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5 (I'd rather have the below in the CG. -gp)
8 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
9 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
29 * add macro for long Google issues list URL
34 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
36 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
37 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
43 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
45 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
46 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
47 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
54 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
56 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
57 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
58 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
59 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
61 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
62 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
63 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
71 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
73 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
74 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
75 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
76 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
77 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
78 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
79 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!
80 <p align="right">Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
86 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
88 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
89 its team, its world, its community.
90 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
91 to read the full issue...
96 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
98 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
99 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
100 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
105 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
107 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
108 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
114 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
116 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
118 @uref{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
125 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
127 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
128 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
129 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
130 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
131 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
133 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
134 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
136 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_65&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
143 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
145 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
146 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
147 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
148 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
149 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
150 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
158 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
160 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
161 documentation and translations.
167 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 – Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
169 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
170 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
171 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
172 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
173 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
175 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_62&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
181 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
183 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
184 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
185 (teaching) has been added.
187 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_61&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
194 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
196 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
197 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
198 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
204 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
206 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
207 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
208 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
209 translations of the documentation.
215 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
217 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
218 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
219 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
220 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
221 deceased since then. All the development team express their
222 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
223 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
224 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
225 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
227 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_58&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
234 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
236 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
237 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
238 markup command names have been made.
246 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
248 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
249 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
250 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
251 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
252 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
260 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
262 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
263 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
264 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_55&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
270 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
272 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
273 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
274 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
275 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_54&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
281 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
283 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
285 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_53&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
291 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
293 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
294 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
295 releases are now fully listed on the News page. @ref{Changes},
296 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_52&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
302 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
304 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
305 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
306 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
307 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
308 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_51&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
314 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
316 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
317 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
319 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_50&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
325 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
327 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
328 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
333 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
335 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
336 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
341 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
343 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
345 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_49&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
351 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
353 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
354 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
355 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
357 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_48&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
363 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
365 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
366 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
371 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
373 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
374 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
379 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
381 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
382 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
383 regression tests maintenance for developers.
384 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_47&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
390 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
392 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
393 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
395 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_46&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
401 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
403 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
404 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
405 report, new translations of the site and publications.
406 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
407 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
408 announce releases and special events.
413 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
415 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
416 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
417 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
422 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
424 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
425 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
426 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
427 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
428 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
431 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_45&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
437 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
439 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
440 names has been added to the MusicXML
441 converter. @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_44&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
447 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
449 Lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
454 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
456 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
457 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
458 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
459 fixed. @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_43&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
465 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
467 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
468 bugs. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_42&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
474 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
476 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
477 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
478 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
479 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
480 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
481 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
487 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
489 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
490 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
491 updates to the MusicXML converter. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_41&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
497 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
499 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
500 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
505 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
507 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
508 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
509 Grand Documentation Project. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_36&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes}, @ref{Old downloads})
514 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.33 and 2.10.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
516 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
517 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_33&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
518 2.10}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_33&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
519 2.11}, @ref{Old downloads})
524 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
526 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
527 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_32&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes}, @ref{Old downloads})
532 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
534 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
535 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
536 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_31&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes}, @ref{Old downloads})
541 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
543 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
544 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
545 for the translations. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_30&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes}, @ref{Old downloads})
550 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
552 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
553 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
554 and lots of updates for the translations.
555 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_29&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
556 2.10}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_29&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
557 2.11}, @ref{Old downloads})
562 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
564 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
565 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
566 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
567 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
572 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
573 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
574 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
576 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_28&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
577 2.11}, @ref{Old downloads})
582 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
584 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
585 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
586 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_26&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
587 2.11}, @ref{Old downloads})
592 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
594 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
595 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
596 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_25&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
597 2.11}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_25&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
598 2.10}, @ref{Old downloads})
603 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
604 This has lots of bugfixes. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_23&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
605 2.11}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_23&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
606 2.10}, @ref{Old downloads})
611 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
612 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des
613 LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
614 sind auf deutsch übersetzt — sie sind erhältlich für
616 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
621 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
622 This release has updates of the dot collision code. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_22&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
623 }, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
628 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
629 This release has some documentation updates.
630 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_21&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
631 }, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
636 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
637 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont
638 désormais traduits, et disponibles en ligne — @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
639 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
640 2.11}. Les traductions sont également incluses dans la @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
645 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
646 This release fixes many bugs.
647 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_20&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
649 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_20&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
