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30 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.22 released @emph{June 28, 2015}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
33 2.19.22. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
34 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
35 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
36 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
42 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.21 released @emph{May 24, 2015}
44 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
45 2.19.21. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
46 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
47 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
48 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
54 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.20 released @emph{May 10, 2015}
56 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
57 2.19.20. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
58 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
59 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
60 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
66 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.19 released @emph{April 26, 2015}
68 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
69 2.19.19. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
70 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
71 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
72 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
78 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.18 released @emph{April 5, 2015}
80 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
81 2.19.18. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
82 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
83 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
84 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
90 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.17 released @emph{March 15, 2015}
92 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
93 2.19.17. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
94 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
95 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
96 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
102 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.16 released @emph{February 28, 2015}
104 At long last, we are very happy to announce the release of LilyPond
105 2.19.16. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
106 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
107 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
108 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
111 We would like to acknowledge and thank Masamichi Hosoda for making this
112 release possible with his work on updating GUB, the build tool.
117 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.15 released @emph{September 28, 2014}
119 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.15. This
120 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
121 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
122 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
123 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
129 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.14 released @emph{September 14, 2014}
131 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.14. This
132 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
133 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
134 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
135 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
141 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.13 released @emph{August 31, 2014}
143 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.13. This
144 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
145 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
146 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
147 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
153 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.12 released @emph{August 17, 2014}
155 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.12. This
156 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
157 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
158 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
159 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
165 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.11 released @emph{August 3, 2014}
167 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.11. This
168 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
169 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
170 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
171 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
177 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.10 released @emph{July 13, 2014}
179 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.10. This
180 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
181 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
182 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
183 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
189 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.9 released @emph{June 29, 2014}
191 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.9. This
192 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
193 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
194 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
195 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
201 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.8 released @emph{June 15, 2014}
203 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.8. This
204 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
205 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
206 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
207 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
213 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.7 released @emph{May 25, 2014}
215 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.7. This
216 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
217 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
218 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
219 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
225 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.6 released @emph{May 11, 2014}
227 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.6. This
228 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
229 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
230 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
231 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
237 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.5 released @emph{April 20, 2014}
239 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.5. This
240 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
241 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
242 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
243 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
248 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.4 released @emph{April 6, 2014}
250 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.4. This
251 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
252 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
253 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
254 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
259 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.3 released @emph{March 2, 2014}
261 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.3. This
262 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
263 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
264 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
265 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
270 @subheading LilyPond 2.18.1 @emph{February 16, 2014}
272 We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
273 The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
274 over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
275 and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
276 enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
278 To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
279 stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
284 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
286 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
287 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
288 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
289 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
290 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
295 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
297 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
298 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
299 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
300 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
301 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
306 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
308 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
309 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
310 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
311 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
312 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
317 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
319 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
320 a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
321 developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
322 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
323 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
324 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
325 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
326 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
331 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
333 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
334 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
335 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
336 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
337 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
338 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
339 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
340 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
345 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
347 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
348 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
349 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
350 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
351 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
352 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
353 latest version, see @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
354 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
360 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
362 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
363 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
364 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
365 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
366 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
371 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
373 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
374 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
375 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
376 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
377 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
382 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
384 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
385 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
386 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
387 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
388 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
393 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
395 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
396 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
397 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
398 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
399 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
404 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
406 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
407 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
408 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
409 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
410 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
415 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
417 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
418 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
419 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
420 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
421 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
426 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
428 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
429 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
430 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
431 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
432 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
437 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
439 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
440 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
441 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
442 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
443 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
445 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
446 with positioning text.
451 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
453 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
454 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
455 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
456 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
457 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
462 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
464 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
465 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
466 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
467 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
468 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
473 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
475 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
476 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
477 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
478 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
479 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
484 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
486 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
487 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
488 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
489 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
490 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
495 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
497 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
498 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
499 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
500 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
501 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
506 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
508 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
509 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
510 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
511 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
512 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
517 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
519 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
520 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
521 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
522 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
523 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
528 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
530 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
531 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
532 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
533 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
534 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
535 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
540 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
542 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
543 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
544 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
545 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
546 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
551 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
553 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
554 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
555 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
556 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
557 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
562 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
564 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
565 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
566 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
567 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
568 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
573 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
575 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
576 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
577 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
578 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
579 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
584 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
586 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
587 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
588 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
589 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
590 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
595 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
597 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
598 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
599 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
600 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
601 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
606 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
608 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
609 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
610 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
611 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
612 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
618 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
620 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
621 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
622 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
626 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
628 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
629 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
630 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
631 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
632 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
637 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
639 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
640 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
641 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
642 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
643 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
648 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
650 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
651 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
652 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
653 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
658 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
660 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
661 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
662 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
663 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
668 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
670 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
671 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
672 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
673 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
678 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
680 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
681 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
682 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
683 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
689 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
691 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
692 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
693 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
694 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
699 @subheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
701 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
702 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
703 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
704 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
706 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
707 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
711 Support for kievan square notation
713 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
715 Music functions have become quite more versatile
718 A full list of new features is given in:
721 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
724 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
726 Main development team:
728 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
729 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
730 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
731 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
732 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
735 Programming contributors:
737 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
738 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
739 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
740 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
742 Documentation contributors:
744 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
748 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
753 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
755 Translation contributors:
757 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
762 @subheading Lilypond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
764 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
765 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
766 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
768 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
769 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
770 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
772 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
773 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
779 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
781 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
782 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
784 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
785 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
786 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
793 @subheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
795 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
796 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
797 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
798 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
799 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
800 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
803 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
804 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
809 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
811 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
812 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
813 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
814 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
815 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
821 @subheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
823 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
824 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
825 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
826 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
829 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
830 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
831 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
838 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
840 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
841 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
843 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
844 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
845 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
852 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
854 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
855 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
856 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
857 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
858 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
864 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
866 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
867 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
868 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
869 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
872 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
873 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
874 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
881 @subheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
883 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
884 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
885 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
886 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
887 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
888 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
891 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
892 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
899 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
901 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
902 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
903 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
904 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
907 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
908 candidate will be required.
