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30 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.62 released @emph{June 10, 2017}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
33 2.19.62. 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 2.19.61 released @emph{May 21, 2017}
44 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
45 2.19.61. 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 2.19.60 released @emph{May 08, 2017}
56 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
57 2.19.60. 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 2.19.59 released @emph{April 09, 2017}
68 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
69 2.19.59. 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 2.19.58 released @emph{March 26, 2017}
80 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
81 2.19.58. 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 2.19.57 released @emph{March 12, 2017}
92 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
93 2.19.57. 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 2.19.56 released @emph{February 26, 2017}
104 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
105 2.19.56. 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 2.19.55 released @emph{February 12, 2017}
116 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
117 2.19.55. 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 2.19.54 released @emph{January 4, 2017}
128 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
129 2.19.54. 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 2.19.53 released @emph{December 17, 2016}
140 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
141 2.19.53. 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 2.19.52 released @emph{December 4, 2016}
152 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
153 2.19.52. 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 2.19.51 released @emph{November 20, 2016}
164 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
165 2.19.51. 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 2.19.50 released @emph{November 6, 2016}
176 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
177 2.19.50. 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 2.19.49 released @emph{October 16, 2016}
188 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
189 2.19.49. 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 2.19.48 released @emph{September 13, 2016}
200 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
201 2.19.48. 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 2.19.47 released @emph{August 31, 2016}
212 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
213 2.19.47. 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 2.19.46 released @emph{July 26, 2016}
224 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
225 2.19.46. 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 2.19.45 released @emph{July 09, 2016}
236 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
237 2.19.45. 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 2.19.44 released @emph{June 21, 2016}
248 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
249 2.19.44. 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 2.19.43 released @emph{June 8, 2016}
260 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
261 2.19.43. 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 2.19.42 released @emph{May 15, 2016}
272 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
273 2.19.42. 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 2.19.41 released @emph{May 1, 2016}
284 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
285 2.19.41. 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 2.19.40 released @emph{April 17, 2016}
296 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
297 2.19.40. 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 2.19.39 released @emph{March 27, 2016}
308 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
309 2.19.39. 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 2.19.38 released @emph{March 13, 2016}
320 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
321 2.19.38. 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 2.19.37 released @emph{February 28, 2016}
332 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
333 2.19.37. 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 2.19.36 released @emph{January 31, 2016}
344 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
345 2.19.36. 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 2.19.35 released @emph{January 02, 2016}
356 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
357 2.19.35. 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 2.19.34 released @emph{December 22, 2015}
368 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
369 2.19.34. 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 2.19.33 released @emph{December 6, 2015}
380 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
381 2.19.33. 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 2.19.32 released @emph{November 22, 2015}
392 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
393 2.19.32. 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 2.19.31 released @emph{November 8, 2015}
404 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
405 2.19.31. 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 2.19.30 released @emph{October 25, 2015}
416 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
417 2.19.30. 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 2.19.29 released @emph{October 18, 2015}
428 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
429 2.19.29. 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 2.19.28 released @emph{September 27, 2015}
440 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
441 2.19.28. 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 2.19.27 released @emph{September 12, 2015}
452 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
453 2.19.27. 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 2.19.26 released @emph{August 27, 2015}
464 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
465 2.19.26. 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 2.19.25 released @emph{August 9, 2015}
476 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
477 2.19.25. 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 2.19.24 released @emph{July 26, 2015}
488 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
489 2.19.24. 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 2.19.23 released @emph{July 12, 2015}
500 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
501 2.19.23. 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 2.19.22 released @emph{June 28, 2015}
512 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
513 2.19.22. 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 2.19.21 released @emph{May 24, 2015}
524 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
525 2.19.21. 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
534 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.20 released @emph{May 10, 2015}
536 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
537 2.19.20. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
538 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
539 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
540 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
546 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.19 released @emph{April 26, 2015}
548 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
549 2.19.19. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
550 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
551 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
552 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
558 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.18 released @emph{April 5, 2015}
560 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
561 2.19.18. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
562 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
563 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
564 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
570 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.17 released @emph{March 15, 2015}
572 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
573 2.19.17. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
574 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
575 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
576 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
582 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.16 released @emph{February 28, 2015}
584 At long last, we are very happy to announce the release of LilyPond
585 2.19.16. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
586 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
587 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
588 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
591 We would like to acknowledge and thank Masamichi Hosoda for making this
592 release possible with his work on updating GUB, the build tool.
597 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.15 released @emph{September 28, 2014}
599 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.15. 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 2.19.14 released @emph{September 14, 2014}
611 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.14. 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 2.19.13 released @emph{August 31, 2014}
623 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.13. 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 2.19.12 released @emph{August 17, 2014}
635 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.12. 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 2.19.11 released @emph{August 3, 2014}
647 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.11. 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 2.19.10 released @emph{July 13, 2014}
659 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.10. This
660 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
661 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
663 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
669 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.9 released @emph{June 29, 2014}
671 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.9. This
672 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
673 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
674 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
675 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
681 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.8 released @emph{June 15, 2014}
683 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.8. This
684 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
685 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
686 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
687 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
693 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.7 released @emph{May 25, 2014}
695 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.7. This
696 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
697 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
698 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
699 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
705 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.6 released @emph{May 11, 2014}
707 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.6. This
708 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
709 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
710 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
711 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
717 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.5 released @emph{April 20, 2014}
719 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.5. This
720 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
721 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
722 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
723 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
728 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.4 released @emph{April 6, 2014}
730 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.4. This
731 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
732 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
733 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
734 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
739 @subheading LilyPond production named BEST EDITION 2014 @emph{March 11, 2014}
741 We are thrilled that the edition of the songs of Oskar
742 Fried (1871-1941), published recently by our fellow contributors Urs Liska
743 and Janek Warchoł [1], received the "Musikeditionspreis BEST EDITION
744 2014" of the German Music Publishers' Association [2]. The ceremony
745 took place at the Frankfurt Musikmesse.
747 We congratulate Janek and Urs for gaining such public recognition of
748 typographical and editorial excellence of their work. We are also delighted
749 to inform you that they intend to make their work available under a Free
750 license as soon as the publisher expenses are covered. Please support this
751 initiative by buying the printed volume through the publisher [3].
