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9 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
26 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
30 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.11 released @emph{August 3, 2014}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.11. This
33 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
34 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
35 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
36 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
42 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.10 released @emph{July 13, 2014}
44 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.10. This
45 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
46 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
47 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
48 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
54 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.9 released @emph{June 29, 2014}
56 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.9. This
57 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
58 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
59 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
60 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
66 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.8 released @emph{June 15, 2014}
68 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.8. This
69 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
70 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
71 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
72 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
78 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.7 released @emph{May 25, 2014}
80 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.7. This
81 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
82 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
83 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
84 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
90 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.6 released @emph{May 11, 2014}
92 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.6. This
93 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
94 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
95 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
96 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
102 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.5 released @emph{April 20, 2014}
104 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.5. This
105 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
106 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
107 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
108 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
113 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.4 released @emph{April 6, 2014}
115 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.4. This
116 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
117 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
118 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
119 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
124 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.3 released @emph{March 2, 2014}
126 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.3. This
127 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
128 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
129 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
130 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
135 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.18.1 @emph{February 16, 2014}
137 We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
138 The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
139 over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
140 and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
141 enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
143 To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
144 stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
149 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
151 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
152 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
153 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
154 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
155 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
160 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
162 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
163 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
164 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
165 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
166 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
171 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
173 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
174 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
175 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
176 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
177 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
182 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
184 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
185 a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
186 developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
187 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
188 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
189 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
190 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
191 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
196 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
198 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
199 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
200 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
201 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
202 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
203 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
204 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
205 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
210 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
212 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
213 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
214 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
215 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
216 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
217 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
218 latest version, see @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
219 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
225 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
227 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
228 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
229 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
230 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
231 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
236 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
238 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
239 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
240 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
241 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
242 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
247 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
249 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
250 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
251 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
252 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
253 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
258 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
260 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
261 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
262 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
263 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
264 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
269 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
271 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
272 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
273 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
274 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
275 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
280 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
282 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
283 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
284 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
285 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
286 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
291 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
293 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
294 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
295 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
296 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
297 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
302 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
304 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
305 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
306 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
307 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
308 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
310 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
311 with positioning text.
316 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
318 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
319 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
320 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
321 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
322 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
327 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
329 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
330 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
331 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
332 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
333 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
338 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
340 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
341 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
342 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
343 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
344 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
349 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
351 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
352 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
353 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
354 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
355 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
360 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
362 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
363 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
364 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
365 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
366 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
371 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
373 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
374 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
375 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
376 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
377 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
382 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
384 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
385 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
386 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
387 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
388 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
393 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
395 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
396 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
397 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
398 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
399 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
400 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
405 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
407 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
408 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
409 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
410 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
411 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
416 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
418 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
419 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
420 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
421 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
422 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
427 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
429 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
430 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
431 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
432 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
433 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
438 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
440 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
441 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
442 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
443 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
444 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
449 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
451 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
452 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
453 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
454 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
455 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
460 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
462 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
463 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
464 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
465 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
466 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
471 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
473 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
474 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
475 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
476 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
477 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
483 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
485 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
486 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
487 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
491 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
493 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
494 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
495 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
496 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
497 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
502 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
504 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
505 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
506 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
507 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
508 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
513 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
515 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
516 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
517 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
518 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
523 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
525 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
526 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
527 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
528 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
533 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
535 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
536 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
537 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
538 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
543 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
545 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
546 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
547 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
548 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
554 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
556 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
557 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
558 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
559 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
564 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
566 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
567 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
568 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
569 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
571 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
572 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
576 Support for kievan square notation
578 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
580 Music functions have become quite more versatile
583 A full list of new features is given in:
586 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
589 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
591 Main development team:
593 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
594 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
595 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
596 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
597 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
600 Programming contributors:
602 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
603 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
604 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
605 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
607 Documentation contributors:
609 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
613 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
618 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
620 Translation contributors:
622 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
627 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
629 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
630 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
631 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
633 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
634 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
635 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
637 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
638 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
644 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
646 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
647 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
649 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
650 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
651 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
658 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
660 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
661 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
662 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
663 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
664 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
665 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
668 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
669 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
674 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
676 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
677 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
678 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
679 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
680 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
686 @subsubheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
688 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
689 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
690 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
691 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
694 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
695 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
696 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
703 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
705 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
706 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
708 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
709 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
710 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
717 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
719 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
720 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
721 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
722 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
723 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
729 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
731 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
732 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
733 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
734 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
737 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
738 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
739 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
746 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
748 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
749 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
750 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
751 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
752 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
753 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
756 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
757 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
764 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
766 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
767 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
768 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
769 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
772 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
773 candidate will be required.
779 @subsubheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
781 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
782 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
783 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
784 working on open source software.