650 2.10}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
655 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
656 This release fixes many bugs.
657 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_19&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
659 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_19&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
660 2.10}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
665 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
666 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
667 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_18&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
668 2.11}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
673 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
674 This release fixes still more bugs.
675 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_17&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
676 2.11}, @ref{Changes},
682 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
683 This release fixes many bugs.
684 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_16&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
686 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_16&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
694 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
695 This release will stretch piano staves on a
696 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
697 head and the slashed mirrored flat. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_15&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
699 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_15&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
701 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
706 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
707 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
708 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
709 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_14&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
710 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
715 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
716 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
717 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
718 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_13&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
719 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
724 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
725 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
726 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
727 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_12&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
728 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
733 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
734 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
735 usage improvements. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_12&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
736 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
741 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
742 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_11&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
743 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
748 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
749 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
750 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
751 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_11&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
752 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
757 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
758 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
759 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
760 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
761 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
762 % faster than previous 2.11 releases. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_10&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
763 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
768 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
769 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
770 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
771 and part-combining (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_10&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
772 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
777 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
778 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and —in 2.11.9&mdash
779 further improvements in the regression test suite (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_9&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
780 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
785 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
786 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes! (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_8&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
787 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
792 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
793 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
798 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
799 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
804 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
805 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes! (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_7&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
806 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
811 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
812 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
813 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
814 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_6&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
815 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
820 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
821 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
822 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_6&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
823 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
828 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
829 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
831 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_5&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
832 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
837 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
838 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
839 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_5&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
840 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
845 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
846 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
847 within a system as well as between systems. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_4&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
848 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
853 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
854 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
855 test results} and several website build improvements. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_3&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
856 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
861 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
862 This release fixes several bugs.
863 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_3&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
869 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
870 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
875 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
876 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en
877 français est maintenant disponible en ligne. @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
878 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
884 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
885 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_2&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
886 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
891 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
892 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_2&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
898 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
899 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_1&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
900 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
905 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
906 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_1&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
912 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
913 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
918 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
919 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{announce-v2.10.html,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
924 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
925 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
926 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
931 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
932 This release has many more bugfixes. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_29&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
938 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
939 This release has many more bugfixes. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_28&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
945 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
946 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
947 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_27&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
953 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
954 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
955 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
956 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
957 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
958 (@ref{Publications}).
963 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
964 This release has further bugfixes. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_26&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
970 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
971 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
972 available for x86/64. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_25&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
978 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
979 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
980 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
981 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
987 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
988 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
989 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
994 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
995 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1000 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
1001 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1006 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
1007 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1012 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
1013 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
1014 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1019 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
1020 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
1021 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
1022 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1027 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
1028 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
1033 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
1034 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
1035 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
1040 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
1041 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
1042 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
1043 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
1044 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1049 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
1050 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
1051 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1056 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
1057 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
1058 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
1059 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1064 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
1065 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
1066 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
1067 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1072 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1073 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
1075 @ref{Old downloads})
1080 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1081 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
1083 @ref{Old downloads})
1088 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
1089 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
1090 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1092 @ref{Old downloads})
1097 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1098 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
1099 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1100 (@ref{Old downloads})
1105 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1106 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
1107 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
1108 glory} what features are broken in the development release
1113 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
1114 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
1115 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
1116 the development releases even better
1121 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
1123 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
1124 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
1125 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1130 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
1131 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
1132 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
1133 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
1134 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
1135 esthetics}. Happy reading!
1140 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
1141 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
1142 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
1144 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1149 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1150 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
1151 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
1152 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
1153 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1158 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1159 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
1160 (@ref{Old downloads})
1165 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
1166 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
1167 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
1168 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
1169 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
1170 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1175 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
1176 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
1177 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
1178 (@ref{Publications})
1183 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1184 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
1185 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1190 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1191 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
1192 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
1193 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1198 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
1199 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
1200 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
1205 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
1206 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @uref{announce-v2.8.html,release
1207 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1212 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
1213 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
1214 released. (@ref{Changes},
1215 @ref{Old downloads})
1220 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
1221 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
1222 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
1223 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
1224 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
1225 multi-measure rests.
1227 @ref{Old downloads})
1232 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
1233 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
1235 @ref{Old downloads})
1240 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
1241 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
1242 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
1243 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
1244 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1245 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
1246 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
1247 @ref{Old downloads})
1252 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
1253 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
1254 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
1255 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
1256 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
1257 @ref{Old downloads})
1262 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
1263 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
1264 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
1265 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
1266 the endings and the middle
1267 part. (@ref{Changes},
1268 @ref{Old downloads})
1273 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
1274 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
1275 parenthesized, for example,
1278 c4 -\parenthesize -.