914 @subheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
916 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
917 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
918 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
919 working on open source software.
921 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
922 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
928 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
930 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
931 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
932 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
933 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
936 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
937 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
938 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
945 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
947 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
948 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
949 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
950 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
953 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
954 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
955 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
962 @subheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
964 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
965 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
966 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
967 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
970 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
971 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
978 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
980 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
981 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
983 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
984 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
985 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
992 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
994 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
995 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
997 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
998 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
999 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1006 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
1008 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
1009 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1011 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1012 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1013 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1020 @subheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
1022 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
1023 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
1024 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
1025 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
1028 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
1029 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
1036 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
1038 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
1039 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1041 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1042 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1043 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1050 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
1052 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
1053 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1055 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1056 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1057 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1064 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
1066 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1067 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1068 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1069 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1072 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1073 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1074 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1081 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
1083 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
1084 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1086 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1087 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1088 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1095 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
1097 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
1098 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1100 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1101 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1102 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1109 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
1111 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
1112 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1114 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1115 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1116 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1123 @subheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
1125 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
1126 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
1127 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
1128 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
1129 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
1132 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
1133 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
1140 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
1142 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
1143 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1145 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1146 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1147 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1150 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
1156 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
1158 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
1159 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1161 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1162 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1163 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1170 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
1172 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
1173 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1175 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1176 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1177 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1184 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
1186 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
1187 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1189 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1190 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1191 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1198 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
1200 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
1201 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1203 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1204 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1205 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1212 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
1214 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
1215 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1217 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1218 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1219 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1226 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
1228 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
1229 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1231 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1232 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1233 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1240 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
1242 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
1243 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1245 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1246 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1247 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1254 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
1256 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
1257 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1259 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1260 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1261 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1268 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
1270 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
1271 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1273 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1274 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1275 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1282 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
1284 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
1285 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1287 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1288 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1289 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1296 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
1298 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
1299 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1301 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1302 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1303 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1310 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1312 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1313 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1315 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1316 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1317 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1324 @subheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1326 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1327 Critical regression.
1333 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1335 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1336 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1337 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1338 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1341 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1342 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1343 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1350 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1352 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
1353 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1355 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1356 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1357 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1358 not the next release candidate.
1364 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1366 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1367 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1369 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1370 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1371 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1372 next release candidate.
1378 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1380 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1381 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1382 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1384 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1385 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1386 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1387 next release candidate.
1393 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1395 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1396 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1397 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1398 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1401 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1402 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1403 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1410 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1412 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
1413 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1415 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1416 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1422 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1424 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1425 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1427 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1428 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1434 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1436 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1437 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1438 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1446 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1448 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1449 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1451 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1452 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1458 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1460 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1461 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1463 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1464 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1470 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1472 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1473 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1475 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1476 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1482 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1484 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1485 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1487 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1488 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1494 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1496 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1497 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1498 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1503 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1505 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1506 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1507 usual number of bugs.
1509 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1510 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1515 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1517 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1518 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1519 usual number of bugs.
1521 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1522 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1528 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1530 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1531 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1532 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1533 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1535 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1536 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1541 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1544 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1545 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1548 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1553 A full list of new features is given in:
1556 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1559 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1561 Main development team:
1563 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1564 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1565 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1566 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1567 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1569 Programming contributors:
1571 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1572 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1573 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1574 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1575 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1576 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1580 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1582 Documentation contributors:
1584 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1585 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
1589 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
1590 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
1592 Binaries support contributors:
1596 Translation contributors:
1598 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
1599 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
1606 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
1608 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1609 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1610 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1611 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1614 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1615 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1616 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1623 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
1625 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
1626 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1628 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1629 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1635 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
1637 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
1638 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1640 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1641 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1647 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
1649 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
1650 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1652 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1653 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1659 @subheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
1661 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
1662 article in the May 2011 issue titled
1663 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
1664 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
1665 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
1666 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
1667 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
1672 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
1674 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
1675 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1677 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1678 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1684 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
1686 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1687 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1688 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1689 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1692 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1693 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1694 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1701 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
1703 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1704 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1705 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1706 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1709 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1710 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1711 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1718 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
1720 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1721 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1722 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1723 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1726 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1727 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1728 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1735 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
1737 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
1738 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1740 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
1741 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1747 @subheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
1749 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
1750 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1751 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1752 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1753 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1759 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
1761 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1762 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1763 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1764 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1767 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1768 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1769 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1776 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
1778 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
1779 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1781 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1782 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1787 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
1789 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
1790 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1792 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1793 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1798 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
1800 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
1801 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1803 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1804 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1810 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
1812 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
1813 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1815 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
1816 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
1817 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
1823 @subheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
1825 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
1826 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
1827 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
1834 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
1836 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1837 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1838 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1839 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1842 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1843 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1844 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1851 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
1853 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
1854 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1855 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1863 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
1865 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
1866 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1867 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1875 @subheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
1877 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
1878 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1879 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1880 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1881 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1887 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
1889 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1890 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1891 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1892 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1895 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1896 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1897 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1904 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
1906 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
1907 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1908 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1917 @subheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
1919 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
1920 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1921 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1922 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1925 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1926 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1927 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1928 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1934 @subheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
1936 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
1937 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1938 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1939 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1942 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1943 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1944 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1945 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1951 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
1953 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
1954 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1955 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1958 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1959 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1960 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1966 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
1968 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
1969 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1970 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1973 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1974 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1975 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1981 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
1983 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
1984 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1985 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1988 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1989 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1990 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1996 @subheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
1998 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
1999 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2000 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2001 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2004 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2005 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2006 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
2007 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2016 @subheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
2018 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
2019 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
2020 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
2021 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
2022 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
2023 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
2024 read on to find out what for!
