1 @c -*- coding: utf-8; mode: texinfo; -*-
2 @c This file is part of lilypond-web.texi and community.itexi
4 @c when you add a new item, consider moving the lowest item(s)
7 @c keep two blank lines between news entries
9 @c used for news about the upcoming release; see CG 10.2
12 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.18.1 @emph{February 2, 2014}
14 We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
15 The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
16 over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
17 and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
18 enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
20 To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
21 stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
26 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
28 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
29 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
30 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
31 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
32 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
37 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.18.0 released! @emph{December 29, 2013}
39 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.18.0.
40 LilyPond is a music engraving program devoted to producing the
41 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
42 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
44 Among the numerous improvements and changes, the following might
49 Many items are now positioned using their actual outline rather
50 than a@tie{}rectangular bounding box. This greatly reduces
51 the occurrence of unsightly large gaps.
54 Sets and overrides can now use the syntax
56 \override Voice.TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = "rit."
58 instead of the previous
60 \override Voice.TextSpanner #'(bound-details left text) = "rit."
64 Triplets with a given group length can now be written as
66 \tuplet 3/2 4 @{ c8 c c c c c @}
70 \times 2/3 @{ c8 c c @} \times 2/3 @{ c8 c c @}
74 A full list of noteworthy new features is given in:
77 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/changes/index.html}
80 Great thanks go to the large number of LilyPond enthusiasts whose
81 financial backing enabled one core developer, David Kastrup, to
82 focus exclusively on LilyPond during the entire development cycle.
84 LilyPond 2.18 has been brought to you by
87 @item Main Developers:
88 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian
89 Hulin, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner
90 Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen
91 Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil
92 Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin
93 Villenave, Janek Warchoł
95 @item Core Contributors:
96 Aleksandr Andreev, Frédéric Bron, Torsten Hämmerle, Marc Hohl,
97 James Lowe, Andrew Main, Thomas Morley, David Nalesnik, Keith
98 OHara, Benkő Pál, Anders Pilegaard, Julien Rioux, Johannes Rohrer,
99 Adam Spiers, Heikki Tauriainen
101 @item Documentation Writers:
102 Frédéric Bron, Federico Bruni, Colin Campbell, Urs Liska, James
103 Lowe, Thomas Morley, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Guy Stalnaker,
104 Martin Tarenskeen, Arnold Theresius, Rodolfo Zitellini
107 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Marc Hohl, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph
111 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Marc Hohl, Marek Klein, Kieren MacMillan,
112 Urs Liska, Ralph Palmer
115 Federico Bruni, Luca Rossetto Casel, Felipe Castro, Pavel Fric,
116 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
119 and numerous other contributors.
124 @subsubheading LilyPond blog. @emph{June 2, 2013}
126 Janek Warchoł has created a LilyPond blog. You can find it at
127 @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/, lilypondblog.org}!
132 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.2 released! @emph{January 4, 2013}
134 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.2. This release is mainly
135 to correct a problem with lilypond-book running on Windows. We recommend that
136 only people requiring this functionality upgrade to this version.
141 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012}
143 The @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, October
144 issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}} focuses on the
145 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?LilyPond-meeting-in-Waltrop,
146 meeting of LilyPond developers and users} in Waltrop, Germany last
147 August. Of course, there are also some musings on LilyPond
148 triggered by the release of 2.16.0 and 2.17.0 occuring from that
151 There are also two monthly financial reports from David Kastrup
152 whose work on LilyPond is
153 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding,
154 solely paid for} by financial contributions from other developer
155 and users (thank you!), and a report about experiences from
156 @uref{http://scorio.com, a web-based music typesetting service}
157 using LilyPond internally.
159 Come @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, read
160 LilyPond Report 28} now; comments and contributions are warmly
165 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
167 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
168 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
169 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
173 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
175 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.1.
176 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
177 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
178 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
180 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
181 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
185 Support for kievan square notation
187 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
189 Music functions have become quite more versatile
192 A full list of new features is given in:
195 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
198 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
200 Main development team:
202 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
203 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
204 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
205 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
206 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
209 Programming contributors:
211 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
212 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
213 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
214 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
216 Documentation contributors:
218 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
222 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
227 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
229 Translation contributors:
231 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada