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7 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
8 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
10 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
11 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
13 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
15 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
16 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
17 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
18 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
20 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
22 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
28 * add macro for long Google issues list URL
32 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{20 Aug 2009}
34 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
35 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
37 (FIXME: change date when this is actually announced on lilypond.org)
42 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
44 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
45 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
46 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
47 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
50 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
51 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
52 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
53 release. For changes and download links, see @ref{Development}.
59 @subsubheading Hungarian translation! @emph{22 May 2009}
61 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
62 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
63 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
64 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
65 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
66 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
67 e-mailt a harmathdenes AT gmail.com címre!
72 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #15. @emph{18 May 2009}
74 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column
75 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
76 Read it @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,
82 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
84 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
85 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
86 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
87 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
89 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
90 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
91 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
99 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
101 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
102 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
103 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
104 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
105 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
106 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
107 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!
108 <p align="right">Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
114 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
116 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
117 its team, its world, its community.
118 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
119 to read the full issue...
124 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
126 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
127 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
128 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
133 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
135 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
136 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
142 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
144 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
146 @uref{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
153 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
155 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
156 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
157 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
158 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
159 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
161 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
162 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
164 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_65&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
171 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
173 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
174 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
175 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
176 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
177 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
178 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
186 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
188 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
189 documentation and translations.
195 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 – Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
197 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
198 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
199 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
200 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
201 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
203 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_62&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
209 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
211 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
212 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
213 (teaching) has been added.
215 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_61&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
222 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
224 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
225 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
226 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
232 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
234 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
235 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
236 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
237 translations of the documentation.
243 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
245 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
246 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
247 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
248 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
249 deceased since then. All the development team express their
250 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
251 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
252 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
253 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
255 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_58&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
262 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
264 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
265 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
266 markup command names have been made.
274 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
276 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
277 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
278 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
279 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
280 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
288 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
290 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
291 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
292 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_55&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
298 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
300 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
301 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
302 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
303 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_54&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
309 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
311 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
313 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_53&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
319 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
321 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
322 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
323 releases are now fully listed on the News page. @ref{Changes},
324 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_52&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
330 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
332 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
333 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
334 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
335 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
336 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_51&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
342 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
344 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
345 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
347 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_50&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
353 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
355 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
356 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
361 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
363 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
364 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
369 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
371 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
373 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_49&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
379 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
381 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
382 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
383 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
385 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_48&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
391 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
393 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
394 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
399 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
401 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
402 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
407 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
409 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
410 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
411 regression tests maintenance for developers.
412 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_47&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
418 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
420 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
421 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
423 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_46&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
429 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
431 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
432 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
433 report, new translations of the site and publications.
434 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
435 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
436 announce releases and special events.
441 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
443 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
444 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
445 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
450 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
452 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
453 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
454 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
455 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
456 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
459 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_45&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
465 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
467 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
468 names has been added to the MusicXML
469 converter. @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_44&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
475 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
477 Lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
482 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
484 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
485 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
486 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
487 fixed. @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_43&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
493 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
495 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
496 bugs. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_42&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
502 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
504 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
505 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
506 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
507 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
508 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
509 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
515 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
517 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
518 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
519 updates to the MusicXML converter. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_41&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
525 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
527 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
528 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
533 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
535 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
536 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
537 Grand Documentation Project. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_36&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes}, @ref{Old downloads})
542 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.33 and 2.10.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
544 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
545 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_33&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
546 2.10}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_33&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
547 2.11}, @ref{Old downloads})
552 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
554 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
555 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_32&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes}, @ref{Old downloads})
560 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
562 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
563 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
564 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_31&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes}, @ref{Old downloads})
569 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
571 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
572 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
573 for the translations. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_30&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes}, @ref{Old downloads})
578 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
580 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
581 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
582 and lots of updates for the translations.