753 [1] @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/category/fried-songs}@*
754 [2] @uref{http://www.best-edition.de}@*
755 [3] @uref{http://www.sound-rel.de}@*
761 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.3 released @emph{March 2, 2014}
763 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.3. This
764 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
765 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
766 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
767 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
772 @subheading LilyPond 2.18.1 @emph{February 16, 2014}
774 We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
775 The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
776 over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
777 and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
778 enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
780 To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
781 stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
786 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
788 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
789 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
790 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
791 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
792 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
797 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
799 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
800 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
801 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
802 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
803 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
808 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
810 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
811 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
812 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
813 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
814 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
819 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
821 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
822 a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
823 developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
824 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
825 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
826 latest version, see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
827 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
828 @uref{http://lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
833 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
835 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
836 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
837 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
838 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
839 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
840 latest version, see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
841 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
842 @uref{http://lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
847 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
849 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
850 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
851 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
852 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
853 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
854 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
855 latest version, see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
856 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
862 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
864 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
865 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
866 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
867 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
868 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
873 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
875 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
876 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
877 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
878 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
879 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
884 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
886 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
887 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
888 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
889 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
890 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
895 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
897 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
898 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
899 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
900 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
901 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
906 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
908 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
909 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
910 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
911 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
912 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
917 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
919 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
920 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
921 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
922 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
923 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
928 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
930 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
931 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
932 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
933 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
934 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
939 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
941 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
942 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
943 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
944 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
945 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
947 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
948 with positioning text.
953 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
955 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
956 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
957 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
958 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
959 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
964 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
966 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
967 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
968 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
969 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
970 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
975 @subheading LilyPond blog. @emph{June 2, 2013}
977 Janek Warchoł has created a LilyPond blog. You can find it at
978 @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/, lilypondblog.org}!
983 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
985 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
986 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
987 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
988 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
989 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
994 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
996 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
997 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
998 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
999 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1000 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1005 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
1007 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
1008 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1009 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1010 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1011 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1016 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
1018 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
1019 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1020 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1021 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1022 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1027 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
1029 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
1030 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1031 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1032 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1033 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1038 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
1040 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
1041 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
1042 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
1043 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1044 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1045 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1050 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
1052 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
1053 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1054 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1055 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1056 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1061 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
1063 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
1064 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1065 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1066 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1067 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1072 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
1074 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
1075 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1076 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1077 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1078 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1083 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
1085 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
1086 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1087 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1088 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1089 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1094 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.2 released! @emph{January 4, 2013}
1096 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.2. This release is mainly
1097 to correct a problem with lilypond-book running on Windows. We recommend that
1098 only people requiring this functionality upgrade to this version.
1103 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
1105 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
1106 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1107 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1108 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1109 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1114 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
1116 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
1117 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1118 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1119 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1120 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1125 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
1127 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
1128 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1129 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1130 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1131 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1137 @subheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012}
1139 The @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, October
1140 issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}} focuses on the
1141 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?LilyPond-meeting-in-Waltrop,
1142 meeting of LilyPond developers and users} in Waltrop, Germany last
1143 August. Of course, there are also some musings on LilyPond
1144 triggered by the release of 2.16.0 and 2.17.0 occuring from that
1147 There are also two monthly financial reports from David Kastrup
1148 whose work on LilyPond is
1149 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding,
1150 solely paid for} by financial contributions from other developer
1151 and users (thank you!), and a report about experiences from
1152 @uref{http://scorio.com, a web-based music typesetting service}
1153 using LilyPond internally.
1155 Come @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, read
1156 LilyPond Report 28} now; comments and contributions are warmly
1161 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
1163 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
1164 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
1165 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1169 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
1171 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
1172 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1173 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1174 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1175 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1180 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
1182 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
1183 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1184 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1185 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1186 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1191 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
1193 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
1194 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1195 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1196 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1201 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
1203 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
1204 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1205 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1206 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1211 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
1213 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
1214 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1215 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1216 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1221 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
1223 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
1224 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1225 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1226 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1232 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
1234 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
1235 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1236 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1237 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1242 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
1244 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
1245 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1246 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1247 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1249 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
1250 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
1254 Support for kievan square notation
1256 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
1258 Music functions have become quite more versatile
1261 A full list of new features is given in:
1264 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1267 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
1269 Main development team:
1271 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
1272 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
1273 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
1274 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
1275 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
1278 Programming contributors:
1280 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
1281 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
1282 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
1283 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
1285 Documentation contributors:
1287 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
1291 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
1296 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
1298 Translation contributors:
1300 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
1305 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
1307 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
1308 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
1309 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
1311 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
1312 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
1313 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1315 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
1316 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
1322 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
1324 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
1325 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1327 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1328 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1329 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1336 @subheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
1338 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
1339 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
1340 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
1341 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
1342 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
1343 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
1346 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
1347 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
1352 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
1354 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
1355 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1356 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1357 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1358 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1364 @subheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
1366 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
1367 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1368 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1369 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1372 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1373 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1374 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1381 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
1383 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
1384 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1386 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1387 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1388 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1395 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
1397 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
1398 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1399 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1400 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1401 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1407 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
1409 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1410 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1411 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1412 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1415 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1416 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1417 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1424 @subheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
1426 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
1427 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
1428 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
1429 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
1430 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
1431 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
1434 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
1435 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
1442 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
1444 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1445 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1446 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1447 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1450 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
1451 candidate will be required.
1457 @subheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
1459 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
1460 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
1461 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
1462 working on open source software.
1464 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
1465 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
1471 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
1473 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1474 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1475 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1476 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1479 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1480 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1481 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1488 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
1490 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1491 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1492 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1493 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1496 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1497 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1498 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1505 @subheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
1507 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
1508 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
1509 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
1510 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
1513 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
1514 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
1521 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
1523 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
1524 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1526 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1527 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1528 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1535 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
1537 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
1538 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1540 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1541 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1542 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1549 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
1551 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
1552 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1554 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1555 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1556 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1563 @subheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
1565 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
1566 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
1567 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
1568 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
1571 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
1572 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
1579 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
1581 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
1582 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1584 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1585 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1586 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1593 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
1595 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
1596 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1598 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1599 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1600 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1607 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
1609 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1610 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1611 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1612 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1615 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1616 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1617 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1624 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
1626 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
1627 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1629 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1630 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1631 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1638 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
1640 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
1641 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1643 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1644 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1645 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1652 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
1654 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
1655 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1657 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1658 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1659 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1666 @subheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
1668 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
1669 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
1670 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
1671 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
1672 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
1675 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
1676 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
1683 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
1685 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
1686 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1688 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1689 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1690 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1693 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
1699 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
1701 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
1702 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1704 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1705 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1706 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1713 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
1715 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
1716 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1718 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1719 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1720 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1727 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
1729 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
1730 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1732 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1733 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1734 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1741 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
1743 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
1744 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1746 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1747 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1748 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1755 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
1757 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
1758 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1760 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1761 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1762 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1769 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
1771 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
1772 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1774 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1775 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1776 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1783 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
1785 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
1786 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1788 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1789 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1790 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1797 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
1799 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
1800 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1802 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1803 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1804 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1811 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
1813 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
1814 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1816 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1817 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1818 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1825 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
1827 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
1828 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1830 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1831 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1832 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1839 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
1841 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
1842 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1844 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1845 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1846 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1853 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1855 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1856 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1858 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1859 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1860 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1867 @subheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1869 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1870 Critical regression.
