1 @c -*- coding: utf-8; mode: texinfo; -*-
5 (I'd rather have the below in the CG. -gp)
8 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
9 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
26 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
30 * add macro for long Google issues list URL
35 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
37 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
38 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
39 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
40 and English names for feta filenames.
46 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
48 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
49 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
50 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
51 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
54 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
55 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
56 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
62 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
64 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
65 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
66 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
67 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
69 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
70 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
75 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
77 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
78 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
84 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
86 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
87 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
88 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
95 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
97 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
98 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
99 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
100 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
102 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
103 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
104 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
112 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
114 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
115 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
116 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
117 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
118 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
119 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
120 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
121 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
127 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
129 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
130 its team, its world, its community.
131 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
132 to read the full issue...
137 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
139 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
140 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
141 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
146 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
148 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
149 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
155 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
157 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
159 @uref{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
166 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
168 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
169 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
170 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
171 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
172 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
174 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
175 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
177 @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},
184 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
186 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
187 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
188 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
189 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
190 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
191 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
199 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
201 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
202 documentation and translations.
208 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 – Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
210 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
211 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
212 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
213 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
214 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
216 @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},
222 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
224 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
225 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
226 (teaching) has been added.
228 @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},
235 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
237 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
238 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
239 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
245 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
247 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
248 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
249 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
250 translations of the documentation.
256 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
258 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
259 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
260 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
261 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
262 deceased since then. All the development team express their
263 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
264 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
265 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
266 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
268 @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},
275 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
277 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
278 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
279 markup command names have been made.
287 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
289 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
290 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
291 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
292 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
293 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
301 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
303 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
304 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
305 @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},
311 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
313 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
314 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
315 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
316 @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},
322 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
324 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
326 @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},
332 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
334 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
335 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
336 releases are now fully listed on the News page. @ref{Changes},
337 @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},
343 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
345 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
346 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
347 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
348 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
349 @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},
355 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
357 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
358 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
360 @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},
366 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
368 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
369 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
374 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
376 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
377 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
382 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
384 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
386 @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},
392 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
394 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
395 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
396 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
398 @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},
404 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
406 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
407 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
412 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
414 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
415 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
420 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
422 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
423 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
424 regression tests maintenance for developers.
425 @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},
431 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
433 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
434 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
436 @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},
442 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
444 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
445 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
446 report, new translations of the site and publications.
447 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
448 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
449 announce releases and special events.
454 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
456 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
457 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
458 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
463 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
465 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
466 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
467 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
468 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
469 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
472 @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},
478 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
480 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
481 names has been added to the MusicXML
482 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},
488 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
490 Lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
495 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
497 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
498 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
499 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
500 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},
506 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
508 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
509 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},
515 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
517 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
518 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
519 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
520 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
521 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
522 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
528 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
530 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
531 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
532 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},
538 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
540 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
541 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
546 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
548 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
549 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
550 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})
555 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.33 and 2.10.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
557 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
558 (@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
559 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
560 2.11}, @ref{Old downloads})
565 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
567 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
568 (@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})
573 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
575 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
576 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
577 (@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})
582 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
584 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
585 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
586 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})
591 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
593 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
594 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
595 and lots of updates for the translations.
596 (@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
597 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
598 2.11}, @ref{Old downloads})
603 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
605 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
606 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
607 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
608 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
613 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
614 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
615 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
617 (@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
618 2.11}, @ref{Old downloads})
623 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
625 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
626 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
627 (@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
628 2.11}, @ref{Old downloads})
633 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
635 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
636 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
637 (@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
638 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
639 2.10}, @ref{Old downloads})
644 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
645 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
646 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
647 2.10}, @ref{Old downloads})
652 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
653 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des
654 LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
655 sind auf deutsch übersetzt — sie sind erhältlich für
657 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
662 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
663 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
664 }, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
669 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
670 This release has some documentation updates.
671 (@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
672 }, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
677 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
678 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont
679 désormais traduits, et disponibles en ligne — @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
680 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
681 2.11}. Les traductions sont également incluses dans la @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