786 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
787 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
793 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
795 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
796 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
797 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
798 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
801 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
802 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
803 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
810 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
812 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
813 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
814 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
815 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
818 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
819 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
820 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
827 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
829 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
830 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
831 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
832 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
835 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
836 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
843 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
845 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
846 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
848 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
849 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
850 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
857 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
859 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
860 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
862 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
863 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
864 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
871 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
873 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
874 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
876 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
877 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
878 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
885 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
887 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
888 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
889 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
890 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
893 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
894 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
901 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
903 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
904 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
906 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
907 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
908 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
915 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
917 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
918 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
920 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
921 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
922 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
929 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
931 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
932 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
933 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
934 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
937 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
938 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
939 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
946 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
948 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
949 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
951 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
952 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
953 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
960 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
962 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
963 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
965 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
966 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
967 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
974 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
976 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
977 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
979 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
980 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
981 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
988 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
990 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
991 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
992 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
993 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
994 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
997 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
998 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
1005 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
1007 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
1008 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1010 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1011 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1012 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1015 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
1021 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
1023 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
1024 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1026 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1027 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1028 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1035 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
1037 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
1038 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1040 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1041 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1042 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1049 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
1051 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
1052 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1054 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1055 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1056 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1063 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
1065 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
1066 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1068 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1069 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1070 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1077 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
1079 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
1080 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1082 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1083 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1084 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1091 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
1093 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
1094 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1096 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1097 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1098 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1105 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
1107 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
1108 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1110 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1111 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1112 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1119 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
1121 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
1122 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1124 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1125 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1126 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1133 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
1135 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
1136 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1138 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1139 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1140 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1147 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
1149 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
1150 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1152 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1153 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1154 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1161 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
1163 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
1164 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1166 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1167 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1168 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1175 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1177 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1178 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1180 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1181 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1182 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1189 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1191 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1192 Critical regression.
1198 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1200 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1201 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1202 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1203 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1206 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1207 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1208 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1215 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1217 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
1218 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1220 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1221 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1222 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1223 not the next release candidate.
1229 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1231 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1232 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1234 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1235 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1236 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1237 next release candidate.
1243 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1245 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1246 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1247 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1249 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1250 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1251 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1252 next release candidate.
1258 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1260 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1261 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1262 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1263 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1266 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1267 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1268 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1275 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1277 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
1278 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1280 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1281 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1287 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1289 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1290 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1292 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1293 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1299 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1301 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1302 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1303 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1311 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1313 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1314 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1316 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1317 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1323 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1325 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1326 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1328 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1329 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1335 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1337 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1338 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1340 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1341 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1347 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1349 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1350 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1352 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1353 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1359 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1361 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1362 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1363 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1368 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1370 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1371 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1372 usual number of bugs.
1374 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1375 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1380 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1382 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1383 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1384 usual number of bugs.
1386 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1387 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1393 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1395 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1396 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1397 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1398 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1400 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1401 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1406 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1409 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1410 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1413 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1418 A full list of new features is given in:
1421 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1424 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1426 Main development team:
1428 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1429 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1430 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1431 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1432 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1434 Programming contributors:
1436 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1437 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1438 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1439 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1440 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1441 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1445 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1447 Documentation contributors:
1449 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1450 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
1454 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
1455 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
1457 Binaries support contributors:
1461 Translation contributors:
1463 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
1464 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
1471 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
1473 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1474 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1475 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1476 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1479 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1480 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1481 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1488 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
1490 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
1491 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1493 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1494 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1500 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
1502 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
1503 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1505 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1506 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1512 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
1514 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
1515 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1517 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1518 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1524 @subsubheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
1526 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
1527 article in the May 2011 issue titled
1528 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
1529 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
1530 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
1531 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
1532 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
1537 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
1539 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
1540 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1542 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1543 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1549 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
1551 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1552 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1553 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1554 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1557 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1558 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1559 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1566 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
1568 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1569 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1570 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1571 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1574 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1575 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1576 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1583 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
1585 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1586 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1587 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1588 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1591 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1592 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1593 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1600 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
1602 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
1603 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1605 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
1606 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1612 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
1614 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
1615 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1616 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1617 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1618 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1624 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
1626 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1627 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1628 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1629 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1632 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1633 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1634 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1641 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
1643 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
1644 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1646 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1647 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1652 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
1654 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
1655 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1657 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1658 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1663 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
1665 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
1666 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1668 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1669 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1675 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
1677 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
1678 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1680 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
1681 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
1682 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
1688 @subsubheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
1690 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
1691 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
1692 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
1699 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
1701 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1702 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1703 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1704 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1707 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1708 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1709 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1716 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
1718 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
1719 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1720 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1728 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
1730 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
1731 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1732 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1740 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
1742 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
1743 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1744 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1745 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1746 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1752 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
1754 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1755 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1756 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1757 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1760 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1761 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1762 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1769 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
1771 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
1772 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1773 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1782 @subsubheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
1784 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
1785 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1786 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1787 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1790 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1791 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1792 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1793 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1799 @subsubheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
1801 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
1802 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1803 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1804 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1807 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1808 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1809 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1810 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1816 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
1818 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
1819 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1820 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1823 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1824 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1825 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1831 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
1833 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
1834 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1835 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1838 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1839 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1840 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1846 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
1848 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
1849 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1850 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1853 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1854 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1855 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1861 @subsubheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
1863 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
1864 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1865 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1866 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1869 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1870 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1871 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
1872 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1881 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
1883 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
1884 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
1885 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
1886 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
1887 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
1888 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
1889 read on to find out what for!