1876 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1878 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second 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 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1893 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1895 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. 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. Please
1900 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1901 not the next release candidate.
1907 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1909 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1910 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1912 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1913 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1914 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1915 next release candidate.
1921 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1923 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1924 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1925 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1927 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1928 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1929 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1930 next release candidate.
1936 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1938 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1939 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1940 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1941 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1944 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1945 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1946 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1953 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1955 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. 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 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1967 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. 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 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1979 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. 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.
1989 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1991 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1992 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1994 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1995 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
2001 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
2003 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
2004 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2006 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
2007 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
2013 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
2015 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
2016 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2018 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
2019 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
2025 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
2027 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
2028 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2030 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
2031 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
2037 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
2039 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
2040 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
2041 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
2046 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
2048 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
2049 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
2050 usual number of bugs.
2052 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
2053 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
2058 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
2060 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
2061 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
2062 usual number of bugs.
2064 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
2065 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
2071 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
2073 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
2074 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
2075 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
2076 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
2078 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
2079 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
2084 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
2087 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
2088 it much more flexible and easier to control.
2091 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
2096 A full list of new features is given in:
2099 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
2102 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
2104 Main development team:
2106 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
2107 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
2108 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
2109 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
2110 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
2112 Programming contributors:
2114 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
2115 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
2116 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
2117 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
2118 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
2119 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
2123 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
2125 Documentation contributors:
2127 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
2128 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
2132 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
2133 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
2135 Binaries support contributors:
2139 Translation contributors:
2141 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
2142 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
2149 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
2151 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
2152 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2153 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2154 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2157 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2158 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2159 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2166 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
2168 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
2169 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2171 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2172 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2178 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
2180 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
2181 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2183 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2184 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2190 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
2192 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
2193 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2195 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2196 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2202 @subheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
2204 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
2205 article in the May 2011 issue titled
2206 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/content/download/61706/482546/version/1/file/088-090_projects.pdf,
2207 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
2208 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
2209 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
2210 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
2215 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
2217 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
2218 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2220 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2221 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2227 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
2229 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
2230 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2231 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2232 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2235 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2236 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2237 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2244 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
2246 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
2247 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2248 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2249 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2252 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2253 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2254 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2261 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
2263 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
2264 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2265 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2266 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2269 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2270 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2271 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2278 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
2280 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
2281 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2283 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
2284 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2290 @subheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
2292 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
2293 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2294 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2295 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2296 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2302 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
2304 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
2305 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2306 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2307 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2310 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2311 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2312 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2319 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
2321 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
2322 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2324 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2325 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2330 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
2332 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
2333 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2335 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2336 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2341 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
2343 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
2344 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2346 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2347 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2353 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
2355 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
2356 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2358 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
2359 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
2360 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
2366 @subheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
2368 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
2369 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
2370 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
2377 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
2379 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
2380 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2381 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2382 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2385 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2386 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2387 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2394 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
2396 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
2397 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2398 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2406 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
2408 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
2409 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2410 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2418 @subheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
2420 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
2421 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2422 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2423 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2424 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2430 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
2432 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
2433 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2434 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2435 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2438 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2439 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2440 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2447 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
2449 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
2450 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2451 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2460 @subheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
2462 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
2463 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2464 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2465 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2468 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2469 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2470 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2471 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2477 @subheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
2479 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
2480 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2481 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2482 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2485 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2486 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2487 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2488 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2494 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
2496 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
2497 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2498 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2501 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2502 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2503 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2509 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
2511 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
2512 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2513 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2516 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2517 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2518 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2524 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
2526 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
2527 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2528 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2531 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2532 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2533 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2539 @subheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
2541 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
2542 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2543 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2544 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2547 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2548 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2549 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
2550 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2559 @subheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
2561 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
2562 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
2563 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
2564 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
2565 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
2566 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
2567 read on to find out what for!
2570 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
2571 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
2578 @subheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
2580 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
2581 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2582 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2583 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2586 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2587 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2588 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
2589 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2596 @subheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
2598 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
2599 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2600 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2601 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2604 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2605 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2606 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
2607 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2614 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
2616 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
2617 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2618 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2621 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
2622 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2623 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2628 @subheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
2630 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2631 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
2632 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
2633 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
2634 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
2638 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
2639 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
2646 @subheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
2648 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
2649 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2650 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2651 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2654 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
2655 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2656 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2657 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
2659 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
2661 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
2662 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
2663 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2669 @subheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
2671 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
2672 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2673 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2674 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2677 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
2678 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2679 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2680 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
2681 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
2682 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2688 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
2690 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
2691 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2692 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2701 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
2703 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
2704 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2705 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2712 @subheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
2714 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2715 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
2716 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
2717 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
2718 the bug report of the report!
2721 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
2722 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
2728 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
2730 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
2731 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2732 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2739 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
2741 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
2742 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2743 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2750 @subheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
2752 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2753 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
2754 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
2755 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
2759 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
2760 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
2768 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
2770 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
2771 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2772 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2775 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
2776 caution and expect breakage.
2781 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
2783 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
2784 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2785 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2788 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
2789 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
2790 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
2791 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
2796 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
2798 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
2799 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2800 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2806 @subheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
2808 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
2809 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
2810 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
2811 improvements to the new website.