686 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
687 This release fixes many bugs.
688 (@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
690 @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
691 2.10}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
696 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
697 This release fixes many bugs.
698 (@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
700 @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
701 2.10}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
706 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
707 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
708 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
709 2.11}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
714 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
715 This release fixes still more bugs.
716 (@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
717 2.11}, @ref{Changes},
723 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
724 This release fixes many bugs.
725 (@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
727 @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
735 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
736 This release will stretch piano staves on a
737 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
738 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
740 @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
742 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
747 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
748 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
749 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
750 (@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},
751 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
756 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
757 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
758 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
759 (@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},
760 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
765 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
766 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
767 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
768 (@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},
769 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
774 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
775 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
776 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},
777 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
782 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
783 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},
784 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
789 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
790 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
791 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
792 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},
793 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
798 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
799 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
800 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
801 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
802 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
803 % 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},
804 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
809 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
810 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
811 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
812 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},
813 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
818 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
819 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and —in 2.11.9&mdash
820 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},
821 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
826 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
827 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},
828 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
833 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
834 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
839 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
840 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
845 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
846 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},
847 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
852 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
853 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
854 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
855 (@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},
856 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
861 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
862 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
863 (@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},
864 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
869 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
870 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
872 (@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},
873 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
878 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
879 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
880 (@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},
881 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
886 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
887 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
888 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},
889 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
894 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
895 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
896 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},
897 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
902 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
903 This release fixes several bugs.
904 (@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},
910 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
911 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
916 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
917 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en
918 français est maintenant disponible en ligne. @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
919 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
925 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
926 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},
927 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
932 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
933 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},
939 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
940 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},
941 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
946 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
947 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},
953 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
954 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
959 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
960 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{announce-v2.10.html,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
965 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
966 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
967 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
972 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
973 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},
979 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
980 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},
986 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
987 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
988 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},
994 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
995 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
996 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
997 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
998 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
999 (@ref{Publications}).
1004 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
1005 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},
1006 @ref{Old downloads})
1011 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
1012 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
1013 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},
1014 @ref{Old downloads})
1019 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
1020 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
1021 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1022 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
1023 @ref{Old downloads})
1028 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
1029 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
1030 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1035 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
1036 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1041 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
1042 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1047 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
1048 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1053 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
1054 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
1055 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1060 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
1061 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
1062 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
1063 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1068 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
1069 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
1074 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
1075 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
1076 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
1081 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
1082 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
1083 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
1084 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
1085 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1090 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
1091 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
1092 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1097 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
1098 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
1099 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
1100 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1105 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
1106 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
1107 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
1108 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1113 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1114 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
1116 @ref{Old downloads})
1121 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1122 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
1124 @ref{Old downloads})
1129 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
1130 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
1131 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1133 @ref{Old downloads})
1138 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1139 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
1140 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1141 (@ref{Old downloads})
1146 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1147 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
1148 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
1149 glory} what features are broken in the development release
1154 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
1155 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
1156 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
1157 the development releases even better
1162 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
1164 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
1165 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
1166 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1171 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
1172 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
1173 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
1174 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
1175 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
1176 esthetics}. Happy reading!
1181 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
1182 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
1183 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
1185 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1190 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1191 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
1192 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
1193 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
1194 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1199 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1200 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
1201 (@ref{Old downloads})
1206 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
1207 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
1208 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
1209 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
1210 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
1211 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1216 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
1217 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
1218 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
1219 (@ref{Publications})
1224 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1225 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
1226 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1231 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1232 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
1233 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
1234 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1239 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
1240 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
1241 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
1246 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
1247 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @uref{announce-v2.8.html,release
1248 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1253 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
1254 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
1255 released. (@ref{Changes},
1256 @ref{Old downloads})
1261 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
1262 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
1263 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
1264 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
1265 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
1266 multi-measure rests.
1268 @ref{Old downloads})
1273 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
1274 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
1276 @ref{Old downloads})
1281 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
1282 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
1283 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
1284 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
1285 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1286 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
1287 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
1288 @ref{Old downloads})
1293 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
1294 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
1295 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
1296 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
1297 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
1298 @ref{Old downloads})
1303 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
1304 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
1305 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
1306 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
1307 the endings and the middle
1308 part. (@ref{Changes},
1309 @ref{Old downloads})
1314 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
1315 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
1316 parenthesized, for example,
1319 c4 -\parenthesize -.