1892 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
1893 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
1900 @subsubheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
1902 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
1903 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1904 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1905 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1908 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1909 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1910 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
1911 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1918 @subsubheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
1920 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
1921 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1922 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1923 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1926 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1927 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1928 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
1929 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1936 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
1938 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
1939 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1940 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1943 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
1944 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1945 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1950 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
1952 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1953 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
1954 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
1955 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
1956 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
1960 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
1961 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
1968 @subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
1970 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
1971 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1972 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1973 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1976 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
1977 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1978 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1979 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
1981 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
1983 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
1984 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
1985 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1991 @subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
1993 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
1994 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1995 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1996 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1999 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
2000 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2001 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2002 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
2003 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
2004 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2010 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
2012 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
2013 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2014 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2023 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
2025 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
2026 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2027 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2034 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
2036 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2037 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
2038 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
2039 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
2040 the bug report of the report!
2043 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
2044 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
2050 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
2052 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
2053 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2054 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2061 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
2063 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
2064 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2065 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2072 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
2074 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2075 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
2076 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
2077 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
2081 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
2082 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
2090 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
2092 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
2093 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2094 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2097 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
2098 caution and expect breakage.
2103 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
2105 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
2106 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2107 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2110 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
2111 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
2112 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
2113 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
2118 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
2120 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
2121 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2122 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2128 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
2130 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
2131 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
2132 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
2133 improvements to the new website.
2135 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
2136 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
2138 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
2139 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
2141 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
2147 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
2149 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
2150 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2151 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2156 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
2158 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
2159 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2160 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2166 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2168 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2169 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2170 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2176 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2178 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2179 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2180 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2185 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2187 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2188 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2189 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2194 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2196 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2197 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2198 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2201 This release should be of particular interest to package
2202 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2203 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2204 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2210 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2212 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2213 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2214 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2215 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2218 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2219 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2226 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2228 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2229 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2230 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2233 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2234 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2235 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2236 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2237 see the Changes document for more information.
2241 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2243 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2244 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2245 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2250 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2252 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2253 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2254 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2255 so this release is intended for developers only.
2259 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2261 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2262 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2263 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2268 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2270 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2271 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2276 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2278 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2279 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2280 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2286 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2288 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2289 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2290 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2291 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2292 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2294 What are you waiting for? Come
2295 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2296 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2301 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2303 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2304 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2305 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2309 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2311 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2312 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2313 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2314 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2315 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2320 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2322 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2323 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2324 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2328 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2330 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2331 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2332 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2333 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2337 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2339 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2340 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2341 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2342 and English names for feta filenames.
2348 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2350 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2351 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2352 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2353 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2356 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2357 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2358 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2364 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2366 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2367 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2368 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2369 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2371 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2372 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2377 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2379 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2380 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2386 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2388 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2389 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2390 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2397 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2399 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2400 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2401 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2402 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2404 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2405 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2406 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2414 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2416 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2417 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2418 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2419 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2420 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2421 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2422 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2423 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2429 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2431 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2432 its team, its world, its community.
2433 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2434 to read the full issue...
2439 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2441 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2442 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2443 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2448 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2450 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2451 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
2457 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
2459 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2461 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
2468 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
2470 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
2471 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
2472 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
2473 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
2474 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
2476 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
2477 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
2479 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
2481 @ref{Old downloads}.
2486 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
2488 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
2489 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
2490 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
2491 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
2492 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
2493 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
2496 @ref{Old downloads}.
2501 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
2503 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
2504 documentation and translations.
2505 @ref{Old downloads}.
2510 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
2512 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
2513 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
2514 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
2515 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
2516 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
2518 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
2519 @ref{Old downloads}.
2524 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
2526 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
2527 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
2528 (teaching) has been added.
2530 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
2532 @ref{Old downloads}.
2537 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
2539 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
2540 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
2541 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
2542 @ref{Old downloads}.
2547 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
2549 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
2550 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
2551 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
2552 translations of the documentation.
2553 @ref{Old downloads}.
2558 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
2560 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
2561 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
2562 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
2563 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
2564 deceased since then. All the development team express their
2565 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
2566 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
2567 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
2568 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
2570 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
2572 @ref{Old downloads}.
2577 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
2579 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
2580 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
2581 markup command names have been made.
2584 @ref{Old downloads}.
2589 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
2591 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
2592 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
2593 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
2594 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
2595 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
2598 @ref{Old downloads}.
2603 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
2605 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
2606 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
2608 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
2609 @ref{Old downloads}.
