1619 @ref{Old downloads}.
1624 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1625 This release fixes several bugs.
1628 @ref{Old downloads}.
1633 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1634 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
1639 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
1640 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en
1641 français est maintenant disponible en ligne. @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1642 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1648 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1649 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
1653 @ref{Old downloads}.
1658 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1659 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1662 @ref{Old downloads}.
1667 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
1668 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
1672 @ref{Old downloads}.
1677 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
1678 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1681 @ref{Old downloads}.
1686 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
1687 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1692 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1693 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{announce-v2.10.html,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1698 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1699 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
1700 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
1705 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
1706 This release has many more bugfixes.
1709 @ref{Old downloads}.
1714 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
1715 This release has many more bugfixes.
1718 @ref{Old downloads}.
1723 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
1724 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
1729 @ref{Old downloads}.
1734 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
1735 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
1736 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
1737 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
1738 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
1739 (@ref{Publications}).
1744 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
1745 This release has further bugfixes.
1748 @ref{Old downloads}.
1753 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
1754 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
1755 available for x86/64.
1758 @ref{Old downloads}.
1763 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
1764 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
1765 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1766 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
1767 @ref{Old downloads})
1772 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
1773 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
1774 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1779 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
1780 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1785 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
1786 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1791 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
1792 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1797 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
1798 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
1799 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1804 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
1805 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
1806 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
1807 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1812 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
1813 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
1818 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
1819 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
1820 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
1825 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
1826 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
1827 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
1828 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
1829 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1834 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
1835 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
1836 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1841 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
1842 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
1843 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
1844 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1849 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
1850 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
1851 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
1852 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1857 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1858 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
1860 @ref{Old downloads})
1865 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1866 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
1868 @ref{Old downloads})
1873 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
1874 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
1875 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1877 @ref{Old downloads})
1882 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1883 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
1884 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1885 (@ref{Old downloads})
1890 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1891 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
1892 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
1893 glory} what features are broken in the development release
1898 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
1899 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
1900 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
1901 the development releases even better
1906 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
1908 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
1909 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
1910 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1915 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
1916 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
1917 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
1918 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
1919 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
1920 esthetics}. Happy reading!
1925 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
1926 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
1927 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
1929 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1934 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1935 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
1936 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
1937 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
1938 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1943 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1944 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
1945 (@ref{Old downloads})
1950 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
1951 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
1952 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
1953 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
1954 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
1955 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1960 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
1961 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
1962 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
1963 (@ref{Publications})
1968 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1969 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
1970 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1975 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1976 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
1977 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
1978 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1983 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
1984 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
1985 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
1990 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
1991 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @uref{announce-v2.8.html,release
1992 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1997 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
1998 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
1999 released. (@ref{Changes},
2000 @ref{Old downloads})
2005 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
2006 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
2007 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
2008 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
2009 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
2010 multi-measure rests.
2012 @ref{Old downloads})
2017 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
2018 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
2020 @ref{Old downloads})
2025 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
2026 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
2027 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
2028 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
2029 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
2030 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
2031 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
2032 @ref{Old downloads})
2037 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
2038 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
2039 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
2040 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
2041 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
2042 @ref{Old downloads})
2047 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
2048 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
2049 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
2050 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
2051 the endings and the middle
2052 part. (@ref{Changes},
2053 @ref{Old downloads})
2058 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
2059 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
2060 parenthesized, for example,
2063 c4 -\parenthesize -.
2064 <d \parenthesize fis a>
2068 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
2069 @ref{Old downloads})
2074 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
2075 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
2076 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
2086 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
2087 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
2088 vector. (@ref{Changes},
2089 @ref{Old downloads})
2094 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
2095 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
2096 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
2097 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
2098 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
2099 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
2100 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
2102 @ref{Old downloads})
2107 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
2108 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
2109 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
2110 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
2111 @ref{Old downloads})
2116 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
2117 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
2118 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
2119 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
2120 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
2121 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
2122 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
2123 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
2124 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
2125 @ref{Old downloads})
2130 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
2131 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
2132 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
2133 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
2134 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
2135 @ref{Old downloads})
2140 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
2142 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
2143 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
2144 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
2149 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
2150 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
2151 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
2152 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
2153 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
2158 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
2159 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
2160 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
2162 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
2164 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
2166 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
2172 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
2173 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
2174 (feature sponsored by Andrea
2175 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
2176 @ref{Old downloads})
2181 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
2182 Linux Journal publishes an article on
2183 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
2184 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
2185 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
2188 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
2189 “GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
2190 alternatives seem second-rate.”
