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30 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.57 released @emph{March 12, 2017}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
33 2.19.57. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
34 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
35 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
36 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
42 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.56 released @emph{February 26, 2017}
44 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
45 2.19.56. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
46 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
47 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
48 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
54 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.55 released @emph{February 12, 2017}
56 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
57 2.19.55. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
58 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
59 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
60 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
66 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.54 released @emph{January 4, 2017}
68 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
69 2.19.54. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
70 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
71 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
72 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
78 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.53 released @emph{December 17, 2016}
80 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
81 2.19.53. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
82 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
83 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
84 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
90 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.52 released @emph{December 4, 2016}
92 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
93 2.19.52. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
94 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
95 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
96 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
102 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.51 released @emph{November 20, 2016}
104 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
105 2.19.51. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
106 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
107 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
108 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
114 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.50 released @emph{November 6, 2016}
116 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
117 2.19.50. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
118 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
119 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
120 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
126 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.49 released @emph{October 16, 2016}
128 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
129 2.19.49. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
130 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
131 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
132 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
138 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.48 released @emph{September 13, 2016}
140 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
141 2.19.48. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
142 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
143 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
144 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
150 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.47 released @emph{August 31, 2016}
152 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
153 2.19.47. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
154 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
155 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
156 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
162 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.46 released @emph{July 26, 2016}
164 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
165 2.19.46. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
166 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
167 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
168 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
174 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.45 released @emph{July 09, 2016}
176 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
177 2.19.45. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
178 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
179 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
180 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
186 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.44 released @emph{June 21, 2016}
188 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
189 2.19.44. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
190 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
191 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
192 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
198 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.43 released @emph{June 8, 2016}
200 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
201 2.19.43. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
202 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
203 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
204 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
210 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.42 released @emph{May 15, 2016}
212 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
213 2.19.42. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
214 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
215 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
216 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
222 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.41 released @emph{May 1, 2016}
224 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
225 2.19.41. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
226 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
227 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
228 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
234 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.40 released @emph{April 17, 2016}
236 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
237 2.19.40. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
238 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
239 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
240 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
246 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.39 released @emph{March 27, 2016}
248 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
249 2.19.39. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
250 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
251 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
252 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
258 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.38 released @emph{March 13, 2016}
260 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
261 2.19.38. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
262 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
263 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
264 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
270 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.37 released @emph{February 28, 2016}
272 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
273 2.19.37. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
274 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
275 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
276 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
282 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.36 released @emph{January 31, 2016}
284 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
285 2.19.36. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
286 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
287 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
288 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
294 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.35 released @emph{January 02, 2016}
296 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
297 2.19.35. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
298 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
299 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
300 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
306 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.34 released @emph{December 22, 2015}
308 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
309 2.19.34. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
310 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
311 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
312 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
318 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.33 released @emph{December 6, 2015}
320 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
321 2.19.33. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
322 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
323 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
324 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
330 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.32 released @emph{November 22, 2015}
332 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
333 2.19.32. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
334 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
335 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
336 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
342 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.31 released @emph{November 8, 2015}
344 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
345 2.19.31. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
346 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
347 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
348 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
354 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.30 released @emph{October 25, 2015}
356 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
357 2.19.30. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
358 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
359 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
360 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
366 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.29 released @emph{October 18, 2015}
368 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
369 2.19.29. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
370 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
371 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
372 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
378 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.28 released @emph{September 27, 2015}
380 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
381 2.19.28. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
382 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
383 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
384 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
390 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.27 released @emph{September 12, 2015}
392 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
393 2.19.27. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
394 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
395 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
396 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
402 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.26 released @emph{August 27, 2015}
404 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
405 2.19.26. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
406 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
407 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
408 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
414 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.25 released @emph{August 9, 2015}
416 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
417 2.19.25. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
418 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
419 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
420 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
426 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.24 released @emph{July 26, 2015}
428 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
429 2.19.24. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
430 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
431 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
432 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
438 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.23 released @emph{July 12, 2015}
440 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
441 2.19.23. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
442 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
443 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
444 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
450 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.22 released @emph{June 28, 2015}
452 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
453 2.19.22. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
454 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
455 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
456 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
462 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.21 released @emph{May 24, 2015}
464 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
465 2.19.21. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
466 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
467 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
468 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
474 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.20 released @emph{May 10, 2015}
476 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
477 2.19.20. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
478 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
479 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
480 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
486 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.19 released @emph{April 26, 2015}
488 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
489 2.19.19. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
490 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
491 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
492 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
498 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.18 released @emph{April 5, 2015}
500 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
501 2.19.18. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
502 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
503 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
504 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
510 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.17 released @emph{March 15, 2015}
512 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
513 2.19.17. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
514 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
515 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
516 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
522 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.16 released @emph{February 28, 2015}
524 At long last, we are very happy to announce the release of LilyPond
525 2.19.16. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
526 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
527 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
528 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
531 We would like to acknowledge and thank Masamichi Hosoda for making this
532 release possible with his work on updating GUB, the build tool.
537 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.15 released @emph{September 28, 2014}
539 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.15. This
540 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
541 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
542 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
543 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
549 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.14 released @emph{September 14, 2014}
551 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.14. This
552 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
553 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
554 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
555 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
561 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.13 released @emph{August 31, 2014}
563 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.13. This
564 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
565 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
566 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
567 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
573 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.12 released @emph{August 17, 2014}
575 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.12. This
576 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
577 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
578 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
579 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
585 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.11 released @emph{August 3, 2014}
587 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.11. This
588 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
589 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
590 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
591 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
597 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.10 released @emph{July 13, 2014}
599 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.10. This
600 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
601 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
602 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
603 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
609 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.9 released @emph{June 29, 2014}
611 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.9. This
612 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
613 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
614 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
615 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
621 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.8 released @emph{June 15, 2014}
623 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.8. This
624 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
625 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
626 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
627 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
633 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.7 released @emph{May 25, 2014}
635 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.7. This
636 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
637 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
638 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
639 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
645 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.6 released @emph{May 11, 2014}
647 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.6. This
648 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
649 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
650 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
651 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
657 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.5 released @emph{April 20, 2014}
659 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.5. This
660 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
661 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
662 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
663 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
668 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.4 released @emph{April 6, 2014}
670 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.4. This
671 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
672 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
673 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
674 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
679 @subheading LilyPond production named BEST EDITION 2014 @emph{March 11, 2014}
681 We are thrilled that the edition of the songs of Oskar
682 Fried (1871-1941), published recently by our fellow contributors Urs Liska
683 and Janek Warchoł [1], received the "Musikeditionspreis BEST EDITION
684 2014" of the German Music Publishers' Association [2]. The ceremony
685 took place at the Frankfurt Musikmesse.