2813 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
2814 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
2816 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
2817 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
2819 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
2825 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
2827 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
2828 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2829 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2834 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
2836 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
2837 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2838 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2844 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2846 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2847 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2848 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2854 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2856 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2857 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2858 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2863 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2865 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2866 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2867 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2872 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2874 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2875 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2876 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2879 This release should be of particular interest to package
2880 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2881 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2882 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2888 @subheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2890 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2891 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2892 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2893 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2896 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2897 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2904 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2906 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2907 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2908 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2911 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2912 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2913 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2914 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2915 see the Changes document for more information.
2919 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2921 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2922 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2923 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2928 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2930 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2931 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2932 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2933 so this release is intended for developers only.
2937 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2939 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2940 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2941 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2946 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2948 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2949 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2954 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2956 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2957 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2958 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2964 @subheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2966 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2967 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2968 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2969 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2970 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2972 What are you waiting for? Come
2973 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2974 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2979 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2981 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2982 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2983 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2987 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2989 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2990 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2991 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2992 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2993 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2998 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
3000 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
3001 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
3002 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
3006 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
3008 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
3009 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
3010 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
3011 critical regressions against earlier versions.
3015 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
3017 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
3018 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
3019 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
3020 and English names for feta filenames.
3026 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
3028 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
3029 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
3030 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
3031 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
3034 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
3035 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
3036 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
3042 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
3044 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
3045 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
3046 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
3047 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
3049 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
3050 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
3055 @subheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
3057 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
3058 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
3064 @subheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
3066 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
3067 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3068 Read @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
3075 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
3077 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
3078 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
3079 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
3080 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
3082 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
3083 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
3084 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
3092 @subheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
3094 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
3095 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
3096 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
3097 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
3098 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
3099 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
3100 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
3101 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
3107 @subheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
3109 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
3110 its team, its world, its community.
3111 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
3112 to read the full issue...
3117 @subheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
3119 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
3120 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3121 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
3126 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
3128 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
3129 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
3135 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
3137 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3139 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
3146 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
3148 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
3149 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
3150 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
3151 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
3152 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
3154 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
3155 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
3157 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
3159 @ref{Old downloads}.
3164 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
3166 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
3167 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
3168 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
3169 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
3170 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
3171 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
3174 @ref{Old downloads}.
3179 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
3181 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
3182 documentation and translations.
3183 @ref{Old downloads}.
3188 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
3190 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
3191 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
3192 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
3193 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
3194 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
3196 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
3197 @ref{Old downloads}.
3202 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
3204 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
3205 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
3206 (teaching) has been added.
3208 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
3210 @ref{Old downloads}.
3215 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
3217 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
3218 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
3219 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
3220 @ref{Old downloads}.
3225 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
3227 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
3228 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
3229 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
3230 translations of the documentation.
3231 @ref{Old downloads}.
3236 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
3238 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
3239 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
3240 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
3241 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
3242 deceased since then. All the development team express their
3243 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
3244 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
3245 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
3246 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
3248 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
3250 @ref{Old downloads}.
3255 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
3257 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
3258 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
3259 markup command names have been made.
3262 @ref{Old downloads}.
3267 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
3269 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
3270 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
3271 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
3272 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
3273 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
3276 @ref{Old downloads}.
3281 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
3283 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
3284 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
3286 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
3287 @ref{Old downloads}.
3292 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
3294 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
3295 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
3296 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
3298 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
3299 @ref{Old downloads}.
3304 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
3306 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
3308 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
3309 @ref{Old downloads}.
3314 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
3316 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
3317 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
3318 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
3320 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
3322 @ref{Old downloads}.
3327 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
3329 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
3330 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
3331 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
3332 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
3334 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
3335 @ref{Old downloads}.
3340 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
3342 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
3343 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
3346 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
3347 @ref{Old downloads}.
3352 @subheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
3354 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3355 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123759/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
3360 @subheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
3362 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3363 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123754/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
3368 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
3370 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
3372 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
3373 @ref{Old downloads}.
3378 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3380 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
3381 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
3382 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
3384 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
3385 @ref{Old downloads}.
3390 @subheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3392 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3393 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123750/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
3398 @subheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
3400 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
3401 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123743/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
3406 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
3408 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
3409 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
3410 regression tests maintenance for developers.
3412 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
3413 @ref{Old downloads}.
3418 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
3420 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
3421 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
3423 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
3425 @ref{Old downloads}.
3430 @subheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
3432 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
3433 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
3434 report, new translations of the site and publications.
3435 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
3436 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
3437 announce releases and special events.
3442 @subheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
3444 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
3445 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3446 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123946/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
3451 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
3453 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
3454 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
3455 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
3456 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
3457 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
3460 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
3462 @ref{Old downloads}.
3467 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
3469 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
3470 names has been added to the MusicXML
3473 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
3474 @ref{Old downloads}.
3479 @subheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
3481 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
3486 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
3488 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
3489 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
3490 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
3493 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
3494 @ref{Old downloads}.
3499 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
3501 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
3504 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
3505 @ref{Old downloads}.
3510 @subheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3512 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
3513 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
3514 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
3515 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
3516 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
3517 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
3523 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3525 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
3526 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
3527 updates to the MusicXML converter.
3529 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
3530 @ref{Old downloads}.
3535 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
3537 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
3538 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
3543 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
3545 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
3546 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
3547 Grand Documentation Project.
3549 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
3550 @ref{Old downloads}.
3555 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
3557 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
3559 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
3560 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
3561 @ref{Old downloads}.
3566 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
3568 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
3570 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
3571 @ref{Old downloads}.
3576 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
3578 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
3579 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
3581 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
3582 @ref{Old downloads}.
3587 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
3589 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
3590 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
3591 for the translations.
3593 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
3594 @ref{Old downloads}.
3599 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
3601 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
3602 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
3603 and lots of updates for the translations.
3605 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
3606 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
3607 @ref{Old downloads}.
3612 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
3614 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
3615 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
3616 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/freebsd-64/,the installer} and
3617 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
3622 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
3623 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
3624 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
3625 spacing engine code.
3627 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
3628 @ref{Old downloads}.
3633 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
3635 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
3636 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
3638 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
3639 @ref{Old downloads}.
3644 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
3646 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
3647 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
3649 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
3650 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
3651 @ref{Old downloads}.
3656 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
3657 This has lots of bugfixes.
3659 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
3660 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
3661 @ref{Old downloads}.
3666 @subheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
3667 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
3668 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
3669 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
3674 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
3675 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
3677 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
3679 @ref{Old downloads}.