1320 <d \parenthesize fis a>
1324 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
1325 @ref{Old downloads})
1330 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
1331 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
1332 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
1342 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
1343 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
1344 vector. (@ref{Changes},
1345 @ref{Old downloads})
1350 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
1351 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
1352 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
1353 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
1354 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
1355 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
1356 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
1358 @ref{Old downloads})
1363 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
1364 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
1365 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
1366 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
1367 @ref{Old downloads})
1372 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
1373 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
1374 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
1375 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
1376 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
1377 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
1378 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
1379 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1380 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1381 @ref{Old downloads})
1386 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
1387 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
1388 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
1389 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
1390 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
1391 @ref{Old downloads})
1396 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
1398 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
1399 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
1400 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
1405 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
1406 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
1407 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
1408 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
1409 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
1414 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1415 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
1416 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
1418 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
1420 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
1422 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
1428 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1429 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
1430 (feature sponsored by Andrea
1431 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
1432 @ref{Old downloads})
1437 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
1438 Linux Journal publishes an article on
1439 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
1440 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
1441 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
1444 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
1445 “GNU Lilypond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
1446 alternatives seem second-rate.”
1447 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
1452 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
1453 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
1454 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
1455 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
1456 page. Let us know how you fare!
1461 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
1462 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
1463 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
1464 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
1465 The important occasion for this release is our new build
1466 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
1467 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
1468 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
1469 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
1471 @ref{Old downloads})
1476 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
1477 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
1478 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
1479 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
1480 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
1481 @ref{Old downloads})
1486 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
1487 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
1488 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
1489 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
1490 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
1491 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
1492 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
1493 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
1494 functions. (@ref{Changes},
1495 @ref{Old downloads})
1500 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
1501 This release has the following new features:
1504 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
1505 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
1506 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1508 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
1509 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
1510 and Bertalan Fodor).
1512 Generic music functions may now also be used on
1513 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
1516 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
1517 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
1518 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
1522 @ref{Old downloads})
1527 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
1528 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
1529 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
1530 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
1531 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
1532 van den Borre and Bertalan
1533 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
1534 @ref{Old downloads})
1539 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
1540 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
1541 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
1542 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
1548 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
1549 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
1550 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
1551 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
1552 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
1554 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
1555 @ref{Old downloads})
1560 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
1561 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
1562 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
1567 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
1568 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
1569 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
1570 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
1571 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
1572 etc. (@ref{Changes},
1573 @ref{Old downloads})
1578 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
1579 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
1580 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
1581 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
1582 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
1583 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
1584 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1585 @ref{Old downloads})
1590 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
1591 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
1592 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
1593 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
1594 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1595 @ref{Old downloads})
1600 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
1601 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
1602 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
1603 @ref{Old downloads})
1608 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
1609 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
1610 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
1611 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
1612 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
1613 properties. (@ref{Changes},
1614 @ref{Old downloads})
1619 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
1620 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
1621 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
1622 that compute said property, i.e.
1625 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
1626 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
1629 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
1630 @ref{Old downloads})
1635 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
1636 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
1637 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
1638 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
1639 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
1640 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
1641 also provides advanced tweakability for power
1642 users. (@ref{Changes},
1643 @ref{Old downloads})
1648 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
1649 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
1650 series. (@ref{Changes},
1651 @ref{Old downloads})
1656 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
1657 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
1658 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
1659 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
1660 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
1661 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
1662 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
1663 sponsored by Nicolas
1664 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1665 @ref{Old downloads})
1670 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
1671 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
1672 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1673 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
1674 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
1675 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
1676 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1677 @ref{Old downloads})
1682 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
1683 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
1684 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
1685 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
1686 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1687 @ref{Old downloads})
1692 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
1693 This is mainly a bugfix
1694 release. (@ref{Changes},
1695 @ref{Old downloads})
1700 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
1701 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
1702 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
1703 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
1704 la gravure musicale}.