1279 <d \parenthesize fis a>
1283 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
1284 @ref{Old downloads})
1289 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
1290 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
1291 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
1301 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
1302 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
1303 vector. (@ref{Changes},
1304 @ref{Old downloads})
1309 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
1310 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
1311 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
1312 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
1313 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
1314 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
1315 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
1317 @ref{Old downloads})
1322 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
1323 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
1324 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
1325 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
1326 @ref{Old downloads})
1331 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
1332 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
1333 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
1334 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
1335 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
1336 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
1337 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
1338 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1339 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1340 @ref{Old downloads})
1345 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
1346 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
1347 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
1348 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
1349 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
1350 @ref{Old downloads})
1355 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
1357 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
1358 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
1359 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
1364 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
1365 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
1366 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
1367 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
1368 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
1373 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1374 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
1375 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
1377 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
1379 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
1381 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
1387 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1388 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
1389 (feature sponsored by Andrea
1390 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
1391 @ref{Old downloads})
1396 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
1397 Linux Journal publishes an article on
1398 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
1399 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
1400 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
1403 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
1404 “GNU Lilypond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
1405 alternatives seem second-rate.”
1406 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
1411 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
1412 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
1413 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
1414 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
1415 page. Let us know how you fare!
1420 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
1421 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
1422 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
1423 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
1424 The important occasion for this release is our new build
1425 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
1426 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
1427 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
1428 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
1430 @ref{Old downloads})
1435 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
1436 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
1437 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
1438 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
1439 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
1440 @ref{Old downloads})
1445 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
1446 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
1447 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
1448 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
1449 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
1450 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
1451 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
1452 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
1453 functions. (@ref{Changes},
1454 @ref{Old downloads})
1459 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
1460 This release has the following new features:
1463 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
1464 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
1465 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1467 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
1468 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
1469 and Bertalan Fodor).
1471 Generic music functions may now also be used on
1472 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
1475 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
1476 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
1477 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
1481 @ref{Old downloads})
1486 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
1487 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
1488 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
1489 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
1490 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
1491 van den Borre and Bertalan
1492 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
1493 @ref{Old downloads})
1498 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
1499 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
1500 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
1501 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
1507 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
1508 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
1509 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
1510 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
1511 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
1513 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
1514 @ref{Old downloads})
1519 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
1520 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
1521 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
1526 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
1527 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
1528 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
1529 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
1530 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
1531 etc. (@ref{Changes},
1532 @ref{Old downloads})
1537 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
1538 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
1539 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
1540 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
1541 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
1542 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
1543 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1544 @ref{Old downloads})
1549 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
1550 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
1551 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
1552 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
1553 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1554 @ref{Old downloads})
1559 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
1560 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
1561 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
1562 @ref{Old downloads})
1567 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
1568 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
1569 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
1570 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
1571 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
1572 properties. (@ref{Changes},
1573 @ref{Old downloads})
1578 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
1579 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
1580 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
1581 that compute said property, i.e.
1584 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
1585 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
1588 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
1589 @ref{Old downloads})
1594 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
1595 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
1596 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
1597 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
1598 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
1599 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
1600 also provides advanced tweakability for power
1601 users. (@ref{Changes},
1602 @ref{Old downloads})
1607 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
1608 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
1609 series. (@ref{Changes},
1610 @ref{Old downloads})
1615 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
1616 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
1617 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
1618 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
1619 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
1620 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
1621 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
1622 sponsored by Nicolas
1623 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1624 @ref{Old downloads})
1629 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
1630 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
1631 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1632 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
1633 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
1634 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
1635 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1636 @ref{Old downloads})
1641 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
1642 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
1643 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
1644 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
1645 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1646 @ref{Old downloads})
1651 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
1652 This is mainly a bugfix
1653 release. (@ref{Changes},
1654 @ref{Old downloads})
1659 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
1660 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
1661 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
1662 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
1663 la gravure musicale}.