583 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_29&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
584 2.10}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_29&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
585 2.11}, @ref{Old downloads})
590 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
592 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
593 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
594 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
595 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
600 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
601 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
602 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
604 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_28&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
605 2.11}, @ref{Old downloads})
610 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
612 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
613 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
614 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_26&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
615 2.11}, @ref{Old downloads})
620 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
622 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
623 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
624 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_25&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
625 2.11}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_25&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
626 2.10}, @ref{Old downloads})
631 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
632 This has lots of bugfixes. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_23&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
633 2.11}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_23&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
634 2.10}, @ref{Old downloads})
639 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
640 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des
641 LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
642 sind auf deutsch übersetzt — sie sind erhältlich für
644 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
649 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
650 This release has updates of the dot collision code. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_22&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
651 }, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
656 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
657 This release has some documentation updates.
658 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_21&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
659 }, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
664 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
665 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont
666 désormais traduits, et disponibles en ligne — @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
667 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
668 2.11}. Les traductions sont également incluses dans la @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
673 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
674 This release fixes many bugs.
675 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_20&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
677 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_20&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
678 2.10}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
683 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
684 This release fixes many bugs.
685 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_19&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
687 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_19&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
688 2.10}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
693 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
694 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
695 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_18&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
696 2.11}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
701 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
702 This release fixes still more bugs.
703 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_17&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
704 2.11}, @ref{Changes},
710 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
711 This release fixes many bugs.
712 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_16&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
714 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_16&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
722 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
723 This release will stretch piano staves on a
724 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
725 head and the slashed mirrored flat. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_15&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
727 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_15&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
729 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
734 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
735 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
736 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
737 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_14&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
738 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
743 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
744 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
745 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
746 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_13&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
747 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
752 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
753 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
754 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
755 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_12&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
756 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
761 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
762 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
763 usage improvements. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_12&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
764 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
769 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
770 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_11&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
771 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
776 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
777 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
778 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
779 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_11&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
780 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
785 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
786 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
787 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
788 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
789 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
790 % faster than previous 2.11 releases. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_10&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
791 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
796 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
797 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
798 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
799 and part-combining (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_10&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
800 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
805 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
806 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and —in 2.11.9&mdash
807 further improvements in the regression test suite (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_9&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
808 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
813 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
814 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes! (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_8&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
815 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
820 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
821 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
826 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
827 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
832 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
833 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes! (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_7&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
834 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
839 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
840 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
841 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
842 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_6&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
843 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
848 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
849 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
850 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_6&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
851 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
856 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
857 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
859 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_5&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
860 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
865 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
866 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
867 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_5&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
868 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
873 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
874 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
875 within a system as well as between systems. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_4&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
876 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
881 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
882 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
883 test results} and several website build improvements. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_3&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
884 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
889 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
890 This release fixes several bugs.
891 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_3&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
897 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
898 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
903 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
904 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en
905 français est maintenant disponible en ligne. @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
906 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
912 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
913 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_2&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
914 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
919 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
920 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_2&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
926 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
927 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_1&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
928 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
933 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
934 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_1&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
940 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
941 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
946 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
947 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{announce-v2.10.html,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
952 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
953 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
954 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
959 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
960 This release has many more bugfixes. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_29&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
966 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
967 This release has many more bugfixes. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_28&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
973 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
974 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
975 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_27&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
981 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
982 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
983 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
984 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
985 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
986 (@ref{Publications}).