2027 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
2028 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
2035 @subheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
2037 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
2038 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2039 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2040 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2043 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2044 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2045 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
2046 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2053 @subheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
2055 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
2056 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2057 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2058 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2061 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2062 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2063 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
2064 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2071 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
2073 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
2074 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2075 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2078 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
2079 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2080 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2085 @subheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
2087 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2088 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
2089 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
2090 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
2091 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
2095 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
2096 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
2103 @subheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
2105 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
2106 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2107 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2108 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2111 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
2112 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2113 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2114 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
2116 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
2118 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
2119 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
2120 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2126 @subheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
2128 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
2129 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2130 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2131 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2134 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
2135 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2136 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2137 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
2138 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
2139 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2145 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
2147 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
2148 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2149 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2158 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
2160 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
2161 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2162 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2169 @subheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
2171 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2172 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
2173 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
2174 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
2175 the bug report of the report!
2178 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
2179 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
2185 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
2187 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
2188 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2189 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2196 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
2198 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
2199 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2200 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2207 @subheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
2209 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2210 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
2211 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
2212 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
2216 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
2217 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
2225 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
2227 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
2228 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2229 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2232 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
2233 caution and expect breakage.
2238 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
2240 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
2241 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2242 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2245 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
2246 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
2247 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
2248 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
2253 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
2255 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
2256 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2257 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2263 @subheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
2265 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
2266 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
2267 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
2268 improvements to the new website.
2270 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
2271 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
2273 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
2274 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
2276 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
2282 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
2284 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
2285 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2286 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2291 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
2293 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
2294 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2295 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2301 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2303 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2304 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2305 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2311 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2313 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2314 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2315 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2320 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2322 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2323 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2324 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2329 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2331 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2332 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2333 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2336 This release should be of particular interest to package
2337 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2338 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2339 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2345 @subheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2347 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2348 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2349 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2350 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2353 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2354 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2361 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2363 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2364 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2365 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2368 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2369 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2370 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2371 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2372 see the Changes document for more information.
2376 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2378 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2379 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2380 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2385 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2387 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2388 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2389 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2390 so this release is intended for developers only.
2394 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2396 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2397 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2398 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2403 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2405 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2406 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2411 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2413 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2414 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2415 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2421 @subheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2423 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2424 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2425 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2426 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2427 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2429 What are you waiting for? Come
2430 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2431 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2436 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2438 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2439 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2440 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2444 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2446 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2447 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2448 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2449 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2450 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2455 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2457 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2458 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2459 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2463 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2465 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2466 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2467 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2468 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2472 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2474 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2475 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2476 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2477 and English names for feta filenames.
2483 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2485 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2486 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2487 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2488 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2491 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2492 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2493 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2499 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2501 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2502 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2503 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2504 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2506 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2507 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2512 @subheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2514 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2515 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2521 @subheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2523 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2524 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2525 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2532 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2534 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2535 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2536 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2537 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2539 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2540 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2541 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2549 @subheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2551 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2552 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2553 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2554 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2555 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2556 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2557 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2558 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2564 @subheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2566 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2567 its team, its world, its community.
2568 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2569 to read the full issue...
2574 @subheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2576 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2577 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2578 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2583 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2585 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2586 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
2592 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
2594 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2596 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
2603 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
2605 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
2606 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
2607 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
2608 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
2609 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
2611 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
2612 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
2614 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
2616 @ref{Old downloads}.
2621 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
2623 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
2624 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
2625 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
2626 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
2627 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
2628 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
2631 @ref{Old downloads}.
2636 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
2638 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
2639 documentation and translations.
2640 @ref{Old downloads}.
2645 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
2647 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
2648 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
2649 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
2650 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
2651 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
2653 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
2654 @ref{Old downloads}.
2659 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
2661 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
2662 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
2663 (teaching) has been added.
2665 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
2667 @ref{Old downloads}.
2672 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
2674 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
2675 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
2676 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
2677 @ref{Old downloads}.
2682 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
2684 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
2685 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
2686 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
2687 translations of the documentation.
2688 @ref{Old downloads}.
2693 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
2695 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
2696 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
2697 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
2698 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
2699 deceased since then. All the development team express their
2700 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
2701 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
2702 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
2703 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
2705 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
2707 @ref{Old downloads}.
2712 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
2714 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
2715 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
2716 markup command names have been made.
2719 @ref{Old downloads}.
2724 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
2726 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
2727 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
2728 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
2729 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
2730 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
2733 @ref{Old downloads}.
2738 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
2740 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
2741 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
2743 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
2744 @ref{Old downloads}.
2749 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
2751 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
2752 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
2753 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
2755 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
2756 @ref{Old downloads}.
2761 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
2763 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
2765 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
2766 @ref{Old downloads}.
2771 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
2773 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
2774 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
2775 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
2777 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
2779 @ref{Old downloads}.
2784 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
2786 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
2787 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
2788 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
2789 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
2791 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
2792 @ref{Old downloads}.