1709 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
1710 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
1711 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
1712 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
1713 @ref{Old downloads})
1718 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
1719 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
1720 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
1721 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
1722 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
1723 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
1728 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
1729 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
1730 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
1731 Baca, and Vicente Solsona
1732 Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
1733 @ref{Old downloads})
1738 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
1739 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
1740 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
1741 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
1742 signs. (@ref{Changes},
1743 @ref{Old downloads})
1748 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
1749 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
1750 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
1751 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
1752 @ref{Old downloads})
1757 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
1758 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
1759 for a note is proportional to the time it
1760 takes. (@ref{Changes},
1761 @ref{Old downloads})
1766 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
1767 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
1768 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
1773 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
1774 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
1775 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
1776 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
1778 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
1779 @ref{Old downloads})
1784 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
1785 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
1786 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
1787 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
1789 @ref{Old downloads})
1794 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
1795 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
1796 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
1797 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
1798 @ref{Old downloads})
1803 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
1804 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
1806 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
1807 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
1808 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
1809 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
1810 (@uref{announce-v2.6.html,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
1815 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
1816 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
1817 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
1818 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
1823 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
1824 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
1825 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
1826 @ref{Old downloads})
1831 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
1832 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
1833 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
1834 @ref{Old downloads})
1839 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
1840 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
1841 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
1842 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
1843 (@ref{Old downloads})
1848 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
1849 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
1850 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
1851 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
1856 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
1857 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
1858 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
1859 better help functionality.
1860 (@ref{Old downloads})
1865 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
1866 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
1867 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
1868 compile them directly from
1869 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
1874 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
1875 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
1876 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
1881 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
1882 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
1883 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
1884 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
1889 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
1890 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
1891 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
1892 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
1893 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
1898 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
1899 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
1900 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
1905 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
1906 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
1911 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
1912 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
1913 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
1918 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
1919 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
1920 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
1921 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
1922 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
1927 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
1928 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
1929 now possible to start and stop the StaffSymbol, during a piece of
1930 music, by doing \stopStaff \startStaff. This can be used to produce
1932 staves. (@ref{Changes},
1933 @ref{Old downloads})
1938 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
1940 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
1941 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
1943 (@ref{Old downloads})
1948 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
1949 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
1950 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
1951 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
1952 signatures like 5/8.
1954 @ref{Old downloads})
1959 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
1960 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
1961 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
1962 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
1963 More details are in the
1965 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
1970 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
1971 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
1972 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
1973 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
1974 Scheme code. Take a look at
1976 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
1981 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
1982 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
1983 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
1984 place. @ref{Old downloads}
1989 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
1990 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
1991 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
1992 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
1997 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
1998 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
1999 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
2005 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
2006 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
2007 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
2008 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
2009 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2010 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2015 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2016 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
2017 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
2018 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
2019 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
2020 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
2022 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2027 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2028 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
2029 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
2035 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2036 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
2037 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
2038 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
2039 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
2045 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2046 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
2047 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}.
2048 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2049 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2054 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
2055 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,Lilypond Snippet
2056 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of Lilypond code
2057 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
2058 contribute creative ideas for using Lilypond.
2063 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
2064 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
2065 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
2066 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
2067 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
2069 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2074 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
2075 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
2076 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
2077 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
2078 @ref{Old downloads}!
2083 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
2084 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
2085 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
2086 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
2092 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
2093 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
2094 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
2100 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
2101 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
2102 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
2103 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
2105 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
2107 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
2112 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
2113 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
2114 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
2115 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
2116 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
2117 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
2118 font code by Werner.
2120 and check out the changes in
2121 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2126 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
2127 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
2128 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
2129 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
2130 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
2131 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
2132 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
2133 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
2134 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
2135 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
2138 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}.
2143 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
2144 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
2145 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
2146 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
2147 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
2149 and check out the changes in
2150 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2155 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
2156 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
2157 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
2158 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
2159 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
2160 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
2163 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}.
2168 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
2169 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
2170 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
2171 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
2172 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
2173 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
2174 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
2175 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
2176 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
2180 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}.
2185 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
2186 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
2187 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
2188 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
2189 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
2190 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
2192 and check out the changes in
2193 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2198 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
2199 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
2200 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
2201 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
2202 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
2203 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
2204 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
2205 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
2206 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
2209 and check out the changes in
2210 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2215 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
2216 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
2217 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
2218 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
2219 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
2220 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
2223 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
2226 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
2227 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
2228 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
2229 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
2230 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
2233 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}.
2238 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
2239 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
2240 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
2246 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
2247 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
2248 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
2250 and check out the changes in
2251 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2256 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
2257 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @uref{announce-v2.4.html,released!}
2258 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
2259 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
2260 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
2267 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2268 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
2269 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
2270 some problems with the conversion scripts.
2272 and check out the changes in
2273 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2278 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2279 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for Lilypond 2.4.