687 We congratulate Janek and Urs for gaining such public recognition of
688 typographical and editorial excellence of their work. We are also delighted
689 to inform you that they intend to make their work available under a Free
690 license as soon as the publisher expenses are covered. Please support this
691 initiative by buying the printed volume through the publisher [3].
693 [1] @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/category/fried-songs}@*
694 [2] @uref{http://www.best-edition.de}@*
695 [3] @uref{http://www.sound-rel.de}@*
701 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.3 released @emph{March 2, 2014}
703 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.3. This
704 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
705 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
706 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
707 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
712 @subheading LilyPond 2.18.1 @emph{February 16, 2014}
714 We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
715 The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
716 over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
717 and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
718 enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
720 To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
721 stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
726 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
728 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
729 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
730 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
731 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
732 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
737 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
739 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
740 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
741 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
742 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
743 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
748 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
750 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
751 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
752 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
753 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
754 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
759 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
761 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
762 a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
763 developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
764 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
765 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
766 latest version, see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
767 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
768 @uref{http://lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
773 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
775 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
776 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
777 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
778 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
779 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
780 latest version, see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
781 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
782 @uref{http://lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
787 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
789 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
790 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
791 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
792 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
793 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
794 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
795 latest version, see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
796 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
802 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
804 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
805 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
806 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
807 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
808 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
813 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
815 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
816 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
817 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
818 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
819 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
824 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
826 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
827 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
828 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
829 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
830 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
835 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
837 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
838 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
839 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
840 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
841 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
846 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
848 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
849 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
850 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
851 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
852 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
857 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
859 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
860 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
861 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
862 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
863 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
868 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
870 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
871 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
872 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
873 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
874 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
879 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
881 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
882 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
883 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
884 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
885 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
887 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
888 with positioning text.
893 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
895 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
896 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
897 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
898 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
899 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
904 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
906 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
907 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
908 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
909 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
910 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
915 @subheading LilyPond blog. @emph{June 2, 2013}
917 Janek Warchoł has created a LilyPond blog. You can find it at
918 @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/, lilypondblog.org}!
923 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
925 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
926 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
927 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
928 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
929 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
934 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
936 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
937 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
938 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
939 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
940 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
945 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
947 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
948 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
949 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
950 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
951 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
956 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
958 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
959 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
960 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
961 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
962 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
967 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
969 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
970 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
971 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
972 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
973 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
978 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
980 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
981 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
982 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
983 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
984 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
985 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
990 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
992 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
993 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
994 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
995 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
996 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1001 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
1003 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
1004 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1005 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1006 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1007 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1012 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
1014 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
1015 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1016 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1017 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1018 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1023 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
1025 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
1026 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1027 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1028 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1029 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1034 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.2 released! @emph{January 4, 2013}
1036 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.2. This release is mainly
1037 to correct a problem with lilypond-book running on Windows. We recommend that
1038 only people requiring this functionality upgrade to this version.
1043 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
1045 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
1046 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1047 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1048 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1049 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1054 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
1056 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
1057 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1058 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1059 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1060 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1065 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
1067 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
1068 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1069 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1070 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1071 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1077 @subheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012}
1079 The @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, October
1080 issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}} focuses on the
1081 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?LilyPond-meeting-in-Waltrop,
1082 meeting of LilyPond developers and users} in Waltrop, Germany last
1083 August. Of course, there are also some musings on LilyPond
1084 triggered by the release of 2.16.0 and 2.17.0 occuring from that
1087 There are also two monthly financial reports from David Kastrup
1088 whose work on LilyPond is
1089 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding,
1090 solely paid for} by financial contributions from other developer
1091 and users (thank you!), and a report about experiences from
1092 @uref{http://scorio.com, a web-based music typesetting service}
1093 using LilyPond internally.
1095 Come @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, read
1096 LilyPond Report 28} now; comments and contributions are warmly
1101 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
1103 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
1104 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
1105 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1109 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
1111 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
1112 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1113 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1114 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1115 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1120 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
1122 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
1123 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1124 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1125 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1126 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1131 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
1133 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
1134 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1135 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1136 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1141 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
1143 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
1144 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1145 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1146 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1151 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
1153 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
1154 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1155 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1156 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1161 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
1163 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
1164 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1165 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1166 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1172 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
1174 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
1175 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1176 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1177 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1182 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
1184 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
1185 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1186 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1187 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1189 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
1190 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
1194 Support for kievan square notation
1196 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
1198 Music functions have become quite more versatile
1201 A full list of new features is given in:
1204 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1207 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
1209 Main development team:
1211 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
1212 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
1213 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
1214 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
1215 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
1218 Programming contributors:
1220 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
1221 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
1222 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
1223 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
1225 Documentation contributors:
1227 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
1231 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
1236 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
1238 Translation contributors:
1240 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
1245 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
1247 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
1248 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
1249 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
1251 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
1252 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
1253 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1255 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
1256 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
1262 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
1264 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
1265 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1267 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1268 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1269 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1276 @subheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
1278 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
1279 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
1280 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
1281 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
1282 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
1283 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
1286 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
1287 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
1292 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
1294 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
1295 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1296 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1297 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1298 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1304 @subheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
1306 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
1307 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1308 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1309 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1312 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1313 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1314 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1321 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
1323 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
1324 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1326 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1327 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1328 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1335 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
1337 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
1338 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1339 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1340 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1341 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1347 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
1349 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1350 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1351 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1352 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1355 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1356 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1357 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1364 @subheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
1366 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
1367 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
1368 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
1369 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
1370 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
1371 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
1374 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
1375 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
1382 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
1384 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1385 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1386 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1387 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1390 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
1391 candidate will be required.
1397 @subheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
1399 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
1400 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
1401 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
1402 working on open source software.