2797 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
2799 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
2800 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
2803 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
2804 @ref{Old downloads}.
2809 @subheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
2811 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2812 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
2817 @subheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
2819 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2820 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
2825 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
2827 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
2829 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
2830 @ref{Old downloads}.
2835 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2837 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
2838 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
2839 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
2841 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
2842 @ref{Old downloads}.
2847 @subheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2849 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2850 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
2855 @subheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
2857 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
2858 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
2863 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
2865 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
2866 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
2867 regression tests maintenance for developers.
2869 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
2870 @ref{Old downloads}.
2875 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
2877 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
2878 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
2880 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
2882 @ref{Old downloads}.
2887 @subheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
2889 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
2890 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
2891 report, new translations of the site and publications.
2892 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
2893 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
2894 announce releases and special events.
2899 @subheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
2901 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
2902 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2903 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
2908 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
2910 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
2911 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
2912 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
2913 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
2914 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
2917 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
2919 @ref{Old downloads}.
2924 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
2926 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
2927 names has been added to the MusicXML
2930 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
2931 @ref{Old downloads}.
2936 @subheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
2938 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
2943 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
2945 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
2946 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
2947 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
2950 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
2951 @ref{Old downloads}.
2956 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
2958 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
2961 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
2962 @ref{Old downloads}.
2967 @subheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2969 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
2970 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
2971 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
2972 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
2973 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
2974 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
2980 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2982 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
2983 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
2984 updates to the MusicXML converter.
2986 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
2987 @ref{Old downloads}.
2992 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
2994 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
2995 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
3000 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
3002 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
3003 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
3004 Grand Documentation Project.
3006 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
3007 @ref{Old downloads}.
3012 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
3014 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
3016 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
3017 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
3018 @ref{Old downloads}.
3023 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
3025 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
3027 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
3028 @ref{Old downloads}.
3033 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
3035 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
3036 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
3038 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
3039 @ref{Old downloads}.
3044 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
3046 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
3047 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
3048 for the translations.
3050 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
3051 @ref{Old downloads}.
3056 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
3058 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
3059 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
3060 and lots of updates for the translations.
3062 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
3063 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
3064 @ref{Old downloads}.
3069 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
3071 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
3072 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
3073 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
3074 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
3079 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
3080 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
3081 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
3082 spacing engine code.
3084 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
3085 @ref{Old downloads}.
3090 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
3092 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
3093 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
3095 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
3096 @ref{Old downloads}.
3101 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
3103 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
3104 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
3106 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
3107 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
3108 @ref{Old downloads}.
3113 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
3114 This has lots of bugfixes.
3116 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
3117 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
3118 @ref{Old downloads}.
3123 @subheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
3124 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
3125 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
3126 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
3131 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
3132 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
3134 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
3136 @ref{Old downloads}.
3141 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
3142 This release has some documentation updates.
3144 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
3146 @ref{Old downloads}.
3151 @subheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
3152 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
3153 disponibles en ligne ---
3154 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
3155 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
3156 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
3157 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
3162 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
3163 This release fixes many bugs.
3165 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
3166 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
3168 @ref{Old downloads}.
3173 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
3174 This release fixes many bugs.
3176 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
3177 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
3179 @ref{Old downloads}.
3184 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
3185 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
3186 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
3188 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
3190 @ref{Old downloads}.
3195 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
3196 This release fixes still more bugs.
3198 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
3200 @ref{Old downloads}.
3205 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
3206 This release fixes many bugs.
3207 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
3208 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
3210 @ref{Old downloads})
3215 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
3216 This release will stretch piano staves on a
3217 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
3218 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
3220 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
3221 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
3223 @ref{Old downloads}.
3228 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
3229 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
3230 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
3232 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
3239 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3240 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
3241 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
3243 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
3245 @ref{Old downloads}.
3250 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3251 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
3252 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
3254 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
3256 @ref{Old downloads}.
3261 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3262 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
3265 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
3267 @ref{Old downloads}.
3272 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
3273 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
3275 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
3277 @ref{Old downloads}.
3282 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
3283 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
3284 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
3285 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
3287 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
3289 @ref{Old downloads}.
3294 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3295 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
3296 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
3297 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
3298 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
3299 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3301 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3303 @ref{Old downloads}.
3308 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3309 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3310 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3313 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3315 @ref{Old downloads}.
3320 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3321 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3322 further improvements in the regression test suite
3326 @ref{Old downloads}.
3331 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3332 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3336 @ref{Old downloads}.
3341 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3342 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3347 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3348 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3353 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3354 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3358 @ref{Old downloads}.
3363 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3364 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3365 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3369 @ref{Old downloads}.
3374 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3375 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3379 @ref{Old downloads}.
3384 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3385 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3390 @ref{Old downloads}.
3395 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3396 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3400 @ref{Old downloads}.
3405 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3406 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3407 within a system as well as between systems.
3411 @ref{Old downloads}.
3416 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3417 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3418 test results} and several website build improvements.
3422 @ref{Old downloads}.
3427 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3428 This release fixes several bugs.
3431 @ref{Old downloads}.
3436 @subheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3437 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3442 @subheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3443 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3444 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3445 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3446 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3451 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3452 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3456 @ref{Old downloads}.
3461 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3462 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3465 @ref{Old downloads}.
3470 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3471 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3475 @ref{Old downloads}.
3480 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3481 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3484 @ref{Old downloads}.
3489 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3490 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3495 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3496 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3497 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3502 @subheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3503 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3504 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3509 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3510 This release has many more bugfixes.
3513 @ref{Old downloads}.
3518 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3519 This release has many more bugfixes.