3684 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
3685 This release has some documentation updates.
3687 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
3689 @ref{Old downloads}.
3694 @subheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
3695 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
3696 disponibles en ligne ---
3697 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
3698 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
3699 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
3700 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
3705 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
3706 This release fixes many bugs.
3708 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
3709 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
3711 @ref{Old downloads}.
3716 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
3717 This release fixes many bugs.
3719 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
3720 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
3722 @ref{Old downloads}.
3727 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
3728 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
3729 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
3731 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
3733 @ref{Old downloads}.
3738 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
3739 This release fixes still more bugs.
3741 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
3743 @ref{Old downloads}.
3748 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
3749 This release fixes many bugs.
3750 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
3751 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
3753 @ref{Old downloads})
3758 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
3759 This release will stretch piano staves on a
3760 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
3761 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
3763 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
3764 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
3766 @ref{Old downloads}.
3771 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
3772 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
3773 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
3775 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
3782 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3783 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
3784 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
3786 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
3788 @ref{Old downloads}.
3793 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3794 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
3795 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
3797 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
3799 @ref{Old downloads}.
3804 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3805 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
3808 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
3810 @ref{Old downloads}.
3815 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
3816 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
3818 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
3820 @ref{Old downloads}.
3825 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
3826 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
3827 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
3828 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
3830 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
3832 @ref{Old downloads}.
3837 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3838 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
3839 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
3840 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
3841 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
3842 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3844 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3846 @ref{Old downloads}.
3851 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3852 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3853 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3856 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3858 @ref{Old downloads}.
3863 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3864 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3865 further improvements in the regression test suite
3869 @ref{Old downloads}.
3874 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3875 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3879 @ref{Old downloads}.
3884 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3885 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3890 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3891 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3896 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3897 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3901 @ref{Old downloads}.
3906 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3907 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3908 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3912 @ref{Old downloads}.
3917 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3918 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3922 @ref{Old downloads}.
3927 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3928 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3933 @ref{Old downloads}.
3938 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3939 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3943 @ref{Old downloads}.
3948 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3949 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3950 within a system as well as between systems.
3954 @ref{Old downloads}.
3959 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3960 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3961 test results} and several website build improvements.
3965 @ref{Old downloads}.
3970 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3971 This release fixes several bugs.
3974 @ref{Old downloads}.
3979 @subheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3980 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3985 @subheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3986 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3987 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3988 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3989 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3994 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3995 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3999 @ref{Old downloads}.
4004 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
4005 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
4008 @ref{Old downloads}.
4013 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
4014 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
4018 @ref{Old downloads}.
4023 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
4024 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
4027 @ref{Old downloads}.
4032 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
4033 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4038 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
4039 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
4040 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4045 @subheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
4046 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
4047 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
4052 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
4053 This release has many more bugfixes.
4056 @ref{Old downloads}.
4061 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
4062 This release has many more bugfixes.
4065 @ref{Old downloads}.
4070 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
4071 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
4076 @ref{Old downloads}.
4081 @subheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
4082 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
4083 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
4084 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
4085 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
4086 (@ref{Publications}).
4091 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
4092 This release has further bugfixes.
4095 @ref{Old downloads}.
4100 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
4101 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
4102 available for x86/64.
4105 @ref{Old downloads}.
4110 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
4111 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
4112 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4113 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
4114 @ref{Old downloads})
4119 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
4120 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
4121 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4126 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
4127 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
4132 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
4133 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
4138 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
4139 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
4144 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
4145 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
4146 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4151 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
4152 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
4153 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
4154 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4159 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
4160 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4165 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
4166 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
4167 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
4172 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
4173 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
4174 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
4175 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
4176 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4181 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
4182 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
4183 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4188 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
4189 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
4190 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
4191 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4196 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
4197 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
4198 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
4199 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4204 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
4205 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
4207 @ref{Old downloads})
4212 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
4213 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
4215 @ref{Old downloads})
4220 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
4221 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
4222 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
4224 @ref{Old downloads})
4229 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
4230 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
4231 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
4232 (@ref{Old downloads})
4237 @subheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
4238 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
4239 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
4240 glory} what features are broken in the development release
4245 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
4246 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
4247 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
4248 the development releases even better
4253 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
4255 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
4256 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
4257 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4262 @subheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
4263 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
4264 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
4265 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
4266 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
4267 esthetics}. Happy reading!
4272 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
4273 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
4274 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
4276 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4281 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
4282 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
4283 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
4284 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
4285 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4290 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
4291 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
4292 (@ref{Old downloads})
4297 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
4298 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
4299 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
4300 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
4301 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
4302 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4307 @subheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
4308 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
4309 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
4310 (@ref{Publications})
4315 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4316 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
4317 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4322 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4323 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
4324 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
4325 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4330 @subheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
4331 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
4332 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
4337 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
4338 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
4339 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4344 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
4345 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
4346 released. (@ref{Changes},
4347 @ref{Old downloads})
4352 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
4353 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
4354 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
4355 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
4356 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
4357 multi-measure rests.
4359 @ref{Old downloads})
4364 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
4365 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
4367 @ref{Old downloads})
4372 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
4373 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
4374 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
4375 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
4376 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4377 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
4378 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
4379 @ref{Old downloads})
4384 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
4385 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
4386 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
4387 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
4388 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
4389 @ref{Old downloads})
4394 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
4395 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
4396 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
4397 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
4398 the endings and the middle
4399 part. (@ref{Changes},
4400 @ref{Old downloads})
4405 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
4406 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
4407 parenthesized, for example,
4410 c4 -\parenthesize -.
4411 <d \parenthesize fis a>
4415 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
4416 @ref{Old downloads})
4421 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
4422 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
4423 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
4433 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
4434 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
4435 vector. (@ref{Changes},
4436 @ref{Old downloads})
4441 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
4442 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
4443 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
4444 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
4445 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
4446 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
4447 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
4449 @ref{Old downloads})
4454 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
4455 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
4456 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
4457 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
4458 @ref{Old downloads})
4463 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
4464 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
4465 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
4466 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
4467 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
4468 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
4469 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
4470 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4471 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4472 @ref{Old downloads})
4477 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
4478 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
4479 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
4480 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
4481 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
4482 @ref{Old downloads})
4487 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
4489 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
4490 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
4491 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
4496 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
4497 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
4498 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
4499 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
4500 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
4505 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4506 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
4507 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
4509 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/linux-x86/,
4511 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/darwin-ppc/,
4513 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/mingw/,
4519 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4520 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
4521 (feature sponsored by Andrea
4522 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
4523 @ref{Old downloads})
4528 @subheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
4529 Linux Journal publishes an article on
4530 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
4531 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
4532 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
4535 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
4536 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
4537 alternatives seem second-rate.}
4538 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
4543 @subheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
4544 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
4545 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
4546 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
4547 page. Let us know how you fare!