1404 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
1405 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
1411 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
1413 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1414 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1415 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1416 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1419 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1420 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1421 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1428 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
1430 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1431 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1432 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1433 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1436 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1437 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1438 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1445 @subheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
1447 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
1448 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
1449 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
1450 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
1453 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
1454 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
1461 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
1463 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
1464 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1466 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1467 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1468 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1475 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
1477 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
1478 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1480 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1481 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1482 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1489 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
1491 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
1492 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1494 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1495 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1496 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1503 @subheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
1505 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
1506 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
1507 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
1508 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
1511 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
1512 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
1519 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
1521 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
1522 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1524 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1525 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1526 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1533 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
1535 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
1536 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1538 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1539 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1540 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1547 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
1549 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1550 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1551 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1552 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1555 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1556 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1557 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1564 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
1566 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
1567 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1569 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1570 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1571 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1578 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
1580 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
1581 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1583 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1584 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1585 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1592 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
1594 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
1595 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1597 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1598 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1599 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1606 @subheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
1608 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
1609 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
1610 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
1611 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
1612 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
1615 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
1616 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
1623 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
1625 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
1626 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1628 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1629 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1630 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1633 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
1639 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
1641 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
1642 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1644 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1645 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1646 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1653 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
1655 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
1656 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1658 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1659 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1660 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1667 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
1669 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
1670 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1672 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1673 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1674 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1681 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
1683 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
1684 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1686 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1687 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1688 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1695 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
1697 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
1698 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1700 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1701 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1702 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1709 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
1711 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
1712 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1714 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1715 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1716 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1723 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
1725 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
1726 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1728 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1729 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1730 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1737 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
1739 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
1740 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1742 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1743 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1744 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1751 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
1753 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
1754 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1756 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1757 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1758 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1765 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
1767 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
1768 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1770 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1771 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1772 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1779 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
1781 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
1782 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1784 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1785 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1786 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1793 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1795 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1796 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1798 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1799 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1800 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1807 @subheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1809 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1810 Critical regression.
1816 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1818 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1819 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1820 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1821 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1824 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1825 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1826 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1833 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1835 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
1836 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1838 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1839 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1840 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1841 not the next release candidate.
1847 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1849 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1850 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1852 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1853 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1854 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1855 next release candidate.
1861 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1863 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1864 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1865 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1867 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1868 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1869 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1870 next release candidate.
1876 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1878 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1879 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1880 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1881 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1884 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1885 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1886 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1893 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1895 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
1896 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1898 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1899 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1905 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1907 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1908 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1910 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1911 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1917 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1919 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1920 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1921 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1929 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1931 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1932 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1934 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1935 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1941 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1943 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1944 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1946 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1947 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1953 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1955 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1956 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1958 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1959 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1965 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1967 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1968 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1970 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1971 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1977 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1979 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1980 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1981 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1986 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1988 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1989 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1990 usual number of bugs.
1992 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1993 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1998 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
2000 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
2001 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
2002 usual number of bugs.
2004 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
2005 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
2011 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
2013 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
2014 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
2015 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
2016 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
2018 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
2019 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
2024 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
2027 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
2028 it much more flexible and easier to control.
2031 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
2036 A full list of new features is given in:
2039 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
2042 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
2044 Main development team:
2046 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
2047 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
2048 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
2049 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
2050 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
2052 Programming contributors:
2054 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
2055 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
2056 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
2057 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
2058 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
2059 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
2063 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
2065 Documentation contributors:
2067 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
2068 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
2072 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
2073 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
2075 Binaries support contributors:
2079 Translation contributors:
2081 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
2082 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
2089 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
2091 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
2092 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2093 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2094 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2097 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2098 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2099 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2106 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
2108 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
2109 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2111 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2112 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2118 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
2120 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
2121 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2123 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2124 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2130 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
2132 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
2133 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2135 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2136 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2142 @subheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
2144 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
2145 article in the May 2011 issue titled
2146 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/content/download/61706/482546/version/1/file/088-090_projects.pdf,
2147 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
2148 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
2149 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
2150 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
2155 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
2157 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
2158 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2160 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2161 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2167 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
2169 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
2170 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2171 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2172 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2175 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2176 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2177 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2184 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
2186 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
2187 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2188 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2189 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2192 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2193 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2194 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2201 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
2203 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
2204 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2205 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2206 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2209 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2210 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2211 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2218 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
2220 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
2221 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2223 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
2224 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2230 @subheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
2232 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
2233 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2234 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2235 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2236 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2242 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
2244 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
2245 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2246 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2247 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2250 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2251 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2252 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2259 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
2261 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
2262 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2264 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2265 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2270 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
2272 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
2273 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2275 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2276 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2281 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
2283 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
2284 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2286 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2287 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2293 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
2295 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
2296 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2298 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
2299 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
2300 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
2306 @subheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
2308 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
2309 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
2310 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
2317 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
2319 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
2320 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2321 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2322 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2325 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2326 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2327 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2334 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
2336 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
2337 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2338 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2346 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
2348 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
2349 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2350 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2358 @subheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
2360 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
2361 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2362 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2363 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2364 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2370 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
2372 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
2373 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2374 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2375 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2378 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2379 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2380 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2387 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
2389 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
2390 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2391 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2400 @subheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
2402 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
2403 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2404 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2405 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2408 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2409 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2410 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2411 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2417 @subheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
2419 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
2420 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2421 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2422 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2425 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2426 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2427 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2428 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2434 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
2436 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
2437 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2438 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2441 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2442 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2443 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2449 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
2451 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
2452 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2453 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2456 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2457 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2458 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2464 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
2466 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
2467 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2468 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2471 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2472 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2473 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2479 @subheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
2481 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
2482 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2483 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2484 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2487 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2488 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2489 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
2490 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2499 @subheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
2501 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
2502 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
2503 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
2504 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
2505 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
2506 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
2507 read on to find out what for!
2510 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
2511 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
2518 @subheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
2520 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
2521 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2522 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2523 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2526 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2527 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2528 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
2529 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2536 @subheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
2538 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
2539 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2540 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2541 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2544 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2545 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2546 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
2547 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2554 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
2556 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
2557 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2558 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2561 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
2562 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2563 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2568 @subheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
2570 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2571 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
2572 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
2573 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
2574 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
2578 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
2579 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
2586 @subheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
2588 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
2589 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2590 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2591 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2594 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
2595 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2596 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2597 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
2599 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
2601 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
2602 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
2603 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2609 @subheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
2611 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
2612 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2613 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2614 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2617 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
2618 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2619 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2620 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
2621 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
2622 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2628 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
2630 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
2631 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2632 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2641 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
2643 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
2644 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2645 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2652 @subheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
2654 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2655 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
2656 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
2657 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
2658 the bug report of the report!
2661 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
2662 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
2668 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
2670 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
2671 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2672 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2679 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
2681 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
2682 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2683 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2690 @subheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
2692 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2693 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
2694 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
2695 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
2699 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
2700 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
2708 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
2710 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
2711 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2712 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2715 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
2716 caution and expect breakage.