2614 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
2616 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
2617 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
2618 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
2620 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
2621 @ref{Old downloads}.
2626 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
2628 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
2630 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
2631 @ref{Old downloads}.
2636 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
2638 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
2639 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
2640 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
2642 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
2644 @ref{Old downloads}.
2649 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
2651 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
2652 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
2653 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
2654 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
2656 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
2657 @ref{Old downloads}.
2662 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
2664 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
2665 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
2668 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
2669 @ref{Old downloads}.
2674 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
2676 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2677 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
2682 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
2684 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2685 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
2690 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
2692 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
2694 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
2695 @ref{Old downloads}.
2700 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2702 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
2703 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
2704 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
2706 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
2707 @ref{Old downloads}.
2712 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2714 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2715 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
2720 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
2722 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
2723 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
2728 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
2730 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
2731 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
2732 regression tests maintenance for developers.
2734 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
2735 @ref{Old downloads}.
2740 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
2742 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
2743 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
2745 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
2747 @ref{Old downloads}.
2752 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
2754 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
2755 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
2756 report, new translations of the site and publications.
2757 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
2758 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
2759 announce releases and special events.
2764 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
2766 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
2767 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2768 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
2773 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
2775 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
2776 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
2777 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
2778 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
2779 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
2782 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
2784 @ref{Old downloads}.
2789 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
2791 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
2792 names has been added to the MusicXML
2795 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
2796 @ref{Old downloads}.
2801 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
2803 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
2808 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
2810 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
2811 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
2812 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
2815 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
2816 @ref{Old downloads}.
2821 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
2823 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
2826 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
2827 @ref{Old downloads}.
2832 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2834 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
2835 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
2836 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
2837 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
2838 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
2839 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
2845 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2847 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
2848 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
2849 updates to the MusicXML converter.
2851 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
2852 @ref{Old downloads}.
2857 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
2859 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
2860 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
2865 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
2867 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
2868 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
2869 Grand Documentation Project.
2871 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
2872 @ref{Old downloads}.
2877 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
2879 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
2881 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
2882 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
2883 @ref{Old downloads}.
2888 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
2890 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
2892 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
2893 @ref{Old downloads}.
2898 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
2900 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
2901 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
2903 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
2904 @ref{Old downloads}.
2909 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
2911 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
2912 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
2913 for the translations.
2915 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
2916 @ref{Old downloads}.
2921 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
2923 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
2924 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
2925 and lots of updates for the translations.
2927 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
2928 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
2929 @ref{Old downloads}.
2934 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
2936 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
2937 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
2938 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
2939 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
2944 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
2945 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
2946 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
2947 spacing engine code.
2949 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
2950 @ref{Old downloads}.
2955 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
2957 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
2958 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
2960 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
2961 @ref{Old downloads}.
2966 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
2968 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
2969 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
2971 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
2972 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
2973 @ref{Old downloads}.
2978 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
2979 This has lots of bugfixes.
2981 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
2982 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
2983 @ref{Old downloads}.
2988 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
2989 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
2990 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
2991 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
2996 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
2997 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
2999 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
3001 @ref{Old downloads}.
3006 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
3007 This release has some documentation updates.
3009 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
3011 @ref{Old downloads}.
3016 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
3017 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
3018 disponibles en ligne ---
3019 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
3020 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
3021 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
3022 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
3027 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
3028 This release fixes many bugs.
3030 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
3031 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
3033 @ref{Old downloads}.
3038 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
3039 This release fixes many bugs.
3041 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
3042 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
3044 @ref{Old downloads}.
3049 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
3050 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
3051 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
3053 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
3055 @ref{Old downloads}.
3060 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
3061 This release fixes still more bugs.
3063 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
3065 @ref{Old downloads}.
3070 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
3071 This release fixes many bugs.
3072 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
3073 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
3075 @ref{Old downloads})
3080 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
3081 This release will stretch piano staves on a
3082 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
3083 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
3085 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
3086 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
3088 @ref{Old downloads}.
3093 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
3094 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
3095 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
3097 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
3104 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3105 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
3106 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
3108 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
3110 @ref{Old downloads}.
3115 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3116 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
3117 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
3119 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
3121 @ref{Old downloads}.
3126 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3127 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
3130 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
3132 @ref{Old downloads}.
3137 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
3138 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
3140 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
3142 @ref{Old downloads}.
3147 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
3148 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
3149 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
3150 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
3152 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
3154 @ref{Old downloads}.
3159 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3160 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
3161 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
3162 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
3163 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
3164 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3166 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3168 @ref{Old downloads}.
3173 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3174 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3175 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3178 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3180 @ref{Old downloads}.
3185 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3186 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3187 further improvements in the regression test suite
3191 @ref{Old downloads}.
3196 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3197 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3201 @ref{Old downloads}.
3206 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3207 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3212 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3213 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3218 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3219 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3223 @ref{Old downloads}.
3228 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3229 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3230 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3234 @ref{Old downloads}.