991 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
992 This release has further bugfixes. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_26&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
998 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
999 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
1000 available for x86/64. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_25&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
1001 @ref{Old downloads})
1006 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
1007 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
1008 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1009 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
1010 @ref{Old downloads})
1015 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
1016 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
1017 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1022 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
1023 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1028 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
1029 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1034 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
1035 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1040 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
1041 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
1042 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1047 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
1048 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
1049 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
1050 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1055 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
1056 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
1061 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
1062 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
1063 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
1068 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
1069 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
1070 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
1071 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
1072 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1077 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
1078 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
1079 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1084 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
1085 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
1086 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
1087 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1092 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
1093 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
1094 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
1095 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1100 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1101 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
1103 @ref{Old downloads})
1108 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1109 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
1111 @ref{Old downloads})
1116 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
1117 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
1118 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1120 @ref{Old downloads})
1125 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1126 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
1127 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1128 (@ref{Old downloads})
1133 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1134 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
1135 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
1136 glory} what features are broken in the development release
1141 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
1142 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
1143 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
1144 the development releases even better
1149 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
1151 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
1152 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
1153 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1158 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
1159 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
1160 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
1161 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
1162 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
1163 esthetics}. Happy reading!
1168 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
1169 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
1170 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
1172 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1177 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1178 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
1179 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
1180 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
1181 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1186 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1187 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
1188 (@ref{Old downloads})
1193 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
1194 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
1195 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
1196 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
1197 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
1198 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1203 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
1204 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
1205 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
1206 (@ref{Publications})
1211 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1212 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
1213 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1218 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1219 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
1220 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
1221 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1226 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
1227 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
1228 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
1233 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
1234 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @uref{announce-v2.8.html,release
1235 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1240 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
1241 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
1242 released. (@ref{Changes},
1243 @ref{Old downloads})
1248 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
1249 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
1250 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
1251 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
1252 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
1253 multi-measure rests.
1255 @ref{Old downloads})
1260 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
1261 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
1263 @ref{Old downloads})
1268 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
1269 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
1270 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
1271 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
1272 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1273 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
1274 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
1275 @ref{Old downloads})
1280 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
1281 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
1282 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
1283 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
1284 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
1285 @ref{Old downloads})
1290 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
1291 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
1292 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
1293 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
1294 the endings and the middle
1295 part. (@ref{Changes},
1296 @ref{Old downloads})
1301 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
1302 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
1303 parenthesized, for example,
1306 c4 -\parenthesize -.
1307 <d \parenthesize fis a>
1311 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
1312 @ref{Old downloads})
1317 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
1318 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
1319 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
1329 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
1330 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
1331 vector. (@ref{Changes},
1332 @ref{Old downloads})
1337 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
1338 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
1339 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
1340 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
1341 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
1342 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
1343 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
1345 @ref{Old downloads})
1350 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
1351 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
1352 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
1353 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
1354 @ref{Old downloads})
1359 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
1360 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
1361 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
1362 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
1363 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
1364 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
1365 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
1366 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1367 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1368 @ref{Old downloads})
1373 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
1374 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
1375 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
1376 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
1377 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
1378 @ref{Old downloads})
1383 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
1385 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
1386 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
1387 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
1392 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
1393 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
1394 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
1395 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
1396 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
1401 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1402 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
1403 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
1405 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
1407 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
1409 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
1415 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1416 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
1417 (feature sponsored by Andrea
1418 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
1419 @ref{Old downloads})
1424 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
1425 Linux Journal publishes an article on
1426 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
1427 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
1428 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
1431 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
1432 “GNU Lilypond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
1433 alternatives seem second-rate.”
1434 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
1439 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
1440 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
1441 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
1442 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
1443 page. Let us know how you fare!
1448 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
1449 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
1450 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
1451 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
1452 The important occasion for this release is our new build
1453 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
1454 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
1455 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
1456 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
1458 @ref{Old downloads})
1463 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
1464 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
1465 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
1466 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
1467 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
1468 @ref{Old downloads})
1473 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
1474 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
1475 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
1476 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
1477 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
1478 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
1479 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
1480 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
1481 functions. (@ref{Changes},
1482 @ref{Old downloads})
1487 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
1488 This release has the following new features:
1491 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
1492 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
1493 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1495 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
1496 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
1497 and Bertalan Fodor).
