1 @c -*- coding: utf-8; mode: texinfo; -*-
5 (I'd rather have the below in the CG. -gp)
8 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
9 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
26 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
32 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
34 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
35 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
36 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
43 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
45 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
46 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
47 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
48 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
49 the bug report of the report!
52 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
53 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
59 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
61 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
62 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
63 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
70 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
72 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
73 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
74 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
81 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
83 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
84 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
85 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
86 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
90 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
91 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
99 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
101 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
102 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
103 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
106 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
107 caution and expect breakage.
112 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
114 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
115 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
116 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
119 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
120 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
121 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
122 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
127 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
129 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
130 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
131 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
137 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
139 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
140 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
141 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
142 improvements to the new website.
144 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
145 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
147 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
148 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
150 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
156 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
158 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
159 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
160 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
165 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
167 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
168 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
169 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
175 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
177 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
178 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
179 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
185 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
187 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
188 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
189 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
194 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
196 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
197 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
198 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
203 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
205 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
206 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
207 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
210 This release should be of particular interest to package
211 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
212 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
213 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
219 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
221 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
222 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
223 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
224 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
227 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
228 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
235 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
237 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
238 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
239 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
242 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
243 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
244 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
245 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
246 see the Changes document for more information.
250 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
252 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
253 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
254 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
259 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
261 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
262 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
263 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
264 so this release is intended for developers only.
268 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
270 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
271 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
272 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
277 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
279 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
280 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
285 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
287 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
288 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
289 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
295 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
297 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
298 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
299 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
300 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
301 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
303 What are you waiting for? Come
304 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
305 LilyPond Report 17} now!
310 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
312 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
313 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
314 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
318 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
320 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
321 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
322 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
323 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
324 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
329 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
331 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
332 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
333 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
337 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
339 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
340 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
341 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
342 critical regressions against earlier versions.
346 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
348 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
349 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
350 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
351 and English names for feta filenames.
357 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
359 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
360 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
361 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
362 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
365 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
366 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
367 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
373 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
375 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
376 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
377 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
378 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
380 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
381 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
386 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
388 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
389 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
395 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
397 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
398 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
399 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
406 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
408 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
409 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
410 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
411 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
413 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
414 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
415 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
423 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
425 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
426 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
427 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
428 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
429 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
430 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
431 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
432 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
438 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
440 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
441 its team, its world, its community.
442 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
443 to read the full issue...
448 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
450 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
451 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
452 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
457 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
459 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
460 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
466 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
468 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
470 @uref{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
477 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
479 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
480 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
481 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
482 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
483 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
485 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
486 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
495 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
497 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
498 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
499 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
500 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
501 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
502 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
510 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
512 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
513 documentation and translations.
519 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 – Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
521 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
522 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
523 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
524 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
525 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
533 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
535 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
536 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
537 (teaching) has been added.
546 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
548 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
549 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
550 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
556 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
558 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
559 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
560 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
561 translations of the documentation.
567 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
569 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
570 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
571 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
572 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
573 deceased since then. All the development team express their
574 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
575 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
576 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
577 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
586 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
588 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
589 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
590 markup command names have been made.
598 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
600 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
601 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
602 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
603 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
604 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
612 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
614 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
615 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
623 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
625 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
626 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
627 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
635 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
637 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
645 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
647 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
648 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
649 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
658 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
660 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
661 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
662 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
663 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
671 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
673 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
674 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
683 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
685 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
686 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
691 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
693 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
694 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
699 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
701 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
709 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
711 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
712 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
713 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
721 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
723 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
724 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
729 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
731 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
732 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
737 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
739 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
740 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
741 regression tests maintenance for developers.
749 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
751 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
752 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
761 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
763 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
764 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
765 report, new translations of the site and publications.
766 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
767 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
768 announce releases and special events.
773 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
775 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
776 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
777 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
782 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
784 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
785 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
786 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
787 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
788 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
798 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
800 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
801 names has been added to the MusicXML
810 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
812 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
817 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
819 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
820 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
821 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
830 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
832 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
841 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
843 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
844 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
845 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
846 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
847 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
848 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
854 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
856 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
857 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
858 updates to the MusicXML converter.
866 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
868 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
869 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
874 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
876 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
877 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
878 Grand Documentation Project.
886 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
888 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
890 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
891 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
897 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
899 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
907 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
909 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
910 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
918 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
920 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
921 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
922 for the translations.
930 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
932 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
933 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
934 and lots of updates for the translations.
936 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
937 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
943 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
945 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
946 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
947 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
948 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
953 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
954 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
955 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
964 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
966 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
967 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
975 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
977 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
978 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
980 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
981 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
987 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
988 This has lots of bugfixes.
990 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
991 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
997 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
998 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des
999 LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
1000 sind auf deutsch übersetzt — sie sind erhältlich für
1002 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
1007 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
1008 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
1010 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
1012 @ref{Old downloads}.
1017 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
1018 This release has some documentation updates.
1020 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
1022 @ref{Old downloads}.
1027 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
1028 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont
1029 désormais traduits, et disponibles en ligne — @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
1030 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
1031 2.11}. Les traductions sont également incluses dans la @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
1036 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
1037 This release fixes many bugs.
1039 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
1040 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
1042 @ref{Old downloads}.
1047 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
1048 This release fixes many bugs.
1050 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
1051 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
1053 @ref{Old downloads}.
1058 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
1059 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
1060 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
1062 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
1064 @ref{Old downloads}.