2191 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
2196 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
2197 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
2198 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
2199 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
2200 page. Let us know how you fare!
2205 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
2206 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
2207 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
2208 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
2209 The important occasion for this release is our new build
2210 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
2211 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
2212 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
2213 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
2215 @ref{Old downloads})
2220 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
2221 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
2222 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
2223 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
2224 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
2225 @ref{Old downloads})
2230 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
2231 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
2232 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
2233 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
2234 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
2235 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
2236 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
2237 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
2238 functions. (@ref{Changes},
2239 @ref{Old downloads})
2244 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
2245 This release has the following new features:
2248 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
2249 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
2250 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
2252 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
2253 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
2254 and Bertalan Fodor).
2256 Generic music functions may now also be used on
2257 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
2260 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
2261 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
2262 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
2266 @ref{Old downloads})
2271 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
2272 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
2273 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
2274 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
2275 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
2276 van den Borre and Bertalan
2277 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
2278 @ref{Old downloads})
2283 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
2284 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
2285 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
2286 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
2292 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
2293 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
2294 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
2295 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
2296 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
2298 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
2299 @ref{Old downloads})
2304 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
2305 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
2306 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
2311 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
2312 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
2313 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
2314 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
2315 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
2316 etc. (@ref{Changes},
2317 @ref{Old downloads})
2322 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
2323 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
2324 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
2325 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
2326 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
2327 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
2328 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2329 @ref{Old downloads})
2334 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
2335 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
2336 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
2337 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
2338 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2339 @ref{Old downloads})
2344 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
2345 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
2346 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
2347 @ref{Old downloads})
2352 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
2353 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
2354 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
2355 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
2356 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
2357 properties. (@ref{Changes},
2358 @ref{Old downloads})
2363 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
2364 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
2365 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
2366 that compute said property, i.e.
2369 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
2370 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
2373 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
2374 @ref{Old downloads})
2379 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
2380 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
2381 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
2382 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
2383 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
2384 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
2385 also provides advanced tweakability for power
2386 users. (@ref{Changes},
2387 @ref{Old downloads})
2392 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
2393 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
2394 series. (@ref{Changes},
2395 @ref{Old downloads})
2400 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
2401 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
2402 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
2403 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
2404 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
2405 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
2406 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
2407 sponsored by Nicolas
2408 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
2409 @ref{Old downloads})
2414 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
2415 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
2416 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
2417 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
2418 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
2419 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
2420 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2421 @ref{Old downloads})
2426 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
2427 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
2428 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
2429 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
2430 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
2431 @ref{Old downloads})
2436 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
2437 This is mainly a bugfix
2438 release. (@ref{Changes},
2439 @ref{Old downloads})
2444 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
2445 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
2446 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
2447 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
2448 la gravure musicale}.
2453 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
2454 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
2455 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
2456 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
2457 @ref{Old downloads})
2462 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
2463 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
2464 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
2465 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
2466 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
2467 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
2472 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
2473 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
2474 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
2475 Baca, and Vicente Solsona
2476 Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
2477 @ref{Old downloads})
2482 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
2483 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
2484 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
2485 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
2486 signs. (@ref{Changes},
2487 @ref{Old downloads})
2492 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
2493 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
2494 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
2495 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
2496 @ref{Old downloads})
2501 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
2502 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
2503 for a note is proportional to the time it
2504 takes. (@ref{Changes},
2505 @ref{Old downloads})
2510 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
2511 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
2512 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
2517 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
2518 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
2519 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
2520 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
2522 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
2523 @ref{Old downloads})
2528 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
2529 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
2530 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
2531 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
2533 @ref{Old downloads})
2538 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
2539 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
2540 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
2541 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
2542 @ref{Old downloads})
2547 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
2548 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
2550 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
2551 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
2552 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
2553 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
2554 (@uref{announce-v2.6.html,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
2559 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
2560 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
2561 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
2562 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
2567 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
2568 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
2569 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
2570 @ref{Old downloads})
2575 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
2576 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
2577 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
2578 @ref{Old downloads})
2583 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
2584 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
2585 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
2586 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
2587 (@ref{Old downloads})
2592 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
2593 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
2594 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
2595 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
2600 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
2601 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
2602 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
2603 better help functionality.