2721 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
2723 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
2724 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2725 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2728 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
2729 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
2730 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
2731 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
2736 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
2738 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
2739 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2740 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2746 @subheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
2748 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
2749 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
2750 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
2751 improvements to the new website.
2753 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
2754 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
2756 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
2757 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
2759 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
2765 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
2767 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
2768 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2769 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2774 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
2776 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
2777 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2778 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2784 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2786 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2787 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2788 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2794 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2796 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2797 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2798 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2803 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2805 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2806 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2807 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2812 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2814 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2815 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2816 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2819 This release should be of particular interest to package
2820 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2821 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2822 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2828 @subheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2830 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2831 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2832 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2833 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2836 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2837 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2844 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2846 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2847 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2848 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2851 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2852 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2853 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2854 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2855 see the Changes document for more information.
2859 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2861 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2862 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2863 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2868 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2870 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2871 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2872 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2873 so this release is intended for developers only.
2877 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2879 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2880 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2881 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2886 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2888 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2889 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2894 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2896 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2897 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2898 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2904 @subheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2906 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2907 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2908 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2909 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2910 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2912 What are you waiting for? Come
2913 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2914 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2919 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2921 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2922 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2923 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2927 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2929 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2930 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2931 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2932 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2933 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2938 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2940 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2941 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2942 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2946 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2948 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2949 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2950 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2951 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2955 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2957 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2958 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2959 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2960 and English names for feta filenames.
2966 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2968 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2969 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2970 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2971 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2974 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2975 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2976 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2982 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2984 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2985 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2986 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2987 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2989 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2990 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2995 @subheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2997 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2998 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
3004 @subheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
3006 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
3007 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3008 Read @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
3015 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
3017 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
3018 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
3019 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
3020 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
3022 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
3023 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
3024 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
3032 @subheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
3034 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
3035 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
3036 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
3037 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
3038 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
3039 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
3040 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
3041 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
3047 @subheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
3049 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
3050 its team, its world, its community.
3051 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
3052 to read the full issue...
3057 @subheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
3059 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
3060 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3061 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
3066 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
3068 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
3069 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
3075 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
3077 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3079 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
3086 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
3088 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
3089 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
3090 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
3091 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
3092 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
3094 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
3095 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
3097 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
3099 @ref{Old downloads}.
3104 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
3106 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
3107 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
3108 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
3109 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
3110 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
3111 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
3114 @ref{Old downloads}.
3119 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
3121 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
3122 documentation and translations.
3123 @ref{Old downloads}.
3128 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
3130 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
3131 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
3132 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
3133 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
3134 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
3136 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
3137 @ref{Old downloads}.
3142 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
3144 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
3145 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
3146 (teaching) has been added.
3148 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
3150 @ref{Old downloads}.
3155 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
3157 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
3158 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
3159 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
3160 @ref{Old downloads}.
3165 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
3167 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
3168 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
3169 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
3170 translations of the documentation.
3171 @ref{Old downloads}.
3176 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
3178 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
3179 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
3180 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
3181 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
3182 deceased since then. All the development team express their
3183 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
3184 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
3185 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
3186 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
3188 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
3190 @ref{Old downloads}.
3195 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
3197 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
3198 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
3199 markup command names have been made.
3202 @ref{Old downloads}.
3207 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
3209 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
3210 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
3211 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
3212 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
3213 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
3216 @ref{Old downloads}.
3221 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
3223 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
3224 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
3226 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
3227 @ref{Old downloads}.
3232 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
3234 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
3235 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
3236 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
3238 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
3239 @ref{Old downloads}.
3244 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
3246 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
3248 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
3249 @ref{Old downloads}.
3254 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
3256 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
3257 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
3258 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
3260 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
3262 @ref{Old downloads}.
3267 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
3269 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
3270 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
3271 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
3272 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
3274 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
3275 @ref{Old downloads}.
3280 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
3282 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
3283 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
3286 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
3287 @ref{Old downloads}.
3292 @subheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
3294 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3295 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123759/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
3300 @subheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
3302 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3303 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123754/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
3308 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
3310 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
3312 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
3313 @ref{Old downloads}.
3318 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3320 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
3321 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
3322 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
3324 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
3325 @ref{Old downloads}.
3330 @subheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3332 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3333 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123750/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
3338 @subheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
3340 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
3341 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123743/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
3346 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
3348 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
3349 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
3350 regression tests maintenance for developers.
3352 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
3353 @ref{Old downloads}.
3358 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
3360 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
3361 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
3363 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
3365 @ref{Old downloads}.
3370 @subheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
3372 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
3373 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
3374 report, new translations of the site and publications.
3375 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
3376 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
3377 announce releases and special events.
3382 @subheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
3384 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
3385 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3386 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123946/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
3391 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
3393 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
3394 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
3395 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
3396 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
3397 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
3400 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
3402 @ref{Old downloads}.
3407 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
3409 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
3410 names has been added to the MusicXML
3413 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
3414 @ref{Old downloads}.
3419 @subheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
3421 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
3426 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
3428 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
3429 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
3430 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
3433 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
3434 @ref{Old downloads}.
3439 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
3441 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
3444 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
3445 @ref{Old downloads}.
3450 @subheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3452 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
3453 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
3454 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
3455 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
3456 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
3457 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
3463 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3465 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
3466 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
3467 updates to the MusicXML converter.
3469 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
3470 @ref{Old downloads}.
3475 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
3477 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
3478 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
3483 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
3485 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
3486 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
3487 Grand Documentation Project.
3489 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
3490 @ref{Old downloads}.
3495 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
3497 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
3499 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
3500 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
3501 @ref{Old downloads}.
3506 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
3508 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
3510 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
3511 @ref{Old downloads}.
3516 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
3518 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
3519 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
3521 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
3522 @ref{Old downloads}.
3527 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
3529 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
3530 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
3531 for the translations.
3533 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
3534 @ref{Old downloads}.
3539 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
3541 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
3542 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
3543 and lots of updates for the translations.
3545 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
3546 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
3547 @ref{Old downloads}.
3552 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
3554 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
3555 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
3556 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/freebsd-64/,the installer} and
3557 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
3562 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
3563 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
3564 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
3565 spacing engine code.
3567 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
3568 @ref{Old downloads}.
3573 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
3575 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
3576 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
3578 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
3579 @ref{Old downloads}.