4552 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
4553 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
4554 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
4555 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
4556 The important occasion for this release is our new build
4557 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
4558 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
4559 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
4560 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
4562 @ref{Old downloads})
4567 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
4568 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
4569 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
4570 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
4571 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
4572 @ref{Old downloads})
4577 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
4578 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
4579 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
4580 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
4581 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
4582 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
4583 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
4584 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
4585 functions. (@ref{Changes},
4586 @ref{Old downloads})
4591 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
4592 This release has the following new features:
4595 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
4596 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
4597 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4599 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
4600 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
4601 and Bertalan Fodor).
4603 Generic music functions may now also be used on
4604 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
4607 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
4608 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
4609 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
4613 @ref{Old downloads})
4618 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
4619 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
4620 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
4621 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
4622 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
4623 van den Borre and Bertalan
4624 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
4625 @ref{Old downloads})
4630 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
4631 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
4632 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
4633 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
4639 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
4640 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
4641 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
4642 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
4643 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
4645 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
4646 @ref{Old downloads})
4651 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
4652 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
4653 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
4658 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
4659 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
4660 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
4661 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
4662 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
4663 etc. (@ref{Changes},
4664 @ref{Old downloads})
4669 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
4670 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
4671 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
4672 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4673 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4674 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4675 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4676 @ref{Old downloads})
4681 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
4682 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4683 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4684 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4685 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4686 @ref{Old downloads})
4691 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
4692 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
4693 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
4694 @ref{Old downloads})
4699 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
4700 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
4701 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
4702 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
4703 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
4704 properties. (@ref{Changes},
4705 @ref{Old downloads})
4710 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
4711 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
4712 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
4713 that compute said property, i.e.
4716 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
4717 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
4720 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
4721 @ref{Old downloads})
4726 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
4727 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
4728 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
4729 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
4730 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
4731 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
4732 also provides advanced tweakability for power
4733 users. (@ref{Changes},
4734 @ref{Old downloads})
4739 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
4740 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
4741 series. (@ref{Changes},
4742 @ref{Old downloads})
4747 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
4748 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
4749 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
4750 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
4751 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
4752 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
4753 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
4754 sponsored by Nicolas
4755 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4756 @ref{Old downloads})
4761 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
4762 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
4763 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4764 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
4765 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
4766 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
4767 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4768 @ref{Old downloads})
4773 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
4774 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
4775 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
4776 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
4777 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4778 @ref{Old downloads})
4783 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
4784 This is mainly a bugfix
4785 release. (@ref{Changes},
4786 @ref{Old downloads})
4791 @subheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
4792 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
4793 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
4794 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
4795 la gravure musicale}.
4800 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
4801 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
4802 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
4803 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
4804 @ref{Old downloads})
4809 @subheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
4810 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
4811 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
4812 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
4813 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
4814 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
4819 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
4820 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
4821 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
4822 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
4823 @ref{Old downloads})
4828 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
4829 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
4830 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
4831 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
4832 signs. (@ref{Changes},
4833 @ref{Old downloads})
4838 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
4839 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
4840 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
4841 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
4842 @ref{Old downloads})
4847 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4848 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4849 for a note is proportional to the time it
4850 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4851 @ref{Old downloads})
4856 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4857 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4858 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4863 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4864 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4865 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4866 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4868 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4869 @ref{Old downloads})
4874 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4875 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4876 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4877 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4879 @ref{Old downloads})
4884 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4885 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4886 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4887 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4888 @ref{Old downloads})
4893 @subheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4894 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4896 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4897 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4898 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4899 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4900 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4905 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4906 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4907 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4908 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4913 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4914 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4915 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4916 @ref{Old downloads})
4921 @subheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4922 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4923 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4924 @ref{Old downloads})
4929 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4930 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4931 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4932 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4933 (@ref{Old downloads})
4938 @subheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4939 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4940 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4941 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4946 @subheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4947 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4948 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4949 better help functionality.
4950 (@ref{Old downloads})
4955 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4956 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4957 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4958 compile them directly from
4959 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4964 @subheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4965 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4966 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4971 @subheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4972 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4973 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4974 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4979 @subheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4980 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4981 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4982 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4983 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4988 @subheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4989 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4990 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4995 @subheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4996 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
5001 @subheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
5002 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
5003 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
5008 @subheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
5009 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
5010 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
5011 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
5012 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
5017 @subheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
5018 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
5019 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
5020 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
5021 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
5022 @ref{Old downloads})
5027 @subheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
5029 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
5030 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
5032 (@ref{Old downloads})
5037 @subheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
5038 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
5039 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
5040 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
5041 signatures like 5/8.
5043 @ref{Old downloads})
5048 @subheading April 18, 2005
5049 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
5050 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
5051 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
5052 More details are in the
5054 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
5059 @subheading April 15, 2005
5060 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
5061 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
5062 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
5063 Scheme code. Take a look at
5065 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
5070 @subheading April 6, 2005
5071 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
5072 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
5073 place. @ref{Old downloads}
5078 @subheading March 31, 2005
5079 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
5080 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
5081 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
5086 @subheading March 20, 2005
5087 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
5088 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
5094 @subheading March 14, 2005
5095 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
5096 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
5097 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
5098 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
5099 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
5104 @subheading March 7, 2005
5105 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
5106 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
5107 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
5108 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
5109 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
5111 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
5116 @subheading March 7, 2005
5117 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
5118 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
5124 @subheading February 28, 2005
5125 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install
5126 Ghostscript 8.15rc3. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
5127 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
5128 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
5134 @subheading February 28, 2005
5135 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
5136 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}.
5137 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
5138 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
5143 @subheading February 26, 2005
5144 The @uref{http://lsr.di.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
5145 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
5146 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
5147 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
5152 @subheading February 21, 2005
5153 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
5154 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
5155 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
5156 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
5158 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
5163 @subheading February 4, 2005
5164 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
5165 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
5166 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
5167 @ref{Old downloads}!