3239 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3240 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3244 @ref{Old downloads}.
3249 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3250 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3255 @ref{Old downloads}.
3260 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3261 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3265 @ref{Old downloads}.
3270 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3271 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3272 within a system as well as between systems.
3276 @ref{Old downloads}.
3281 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3282 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3283 test results} and several website build improvements.
3287 @ref{Old downloads}.
3292 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3293 This release fixes several bugs.
3296 @ref{Old downloads}.
3301 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3302 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3307 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3308 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3309 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3310 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3311 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3316 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3317 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3321 @ref{Old downloads}.
3326 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3327 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3330 @ref{Old downloads}.
3335 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3336 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3340 @ref{Old downloads}.
3345 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3346 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3349 @ref{Old downloads}.
3354 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3355 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3360 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3361 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3362 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3367 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3368 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3369 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3374 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3375 This release has many more bugfixes.
3378 @ref{Old downloads}.
3383 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3384 This release has many more bugfixes.
3387 @ref{Old downloads}.
3392 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3393 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3398 @ref{Old downloads}.
3403 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3404 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3405 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3406 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3407 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3408 (@ref{Publications}).
3413 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3414 This release has further bugfixes.
3417 @ref{Old downloads}.
3422 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3423 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3424 available for x86/64.
3427 @ref{Old downloads}.
3432 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3433 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3434 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3435 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3436 @ref{Old downloads})
3441 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3442 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3443 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3448 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3449 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3454 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
3455 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3460 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
3461 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3466 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
3467 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
3468 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3473 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
3474 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
3475 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
3476 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3481 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
3482 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3487 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
3488 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
3489 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
3494 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
3495 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
3496 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
3497 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
3498 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3503 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
3504 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
3505 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3510 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
3511 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
3512 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
3513 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3518 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
3519 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
3520 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
3521 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3526 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3527 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
3529 @ref{Old downloads})
3534 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3535 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
3537 @ref{Old downloads})
3542 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
3543 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
3544 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3546 @ref{Old downloads})
3551 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3552 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
3553 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3554 (@ref{Old downloads})
3559 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3560 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
3561 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
3562 glory} what features are broken in the development release
3567 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
3568 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
3569 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
3570 the development releases even better
3575 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
3577 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
3578 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
3579 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3584 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
3585 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
3586 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
3587 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
3588 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
3589 esthetics}. Happy reading!
3594 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
3595 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
3596 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
3598 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3603 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3604 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
3605 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
3606 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
3607 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3612 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3613 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
3614 (@ref{Old downloads})
3619 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
3620 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
3621 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
3622 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
3623 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
3624 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3629 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
3630 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
3631 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
3632 (@ref{Publications})
3637 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3638 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
3639 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3644 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3645 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
3646 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
3647 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3652 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
3653 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
3654 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
3659 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
3660 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
3661 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3666 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
3667 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
3668 released. (@ref{Changes},
3669 @ref{Old downloads})
3674 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
3675 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
3676 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
3677 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
3678 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
3679 multi-measure rests.
3681 @ref{Old downloads})
3686 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
3687 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
3689 @ref{Old downloads})
3694 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
3695 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
3696 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
3697 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
3698 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3699 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
3700 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
3701 @ref{Old downloads})
3706 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
3707 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
3708 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
3709 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
3710 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
3711 @ref{Old downloads})
3716 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
3717 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
3718 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
3719 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
3720 the endings and the middle
3721 part. (@ref{Changes},
3722 @ref{Old downloads})
3727 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
3728 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
3729 parenthesized, for example,
3732 c4 -\parenthesize -.
3733 <d \parenthesize fis a>
3737 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
3738 @ref{Old downloads})
3743 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
3744 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
3745 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
3755 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
3756 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
3757 vector. (@ref{Changes},
3758 @ref{Old downloads})
3763 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
3764 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
3765 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
3766 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
3767 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
3768 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
3769 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
3771 @ref{Old downloads})
3776 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
3777 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
3778 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
3779 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
3780 @ref{Old downloads})
3785 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
3786 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
3787 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
3788 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
3789 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
3790 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
3791 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
3792 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3793 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3794 @ref{Old downloads})
3799 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
3800 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
3801 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
3802 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
3803 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
3804 @ref{Old downloads})
3809 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
3811 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
3812 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
3813 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
3818 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
3819 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
3820 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
3821 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
3822 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
3827 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3828 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
3829 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
3831 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
3833 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
3835 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
3841 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3842 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
3843 (feature sponsored by Andrea
3844 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
3845 @ref{Old downloads})
3850 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
3851 Linux Journal publishes an article on
3852 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
3853 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
3854 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
3857 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
3858 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
3859 alternatives seem second-rate.}
3860 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
3865 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
3866 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
3867 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
3868 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
3869 page. Let us know how you fare!