1499 Generic music functions may now also be used on
1500 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
1503 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
1504 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
1505 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
1509 @ref{Old downloads})
1514 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
1515 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
1516 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
1517 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
1518 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
1519 van den Borre and Bertalan
1520 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
1521 @ref{Old downloads})
1526 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
1527 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
1528 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
1529 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
1535 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
1536 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
1537 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
1538 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
1539 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
1541 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
1542 @ref{Old downloads})
1547 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
1548 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
1549 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
1554 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
1555 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
1556 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
1557 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
1558 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
1559 etc. (@ref{Changes},
1560 @ref{Old downloads})
1565 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
1566 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
1567 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
1568 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
1569 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
1570 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
1571 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1572 @ref{Old downloads})
1577 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
1578 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
1579 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
1580 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
1581 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1582 @ref{Old downloads})
1587 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
1588 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
1589 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
1590 @ref{Old downloads})
1595 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
1596 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
1597 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
1598 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
1599 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
1600 properties. (@ref{Changes},
1601 @ref{Old downloads})
1606 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
1607 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
1608 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
1609 that compute said property, i.e.
1612 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
1613 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
1616 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
1617 @ref{Old downloads})
1622 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
1623 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
1624 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
1625 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
1626 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
1627 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
1628 also provides advanced tweakability for power
1629 users. (@ref{Changes},
1630 @ref{Old downloads})
1635 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
1636 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
1637 series. (@ref{Changes},
1638 @ref{Old downloads})
1643 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
1644 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
1645 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
1646 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
1647 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
1648 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
1649 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
1650 sponsored by Nicolas
1651 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1652 @ref{Old downloads})
1657 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
1658 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
1659 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1660 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
1661 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
1662 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
1663 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1664 @ref{Old downloads})
1669 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
1670 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
1671 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
1672 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
1673 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1674 @ref{Old downloads})
1679 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
1680 This is mainly a bugfix
1681 release. (@ref{Changes},
1682 @ref{Old downloads})
1687 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
1688 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
1689 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
1690 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
1691 la gravure musicale}.
1696 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
1697 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
1698 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
1699 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
1700 @ref{Old downloads})
1705 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
1706 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
1707 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
1708 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
1709 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
1710 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
1715 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
1716 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
1717 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
1718 Baca, and Vicente Solsona
1719 Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
1720 @ref{Old downloads})
1725 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
1726 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
1727 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
1728 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
1729 signs. (@ref{Changes},
1730 @ref{Old downloads})
1735 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
1736 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
1737 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
1738 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
1739 @ref{Old downloads})
1744 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
1745 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
1746 for a note is proportional to the time it
1747 takes. (@ref{Changes},
1748 @ref{Old downloads})
1753 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
1754 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
1755 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
1760 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
1761 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
1762 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
1763 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
1765 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
1766 @ref{Old downloads})
1771 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
1772 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
1773 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
1774 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
1776 @ref{Old downloads})
1781 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
1782 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
1783 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
1784 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
1785 @ref{Old downloads})
1790 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
1791 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
1793 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
1794 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
1795 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
1796 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
1797 (@uref{announce-v2.6.html,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
1802 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
1803 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
1804 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
1805 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
1810 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
1811 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
1812 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
1813 @ref{Old downloads})
1818 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
1819 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
1820 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
1821 @ref{Old downloads})
1826 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
1827 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
1828 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
1829 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
1830 (@ref{Old downloads})
1835 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
1836 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
1837 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
1838 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
1843 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
1844 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
1845 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
1846 better help functionality.
1847 (@ref{Old downloads})
1852 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
1853 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
1854 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
1855 compile them directly from
1856 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
1861 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
1862 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
1863 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
1868 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
1869 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
1870 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
1871 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
1876 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
1877 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
1878 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
1879 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
1880 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
1885 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
1886 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
1887 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
1892 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
1893 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
1898 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
1899 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
1900 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
1905 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
1906 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
1907 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
1908 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
1909 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
1914 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
1915 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
1916 now possible to start and stop the StaffSymbol, during a piece of
1917 music, by doing \stopStaff \startStaff. This can be used to produce
1919 staves. (@ref{Changes},
1920 @ref{Old downloads})
1925 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
1927 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
1928 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
1930 (@ref{Old downloads})
1935 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
1936 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
1937 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
1938 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
1939 signatures like 5/8.