3522 @ref{Old downloads}.
3527 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3528 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3533 @ref{Old downloads}.
3538 @subheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3539 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3540 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3541 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3542 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3543 (@ref{Publications}).
3548 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3549 This release has further bugfixes.
3552 @ref{Old downloads}.
3557 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3558 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3559 available for x86/64.
3562 @ref{Old downloads}.
3567 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3568 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3569 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3570 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3571 @ref{Old downloads})
3576 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3577 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3578 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3583 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3584 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3589 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
3590 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3595 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
3596 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3601 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
3602 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
3603 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3608 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
3609 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
3610 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
3611 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3616 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
3617 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3622 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
3623 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
3624 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
3629 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
3630 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
3631 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
3632 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
3633 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3638 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
3639 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
3640 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3645 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
3646 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
3647 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
3648 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3653 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
3654 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
3655 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
3656 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3661 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3662 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
3664 @ref{Old downloads})
3669 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3670 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
3672 @ref{Old downloads})
3677 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
3678 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
3679 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3681 @ref{Old downloads})
3686 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3687 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
3688 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3689 (@ref{Old downloads})
3694 @subheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3695 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
3696 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
3697 glory} what features are broken in the development release
3702 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
3703 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
3704 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
3705 the development releases even better
3710 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
3712 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
3713 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
3714 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3719 @subheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
3720 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
3721 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
3722 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
3723 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
3724 esthetics}. Happy reading!
3729 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
3730 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
3731 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
3733 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3738 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3739 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
3740 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
3741 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
3742 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3747 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3748 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
3749 (@ref{Old downloads})
3754 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
3755 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
3756 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
3757 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
3758 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
3759 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3764 @subheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
3765 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
3766 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
3767 (@ref{Publications})
3772 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3773 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
3774 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3779 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3780 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
3781 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
3782 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3787 @subheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
3788 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
3789 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
3794 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
3795 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
3796 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3801 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
3802 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
3803 released. (@ref{Changes},
3804 @ref{Old downloads})
3809 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
3810 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
3811 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
3812 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
3813 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
3814 multi-measure rests.
3816 @ref{Old downloads})
3821 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
3822 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
3824 @ref{Old downloads})
3829 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
3830 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
3831 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
3832 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
3833 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3834 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
3835 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
3836 @ref{Old downloads})
3841 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
3842 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
3843 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
3844 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
3845 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
3846 @ref{Old downloads})
3851 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
3852 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
3853 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
3854 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
3855 the endings and the middle
3856 part. (@ref{Changes},
3857 @ref{Old downloads})
3862 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
3863 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
3864 parenthesized, for example,
3867 c4 -\parenthesize -.
3868 <d \parenthesize fis a>
3872 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
3873 @ref{Old downloads})
3878 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
3879 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
3880 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
3890 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
3891 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
3892 vector. (@ref{Changes},
3893 @ref{Old downloads})
3898 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
3899 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
3900 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
3901 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
3902 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
3903 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
3904 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
3906 @ref{Old downloads})
3911 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
3912 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
3913 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
3914 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
3915 @ref{Old downloads})
3920 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
3921 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
3922 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
3923 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
3924 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
3925 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
3926 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
3927 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3928 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3929 @ref{Old downloads})
3934 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
3935 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
3936 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
3937 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
3938 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
3939 @ref{Old downloads})
3944 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
3946 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
3947 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
3948 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
3953 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
3954 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
3955 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
3956 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
3957 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
3962 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3963 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
3964 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
3966 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
3968 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
3970 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
3976 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3977 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
3978 (feature sponsored by Andrea
3979 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
3980 @ref{Old downloads})
3985 @subheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
3986 Linux Journal publishes an article on
3987 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
3988 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
3989 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
3992 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
3993 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
3994 alternatives seem second-rate.}
3995 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
4000 @subheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
4001 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
4002 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
4003 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
4004 page. Let us know how you fare!
4009 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
4010 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
4011 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
4012 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
4013 The important occasion for this release is our new build
4014 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
4015 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
4016 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
4017 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
4019 @ref{Old downloads})
4024 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
4025 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
4026 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
4027 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
4028 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
4029 @ref{Old downloads})
4034 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
4035 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
4036 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
4037 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
4038 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
4039 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
4040 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
4041 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
4042 functions. (@ref{Changes},
4043 @ref{Old downloads})
4048 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
4049 This release has the following new features:
4052 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
4053 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
4054 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4056 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
4057 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
4058 and Bertalan Fodor).
4060 Generic music functions may now also be used on
4061 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
4064 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
4065 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
4066 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
4070 @ref{Old downloads})
4075 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
4076 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
4077 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
4078 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
4079 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
4080 van den Borre and Bertalan
4081 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
4082 @ref{Old downloads})
4087 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
4088 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
4089 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
4090 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
4096 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
4097 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
4098 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
4099 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
4100 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
4102 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
4103 @ref{Old downloads})
4108 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
4109 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
4110 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
4115 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
4116 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
4117 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
4118 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
4119 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
4120 etc. (@ref{Changes},
4121 @ref{Old downloads})
4126 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
4127 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
4128 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
4129 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4130 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4131 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4132 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4133 @ref{Old downloads})
4138 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
4139 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4140 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4141 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4142 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4143 @ref{Old downloads})
4148 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
4149 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
4150 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
4151 @ref{Old downloads})
4156 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
4157 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
4158 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
4159 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
4160 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
4161 properties. (@ref{Changes},
4162 @ref{Old downloads})
4167 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
4168 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
4169 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
4170 that compute said property, i.e.