2604 (@ref{Old downloads})
2609 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
2610 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
2611 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
2612 compile them directly from
2613 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
2618 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
2619 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
2620 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
2625 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
2626 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
2627 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
2628 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
2633 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
2634 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
2635 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
2636 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
2637 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
2642 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2643 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
2644 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
2649 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2650 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
2655 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
2656 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
2657 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
2662 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
2663 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
2664 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
2665 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
2666 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
2671 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
2672 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
2673 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
2674 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
2675 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
2676 @ref{Old downloads})
2681 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
2683 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
2684 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
2686 (@ref{Old downloads})
2691 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
2692 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
2693 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
2694 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
2695 signatures like 5/8.
2697 @ref{Old downloads})
2702 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
2703 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
2704 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
2705 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
2706 More details are in the
2708 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
2713 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
2714 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
2715 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
2716 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
2717 Scheme code. Take a look at
2719 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
2724 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
2725 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
2726 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
2727 place. @ref{Old downloads}
2732 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
2733 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
2734 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
2735 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
2740 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
2741 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
2742 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
2748 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
2749 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
2750 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
2751 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
2752 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2753 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2758 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2759 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
2760 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
2761 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
2762 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
2763 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
2765 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2770 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2771 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
2772 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
2778 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2779 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
2780 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
2781 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
2782 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
2788 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2789 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
2790 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}.
2791 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2792 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2797 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
2798 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
2799 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
2800 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
2801 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
2806 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
2807 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
2808 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
2809 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
2810 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
2812 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2817 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
2818 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
2819 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
2820 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
2821 @ref{Old downloads}!
2826 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
2827 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
2828 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
2829 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
2835 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
2836 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
2837 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
2843 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
2844 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
2845 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
2846 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
2848 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
2850 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
2855 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
2856 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
2857 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
2858 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
2859 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
2860 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
2861 font code by Werner.
2863 and check out the changes in
2864 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2869 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
2870 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
2871 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
2872 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
2873 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
2874 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
2875 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
2876 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
2877 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
2878 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
2881 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}.
2886 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
2887 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
2888 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
2889 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
2890 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
2892 and check out the changes in
2893 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2898 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
2899 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
2900 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
2901 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
2902 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
2903 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
2906 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}.
2911 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
2912 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
2913 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
2914 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
2915 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
2916 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
2917 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
2918 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
2919 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
2923 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}.
2928 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
2929 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
2930 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
2931 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
2932 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
2933 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
2935 and check out the changes in
2936 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2941 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
2942 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
2943 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
2944 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
2945 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
2946 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
2947 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
2948 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
2949 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
2952 and check out the changes in
2953 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2958 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
2959 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
2960 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
2961 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
2962 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
2963 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
2966 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
2969 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
2970 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
2971 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
2972 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
2973 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
2976 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}.
2981 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
2982 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
2983 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
2989 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
2990 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
2991 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
2993 and check out the changes in
2994 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2999 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
3000 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @uref{announce-v2.4.html,released!}
3001 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
3002 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
3003 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
3010 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
3011 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
3012 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
3013 some problems with the conversion scripts.
3015 and check out the changes in
3016 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3021 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
3022 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
3023 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
3024 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
3025 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
3027 and check out the changes in
3028 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3033 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
3034 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
3035 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
3036 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
3038 and check out the changes in
3039 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3044 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
3045 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
3046 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
3047 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
3049 and check out the changes in
3050 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3055 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
3056 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
3057 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
3058 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
3062 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}.
3067 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
3068 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
3069 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
3070 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
3074 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}.
3079 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
3080 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
3081 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
3082 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
3083 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
3084 in the documentation.