1941 @ref{Old downloads})
1946 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
1947 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
1948 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
1949 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
1950 More details are in the
1952 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
1957 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
1958 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
1959 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
1960 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
1961 Scheme code. Take a look at
1963 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
1968 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
1969 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
1970 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
1971 place. @ref{Old downloads}
1976 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
1977 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
1978 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
1979 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
1984 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
1985 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
1986 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
1992 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
1993 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
1994 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
1995 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
1996 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
1997 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2002 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2003 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
2004 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
2005 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
2006 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
2007 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
2009 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2014 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2015 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
2016 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
2022 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2023 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
2024 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
2025 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
2026 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
2032 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2033 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
2034 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}.
2035 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2036 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2041 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
2042 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,Lilypond Snippet
2043 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of Lilypond code
2044 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
2045 contribute creative ideas for using Lilypond.
2050 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
2051 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
2052 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
2053 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
2054 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
2056 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2061 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
2062 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
2063 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
2064 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
2065 @ref{Old downloads}!
2070 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
2071 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
2072 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
2073 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
2079 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
2080 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
2081 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
2087 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
2088 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
2089 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
2090 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
2092 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
2094 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
2099 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
2100 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
2101 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
2102 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
2103 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
2104 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
2105 font code by Werner.
2107 and check out the changes in
2108 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2113 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
2114 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
2115 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
2116 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
2117 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
2118 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
2119 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
2120 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
2121 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
2122 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
2125 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}.
2130 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
2131 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
2132 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
2133 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
2134 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
2136 and check out the changes in
2137 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2142 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
2143 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
2144 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
2145 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
2146 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
2147 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
2150 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}.
2155 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
2156 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
2157 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
2158 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
2159 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
2160 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
2161 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
2162 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
2163 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
2167 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}.
2172 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
2173 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
2174 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
2175 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
2176 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
2177 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
2179 and check out the changes in
2180 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2185 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
2186 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
2187 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
2188 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
2189 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
2190 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
2191 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
2192 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
2193 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
2196 and check out the changes in
2197 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2202 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
2203 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
2204 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
2205 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
2206 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
2207 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
2210 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
2213 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
2214 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
2215 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
2216 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
2217 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
2220 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}.
2225 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
2226 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
2227 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
2233 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
2234 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
2235 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
2237 and check out the changes in
2238 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2243 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
2244 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @uref{announce-v2.4.html,released!}
2245 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
2246 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
2247 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
2254 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2255 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
2256 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
2257 some problems with the conversion scripts.
2259 and check out the changes in
2260 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2265 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2266 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for Lilypond 2.4.
2267 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
2268 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
2269 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
2271 and check out the changes in
2272 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2277 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
2278 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
2279 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
2280 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
2282 and check out the changes in
2283 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2288 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
2289 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
2290 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
2291 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2293 and check out the changes in
2294 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2299 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
2300 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
2301 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
2302 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
2306 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}.
2311 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
2312 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
2313 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
2314 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
2318 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}.
2323 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
2324 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
2325 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
2326 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
2327 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
2328 in the documentation.
2330 and check out the changes in
2331 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2336 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
2337 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
2338 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
2339 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
2340 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
2345 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
2346 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
2348 and check out the changes
2349 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2354 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
2355 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
2356 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
2357 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
2358 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
2359 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
2360 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
2363 and check out the changes in
2364 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2369 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
2370 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
2371 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
2372 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
2373 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
2374 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
2375 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
2376 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
2377 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
2378 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
2379 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
2380 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
2381 will hold users back in switching.