4173 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
4174 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
4177 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
4178 @ref{Old downloads})
4183 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
4184 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
4185 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
4186 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
4187 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
4188 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
4189 also provides advanced tweakability for power
4190 users. (@ref{Changes},
4191 @ref{Old downloads})
4196 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
4197 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
4198 series. (@ref{Changes},
4199 @ref{Old downloads})
4204 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
4205 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
4206 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
4207 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
4208 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
4209 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
4210 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
4211 sponsored by Nicolas
4212 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4213 @ref{Old downloads})
4218 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
4219 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
4220 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4221 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
4222 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
4223 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
4224 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4225 @ref{Old downloads})
4230 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
4231 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
4232 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
4233 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
4234 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4235 @ref{Old downloads})
4240 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
4241 This is mainly a bugfix
4242 release. (@ref{Changes},
4243 @ref{Old downloads})
4248 @subheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
4249 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
4250 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
4251 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
4252 la gravure musicale}.
4257 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
4258 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
4259 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
4260 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
4261 @ref{Old downloads})
4266 @subheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
4267 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
4268 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
4269 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
4270 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
4271 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
4276 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
4277 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
4278 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
4279 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
4280 @ref{Old downloads})
4285 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
4286 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
4287 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
4288 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
4289 signs. (@ref{Changes},
4290 @ref{Old downloads})
4295 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
4296 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
4297 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
4298 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
4299 @ref{Old downloads})
4304 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4305 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4306 for a note is proportional to the time it
4307 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4308 @ref{Old downloads})
4313 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4314 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4315 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4320 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4321 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4322 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4323 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4325 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4326 @ref{Old downloads})
4331 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4332 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4333 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4334 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4336 @ref{Old downloads})
4341 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4342 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4343 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4344 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4345 @ref{Old downloads})
4350 @subheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4351 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4353 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4354 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4355 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4356 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4357 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4362 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4363 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4364 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4365 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4370 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4371 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4372 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4373 @ref{Old downloads})
4378 @subheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4379 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4380 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4381 @ref{Old downloads})
4386 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4387 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4388 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4389 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4390 (@ref{Old downloads})
4395 @subheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4396 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4397 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4398 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4403 @subheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4404 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4405 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4406 better help functionality.
4407 (@ref{Old downloads})
4412 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4413 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4414 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4415 compile them directly from
4416 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4421 @subheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4422 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4423 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4428 @subheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4429 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4430 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4431 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4436 @subheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4437 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4438 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4439 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4440 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4445 @subheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4446 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4447 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4452 @subheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4453 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4458 @subheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4459 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4460 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4465 @subheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4466 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4467 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4468 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4469 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4474 @subheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4475 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4476 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4477 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4478 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4479 @ref{Old downloads})
4484 @subheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4486 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4487 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4489 (@ref{Old downloads})
4494 @subheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4495 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4496 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4497 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4498 signatures like 5/8.
4500 @ref{Old downloads})
4505 @subheading April 18, 2005
4506 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4507 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4508 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4509 More details are in the
4511 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4516 @subheading April 15, 2005
4517 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4518 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4519 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4520 Scheme code. Take a look at
4522 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4527 @subheading April 6, 2005
4528 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4529 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4530 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4535 @subheading March 31, 2005
4536 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4537 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4538 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4543 @subheading March 20, 2005
4544 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4545 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4551 @subheading March 14, 2005
4552 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4553 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4554 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4555 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4556 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4561 @subheading March 7, 2005
4562 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4563 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4564 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4565 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4566 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4568 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4573 @subheading March 7, 2005
4574 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4575 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4581 @subheading February 28, 2005
4582 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
4583 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4584 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4585 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
4591 @subheading February 28, 2005
4592 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
4593 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}.
4594 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4595 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4600 @subheading February 26, 2005
4601 The @uref{http://lsr.di.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
4602 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
4603 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
4604 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
4609 @subheading February 21, 2005
4610 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
4611 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
4612 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
4613 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
4615 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4620 @subheading February 4, 2005
4621 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
4622 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
4623 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
4624 @ref{Old downloads}!
4629 @subheading January 31, 2005
4630 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
4631 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
4632 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
4638 @subheading January 26, 2005
4639 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
4640 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
4646 @subheading January 16, 2005
4647 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
4648 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
4649 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
4651 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
4653 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
4658 @subheading January 11, 2005
4659 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
4660 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
4661 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
4662 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
4663 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
4664 font code by Werner.
4666 and check out the changes in
4667 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4672 @subheading January 02, 2005
4673 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
4674 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
4675 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
4676 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
4677 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
4678 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
4679 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
4680 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
4681 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
4684 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}.
4689 @subheading December 28, 2004
4690 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
4691 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
4692 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
4693 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
4695 and check out the changes in
4696 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4701 @subheading December 20, 2004
4702 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
4703 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
4704 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
4705 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
4706 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
4709 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}.
4714 @subheading December 3, 2004
4715 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
4716 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
4717 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
4718 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
4719 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
4720 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
4721 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
4722 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
4726 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}.
4731 @subheading November 26, 2004
4732 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
4733 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
4734 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
4735 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
4736 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
4738 and check out the changes in
4739 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4744 @subheading November 20, 2004
4745 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
4746 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
4747 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
4748 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
4749 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
4750 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
4751 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
4752 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
4755 and check out the changes in
4756 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4761 @subheading November 12, 2004
4762 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
4763 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
4764 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
4765 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
4766 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
4769 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
4772 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
4773 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
4774 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
4775 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
4776 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
4779 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}.