2280 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
2281 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
2282 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
2284 and check out the changes in
2285 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2290 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
2291 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
2292 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
2293 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
2295 and check out the changes in
2296 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2301 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
2302 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
2303 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
2304 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2306 and check out the changes in
2307 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2312 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
2313 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
2314 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
2315 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
2319 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}.
2324 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
2325 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
2326 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
2327 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
2331 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}.
2336 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
2337 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
2338 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
2339 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
2340 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
2341 in the documentation.
2343 and check out the changes in
2344 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2349 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
2350 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
2351 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
2352 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
2353 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
2358 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
2359 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
2361 and check out the changes
2362 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2367 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
2368 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
2369 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
2370 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
2371 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
2372 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
2373 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
2376 and check out the changes in
2377 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2382 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
2383 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
2384 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
2385 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
2386 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
2387 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
2388 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
2389 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
2390 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
2391 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
2392 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
2393 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
2394 will hold users back in switching.
2396 and check out the changes in
2397 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2402 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
2403 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
2404 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
2405 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
2406 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
2407 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
2408 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
2410 and check out the changes in
2411 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2416 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
2417 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
2418 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
2419 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
2420 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
2421 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
2425 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}.
2430 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2431 LilyPond now has a Documentation
2432 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
2433 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
2434 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
2435 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
2436 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
2437 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
2438 chapter of the user manual.
2439 A lot of cheers for Graham!
2444 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2445 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
2446 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
2447 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
2448 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
2449 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
2450 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
2454 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}.
2459 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
2460 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
2461 disappearing metronome mark.
2463 and check out the changes in
2464 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}.
2469 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
2470 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
2471 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
2472 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
2473 `doubleSlurs' property.
2475 and check out the changes in
2476 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2481 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
2482 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
2483 annoying bugs fixed.
2486 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}.
2491 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
2492 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
2493 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
2494 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
2495 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
2496 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
2497 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
2500 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
2501 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
2503 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
2504 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
2509 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}.
2514 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
2515 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
2516 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
2517 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
2518 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
2519 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
2520 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
2521 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
2522 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
2523 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
2524 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
2527 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}.
2532 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
2533 Lilypond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
2534 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
2535 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
2536 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
2539 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}.
2544 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
2545 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
2546 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
2547 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
2548 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
2549 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
2550 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
2551 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
2552 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
2553 beat within the measure.
2555 and check out the changes in
2556 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2561 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
2562 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
2566 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}.
2571 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
2572 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
2578 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
2579 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
2580 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
2581 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
2582 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
2584 and check out the changes
2585 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2590 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
2591 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
2595 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}.
2600 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
2601 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
2602 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
2603 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
2604 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
2605 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
2606 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
2607 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}
2609 @ref{Old downloads}.
2614 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
2615 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
2616 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
2617 @ref{Old downloads}.
2622 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
2623 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
2624 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
2625 @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}
2627 @ref{Old downloads}.
2632 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
2633 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
2634 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
2635 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}
2637 @ref{Old downloads}.
2642 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
2643 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
2644 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}
2645 or head straight to the
2646 @ref{Old downloads}.
2651 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
2652 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
2653 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
2654 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
2655 @ref{Old downloads}.
2660 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
2661 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
2662 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
2663 @ref{Old downloads}.
2668 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
2669 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
2671 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
2672 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
2673 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
2674 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
2675 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
2680 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
2681 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
2682 @ref{Old downloads}.
2687 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
2688 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
2689 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
2695 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
2696 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
2697 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
2698 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
2699 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
2700 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
2701 @ref{Old downloads}.
2706 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
2707 A French article on the new LilyPond
2708 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
2713 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
2714 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
2715 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
2721 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
2722 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
2723 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
2724 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
2725 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
2726 the @uref{announce-v2.2.html,announcement} or skip to the
2727 @ref{Old downloads}.
2732 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
2733 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
2734 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
2735 documentation polish. This should be the final release
2736 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
2738 @ref{Old downloads}.
2743 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
2744 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
2746 @ref{Old downloads}.
2751 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
2752 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
2753 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
2754 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
2761 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
2762 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
2763 @ref{Old downloads}.
2768 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
2769 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
2776 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
2777 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
2778 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
2779 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
2781 @ref{Old downloads}.
2786 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
2787 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
2788 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
2789 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
2792 @ref{Old downloads}.
2797 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
2799 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
2800 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
2806 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
2807 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
2809 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
2810 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
2811 authors of LilyPond.