2383 and check out the changes in
2384 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2389 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
2390 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
2391 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
2392 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
2393 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
2394 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
2395 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
2397 and check out the changes in
2398 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2403 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
2404 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
2405 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
2406 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
2407 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
2408 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
2412 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}.
2417 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2418 LilyPond now has a Documentation
2419 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
2420 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
2421 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
2422 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
2423 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
2424 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
2425 chapter of the user manual.
2426 A lot of cheers for Graham!
2431 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2432 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
2433 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
2434 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
2435 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
2436 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
2437 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
2441 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}.
2446 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
2447 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
2448 disappearing metronome mark.
2450 and check out the changes in
2451 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}.
2456 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
2457 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
2458 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
2459 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
2460 `doubleSlurs' property.
2462 and check out the changes in
2463 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2468 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
2469 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
2470 annoying bugs fixed.
2473 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}.
2478 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
2479 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
2480 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
2481 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
2482 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
2483 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
2484 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
2487 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
2488 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
2490 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
2491 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
2496 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}.
2501 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
2502 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
2503 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
2504 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
2505 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
2506 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
2507 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
2508 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
2509 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
2510 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
2511 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
2514 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}.
2519 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
2520 Lilypond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
2521 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
2522 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
2523 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
2526 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}.
2531 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
2532 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
2533 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
2534 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
2535 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
2536 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
2537 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
2538 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
2539 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
2540 beat within the measure.
2542 and check out the changes in
2543 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2548 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
2549 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
2553 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}.
2558 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
2559 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
2565 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
2566 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
2567 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
2568 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
2569 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
2571 and check out the changes
2572 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2577 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
2578 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
2582 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}.
2587 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
2588 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
2589 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
2590 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
2591 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
2592 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
2593 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
2594 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}
2596 @ref{Old downloads}.
2601 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
2602 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
2603 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
2604 @ref{Old downloads}.
2609 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
2610 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
2611 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
2612 @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}
2614 @ref{Old downloads}.
2619 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
2620 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
2621 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
2622 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}
2624 @ref{Old downloads}.
2629 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
2630 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
2631 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}
2632 or head straight to the
2633 @ref{Old downloads}.
2638 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
2639 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
2640 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
2641 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
2642 @ref{Old downloads}.
2647 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
2648 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
2649 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
2650 @ref{Old downloads}.
2655 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
2656 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
2658 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
2659 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
2660 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
2661 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
2662 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
2667 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
2668 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
2669 @ref{Old downloads}.
2674 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
2675 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
2676 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
2682 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
2683 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
2684 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
2685 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
2686 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
2687 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
2688 @ref{Old downloads}.
2693 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
2694 A French article on the new LilyPond
2695 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
2700 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
2701 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
2702 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
2708 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
2709 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
2710 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
2711 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
2712 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
2713 the @uref{announce-v2.2.html,announcement} or skip to the
2714 @ref{Old downloads}.
2719 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
2720 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
2721 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
2722 documentation polish. This should be the final release
2723 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
2725 @ref{Old downloads}.
2730 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
2731 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
2733 @ref{Old downloads}.
2738 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
2739 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
2740 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
2741 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
2748 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
2749 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
2750 @ref{Old downloads}.
2755 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
2756 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
2763 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
2764 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
2765 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
2766 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
2768 @ref{Old downloads}.
2773 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
2774 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
2775 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
2776 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
2779 @ref{Old downloads}.
2784 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
2786 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
2787 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
2793 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
2794 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
2796 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
2797 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
2798 authors of LilyPond.
2803 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
2804 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
2805 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
2808 @ref{Old downloads}.
2813 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
2814 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
2815 experimental support for producing titles with
2821 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
2822 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
2823 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
2824 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
2826 @ref{Old downloads}.
2831 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
2832 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
2833 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
2834 of lyrics related bugs. See the
2836 @ref{Old downloads}.
2841 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
2842 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
2843 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
2844 produce cue notes. More information in the
2851 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
2852 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
2853 for altering accidental rules.