4784 @subheading November 11, 2004
4785 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
4786 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
4792 @subheading November 4, 2004
4793 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
4794 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
4796 and check out the changes in
4797 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4802 @subheading October 31, 2004
4803 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
4804 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
4805 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
4806 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
4813 @subheading October 29, 2004
4814 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
4815 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
4816 some problems with the conversion scripts.
4818 and check out the changes in
4819 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4824 @subheading October 29, 2004
4825 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4826 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
4827 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
4828 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
4830 and check out the changes in
4831 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4836 @subheading October 27, 2004
4837 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
4838 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
4839 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
4841 and check out the changes in
4842 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4847 @subheading October 24, 2004
4848 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
4849 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
4850 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4852 and check out the changes in
4853 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4858 @subheading October 10, 2004
4859 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
4860 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
4861 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
4865 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}.
4870 @subheading October 09, 2004
4871 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
4872 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
4873 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
4877 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}.
4882 @subheading October 02, 2004
4883 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
4884 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
4885 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
4886 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
4887 in the documentation.
4889 and check out the changes in
4890 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4895 @subheading September 29, 2004
4896 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
4897 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
4898 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
4899 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
4904 @subheading September 26, 2004
4905 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
4907 and check out the changes
4908 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4913 @subheading September 20, 2004
4914 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
4915 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
4916 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
4917 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
4918 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
4919 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
4922 and check out the changes in
4923 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4928 @subheading September 11, 2004
4929 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
4930 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
4931 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
4932 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
4933 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
4934 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
4935 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
4936 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
4937 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
4938 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
4939 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
4940 will hold users back in switching.
4942 and check out the changes in
4943 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4948 @subheading September 10, 2004
4949 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
4950 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
4951 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
4952 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
4953 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
4954 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
4956 and check out the changes in
4957 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4962 @subheading September 6, 2004
4963 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
4964 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
4965 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
4966 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
4967 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
4971 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}.
4976 @subheading August 29, 2004
4977 LilyPond now has a Documentation
4978 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
4979 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
4980 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
4981 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
4982 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
4983 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
4984 chapter of the user manual.
4985 A lot of cheers for Graham!
4990 @subheading August 29, 2004
4991 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
4992 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
4993 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
4994 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
4995 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
4996 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
5000 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}.
5005 @subheading August 24, 2004
5006 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
5007 disappearing metronome mark.
5009 and check out the changes in
5010 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}.
5015 @subheading August 23, 2004
5016 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
5017 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
5018 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
5019 `doubleSlurs' property.
5021 and check out the changes in
5022 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5027 @subheading August 3, 2004
5028 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
5029 annoying bugs fixed.
5032 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}.
5037 @subheading August 1, 2004
5038 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
5039 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
5040 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
5041 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
5042 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
5043 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
5046 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
5047 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
5049 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
5050 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
5055 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}.
5060 @subheading July 30, 2004
5061 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
5062 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
5063 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
5064 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
5065 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
5066 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
5067 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
5068 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
5069 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
5070 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
5073 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}.
5078 @subheading July 23, 2004
5079 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
5080 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
5081 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
5082 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
5085 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}.
5090 @subheading July 19, 2004
5091 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
5092 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
5093 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
5094 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
5095 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
5096 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
5097 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
5098 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
5099 beat within the measure.
5101 and check out the changes in
5102 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5107 @subheading July 15, 2004
5108 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
5112 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}.
5117 @subheading July 11, 2004
5118 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
5124 @subheading July 5, 2004
5125 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
5126 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
5127 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
5128 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
5130 and check out the changes
5131 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5136 @subheading July 5, 2004
5137 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
5141 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}.
5146 @subheading June 25, 2004
5147 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
5148 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
5149 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
5150 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
5151 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
5152 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
5153 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}
5155 @ref{Old downloads}.
5160 @subheading June 20, 2004
5161 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
5162 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
5163 @ref{Old downloads}.
5168 @subheading June 13, 2004
5169 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
5170 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
5171 @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}
5173 @ref{Old downloads}.
5178 @subheading May 31, 2004
5179 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
5180 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
5181 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}
5183 @ref{Old downloads}.
5188 @subheading May 31, 2004
5189 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
5190 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}
5191 or head straight to the
5192 @ref{Old downloads}.
5197 @subheading May 26, 2004
5198 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
5199 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
5200 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5201 @ref{Old downloads}.
5206 @subheading May 9, 2004
5207 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
5208 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5209 @ref{Old downloads}.
5214 @subheading May 4, 2004
5215 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
5217 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
5218 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
5219 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
5220 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
5221 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
5226 @subheading May 3, 2004
5227 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
5228 @ref{Old downloads}.
5233 @subheading April 17, 2004
5234 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
5235 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
5241 @subheading April 12, 2004
5242 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
5243 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
5244 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
5245 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
5246 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
5247 @ref{Old downloads}.
5252 @subheading April 8, 2004
5253 A French article on the new LilyPond
5254 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
5259 @subheading April 8, 2004
5260 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
5261 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
5267 @subheading April 1, 2004
5268 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
5269 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
5270 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
5271 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
5272 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
5273 @ref{Old downloads}.
5278 @subheading March 31, 2004
5279 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
5280 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
5281 documentation polish. This should be the final release
5282 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
5284 @ref{Old downloads}.
5289 @subheading March 30, 2004
5290 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
5292 @ref{Old downloads}.
5297 @subheading March 28, 2004
5298 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
5299 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
5300 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5307 @subheading March 22, 2004
5308 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5309 @ref{Old downloads}.
5314 @subheading March 21, 2004
5315 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5322 @subheading March 20, 2004
5323 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5324 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5325 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5327 @ref{Old downloads}.
5332 @subheading March 15, 2004
5333 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5334 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5335 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5338 @ref{Old downloads}.