3874 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
3875 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
3876 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
3877 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
3878 The important occasion for this release is our new build
3879 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
3880 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
3881 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
3882 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
3884 @ref{Old downloads})
3889 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
3890 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
3891 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
3892 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
3893 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
3894 @ref{Old downloads})
3899 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
3900 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
3901 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
3902 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
3903 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
3904 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
3905 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
3906 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
3907 functions. (@ref{Changes},
3908 @ref{Old downloads})
3913 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
3914 This release has the following new features:
3917 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
3918 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
3919 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3921 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
3922 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
3923 and Bertalan Fodor).
3925 Generic music functions may now also be used on
3926 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
3929 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
3930 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
3931 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
3935 @ref{Old downloads})
3940 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
3941 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
3942 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
3943 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
3944 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
3945 van den Borre and Bertalan
3946 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
3947 @ref{Old downloads})
3952 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
3953 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
3954 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
3955 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
3961 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
3962 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
3963 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
3964 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
3965 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
3967 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
3968 @ref{Old downloads})
3973 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
3974 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
3975 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
3980 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
3981 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
3982 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
3983 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
3984 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
3985 etc. (@ref{Changes},
3986 @ref{Old downloads})
3991 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
3992 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
3993 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
3994 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3995 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3996 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3997 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3998 @ref{Old downloads})
4003 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
4004 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4005 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4006 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4007 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4008 @ref{Old downloads})
4013 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
4014 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
4015 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
4016 @ref{Old downloads})
4021 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
4022 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
4023 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
4024 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
4025 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
4026 properties. (@ref{Changes},
4027 @ref{Old downloads})
4032 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
4033 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
4034 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
4035 that compute said property, i.e.
4038 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
4039 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
4042 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
4043 @ref{Old downloads})
4048 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
4049 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
4050 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
4051 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
4052 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
4053 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
4054 also provides advanced tweakability for power
4055 users. (@ref{Changes},
4056 @ref{Old downloads})
4061 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
4062 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
4063 series. (@ref{Changes},
4064 @ref{Old downloads})
4069 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
4070 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
4071 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
4072 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
4073 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
4074 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
4075 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
4076 sponsored by Nicolas
4077 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4078 @ref{Old downloads})
4083 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
4084 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
4085 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4086 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
4087 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
4088 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
4089 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4090 @ref{Old downloads})
4095 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
4096 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
4097 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
4098 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
4099 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4100 @ref{Old downloads})
4105 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
4106 This is mainly a bugfix
4107 release. (@ref{Changes},
4108 @ref{Old downloads})
4113 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
4114 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
4115 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
4116 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
4117 la gravure musicale}.
4122 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
4123 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
4124 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
4125 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
4126 @ref{Old downloads})
4131 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
4132 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
4133 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
4134 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
4135 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
4136 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
4141 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
4142 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
4143 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
4144 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
4145 @ref{Old downloads})
4150 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
4151 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
4152 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
4153 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
4154 signs. (@ref{Changes},
4155 @ref{Old downloads})
4160 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
4161 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
4162 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
4163 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
4164 @ref{Old downloads})
4169 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4170 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4171 for a note is proportional to the time it
4172 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4173 @ref{Old downloads})
4178 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4179 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4180 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4185 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4186 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4187 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4188 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4190 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4191 @ref{Old downloads})
4196 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4197 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4198 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4199 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4201 @ref{Old downloads})
4206 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4207 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4208 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4209 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4210 @ref{Old downloads})
4215 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4216 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4218 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4219 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4220 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4221 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4222 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4227 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4228 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4229 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4230 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4235 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4236 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4237 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4238 @ref{Old downloads})
4243 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4244 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4245 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4246 @ref{Old downloads})
4251 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4252 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4253 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4254 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4255 (@ref{Old downloads})
4260 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4261 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4262 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4263 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4268 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4269 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4270 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4271 better help functionality.
4272 (@ref{Old downloads})
4277 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4278 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4279 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4280 compile them directly from
4281 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4286 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4287 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4288 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4293 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4294 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4295 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4296 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4301 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4302 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4303 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4304 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4305 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4310 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4311 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4312 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4317 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4318 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4323 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4324 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4325 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4330 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4331 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4332 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4333 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4334 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4339 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4340 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4341 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4342 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4343 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4344 @ref{Old downloads})
4349 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4351 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4352 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4354 (@ref{Old downloads})
4359 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4360 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4361 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4362 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4363 signatures like 5/8.
4365 @ref{Old downloads})
4370 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
4371 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4372 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4373 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4374 More details are in the
4376 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4381 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
4382 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4383 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4384 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4385 Scheme code. Take a look at
4387 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4392 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
4393 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4394 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4395 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4400 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
4401 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4402 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4403 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4408 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
4409 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4410 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4416 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
4417 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4418 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4419 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4420 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4421 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4426 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4427 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4428 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4429 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4430 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4431 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4433 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4438 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4439 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4440 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4446 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4447 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
4448 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4449 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4450 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
4456 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4457 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
4458 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}.