5172 @subheading January 31, 2005
5173 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
5174 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
5175 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
5181 @subheading January 26, 2005
5182 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
5183 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
5189 @subheading January 16, 2005
5190 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
5191 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
5192 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
5194 @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,
5196 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
5201 @subheading January 11, 2005
5202 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
5203 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
5204 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
5205 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
5206 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
5207 font code by Werner.
5209 and check out the changes in
5210 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5215 @subheading January 02, 2005
5216 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
5217 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
5218 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
5219 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
5220 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
5221 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
5222 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
5223 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
5224 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
5227 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5232 @subheading December 28, 2004
5233 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
5234 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
5235 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
5236 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
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 December 20, 2004
5245 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
5246 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
5247 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
5248 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
5249 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
5252 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5257 @subheading December 3, 2004
5258 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
5259 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
5260 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
5261 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
5262 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
5263 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
5264 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
5265 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
5269 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5274 @subheading November 26, 2004
5275 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
5276 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
5277 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
5278 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
5279 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
5281 and check out the changes in
5282 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5287 @subheading November 20, 2004
5288 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
5289 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
5290 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
5291 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
5292 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
5293 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
5294 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
5295 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
5298 and check out the changes in
5299 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5304 @subheading November 12, 2004
5305 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
5306 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
5307 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
5308 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
5309 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
5312 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
5315 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
5316 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
5317 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
5318 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
5319 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
5322 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5327 @subheading November 11, 2004
5328 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
5329 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
5335 @subheading November 4, 2004
5336 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
5337 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
5339 and check out the changes in
5340 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5345 @subheading October 31, 2004
5346 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
5347 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
5348 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
5349 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
5356 @subheading October 29, 2004
5357 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
5358 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
5359 some problems with the conversion scripts.
5361 and check out the changes in
5362 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5367 @subheading October 29, 2004
5368 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5369 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
5370 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
5371 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
5373 and check out the changes in
5374 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5379 @subheading October 27, 2004
5380 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
5381 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
5382 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
5384 and check out the changes in
5385 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5390 @subheading October 24, 2004
5391 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
5392 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
5393 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5395 and check out the changes in
5396 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5401 @subheading October 10, 2004
5402 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
5403 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
5404 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
5408 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5413 @subheading October 09, 2004
5414 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
5415 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
5416 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
5420 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5425 @subheading October 02, 2004
5426 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
5427 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
5428 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
5429 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
5430 in the documentation.
5432 and check out the changes in
5433 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5438 @subheading September 29, 2004
5439 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
5440 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
5441 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
5442 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
5447 @subheading September 26, 2004
5448 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
5450 and check out the changes
5451 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5456 @subheading September 20, 2004
5457 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
5458 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
5459 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
5460 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
5461 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
5462 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
5465 and check out the changes in
5466 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5471 @subheading September 11, 2004
5472 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
5473 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
5474 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
5475 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
5476 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
5477 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
5478 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
5479 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
5480 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
5481 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
5482 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
5483 will hold users back in switching.
5485 and check out the changes in
5486 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5491 @subheading September 10, 2004
5492 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
5493 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
5494 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
5495 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
5496 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
5497 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
5499 and check out the changes in
5500 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5505 @subheading September 6, 2004
5506 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
5507 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
5508 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
5509 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
5510 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
5514 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5519 @subheading August 29, 2004
5520 LilyPond now has a Documentation
5521 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
5522 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
5523 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
5524 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
5525 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
5526 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
5527 chapter of the user manual.
5528 A lot of cheers for Graham!
5533 @subheading August 29, 2004
5534 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
5535 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
5536 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
5537 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
5538 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
5539 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
5543 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5548 @subheading August 24, 2004
5549 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
5550 disappearing metronome mark.
5552 and check out the changes in
5553 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5558 @subheading August 23, 2004
5559 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
5560 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
5561 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
5562 `doubleSlurs' property.
5564 and check out the changes in
5565 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5570 @subheading August 3, 2004
5571 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
5572 annoying bugs fixed.
5575 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5580 @subheading August 1, 2004
5581 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
5582 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
5583 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
5584 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
5585 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
5586 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
5589 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
5590 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
5592 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
5593 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
5598 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5603 @subheading July 30, 2004
5604 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
5605 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
5606 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
5607 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
5608 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
5609 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
5610 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
5611 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
5612 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
5613 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
5616 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5621 @subheading July 23, 2004
5622 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
5623 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
5624 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
5625 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
5628 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5633 @subheading July 19, 2004
5634 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
5635 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
5636 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
5637 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
5638 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
5639 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
5640 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
5641 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
5642 beat within the measure.
5644 and check out the changes in
5645 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5650 @subheading July 15, 2004
5651 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
5655 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5660 @subheading July 11, 2004
5661 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
5667 @subheading July 5, 2004
5668 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
5669 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
5670 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
5671 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
5673 and check out the changes
5674 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5679 @subheading July 5, 2004
5680 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
5684 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5689 @subheading June 25, 2004
5690 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
5691 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
5692 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
5693 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
5694 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
5695 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
5696 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5698 @ref{Old downloads}.
5703 @subheading June 20, 2004
5704 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
5705 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
5706 @ref{Old downloads}.
5711 @subheading June 13, 2004
5712 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
5713 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
5714 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5716 @ref{Old downloads}.
5721 @subheading May 31, 2004
5722 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
5723 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
5724 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5726 @ref{Old downloads}.
5731 @subheading May 31, 2004
5732 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
5733 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5734 or head straight to the
5735 @ref{Old downloads}.
5740 @subheading May 26, 2004
5741 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
5742 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
5743 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5744 @ref{Old downloads}.
5749 @subheading May 9, 2004
5750 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
5751 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5752 @ref{Old downloads}.
5757 @subheading May 4, 2004
5758 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
5760 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
5761 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
5762 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
5763 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
5764 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
5769 @subheading May 3, 2004
5770 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
5771 @ref{Old downloads}.
5776 @subheading April 17, 2004
5777 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
5778 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
5784 @subheading April 12, 2004
5785 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
5786 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
5787 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
5788 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
5789 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
5790 @ref{Old downloads}.
5795 @subheading April 8, 2004
5796 A French article on the new LilyPond
5797 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
5802 @subheading April 8, 2004
5803 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
5804 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
5810 @subheading April 1, 2004
5811 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
5812 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
5813 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
5814 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
5815 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
5816 @ref{Old downloads}.