3584 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
3586 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
3587 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
3589 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
3590 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
3591 @ref{Old downloads}.
3596 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
3597 This has lots of bugfixes.
3599 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
3600 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
3601 @ref{Old downloads}.
3606 @subheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
3607 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
3608 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
3609 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
3614 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
3615 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
3617 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
3619 @ref{Old downloads}.
3624 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
3625 This release has some documentation updates.
3627 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
3629 @ref{Old downloads}.
3634 @subheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
3635 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
3636 disponibles en ligne ---
3637 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
3638 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
3639 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
3640 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
3645 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
3646 This release fixes many bugs.
3648 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
3649 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
3651 @ref{Old downloads}.
3656 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
3657 This release fixes many bugs.
3659 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
3660 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
3662 @ref{Old downloads}.
3667 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
3668 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
3669 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
3671 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
3673 @ref{Old downloads}.
3678 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
3679 This release fixes still more bugs.
3681 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
3683 @ref{Old downloads}.
3688 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
3689 This release fixes many bugs.
3690 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
3691 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
3693 @ref{Old downloads})
3698 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
3699 This release will stretch piano staves on a
3700 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
3701 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
3703 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
3704 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
3706 @ref{Old downloads}.
3711 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
3712 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
3713 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
3715 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
3722 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3723 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
3724 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
3726 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
3728 @ref{Old downloads}.
3733 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3734 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
3735 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
3737 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
3739 @ref{Old downloads}.
3744 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3745 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
3748 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
3750 @ref{Old downloads}.
3755 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
3756 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
3758 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
3760 @ref{Old downloads}.
3765 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
3766 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
3767 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
3768 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
3770 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
3772 @ref{Old downloads}.
3777 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3778 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
3779 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
3780 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
3781 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
3782 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3784 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3786 @ref{Old downloads}.
3791 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3792 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3793 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3796 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3798 @ref{Old downloads}.
3803 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3804 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3805 further improvements in the regression test suite
3809 @ref{Old downloads}.
3814 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3815 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3819 @ref{Old downloads}.
3824 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3825 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3830 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3831 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3836 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3837 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3841 @ref{Old downloads}.
3846 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3847 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3848 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3852 @ref{Old downloads}.
3857 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3858 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3862 @ref{Old downloads}.
3867 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3868 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3873 @ref{Old downloads}.
3878 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3879 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3883 @ref{Old downloads}.
3888 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3889 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3890 within a system as well as between systems.
3894 @ref{Old downloads}.
3899 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3900 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3901 test results} and several website build improvements.
3905 @ref{Old downloads}.
3910 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3911 This release fixes several bugs.
3914 @ref{Old downloads}.
3919 @subheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3920 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3925 @subheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3926 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3927 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3928 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3929 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3934 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3935 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3939 @ref{Old downloads}.
3944 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3945 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3948 @ref{Old downloads}.
3953 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3954 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3958 @ref{Old downloads}.
3963 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3964 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3967 @ref{Old downloads}.
3972 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3973 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3978 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3979 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3980 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3985 @subheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3986 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3987 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3992 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3993 This release has many more bugfixes.
3996 @ref{Old downloads}.
4001 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
4002 This release has many more bugfixes.
4005 @ref{Old downloads}.
4010 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
4011 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
4016 @ref{Old downloads}.
4021 @subheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
4022 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
4023 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
4024 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
4025 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
4026 (@ref{Publications}).
4031 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
4032 This release has further bugfixes.
4035 @ref{Old downloads}.
4040 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
4041 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
4042 available for x86/64.
4045 @ref{Old downloads}.
4050 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
4051 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
4052 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4053 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
4054 @ref{Old downloads})
4059 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
4060 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
4061 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4066 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
4067 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
4072 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
4073 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
4078 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
4079 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
4084 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
4085 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
4086 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4091 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
4092 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
4093 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
4094 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4099 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
4100 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4105 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
4106 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
4107 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
4112 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
4113 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
4114 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
4115 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
4116 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4121 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
4122 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
4123 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4128 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
4129 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
4130 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
4131 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4136 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
4137 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
4138 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
4139 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4144 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
4145 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
4147 @ref{Old downloads})
4152 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
4153 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
4155 @ref{Old downloads})
4160 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
4161 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
4162 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
4164 @ref{Old downloads})
4169 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
4170 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
4171 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
4172 (@ref{Old downloads})
4177 @subheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
4178 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
4179 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
4180 glory} what features are broken in the development release
4185 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
4186 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
4187 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
4188 the development releases even better
4193 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
4195 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
4196 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
4197 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4202 @subheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
4203 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
4204 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
4205 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
4206 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
4207 esthetics}. Happy reading!
4212 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
4213 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
4214 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
4216 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4221 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
4222 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
4223 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
4224 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
4225 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4230 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
4231 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
4232 (@ref{Old downloads})
4237 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
4238 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
4239 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
4240 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
4241 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
4242 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4247 @subheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
4248 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
4249 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
4250 (@ref{Publications})
4255 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4256 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
4257 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4262 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4263 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
4264 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
4265 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4270 @subheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
4271 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
4272 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
4277 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
4278 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
4279 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4284 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
4285 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
4286 released. (@ref{Changes},
4287 @ref{Old downloads})
4292 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
4293 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
4294 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
4295 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
4296 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
4297 multi-measure rests.
4299 @ref{Old downloads})
4304 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
4305 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
4307 @ref{Old downloads})
4312 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
4313 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
4314 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
4315 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
4316 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4317 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
4318 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
4319 @ref{Old downloads})
4324 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
4325 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
4326 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
4327 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
4328 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
4329 @ref{Old downloads})
4334 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
4335 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
4336 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
4337 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
4338 the endings and the middle
4339 part. (@ref{Changes},
4340 @ref{Old downloads})
4345 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
4346 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
4347 parenthesized, for example,
4350 c4 -\parenthesize -.