3086 and check out the changes in
3087 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3092 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
3093 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
3094 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
3095 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
3096 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
3101 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
3102 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
3104 and check out the changes
3105 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3110 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
3111 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
3112 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
3113 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
3114 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
3115 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
3116 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
3119 and check out the changes in
3120 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3125 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
3126 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
3127 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
3128 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
3129 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
3130 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
3131 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
3132 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
3133 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
3134 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
3135 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
3136 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
3137 will hold users back in switching.
3139 and check out the changes in
3140 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3145 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
3146 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
3147 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
3148 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
3149 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
3150 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
3151 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
3153 and check out the changes in
3154 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3159 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
3160 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
3161 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
3162 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
3163 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
3164 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
3168 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}.
3173 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
3174 LilyPond now has a Documentation
3175 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
3176 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
3177 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
3178 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
3179 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
3180 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
3181 chapter of the user manual.
3182 A lot of cheers for Graham!
3187 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
3188 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
3189 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
3190 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
3191 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
3192 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
3193 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
3197 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}.
3202 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
3203 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
3204 disappearing metronome mark.
3206 and check out the changes in
3207 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}.
3212 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
3213 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
3214 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
3215 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
3216 `doubleSlurs' property.
3218 and check out the changes in
3219 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3224 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
3225 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
3226 annoying bugs fixed.
3229 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}.
3234 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
3235 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
3236 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
3237 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
3238 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
3239 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
3240 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
3243 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
3244 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
3246 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
3247 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
3252 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}.
3257 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
3258 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
3259 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
3260 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
3261 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
3262 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
3263 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
3264 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
3265 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
3266 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
3267 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
3270 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}.
3275 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
3276 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
3277 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
3278 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
3279 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
3282 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}.
3287 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
3288 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
3289 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
3290 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
3291 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
3292 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
3293 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
3294 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
3295 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
3296 beat within the measure.
3298 and check out the changes in
3299 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3304 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
3305 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
3309 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}.
3314 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
3315 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
3321 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
3322 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
3323 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
3324 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
3325 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
3327 and check out the changes
3328 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3333 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
3334 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
3338 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}.
3343 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
3344 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
3345 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
3346 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
3347 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
3348 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
3349 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
3350 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}
3352 @ref{Old downloads}.
3357 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
3358 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
3359 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
3360 @ref{Old downloads}.
3365 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
3366 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
3367 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
3368 @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}
3370 @ref{Old downloads}.
3375 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
3376 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
3377 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
3378 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}
3380 @ref{Old downloads}.
3385 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
3386 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
3387 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}
3388 or head straight to the
3389 @ref{Old downloads}.
3394 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
3395 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
3396 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
3397 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
3398 @ref{Old downloads}.
3403 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
3404 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
3405 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
3406 @ref{Old downloads}.
3411 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
3412 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
3414 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
3415 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
3416 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
3417 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
3418 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
3423 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
3424 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
3425 @ref{Old downloads}.
3430 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
3431 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
3432 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
3438 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
3439 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
3440 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
3441 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
3442 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
3443 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
3444 @ref{Old downloads}.
3449 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
3450 A French article on the new LilyPond
3451 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
3456 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
3457 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
3458 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
3464 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
3465 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
3466 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
3467 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
3468 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
3469 the @uref{announce-v2.2.html,announcement} or skip to the
3470 @ref{Old downloads}.
3475 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
3476 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
3477 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
3478 documentation polish. This should be the final release
3479 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
3481 @ref{Old downloads}.
3486 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
3487 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
3489 @ref{Old downloads}.
3494 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
3495 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
3496 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
3497 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
3504 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
3505 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
3506 @ref{Old downloads}.
3511 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
3512 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
3519 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
3520 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
3521 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
3522 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
3524 @ref{Old downloads}.
3529 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
3530 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
3531 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
3532 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
3535 @ref{Old downloads}.
3540 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
3542 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
3543 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
3549 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
3550 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
3552 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
3553 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
3554 authors of LilyPond.
3559 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
3560 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
3561 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
3564 @ref{Old downloads}.
3569 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
3570 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
3571 experimental support for producing titles with
3577 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
3578 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
3579 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
3580 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
3582 @ref{Old downloads}.