2859 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
2860 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
2861 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
2862 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
2863 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
2864 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
2865 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
2866 More information in the
2873 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
2874 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
2875 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
2876 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
2883 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
2884 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
2885 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
2886 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
2887 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
2894 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
2895 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
2896 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
2897 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
2898 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
2899 More information in the
2906 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
2907 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
2908 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
2909 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
2910 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
2911 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
2912 More information in the
2919 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
2920 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
2921 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
2922 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
2930 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
2931 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
2932 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
2933 @code{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
2940 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
2941 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
2942 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
2943 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
2944 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
2953 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
2954 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
2955 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
2958 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
2963 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
2965 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
2966 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
2967 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
2970 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
2975 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
2976 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
2977 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
2978 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
2979 access, but only HTTP downloads.
2984 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
2985 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
2986 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
2987 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
2988 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
2994 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
2995 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
2996 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
2998 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3003 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
3004 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
3005 available for Windows! For downloading, go
3006 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
3011 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
3012 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
3013 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
3014 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
3016 More information in the
3017 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3022 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
3023 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
3024 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
3026 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3031 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
3032 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
3033 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
3034 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
3036 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3041 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
3042 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
3043 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
3044 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
3045 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
3046 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
3047 individual music expressions.
3048 More information in the
3049 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3054 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
3055 An update to the stable branch,
3056 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
3057 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
3062 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
3063 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
3064 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
3065 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
3066 More information in the
3067 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3072 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
3073 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to
3074 improve the layout of lyrics. More
3076 @uref{@@DOC@@v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
3077 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3082 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
3083 in LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric
3084 alignment is completely revamped, and now matches my Edition
3085 Peters version of the Schubert song Sängers Morgen. More
3087 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3092 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
3093 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and linethickness
3094 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
3095 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
3096 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3101 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
3102 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
3103 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
3104 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
3105 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
3106 to implement this are welcome!) See the
3107 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3112 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
3113 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
3114 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
3115 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
3117 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3122 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
3123 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
3124 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
3125 Han-Wen's absence. See the
3126 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3131 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3132 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
3134 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3139 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3140 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
3142 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
3143 thanks to Heikki Junes.
3148 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
3149 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
3150 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
3151 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
3156 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
3157 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
3164 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
3165 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
3167 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
3168 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
3173 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
3174 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
3175 contains minor bugfixes.
3176 See the @ref{Changes}
3177 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
3182 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
3183 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
3184 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
3185 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
3191 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3192 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
3193 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
3194 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
3195 @uref{announce-v2.0.html,here}, or go to the
3196 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
3201 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3202 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
3203 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
3204 the @ref{Changes} and
3205 download @uref{install/,here}.
3210 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
3211 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
3212 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3213 the @ref{Changes} and
3214 download @uref{install/,here}.
3219 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
3220 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
3221 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3222 the @ref{Changes} and
3223 download @uref{install/,here}.
3228 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
3229 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
3230 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
3236 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
3237 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
3238 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
3244 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
3245 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
3246 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
3247 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
3248 will be available in a few weeks.
3254 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
3255 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
3256 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
3262 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
3263 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
3264 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
3270 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3271 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
3272 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
3273 @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
3279 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3280 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
3281 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
3286 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3287 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
3288 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
3289 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
3290 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3295 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
3296 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
3297 @ref{Changes} and get it
3298 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3303 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
3304 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
3305 @ref{Changes} and get it
3306 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3311 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3312 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
3313 @ref{Changes} and get it
3314 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3319 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3320 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
3321 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
3326 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
3327 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
3328 read the @ref{Changes}.
3333 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
3334 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
3335 has been updated to 1.8.
3336 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
3341 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3342 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
3343 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
3348 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3349 New website went live!
3354 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
3355 Announced new website.
3360 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
3361 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
3366 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
3367 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
3368 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
3374 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
3375 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
3376 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.