4351 <d \parenthesize fis a>
4355 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
4356 @ref{Old downloads})
4361 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
4362 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
4363 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
4373 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
4374 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
4375 vector. (@ref{Changes},
4376 @ref{Old downloads})
4381 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
4382 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
4383 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
4384 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
4385 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
4386 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
4387 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
4389 @ref{Old downloads})
4394 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
4395 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
4396 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
4397 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
4398 @ref{Old downloads})
4403 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
4404 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
4405 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
4406 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
4407 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
4408 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
4409 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
4410 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4411 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4412 @ref{Old downloads})
4417 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
4418 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
4419 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
4420 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
4421 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
4422 @ref{Old downloads})
4427 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
4429 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
4430 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
4431 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
4436 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
4437 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
4438 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
4439 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
4440 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
4445 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4446 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
4447 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
4449 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/linux-x86/,
4451 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/darwin-ppc/,
4453 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/mingw/,
4459 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4460 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
4461 (feature sponsored by Andrea
4462 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
4463 @ref{Old downloads})
4468 @subheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
4469 Linux Journal publishes an article on
4470 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
4471 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
4472 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
4475 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
4476 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
4477 alternatives seem second-rate.}
4478 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
4483 @subheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
4484 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
4485 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
4486 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
4487 page. Let us know how you fare!
4492 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
4493 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
4494 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
4495 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
4496 The important occasion for this release is our new build
4497 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
4498 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
4499 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
4500 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
4502 @ref{Old downloads})
4507 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
4508 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
4509 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
4510 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
4511 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
4512 @ref{Old downloads})
4517 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
4518 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
4519 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
4520 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
4521 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
4522 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
4523 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
4524 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
4525 functions. (@ref{Changes},
4526 @ref{Old downloads})
4531 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
4532 This release has the following new features:
4535 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
4536 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
4537 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4539 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
4540 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
4541 and Bertalan Fodor).
4543 Generic music functions may now also be used on
4544 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
4547 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
4548 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
4549 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
4553 @ref{Old downloads})
4558 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
4559 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
4560 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
4561 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
4562 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
4563 van den Borre and Bertalan
4564 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
4565 @ref{Old downloads})
4570 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
4571 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
4572 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
4573 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
4579 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
4580 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
4581 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
4582 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
4583 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
4585 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
4586 @ref{Old downloads})
4591 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
4592 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
4593 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
4598 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
4599 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
4600 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
4601 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
4602 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
4603 etc. (@ref{Changes},
4604 @ref{Old downloads})
4609 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
4610 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
4611 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
4612 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4613 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4614 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4615 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4616 @ref{Old downloads})
4621 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
4622 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4623 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4624 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4625 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4626 @ref{Old downloads})
4631 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
4632 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
4633 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
4634 @ref{Old downloads})
4639 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
4640 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
4641 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
4642 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
4643 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
4644 properties. (@ref{Changes},
4645 @ref{Old downloads})
4650 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
4651 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
4652 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
4653 that compute said property, i.e.
4656 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
4657 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
4660 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
4661 @ref{Old downloads})
4666 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
4667 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
4668 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
4669 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
4670 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
4671 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
4672 also provides advanced tweakability for power
4673 users. (@ref{Changes},
4674 @ref{Old downloads})
4679 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
4680 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
4681 series. (@ref{Changes},
4682 @ref{Old downloads})
4687 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
4688 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
4689 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
4690 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
4691 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
4692 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
4693 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
4694 sponsored by Nicolas
4695 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4696 @ref{Old downloads})
4701 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
4702 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
4703 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4704 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
4705 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
4706 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
4707 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4708 @ref{Old downloads})
4713 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
4714 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
4715 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
4716 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
4717 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4718 @ref{Old downloads})
4723 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
4724 This is mainly a bugfix
4725 release. (@ref{Changes},
4726 @ref{Old downloads})
4731 @subheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
4732 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
4733 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
4734 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
4735 la gravure musicale}.
4740 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
4741 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
4742 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
4743 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
4744 @ref{Old downloads})
4749 @subheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
4750 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
4751 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
4752 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
4753 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
4754 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
4759 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
4760 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
4761 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
4762 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
4763 @ref{Old downloads})
4768 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
4769 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
4770 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
4771 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
4772 signs. (@ref{Changes},
4773 @ref{Old downloads})
4778 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
4779 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
4780 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
4781 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
4782 @ref{Old downloads})
4787 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4788 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4789 for a note is proportional to the time it
4790 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4791 @ref{Old downloads})
4796 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4797 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4798 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4803 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4804 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4805 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4806 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4808 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4809 @ref{Old downloads})
4814 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4815 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4816 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4817 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4819 @ref{Old downloads})
4824 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4825 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4826 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4827 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4828 @ref{Old downloads})
4833 @subheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4834 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4836 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4837 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4838 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4839 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4840 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4845 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4846 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4847 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4848 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4853 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4854 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4855 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4856 @ref{Old downloads})
4861 @subheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4862 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4863 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4864 @ref{Old downloads})
4869 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4870 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4871 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4872 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4873 (@ref{Old downloads})
4878 @subheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4879 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4880 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4881 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4886 @subheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4887 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4888 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4889 better help functionality.
4890 (@ref{Old downloads})
4895 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4896 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4897 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4898 compile them directly from
4899 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4904 @subheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4905 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4906 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4911 @subheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4912 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4913 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4914 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4919 @subheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4920 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4921 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4922 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4923 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4928 @subheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4929 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4930 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4935 @subheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4936 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4941 @subheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4942 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4943 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4948 @subheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4949 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4950 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4951 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4952 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4957 @subheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4958 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4959 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4960 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4961 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4962 @ref{Old downloads})
4967 @subheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4969 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4970 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4972 (@ref{Old downloads})
4977 @subheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4978 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4979 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4980 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4981 signatures like 5/8.
4983 @ref{Old downloads})
4988 @subheading April 18, 2005
4989 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4990 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4991 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4992 More details are in the
4994 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4999 @subheading April 15, 2005
5000 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
5001 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
5002 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
5003 Scheme code. Take a look at
5005 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
5010 @subheading April 6, 2005
5011 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
5012 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
5013 place. @ref{Old downloads}
5018 @subheading March 31, 2005
5019 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
5020 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
5021 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
5026 @subheading March 20, 2005
5027 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
5028 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
5034 @subheading March 14, 2005
5035 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
5036 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
5037 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
5038 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
5039 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
5044 @subheading March 7, 2005
5045 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
5046 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
5047 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
5048 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
5049 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
5051 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
5056 @subheading March 7, 2005
5057 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
5058 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
5064 @subheading February 28, 2005
5065 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install
5066 Ghostscript 8.15rc3. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
5067 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
5068 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
5074 @subheading February 28, 2005
5075 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
5076 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}.
5077 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
5078 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
5083 @subheading February 26, 2005
5084 The @uref{http://lsr.di.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
5085 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
5086 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
5087 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
5092 @subheading February 21, 2005
5093 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
5094 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
5095 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
5096 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
5098 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
5103 @subheading February 4, 2005
5104 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
5105 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
5106 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
5107 @ref{Old downloads}!