4459 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4460 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4465 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
4466 The @uref{http://lsr.di.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
4467 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
4468 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
4469 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
4474 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
4475 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
4476 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
4477 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
4478 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
4480 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4485 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
4486 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
4487 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
4488 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
4489 @ref{Old downloads}!
4494 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
4495 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
4496 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
4497 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
4503 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
4504 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
4505 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
4511 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
4512 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
4513 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
4514 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
4516 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
4518 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
4523 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
4524 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
4525 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
4526 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
4527 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
4528 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
4529 font code by Werner.
4531 and check out the changes in
4532 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4537 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
4538 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
4539 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
4540 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
4541 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
4542 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
4543 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
4544 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
4545 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
4546 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
4549 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}.
4554 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
4555 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
4556 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
4557 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
4558 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
4560 and check out the changes in
4561 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4566 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
4567 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
4568 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
4569 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
4570 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
4571 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
4574 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}.
4579 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
4580 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
4581 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
4582 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
4583 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
4584 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
4585 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
4586 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
4587 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
4591 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}.
4596 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
4597 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
4598 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
4599 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
4600 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
4601 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
4603 and check out the changes in
4604 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4609 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
4610 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
4611 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
4612 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
4613 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
4614 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
4615 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
4616 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
4617 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
4620 and check out the changes in
4621 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4626 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
4627 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
4628 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
4629 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
4630 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
4631 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
4634 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
4637 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
4638 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
4639 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
4640 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
4641 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
4644 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}.
4649 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
4650 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
4651 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
4657 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
4658 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
4659 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
4661 and check out the changes in
4662 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4667 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
4668 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
4669 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
4670 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
4671 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
4678 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4679 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
4680 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
4681 some problems with the conversion scripts.
4683 and check out the changes in
4684 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4689 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4690 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4691 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
4692 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
4693 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
4695 and check out the changes in
4696 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4701 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
4702 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
4703 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
4704 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
4706 and check out the changes in
4707 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4712 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
4713 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
4714 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
4715 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4717 and check out the changes in
4718 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4723 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
4724 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
4725 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
4726 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
4730 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}.
4735 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
4736 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
4737 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
4738 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
4742 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}.
4747 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
4748 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
4749 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
4750 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
4751 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
4752 in the documentation.
4754 and check out the changes in
4755 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4760 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
4761 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
4762 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
4763 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
4764 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
4769 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
4770 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
4772 and check out the changes
4773 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4778 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
4779 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
4780 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
4781 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
4782 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
4783 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
4784 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
4787 and check out the changes in
4788 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4793 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
4794 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
4795 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
4796 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
4797 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
4798 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
4799 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
4800 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
4801 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
4802 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
4803 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
4804 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
4805 will hold users back in switching.
4807 and check out the changes in
4808 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4813 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
4814 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
4815 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
4816 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
4817 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
4818 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
4819 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
4821 and check out the changes in
4822 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4827 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
4828 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
4829 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
4830 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
4831 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
4832 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
4836 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}.
4841 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4842 LilyPond now has a Documentation
4843 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
4844 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
4845 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
4846 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
4847 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
4848 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
4849 chapter of the user manual.
4850 A lot of cheers for Graham!
4855 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4856 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
4857 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
4858 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
4859 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
4860 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
4861 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
4865 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}.
4870 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
4871 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
4872 disappearing metronome mark.
4874 and check out the changes in
4875 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}.
4880 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
4881 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
4882 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
4883 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
4884 `doubleSlurs' property.
4886 and check out the changes in
4887 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4892 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
4893 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
4894 annoying bugs fixed.
4897 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}.
4902 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
4903 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
4904 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
4905 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
4906 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
4907 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
4908 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
4911 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
4912 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
4914 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
4915 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
4920 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}.
4925 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
4926 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
4927 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
4928 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
4929 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
4930 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
4931 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
4932 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
4933 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
4934 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
4935 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
4938 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}.
4943 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
4944 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
4945 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
4946 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
4947 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
4950 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}.
4955 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
4956 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
4957 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
4958 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
4959 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
4960 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
4961 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
4962 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
4963 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
4964 beat within the measure.
4966 and check out the changes in
4967 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4972 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
4973 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
4977 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}.
4982 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
4983 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
4989 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4990 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
4991 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
4992 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
4993 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
4995 and check out the changes
4996 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5001 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
5002 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
5006 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}.
5011 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
5012 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
5013 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
5014 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
5015 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
5016 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
5017 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
5018 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}
5020 @ref{Old downloads}.
5025 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
5026 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
5027 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
5028 @ref{Old downloads}.
5033 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
5034 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
5035 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
5036 @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}
5038 @ref{Old downloads}.
5043 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
5044 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
5045 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
5046 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}
5048 @ref{Old downloads}.
5053 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
5054 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
5055 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}
5056 or head straight to the
5057 @ref{Old downloads}.
5062 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
5063 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
5064 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
5065 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5066 @ref{Old downloads}.
5071 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
5072 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
5073 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5074 @ref{Old downloads}.