1668 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
1669 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
1670 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
1671 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
1672 @ref{Old downloads})
1677 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
1678 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
1679 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
1680 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
1681 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
1682 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
1687 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
1688 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
1689 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
1690 Baca, and Vicente Solsona
1691 Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
1692 @ref{Old downloads})
1697 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
1698 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
1699 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
1700 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
1701 signs. (@ref{Changes},
1702 @ref{Old downloads})
1707 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
1708 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
1709 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
1710 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
1711 @ref{Old downloads})
1716 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
1717 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
1718 for a note is proportional to the time it
1719 takes. (@ref{Changes},
1720 @ref{Old downloads})
1725 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
1726 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
1727 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
1732 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
1733 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
1734 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
1735 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
1737 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
1738 @ref{Old downloads})
1743 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
1744 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
1745 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
1746 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
1748 @ref{Old downloads})
1753 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
1754 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
1755 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
1756 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
1757 @ref{Old downloads})
1762 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
1763 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
1765 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
1766 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
1767 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
1768 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
1769 (@uref{announce-v2.6.html,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
1774 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
1775 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
1776 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
1777 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
1782 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
1783 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
1784 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
1785 @ref{Old downloads})
1790 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
1791 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
1792 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
1793 @ref{Old downloads})
1798 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
1799 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
1800 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
1801 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
1802 (@ref{Old downloads})
1807 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
1808 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
1809 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
1810 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
1815 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
1816 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
1817 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
1818 better help functionality.
1819 (@ref{Old downloads})
1824 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
1825 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
1826 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
1827 compile them directly from
1828 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
1833 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
1834 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
1835 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
1840 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
1841 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
1842 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
1843 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
1848 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
1849 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
1850 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
1851 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
1852 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
1857 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
1858 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
1859 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
1864 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
1865 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
1870 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
1871 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
1872 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
1877 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
1878 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
1879 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
1880 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
1881 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
1886 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
1887 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
1888 now possible to start and stop the StaffSymbol, during a piece of
1889 music, by doing \stopStaff \startStaff. This can be used to produce
1891 staves. (@ref{Changes},
1892 @ref{Old downloads})
1897 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
1899 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
1900 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
1902 (@ref{Old downloads})
1907 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
1908 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
1909 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
1910 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
1911 signatures like 5/8.
1913 @ref{Old downloads})
1918 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
1919 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
1920 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
1921 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
1922 More details are in the
1924 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
1929 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
1930 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
1931 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
1932 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
1933 Scheme code. Take a look at
1935 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
1940 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
1941 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
1942 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
1943 place. @ref{Old downloads}
1948 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
1949 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
1950 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
1951 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
1956 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
1957 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
1958 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
1964 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
1965 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
1966 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
1967 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
1968 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
1969 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
1974 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
1975 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
1976 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
1977 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
1978 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
1979 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
1981 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
1986 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
1987 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
1988 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
1994 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
1995 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
1996 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
1997 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
1998 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
2004 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2005 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
2006 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}.
2007 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2008 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2013 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
2014 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,Lilypond Snippet
2015 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of Lilypond code
2016 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
2017 contribute creative ideas for using Lilypond.
2022 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
2023 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
2024 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
2025 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
2026 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
2028 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2033 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
2034 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
2035 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
2036 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
2037 @ref{Old downloads}!
2042 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
2043 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
2044 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
2045 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
2051 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
2052 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
2053 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
2059 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
2060 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
2061 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
2062 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
2064 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
2066 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
2071 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
2072 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
2073 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
2074 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
2075 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
2076 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
2077 font code by Werner.
2079 and check out the changes in
2080 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2085 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
2086 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
2087 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
2088 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
2089 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
2090 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
2091 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
2092 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
2093 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
2094 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
2097 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}.
2102 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
2103 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
2104 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
2105 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
2106 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
2108 and check out the changes in
2109 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2114 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
2115 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
2116 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
2117 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
2118 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
2119 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
2122 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}.
2127 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
2128 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
2129 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
2130 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
2131 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
2132 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
2133 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
2134 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
2135 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
2139 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}.
2144 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
2145 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
2146 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
2147 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
2148 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
2149 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
2151 and check out the changes in
2152 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2157 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
2158 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
2159 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
2160 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
2161 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
2162 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
2163 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
2164 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
2165 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
2168 and check out the changes in
2169 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2174 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
2175 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
2176 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
2177 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
2178 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
2179 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
2182 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
2185 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
2186 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
2187 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
2188 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
2189 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
2192 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}.
2197 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
2198 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
2199 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
2205 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
2206 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
2207 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
2209 and check out the changes in
2210 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2215 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
2216 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @uref{announce-v2.4.html,released!}
2217 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
2218 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
2219 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
2226 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2227 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
2228 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
2229 some problems with the conversion scripts.