5112 @subheading January 31, 2005
5113 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
5114 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
5115 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
5121 @subheading January 26, 2005
5122 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
5123 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
5129 @subheading January 16, 2005
5130 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
5131 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
5132 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
5134 @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,
5136 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
5141 @subheading January 11, 2005
5142 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
5143 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
5144 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
5145 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
5146 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
5147 font code by Werner.
5149 and check out the changes in
5150 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5155 @subheading January 02, 2005
5156 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
5157 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
5158 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
5159 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
5160 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
5161 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
5162 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
5163 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
5164 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
5167 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5172 @subheading December 28, 2004
5173 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
5174 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
5175 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
5176 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
5178 and check out the changes in
5179 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5184 @subheading December 20, 2004
5185 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
5186 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
5187 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
5188 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
5189 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
5192 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5197 @subheading December 3, 2004
5198 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
5199 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
5200 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
5201 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
5202 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
5203 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
5204 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
5205 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
5209 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5214 @subheading November 26, 2004
5215 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
5216 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
5217 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
5218 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
5219 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
5221 and check out the changes in
5222 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5227 @subheading November 20, 2004
5228 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
5229 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
5230 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
5231 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
5232 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
5233 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
5234 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
5235 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
5238 and check out the changes in
5239 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5244 @subheading November 12, 2004
5245 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
5246 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
5247 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
5248 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
5249 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
5252 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
5255 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
5256 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
5257 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
5258 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
5259 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
5262 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5267 @subheading November 11, 2004
5268 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
5269 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
5275 @subheading November 4, 2004
5276 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
5277 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
5279 and check out the changes in
5280 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5285 @subheading October 31, 2004
5286 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
5287 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
5288 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
5289 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
5296 @subheading October 29, 2004
5297 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
5298 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
5299 some problems with the conversion scripts.
5301 and check out the changes in
5302 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5307 @subheading October 29, 2004
5308 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5309 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
5310 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
5311 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
5313 and check out the changes in
5314 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5319 @subheading October 27, 2004
5320 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
5321 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
5322 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
5324 and check out the changes in
5325 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5330 @subheading October 24, 2004
5331 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
5332 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
5333 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5335 and check out the changes in
5336 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5341 @subheading October 10, 2004
5342 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
5343 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
5344 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
5348 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5353 @subheading October 09, 2004
5354 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
5355 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
5356 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
5360 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5365 @subheading October 02, 2004
5366 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
5367 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
5368 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
5369 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
5370 in the documentation.
5372 and check out the changes in
5373 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5378 @subheading September 29, 2004
5379 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20040811160307/http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
5380 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
5381 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
5382 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
5387 @subheading September 26, 2004
5388 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
5390 and check out the changes
5391 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5396 @subheading September 20, 2004
5397 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
5398 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
5399 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
5400 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
5401 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
5402 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
5405 and check out the changes in
5406 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5411 @subheading September 11, 2004
5412 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
5413 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
5414 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
5415 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
5416 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
5417 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
5418 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
5419 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
5420 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
5421 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
5422 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
5423 will hold users back in switching.
5425 and check out the changes in
5426 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5431 @subheading September 10, 2004
5432 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
5433 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
5434 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
5435 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
5436 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
5437 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
5439 and check out the changes in
5440 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5445 @subheading September 6, 2004
5446 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
5447 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
5448 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
5449 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
5450 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
5454 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5459 @subheading August 29, 2004
5460 LilyPond now has a Documentation
5461 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
5462 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
5463 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
5464 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
5465 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
5466 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
5467 chapter of the user manual.
5468 A lot of cheers for Graham!
5473 @subheading August 29, 2004
5474 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
5475 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
5476 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
5477 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
5478 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
5479 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
5483 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5488 @subheading August 24, 2004
5489 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
5490 disappearing metronome mark.
5492 and check out the changes in
5493 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5498 @subheading August 23, 2004
5499 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
5500 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
5501 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
5502 `doubleSlurs' property.
5504 and check out the changes in
5505 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5510 @subheading August 3, 2004
5511 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
5512 annoying bugs fixed.
5515 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5520 @subheading August 1, 2004
5521 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
5522 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
5523 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
5524 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
5525 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
5526 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
5529 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
5530 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
5532 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
5533 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
5538 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5543 @subheading July 30, 2004
5544 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
5545 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
5546 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
5547 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
5548 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
5549 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
5550 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
5551 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
5552 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
5553 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
5556 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5561 @subheading July 23, 2004
5562 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
5563 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
5564 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
5565 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
5568 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5573 @subheading July 19, 2004
5574 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
5575 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
5576 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
5577 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
5578 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
5579 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
5580 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
5581 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
5582 beat within the measure.
5584 and check out the changes in
5585 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5590 @subheading July 15, 2004
5591 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
5595 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5600 @subheading July 11, 2004
5601 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
5607 @subheading July 5, 2004
5608 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
5609 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
5610 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
5611 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
5613 and check out the changes
5614 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5619 @subheading July 5, 2004
5620 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
5624 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5629 @subheading June 25, 2004
5630 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
5631 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
5632 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
5633 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
5634 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
5635 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
5636 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5638 @ref{Old downloads}.
5643 @subheading June 20, 2004
5644 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
5645 bugs that were reported over the past month. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog} for a full description and
5646 @ref{Old downloads}.
5651 @subheading June 13, 2004
5652 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
5653 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
5654 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5656 @ref{Old downloads}.
5661 @subheading May 31, 2004
5662 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
5663 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
5664 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5666 @ref{Old downloads}.
5671 @subheading May 31, 2004
5672 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
5673 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5674 or head straight to the
5675 @ref{Old downloads}.
5680 @subheading May 26, 2004
5681 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
5682 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
5683 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5684 @ref{Old downloads}.
5689 @subheading May 9, 2004
5690 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
5691 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5692 @ref{Old downloads}.
5697 @subheading May 4, 2004
5698 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
5700 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
5701 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
5702 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
5703 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
5704 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
5709 @subheading May 3, 2004
5710 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
5711 @ref{Old downloads}.
5716 @subheading April 17, 2004
5717 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
5718 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
5724 @subheading April 12, 2004
5725 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
5726 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
5727 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
5728 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
5729 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
5730 @ref{Old downloads}.
5735 @subheading April 8, 2004
5736 A French article on the new LilyPond
5737 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
5742 @subheading April 8, 2004
5743 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
5744 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
5750 @subheading April 1, 2004
5751 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
5752 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
5753 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
5754 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
5755 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
5756 @ref{Old downloads}.