5821 @subheading March 31, 2004
5822 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
5823 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
5824 documentation polish. This should be the final release
5825 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
5827 @ref{Old downloads}.
5832 @subheading March 30, 2004
5833 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
5835 @ref{Old downloads}.
5840 @subheading March 28, 2004
5841 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
5842 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
5843 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5850 @subheading March 22, 2004
5851 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5852 @ref{Old downloads}.
5857 @subheading March 21, 2004
5858 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5865 @subheading March 20, 2004
5866 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5867 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5868 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5870 @ref{Old downloads}.
5875 @subheading March 15, 2004
5876 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5877 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5878 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5881 @ref{Old downloads}.
5886 @subheading March 14, 2004
5888 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5889 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5895 @subheading March 11, 2004
5896 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5898 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5899 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5900 authors of LilyPond.
5905 @subheading March 11, 2004
5906 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5907 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5910 @ref{Old downloads}.
5915 @subheading March 9, 2004
5916 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5917 experimental support for producing titles with
5923 @subheading February 29, 2004
5924 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5925 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5926 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5928 @ref{Old downloads}.
5933 @subheading February 24, 2004
5934 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5935 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5936 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5938 @ref{Old downloads}.
5943 @subheading February 23, 2004
5944 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5945 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5946 produce cue notes. More information in the
5953 @subheading February 18, 2004
5954 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5955 for altering accidental rules.
5961 @subheading February 16, 2004
5962 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5963 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5964 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5965 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5966 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5967 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5968 More information in the
5975 @subheading February 13, 2004
5976 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5977 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5978 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5985 @subheading February 12, 2004
5986 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5987 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5988 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5989 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5996 @subheading February 9, 2004
5997 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5998 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5999 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
6000 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
6001 More information in the
6008 @subheading February 5, 2004
6009 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
6010 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
6011 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
6012 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
6013 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
6014 More information in the
6021 @subheading February 4, 2004
6022 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
6023 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
6024 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
6032 @subheading February 2, 2004
6033 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
6034 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
6035 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
6042 @subheading January 28, 2004
6043 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
6044 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
6045 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
6046 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
6055 @subheading January 26, 2004
6056 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
6057 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
6060 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6065 @subheading January 21, 2004
6067 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
6068 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
6069 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
6072 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6077 @subheading January 20, 2004
6078 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
6079 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
6080 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
6081 access, but only HTTP downloads.
6086 @subheading January 20, 2004
6087 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
6088 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
6089 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
6090 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
6096 @subheading January 19, 2004
6097 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
6098 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
6100 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6105 @subheading January 18, 2004
6106 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
6107 available for Windows! For downloading, go
6108 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20040204191423/http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
6113 @subheading January 17, 2004
6114 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
6115 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
6116 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
6118 More information in the
6119 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6124 @subheading January 16, 2004
6125 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
6126 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
6128 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6133 @subheading January 13, 2004
6134 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
6135 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
6136 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
6138 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6143 @subheading January 9, 2004
6144 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
6145 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
6146 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
6147 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
6148 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
6149 individual music expressions.
6150 More information in the
6151 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6156 @subheading January 7, 2004
6157 An update to the stable branch,
6158 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
6159 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
6164 @subheading January 6, 2004
6165 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
6166 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
6167 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
6168 More information in the
6169 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6174 @subheading January 4, 2004
6175 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
6177 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
6178 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6183 @subheading January 2, 2004
6184 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
6185 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
6186 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
6187 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6192 @subheading December 30, 2003
6193 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
6194 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
6195 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
6196 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6201 @subheading December 23, 2003
6202 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
6203 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
6204 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
6205 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
6206 to implement this are welcome!) See the
6207 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6212 @subheading December 17, 2003
6213 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
6214 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
6215 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
6217 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6222 @subheading December 16, 2003
6223 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
6224 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
6225 Han-Wen's absence. See the
6226 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6231 @subheading October 11, 2003
6232 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
6234 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6239 @subheading October 11, 2003
6240 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
6242 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
6243 thanks to Heikki Junes.
6248 @subheading October 9, 2003
6249 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
6250 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
6251 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
6256 @subheading October 5, 2003
6257 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
6264 @subheading October 4, 2003
6265 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
6267 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
6268 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
6273 @subheading September 29, 2003
6274 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
6275 contains minor bugfixes.
6276 See the @ref{Changes}
6277 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
6282 @subheading September 27, 2003
6283 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
6284 @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,
6285 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
6291 @subheading September 24, 2003
6292 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
6293 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
6294 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
6295 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
6296 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
6301 @subheading September 24, 2003
6302 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
6303 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
6304 the @ref{Changes} and
6305 download @uref{install/,here}.
6310 @subheading September 23, 2003
6311 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
6312 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6313 the @ref{Changes} and
6314 download @uref{install/,here}.
6319 @subheading September 19, 2003
6320 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
6321 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6322 the @ref{Changes} and
6323 download @uref{install/,here}.
6328 @subheading September 17, 2003
6329 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
6330 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
6336 @subheading September 16, 2003
6337 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
6338 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
6344 @subheading September 10, 2003
6345 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
6346 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
6347 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
6348 will be available in a few weeks.
6354 @subheading September 9, 2003
6355 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
6356 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
6362 @subheading September 7, 2003
6363 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
6364 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
6370 @subheading August 31, 2003
6371 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
6372 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
6373 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
6379 @subheading August 31, 2003
6380 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
6381 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
6386 @subheading August 31, 2003
6387 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
6388 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
6389 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
6390 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6395 @subheading August 28, 2003
6396 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
6397 @ref{Changes} and get it
6398 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6403 @subheading August 26, 2003
6404 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
6405 @ref{Changes} and get it
6406 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6411 @subheading August 25, 2003
6412 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
6413 @ref{Changes} and get it
6414 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6419 @subheading August 25, 2003
6420 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
6421 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
6426 @subheading August 21, 2003
6427 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
6428 read the @ref{Changes}.
6433 @subheading August 18, 2003
6434 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
6435 has been updated to 1.8.
6436 Download @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,here.}
6441 @subheading August 7, 2003
6442 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
6443 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
6448 @subheading August 7, 2003
6449 New website went live!
6454 @subheading August 6, 2003
6455 Announced new website.
6460 @subheading August 1, 2003
6461 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
6466 @subheading July 30, 2003
6467 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
6468 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
6474 @subheading July 29, 2003
6475 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
6476 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.