5079 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
5080 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
5082 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
5083 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
5084 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
5085 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
5086 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
5091 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
5092 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
5093 @ref{Old downloads}.
5098 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
5099 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
5100 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
5106 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
5107 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
5108 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
5109 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
5110 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
5111 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
5112 @ref{Old downloads}.
5117 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
5118 A French article on the new LilyPond
5119 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
5124 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
5125 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
5126 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
5132 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
5133 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
5134 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
5135 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
5136 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
5137 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
5138 @ref{Old downloads}.
5143 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
5144 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
5145 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
5146 documentation polish. This should be the final release
5147 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
5149 @ref{Old downloads}.
5154 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
5155 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
5157 @ref{Old downloads}.
5162 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
5163 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
5164 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
5165 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5172 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
5173 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5174 @ref{Old downloads}.
5179 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
5180 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5187 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
5188 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5189 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5190 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5192 @ref{Old downloads}.
5197 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
5198 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5199 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5200 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5203 @ref{Old downloads}.
5208 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
5210 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5211 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5217 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
5218 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5220 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5221 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5222 authors of LilyPond.
5227 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
5228 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5229 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5232 @ref{Old downloads}.
5237 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
5238 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5239 experimental support for producing titles with
5245 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
5246 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5247 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5248 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5250 @ref{Old downloads}.
5255 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
5256 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5257 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5258 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5260 @ref{Old downloads}.
5265 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
5266 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5267 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5268 produce cue notes. More information in the
5275 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
5276 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5277 for altering accidental rules.
5283 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
5284 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5285 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5286 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5287 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5288 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5289 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5290 More information in the
5297 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
5298 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5299 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5300 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5307 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
5308 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5309 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5310 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5311 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5318 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
5319 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5320 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5321 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5322 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5323 More information in the
5330 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
5331 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5332 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5333 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5334 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5335 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5336 More information in the
5343 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
5344 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5345 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5346 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5354 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
5355 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5356 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5357 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5364 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
5365 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5366 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5367 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5368 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5377 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
5378 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5379 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5382 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5387 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
5389 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5390 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5391 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5394 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5399 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5400 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5401 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5402 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5403 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5408 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5409 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5410 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5411 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5412 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5418 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
5419 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5420 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5422 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5427 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
5428 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5429 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5430 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5435 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
5436 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5437 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5438 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5440 More information in the
5441 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5446 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
5447 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5448 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5450 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5455 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
5456 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
5457 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
5458 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
5460 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5465 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
5466 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
5467 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
5468 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
5469 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
5470 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
5471 individual music expressions.
5472 More information in the
5473 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5478 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
5479 An update to the stable branch,
5480 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
5481 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
5486 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
5487 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
5488 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
5489 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
5490 More information in the
5491 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5496 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
5497 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
5499 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
5500 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5505 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
5506 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
5507 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
5508 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
5509 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5514 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
5515 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
5516 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
5517 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
5518 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5523 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
5524 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
5525 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
5526 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
5527 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
5528 to implement this are welcome!) See the
5529 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5534 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
5535 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
5536 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
5537 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
5539 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5544 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
5545 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
5546 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
5547 Han-Wen's absence. See the
5548 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5553 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5554 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
5556 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5561 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5562 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
5564 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
5565 thanks to Heikki Junes.
5570 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
5571 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
5572 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
5573 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
5578 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
5579 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
5586 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
5587 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
5589 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
5590 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
5595 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
5596 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
5597 contains minor bugfixes.
5598 See the @ref{Changes}
5599 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
5604 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
5605 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
5606 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
5607 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
5613 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5614 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
5615 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
5616 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
5617 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
5618 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
5623 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5624 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
5625 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
5626 the @ref{Changes} and
5627 download @uref{install/,here}.
5632 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
5633 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
5634 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5635 the @ref{Changes} and
5636 download @uref{install/,here}.
5641 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
5642 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
5643 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5644 the @ref{Changes} and
5645 download @uref{install/,here}.
5650 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
5651 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
5652 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
5658 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
5659 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
5660 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
5666 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
5667 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
5668 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
5669 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
5670 will be available in a few weeks.
5676 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
5677 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
5678 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
5684 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
5685 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
5686 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
5692 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5693 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
5694 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
5695 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
5701 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5702 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
5703 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
5708 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5709 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
5710 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
5711 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
5712 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5717 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
5718 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
5719 @ref{Changes} and get it
5720 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5725 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
5726 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
5727 @ref{Changes} and get it
5728 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5733 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5734 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
5735 @ref{Changes} and get it
5736 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5741 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5742 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
5743 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
5748 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
5749 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
5750 read the @ref{Changes}.
5755 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
5756 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
5757 has been updated to 1.8.
5758 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
5763 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5764 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
5765 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
5770 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5771 New website went live!
5776 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
5777 Announced new website.
5782 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
5783 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
5788 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
5789 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
5790 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
5796 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
5797 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
5798 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.