2231 and check out the changes in
2232 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2237 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2238 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for Lilypond 2.4.
2239 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
2240 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
2241 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
2243 and check out the changes in
2244 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2249 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
2250 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
2251 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
2252 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
2254 and check out the changes in
2255 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2260 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
2261 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
2262 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
2263 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2265 and check out the changes in
2266 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2271 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
2272 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
2273 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
2274 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
2278 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}.
2283 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
2284 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
2285 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
2286 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
2290 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}.
2295 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
2296 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
2297 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
2298 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
2299 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
2300 in the documentation.
2302 and check out the changes in
2303 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2308 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
2309 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
2310 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
2311 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
2312 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
2317 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
2318 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
2320 and check out the changes
2321 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2326 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
2327 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
2328 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
2329 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
2330 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
2331 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
2332 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
2335 and check out the changes in
2336 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2341 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
2342 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
2343 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
2344 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
2345 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
2346 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
2347 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
2348 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
2349 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
2350 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
2351 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
2352 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
2353 will hold users back in switching.
2355 and check out the changes in
2356 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2361 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
2362 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
2363 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
2364 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
2365 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
2366 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
2367 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
2369 and check out the changes in
2370 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2375 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
2376 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
2377 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
2378 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
2379 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
2380 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
2384 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}.
2389 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2390 LilyPond now has a Documentation
2391 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
2392 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
2393 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
2394 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
2395 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
2396 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
2397 chapter of the user manual.
2398 A lot of cheers for Graham!
2403 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2404 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
2405 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
2406 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
2407 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
2408 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
2409 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
2413 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}.
2418 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
2419 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
2420 disappearing metronome mark.
2422 and check out the changes in
2423 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}.
2428 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
2429 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
2430 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
2431 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
2432 `doubleSlurs' property.
2434 and check out the changes in
2435 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2440 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
2441 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
2442 annoying bugs fixed.
2445 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}.
2450 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
2451 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
2452 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
2453 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
2454 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
2455 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
2456 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
2459 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
2460 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
2462 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
2463 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
2468 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}.
2473 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
2474 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
2475 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
2476 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
2477 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
2478 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
2479 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
2480 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
2481 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
2482 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
2483 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
2486 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}.
2491 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
2492 Lilypond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
2493 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
2494 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
2495 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
2498 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}.
2503 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
2504 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
2505 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
2506 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
2507 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
2508 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
2509 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
2510 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
2511 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
2512 beat within the measure.
2514 and check out the changes in
2515 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2520 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
2521 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
2525 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}.
2530 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
2531 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
2537 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
2538 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
2539 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
2540 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
2541 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
2543 and check out the changes
2544 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2549 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
2550 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
2554 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}.
2559 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
2560 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
2561 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
2562 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
2563 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
2564 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
2565 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
2566 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}
2568 @ref{Old downloads}.
2573 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
2574 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
2575 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
2576 @ref{Old downloads}.
2581 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
2582 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
2583 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
2584 @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}
2586 @ref{Old downloads}.
2591 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
2592 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
2593 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
2594 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}
2596 @ref{Old downloads}.
2601 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
2602 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
2603 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}
2604 or head straight to the
2605 @ref{Old downloads}.
2610 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
2611 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
2612 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
2613 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
2614 @ref{Old downloads}.
2619 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
2620 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
2621 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
2622 @ref{Old downloads}.
2627 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
2628 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
2630 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
2631 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
2632 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
2633 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
2634 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
2639 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
2640 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
2641 @ref{Old downloads}.
2646 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
2647 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
2648 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
2654 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
2655 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
2656 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
2657 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
2658 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
2659 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
2660 @ref{Old downloads}.
2665 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
2666 A French article on the new LilyPond
2667 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
2672 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
2673 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
2674 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
2680 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
2681 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
2682 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
2683 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
2684 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
2685 the @uref{announce-v2.2.html,announcement} or skip to the
2686 @ref{Old downloads}.
2691 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
2692 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
2693 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
2694 documentation polish. This should be the final release
2695 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
2697 @ref{Old downloads}.
2702 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
2703 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
2705 @ref{Old downloads}.
2710 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
2711 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
2712 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
2713 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
2720 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
2721 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
2722 @ref{Old downloads}.
2727 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
2728 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
2735 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
2736 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
2737 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
2738 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
2740 @ref{Old downloads}.
2745 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
2746 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
2747 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
2748 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
2751 @ref{Old downloads}.