5761 @subheading March 31, 2004
5762 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
5763 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
5764 documentation polish. This should be the final release
5765 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
5767 @ref{Old downloads}.
5772 @subheading March 30, 2004
5773 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
5775 @ref{Old downloads}.
5780 @subheading March 28, 2004
5781 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
5782 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
5783 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5790 @subheading March 22, 2004
5791 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5792 @ref{Old downloads}.
5797 @subheading March 21, 2004
5798 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5805 @subheading March 20, 2004
5806 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5807 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5808 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5810 @ref{Old downloads}.
5815 @subheading March 15, 2004
5816 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5817 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5818 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5821 @ref{Old downloads}.
5826 @subheading March 14, 2004
5828 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5829 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5835 @subheading March 11, 2004
5836 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5838 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5839 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5840 authors of LilyPond.
5845 @subheading March 11, 2004
5846 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5847 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5850 @ref{Old downloads}.
5855 @subheading March 9, 2004
5856 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5857 experimental support for producing titles with
5863 @subheading February 29, 2004
5864 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5865 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5866 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5868 @ref{Old downloads}.
5873 @subheading February 24, 2004
5874 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5875 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5876 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5878 @ref{Old downloads}.
5883 @subheading February 23, 2004
5884 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5885 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5886 produce cue notes. More information in the
5893 @subheading February 18, 2004
5894 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5895 for altering accidental rules.
5901 @subheading February 16, 2004
5902 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5903 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5904 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5905 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5906 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5907 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5908 More information in the
5915 @subheading February 13, 2004
5916 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5917 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5918 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5925 @subheading February 12, 2004
5926 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5927 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5928 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5929 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5936 @subheading February 9, 2004
5937 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5938 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5939 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5940 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5941 More information in the
5948 @subheading February 5, 2004
5949 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5950 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5951 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5952 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5953 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5954 More information in the
5961 @subheading February 4, 2004
5962 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5963 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5964 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5972 @subheading February 2, 2004
5973 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5974 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5975 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5982 @subheading January 28, 2004
5983 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5984 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5985 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5986 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5995 @subheading January 26, 2004
5996 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5997 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
6000 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6005 @subheading January 21, 2004
6007 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
6008 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
6009 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
6012 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6017 @subheading January 20, 2004
6018 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
6019 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
6020 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
6021 access, but only HTTP downloads.
6026 @subheading January 20, 2004
6027 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
6028 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
6029 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
6030 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
6036 @subheading January 19, 2004
6037 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
6038 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
6040 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6045 @subheading January 18, 2004
6046 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
6047 available for Windows! For downloading, go
6048 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20040204191423/http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
6053 @subheading January 17, 2004
6054 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
6055 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
6056 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
6058 More information in the
6059 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6064 @subheading January 16, 2004
6065 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
6066 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
6068 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6073 @subheading January 13, 2004
6074 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
6075 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
6076 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
6078 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6083 @subheading January 9, 2004
6084 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
6085 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
6086 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
6087 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
6088 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
6089 individual music expressions.
6090 More information in the
6091 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6096 @subheading January 7, 2004
6097 An update to the stable branch,
6098 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
6099 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
6104 @subheading January 6, 2004
6105 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
6106 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
6107 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
6108 More information in the
6109 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6114 @subheading January 4, 2004
6115 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
6117 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
6118 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6123 @subheading January 2, 2004
6124 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
6125 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
6126 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
6127 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6132 @subheading December 30, 2003
6133 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
6134 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
6135 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
6136 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6141 @subheading December 23, 2003
6142 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
6143 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
6144 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
6145 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
6146 to implement this are welcome!) See the
6147 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6152 @subheading December 17, 2003
6153 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
6154 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
6155 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
6157 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6162 @subheading December 16, 2003
6163 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
6164 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
6165 Han-Wen's absence. See the
6166 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6171 @subheading October 11, 2003
6172 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
6174 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6179 @subheading October 11, 2003
6180 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
6182 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
6183 thanks to Heikki Junes.
6188 @subheading October 9, 2003
6189 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
6190 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
6191 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
6196 @subheading October 5, 2003
6197 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
6204 @subheading October 4, 2003
6205 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
6207 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
6208 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
6213 @subheading September 29, 2003
6214 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
6215 contains minor bugfixes.
6216 See the @ref{Changes}
6217 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
6222 @subheading September 27, 2003
6223 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
6224 @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,
6225 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
6231 @subheading September 24, 2003
6232 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
6233 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
6234 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
6235 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
6236 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
6241 @subheading September 24, 2003
6242 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
6243 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
6244 the @ref{Changes} and
6245 download @uref{install/,here}.
6250 @subheading September 23, 2003
6251 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
6252 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6253 the @ref{Changes} and
6254 download @uref{install/,here}.
6259 @subheading September 19, 2003
6260 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
6261 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6262 the @ref{Changes} and
6263 download @uref{install/,here}.
6268 @subheading September 17, 2003
6269 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
6270 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
6276 @subheading September 16, 2003
6277 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
6278 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
6284 @subheading September 10, 2003
6285 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
6286 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
6287 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
6288 will be available in a few weeks.
6294 @subheading September 9, 2003
6295 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
6296 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
6302 @subheading September 7, 2003
6303 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
6304 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
6310 @subheading August 31, 2003
6311 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
6312 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
6313 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
6319 @subheading August 31, 2003
6320 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
6321 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
6326 @subheading August 31, 2003
6327 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
6328 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
6329 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
6330 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6335 @subheading August 28, 2003
6336 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
6337 @ref{Changes} and get it
6338 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6343 @subheading August 26, 2003
6344 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
6345 @ref{Changes} and get it
6346 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6351 @subheading August 25, 2003
6352 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
6353 @ref{Changes} and get it
6354 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6359 @subheading August 25, 2003
6360 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
6361 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
6366 @subheading August 21, 2003
6367 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
6368 read the @ref{Changes}.
6373 @subheading August 18, 2003
6374 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
6375 has been updated to 1.8.
6376 Download @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,here.}
6381 @subheading August 7, 2003
6382 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
6383 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
6388 @subheading August 7, 2003
6389 New website went live!
6394 @subheading August 6, 2003
6395 Announced new website.
6400 @subheading August 1, 2003
6401 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
6406 @subheading July 30, 2003
6407 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
6408 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
6414 @subheading July 29, 2003
6415 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
6416 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.