2816 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
2817 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
2818 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
2821 @ref{Old downloads}.
2826 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
2827 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
2828 experimental support for producing titles with
2834 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
2835 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
2836 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
2837 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
2839 @ref{Old downloads}.
2844 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
2845 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
2846 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
2847 of lyrics related bugs. See the
2849 @ref{Old downloads}.
2854 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
2855 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
2856 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
2857 produce cue notes. More information in the
2864 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
2865 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
2866 for altering accidental rules.
2872 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
2873 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
2874 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
2875 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
2876 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
2877 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
2878 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
2879 More information in the
2886 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
2887 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
2888 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
2889 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
2896 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
2897 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
2898 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
2899 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
2900 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
2907 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
2908 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
2909 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
2910 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
2911 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
2912 More information in the
2919 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
2920 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
2921 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
2922 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
2923 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
2924 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
2925 More information in the
2932 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
2933 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
2934 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
2935 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
2943 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
2944 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
2945 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
2946 @code{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
2953 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
2954 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
2955 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
2956 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
2957 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
2966 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
2967 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
2968 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
2971 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
2976 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
2978 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
2979 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
2980 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
2983 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
2988 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
2989 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
2990 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
2991 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
2992 access, but only HTTP downloads.
2997 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
2998 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
2999 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
3000 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
3001 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
3007 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
3008 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
3009 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
3011 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3016 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
3017 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
3018 available for Windows! For downloading, go
3019 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
3024 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
3025 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
3026 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
3027 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
3029 More information in the
3030 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3035 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
3036 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
3037 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
3039 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3044 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
3045 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
3046 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
3047 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
3049 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3054 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
3055 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
3056 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
3057 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
3058 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
3059 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
3060 individual music expressions.
3061 More information in the
3062 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3067 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
3068 An update to the stable branch,
3069 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
3070 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
3075 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
3076 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
3077 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
3078 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
3079 More information in the
3080 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3085 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
3086 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to
3087 improve the layout of lyrics. More
3089 @uref{@@DOC@@v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
3090 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3095 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
3096 in LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric
3097 alignment is completely revamped, and now matches my Edition
3098 Peters version of the Schubert song Sängers Morgen. More
3100 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3105 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
3106 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and linethickness
3107 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
3108 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
3109 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3114 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
3115 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
3116 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
3117 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
3118 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
3119 to implement this are welcome!) See the
3120 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3125 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
3126 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
3127 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
3128 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
3130 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3135 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
3136 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
3137 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
3138 Han-Wen's absence. See the
3139 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3144 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3145 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
3147 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3152 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3153 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
3155 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
3156 thanks to Heikki Junes.
3161 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
3162 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
3163 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
3164 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
3169 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
3170 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
3177 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
3178 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
3180 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
3181 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
3186 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
3187 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
3188 contains minor bugfixes.
3189 See the @ref{Changes}
3190 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
3195 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
3196 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
3197 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
3198 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
3204 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3205 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
3206 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
3207 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
3208 @uref{announce-v2.0.html,here}, or go to the
3209 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
3214 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3215 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
3216 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
3217 the @ref{Changes} and
3218 download @uref{install/,here}.
3223 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
3224 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
3225 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3226 the @ref{Changes} and
3227 download @uref{install/,here}.
3232 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
3233 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
3234 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3235 the @ref{Changes} and
3236 download @uref{install/,here}.
3241 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
3242 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
3243 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
3249 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
3250 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
3251 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
3257 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
3258 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
3259 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
3260 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
3261 will be available in a few weeks.
3267 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
3268 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
3269 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
3275 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
3276 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
3277 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
3283 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3284 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
3285 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
3286 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
3292 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3293 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
3294 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
3299 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3300 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
3301 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
3302 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
3303 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3308 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
3309 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
3310 @ref{Changes} and get it
3311 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3316 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
3317 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
3318 @ref{Changes} and get it
3319 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3324 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3325 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
3326 @ref{Changes} and get it
3327 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3332 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3333 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
3334 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
3339 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
3340 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
3341 read the @ref{Changes}.
3346 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
3347 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
3348 has been updated to 1.8.
3349 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
3354 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3355 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
3356 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
3361 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3362 New website went live!
3367 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
3368 Announced new website.
3373 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
3374 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
3379 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
3380 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
3381 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
3387 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
3388 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
3389 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.