2756 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
2758 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
2759 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
2765 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
2766 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
2768 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
2769 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
2770 authors of LilyPond.
2775 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
2776 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
2777 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
2780 @ref{Old downloads}.
2785 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
2786 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
2787 experimental support for producing titles with
2793 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
2794 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
2795 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
2796 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
2798 @ref{Old downloads}.
2803 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
2804 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
2805 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
2806 of lyrics related bugs. See the
2808 @ref{Old downloads}.
2813 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
2814 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
2815 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
2816 produce cue notes. More information in the
2823 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
2824 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
2825 for altering accidental rules.
2831 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
2832 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
2833 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
2834 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
2835 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
2836 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
2837 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
2838 More information in the
2845 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
2846 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
2847 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
2848 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
2855 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
2856 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
2857 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
2858 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
2859 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
2866 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
2867 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
2868 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
2869 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
2870 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
2871 More information in the
2878 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
2879 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
2880 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
2881 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
2882 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
2883 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
2884 More information in the
2891 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
2892 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
2893 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
2894 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
2902 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
2903 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
2904 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
2905 @code{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
2912 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
2913 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
2914 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
2915 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
2916 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
2925 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
2926 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
2927 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
2930 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
2935 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
2937 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
2938 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
2939 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
2942 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
2947 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
2948 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
2949 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
2950 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
2951 access, but only HTTP downloads.
2956 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
2957 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
2958 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
2959 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
2960 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
2966 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
2967 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
2968 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
2970 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
2975 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
2976 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
2977 available for Windows! For downloading, go
2978 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
2983 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
2984 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
2985 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
2986 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
2988 More information in the
2989 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
2994 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
2995 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
2996 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
2998 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3003 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
3004 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
3005 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
3006 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
3008 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3013 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
3014 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
3015 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
3016 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
3017 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
3018 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
3019 individual music expressions.
3020 More information in the
3021 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3026 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
3027 An update to the stable branch,
3028 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
3029 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
3034 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
3035 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
3036 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
3037 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
3038 More information in the
3039 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3044 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
3045 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to
3046 improve the layout of lyrics. More
3048 @uref{@@DOC@@v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
3049 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3054 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
3055 in LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric
3056 alignment is completely revamped, and now matches my Edition
3057 Peters version of the Schubert song Sängers Morgen. More
3059 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3064 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
3065 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and linethickness
3066 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
3067 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
3068 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3073 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
3074 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
3075 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
3076 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
3077 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
3078 to implement this are welcome!) See the
3079 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3084 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
3085 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
3086 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
3087 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
3089 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3094 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
3095 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
3096 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
3097 Han-Wen's absence. See the
3098 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3103 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3104 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
3106 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3111 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3112 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
3114 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
3115 thanks to Heikki Junes.
3120 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
3121 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
3122 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
3123 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
3128 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
3129 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
3136 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
3137 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
3139 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
3140 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
3145 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
3146 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
3147 contains minor bugfixes.
3148 See the @ref{Changes}
3149 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
3154 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
3155 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
3156 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
3157 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
3163 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3164 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
3165 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
3166 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
3167 @uref{announce-v2.0.html,here}, or go to the
3168 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
3173 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3174 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
3175 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
3176 the @ref{Changes} and
3177 download @uref{install/,here}.
3182 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
3183 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
3184 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3185 the @ref{Changes} and
3186 download @uref{install/,here}.
3191 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
3192 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
3193 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3194 the @ref{Changes} and
3195 download @uref{install/,here}.
3200 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
3201 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
3202 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
3208 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
3209 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
3210 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
3216 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
3217 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
3218 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
3219 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
3220 will be available in a few weeks.
3226 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
3227 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
3228 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
3234 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
3235 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
3236 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
3242 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3243 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
3244 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
3245 @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
3251 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3252 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
3253 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
3258 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3259 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
3260 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
3261 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
3262 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3267 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
3268 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
3269 @ref{Changes} and get it
3270 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3275 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
3276 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
3277 @ref{Changes} and get it
3278 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3283 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3284 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
3285 @ref{Changes} and get it
3286 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3291 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3292 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
3293 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
3298 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
3299 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
3300 read the @ref{Changes}.
3305 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
3306 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
3307 has been updated to 1.8.
3308 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
3313 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3314 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
3315 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
3320 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3321 New website went live!
3326 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
3327 Announced new website.
3332 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
3333 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
3338 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
3339 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
3340 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
3346 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
3347 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
3348 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.