3587 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
3588 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
3589 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
3590 of lyrics related bugs. See the
3592 @ref{Old downloads}.
3597 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
3598 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
3599 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
3600 produce cue notes. More information in the
3607 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
3608 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
3609 for altering accidental rules.
3615 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
3616 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
3617 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
3618 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
3619 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
3620 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
3621 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
3622 More information in the
3629 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
3630 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
3631 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
3632 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
3639 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
3640 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
3641 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
3642 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
3643 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
3650 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
3651 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
3652 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
3653 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
3654 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
3655 More information in the
3662 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
3663 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
3664 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
3665 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
3666 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
3667 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
3668 More information in the
3675 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
3676 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
3677 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
3678 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
3686 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
3687 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
3688 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
3689 @code{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
3696 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
3697 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
3698 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
3699 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
3700 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
3709 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
3710 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
3711 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
3714 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3719 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
3721 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
3722 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
3723 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
3726 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3731 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3732 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
3733 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
3734 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
3735 access, but only HTTP downloads.
3740 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3741 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
3742 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
3743 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
3744 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
3750 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
3751 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
3752 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
3754 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3759 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
3760 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
3761 available for Windows! For downloading, go
3762 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
3767 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
3768 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
3769 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
3770 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
3772 More information in the
3773 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3778 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
3779 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
3780 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
3782 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3787 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
3788 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
3789 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
3790 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
3792 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3797 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
3798 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
3799 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
3800 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
3801 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
3802 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
3803 individual music expressions.
3804 More information in the
3805 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3810 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
3811 An update to the stable branch,
3812 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
3813 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
3818 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
3819 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
3820 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
3821 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
3822 More information in the
3823 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3828 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
3829 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to
3830 improve the layout of lyrics. More
3832 @uref{@@DOC@@v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
3833 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3838 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
3839 in LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric
3840 alignment is completely revamped, and now matches my Edition
3841 Peters version of the Schubert song Sängers Morgen. More
3843 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3848 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
3849 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and linethickness
3850 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
3851 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
3852 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3857 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
3858 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
3859 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
3860 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
3861 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
3862 to implement this are welcome!) See the
3863 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3868 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
3869 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
3870 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
3871 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
3873 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3878 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
3879 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
3880 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
3881 Han-Wen's absence. See the
3882 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3887 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3888 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
3890 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3895 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3896 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
3898 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
3899 thanks to Heikki Junes.
3904 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
3905 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
3906 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
3907 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
3912 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
3913 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
3920 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
3921 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
3923 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
3924 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
3929 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
3930 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
3931 contains minor bugfixes.
3932 See the @ref{Changes}
3933 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
3938 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
3939 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
3940 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
3941 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
3947 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3948 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
3949 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
3950 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
3951 @uref{announce-v2.0.html,here}, or go to the
3952 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
3957 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3958 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
3959 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
3960 the @ref{Changes} and
3961 download @uref{install/,here}.
3966 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
3967 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
3968 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3969 the @ref{Changes} and
3970 download @uref{install/,here}.
3975 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
3976 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
3977 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3978 the @ref{Changes} and
3979 download @uref{install/,here}.
3984 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
3985 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
3986 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
3992 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
3993 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
3994 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
4000 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
4001 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
4002 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
4003 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
4004 will be available in a few weeks.
4010 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
4011 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
4012 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
4018 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
4019 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
4020 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
4026 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
4027 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
4028 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
4029 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
4035 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
4036 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
4037 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
4042 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
4043 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
4044 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
4045 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
4046 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4051 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
4052 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
4053 @ref{Changes} and get it
4054 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4059 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
4060 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
4061 @ref{Changes} and get it
4062 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4067 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
4068 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
4069 @ref{Changes} and get it
4070 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4075 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
4076 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
4077 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
4082 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
4083 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
4084 read the @ref{Changes}.
4089 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
4090 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
4091 has been updated to 1.8.
4092 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
4097 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
4098 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
4099 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
4104 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
4105 New website went live!
4110 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
4111 Announced new website.
4116 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
4117 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
4122 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
4123 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
4124 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
4130 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
4131 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
4132 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.