5343 @subheading March 14, 2004
5345 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5346 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5352 @subheading March 11, 2004
5353 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5355 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5356 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5357 authors of LilyPond.
5362 @subheading March 11, 2004
5363 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5364 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5367 @ref{Old downloads}.
5372 @subheading March 9, 2004
5373 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5374 experimental support for producing titles with
5380 @subheading February 29, 2004
5381 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5382 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5383 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5385 @ref{Old downloads}.
5390 @subheading February 24, 2004
5391 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5392 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5393 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5395 @ref{Old downloads}.
5400 @subheading February 23, 2004
5401 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5402 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5403 produce cue notes. More information in the
5410 @subheading February 18, 2004
5411 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5412 for altering accidental rules.
5418 @subheading February 16, 2004
5419 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5420 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5421 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5422 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5423 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5424 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5425 More information in the
5432 @subheading February 13, 2004
5433 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5434 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5435 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5442 @subheading February 12, 2004
5443 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5444 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5445 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5446 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5453 @subheading February 9, 2004
5454 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5455 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5456 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5457 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5458 More information in the
5465 @subheading February 5, 2004
5466 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5467 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5468 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5469 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5470 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5471 More information in the
5478 @subheading February 4, 2004
5479 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5480 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5481 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5489 @subheading February 2, 2004
5490 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5491 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5492 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5499 @subheading January 28, 2004
5500 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5501 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5502 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5503 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5512 @subheading January 26, 2004
5513 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5514 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5517 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5522 @subheading January 21, 2004
5524 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5525 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5526 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5529 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5534 @subheading January 20, 2004
5535 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5536 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5537 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5538 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5543 @subheading January 20, 2004
5544 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5545 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5546 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5547 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5553 @subheading January 19, 2004
5554 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5555 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5557 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5562 @subheading January 18, 2004
5563 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5564 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5565 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5570 @subheading January 17, 2004
5571 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5572 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5573 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5575 More information in the
5576 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5581 @subheading January 16, 2004
5582 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5583 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5585 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5590 @subheading January 13, 2004
5591 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
5592 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
5593 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
5595 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5600 @subheading January 9, 2004
5601 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
5602 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
5603 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
5604 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
5605 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
5606 individual music expressions.
5607 More information in the
5608 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5613 @subheading January 7, 2004
5614 An update to the stable branch,
5615 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
5616 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
5621 @subheading January 6, 2004
5622 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
5623 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
5624 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
5625 More information in the
5626 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5631 @subheading January 4, 2004
5632 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
5634 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
5635 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5640 @subheading January 2, 2004
5641 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
5642 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
5643 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
5644 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5649 @subheading December 30, 2003
5650 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
5651 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
5652 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
5653 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5658 @subheading December 23, 2003
5659 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
5660 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
5661 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
5662 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
5663 to implement this are welcome!) See the
5664 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5669 @subheading December 17, 2003
5670 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
5671 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
5672 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
5674 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5679 @subheading December 16, 2003
5680 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
5681 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
5682 Han-Wen's absence. See the
5683 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5688 @subheading October 11, 2003
5689 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
5691 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5696 @subheading October 11, 2003
5697 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
5699 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
5700 thanks to Heikki Junes.
5705 @subheading October 9, 2003
5706 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
5707 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
5708 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
5713 @subheading October 5, 2003
5714 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
5721 @subheading October 4, 2003
5722 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
5724 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
5725 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
5730 @subheading September 29, 2003
5731 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
5732 contains minor bugfixes.
5733 See the @ref{Changes}
5734 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
5739 @subheading September 27, 2003
5740 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
5741 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
5742 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
5748 @subheading September 24, 2003
5749 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
5750 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
5751 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
5752 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
5753 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
5758 @subheading September 24, 2003
5759 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
5760 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
5761 the @ref{Changes} and
5762 download @uref{install/,here}.
5767 @subheading September 23, 2003
5768 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
5769 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5770 the @ref{Changes} and
5771 download @uref{install/,here}.
5776 @subheading September 19, 2003
5777 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
5778 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5779 the @ref{Changes} and
5780 download @uref{install/,here}.
5785 @subheading September 17, 2003
5786 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
5787 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
5793 @subheading September 16, 2003
5794 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
5795 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
5801 @subheading September 10, 2003
5802 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
5803 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
5804 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
5805 will be available in a few weeks.
5811 @subheading September 9, 2003
5812 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
5813 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
5819 @subheading September 7, 2003
5820 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
5821 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
5827 @subheading August 31, 2003
5828 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
5829 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
5830 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
5836 @subheading August 31, 2003
5837 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
5838 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
5843 @subheading August 31, 2003
5844 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
5845 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
5846 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
5847 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5852 @subheading August 28, 2003
5853 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
5854 @ref{Changes} and get it
5855 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5860 @subheading August 26, 2003
5861 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
5862 @ref{Changes} and get it
5863 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5868 @subheading August 25, 2003
5869 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
5870 @ref{Changes} and get it
5871 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5876 @subheading August 25, 2003
5877 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
5878 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
5883 @subheading August 21, 2003
5884 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
5885 read the @ref{Changes}.
5890 @subheading August 18, 2003
5891 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
5892 has been updated to 1.8.
5893 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
5898 @subheading August 7, 2003
5899 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
5900 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
5905 @subheading August 7, 2003
5906 New website went live!
5911 @subheading August 6, 2003
5912 Announced new website.
5917 @subheading August 1, 2003
5918 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
5923 @subheading July 30, 2003
5924 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
5925 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
5931 @subheading July 29, 2003
5932 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
5933 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.