1069 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
1070 This release fixes still more bugs.
1072 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
1074 @ref{Old downloads}.
1079 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
1080 This release fixes many bugs.
1081 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
1082 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
1084 @ref{Old downloads})
1089 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
1090 This release will stretch piano staves on a
1091 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
1092 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
1094 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
1095 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
1097 @ref{Old downloads}.
1102 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
1103 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
1104 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
1106 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
1113 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1114 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
1115 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
1117 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
1119 @ref{Old downloads}.
1124 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1125 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
1126 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
1128 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
1130 @ref{Old downloads}.
1135 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1136 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
1139 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
1141 @ref{Old downloads}.
1146 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
1147 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
1149 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
1151 @ref{Old downloads}.
1156 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
1157 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
1158 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
1159 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
1161 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
1163 @ref{Old downloads}.
1168 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
1169 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
1170 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
1171 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
1172 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
1173 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
1175 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
1177 @ref{Old downloads}.
1182 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
1183 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
1184 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
1187 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
1189 @ref{Old downloads}.
1194 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
1195 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and —in 2.11.9&mdash
1196 further improvements in the regression test suite
1200 @ref{Old downloads}.
1205 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
1206 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1210 @ref{Old downloads}.
1215 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
1216 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
1221 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
1222 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
1227 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
1228 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1232 @ref{Old downloads}.
1237 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
1238 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
1239 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
1243 @ref{Old downloads}.
1248 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
1249 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1253 @ref{Old downloads}.
1258 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
1259 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
1264 @ref{Old downloads}.
1269 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
1270 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1274 @ref{Old downloads}.
1279 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
1280 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
1281 within a system as well as between systems.
1285 @ref{Old downloads}.
1290 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1291 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
1292 test results} and several website build improvements.
1296 @ref{Old downloads}.
1301 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1302 This release fixes several bugs.
1305 @ref{Old downloads}.
1310 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1311 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
1316 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
1317 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en
1318 français est maintenant disponible en ligne. @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1319 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1325 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1326 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
1330 @ref{Old downloads}.
1335 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1336 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1339 @ref{Old downloads}.
1344 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
1345 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
1349 @ref{Old downloads}.
1354 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
1355 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1358 @ref{Old downloads}.
1363 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
1364 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1369 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1370 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{announce-v2.10.html,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1375 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1376 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
1377 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
1382 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
1383 This release has many more bugfixes.
1386 @ref{Old downloads}.
1391 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
1392 This release has many more bugfixes.
1395 @ref{Old downloads}.
1400 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
1401 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
1406 @ref{Old downloads}.
1411 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
1412 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
1413 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
1414 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
1415 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
1416 (@ref{Publications}).
1421 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
1422 This release has further bugfixes.
1425 @ref{Old downloads}.
1430 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
1431 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
1432 available for x86/64.
1435 @ref{Old downloads}.
1440 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
1441 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
1442 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1443 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
1444 @ref{Old downloads})
1449 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
1450 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
1451 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1456 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
1457 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1462 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
1463 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1468 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
1469 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1474 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
1475 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
1476 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1481 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
1482 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
1483 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
1484 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1489 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
1490 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
1495 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
1496 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
1497 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
1502 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
1503 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
1504 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
1505 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
1506 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1511 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
1512 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
1513 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1518 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
1519 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
1520 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
1521 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1526 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
1527 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
1528 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
1529 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1534 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1535 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
1537 @ref{Old downloads})
1542 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1543 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
1545 @ref{Old downloads})
1550 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
1551 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
1552 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1554 @ref{Old downloads})
1559 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1560 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
1561 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1562 (@ref{Old downloads})
1567 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1568 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
1569 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
1570 glory} what features are broken in the development release
1575 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
1576 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
1577 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
1578 the development releases even better
1583 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
1585 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
1586 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
1587 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1592 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
1593 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
1594 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
1595 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
1596 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
1597 esthetics}. Happy reading!
1602 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
1603 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
1604 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
1606 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1611 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1612 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
1613 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
1614 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
1615 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1620 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1621 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
1622 (@ref{Old downloads})
1627 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
1628 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
1629 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
1630 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
1631 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
1632 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1637 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
1638 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
1639 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
1640 (@ref{Publications})
1645 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1646 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
1647 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1652 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1653 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
1654 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
1655 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1660 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
1661 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
1662 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
1667 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
1668 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @uref{announce-v2.8.html,release
1669 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1674 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
1675 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
1676 released. (@ref{Changes},
1677 @ref{Old downloads})
1682 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
1683 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
1684 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
1685 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
1686 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
1687 multi-measure rests.
1689 @ref{Old downloads})
1694 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
1695 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
1697 @ref{Old downloads})
1702 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
1703 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
1704 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
1705 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
1706 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1707 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
1708 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
1709 @ref{Old downloads})
1714 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
1715 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
1716 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
1717 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
1718 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
1719 @ref{Old downloads})
1724 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
1725 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
1726 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
1727 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
1728 the endings and the middle
1729 part. (@ref{Changes},
1730 @ref{Old downloads})
1735 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
1736 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
1737 parenthesized, for example,
1740 c4 -\parenthesize -.
1741 <d \parenthesize fis a>
1745 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
1746 @ref{Old downloads})
1751 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
1752 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
1753 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
1763 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
1764 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
1765 vector. (@ref{Changes},
1766 @ref{Old downloads})
1771 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
1772 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
1773 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
1774 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
1775 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
1776 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
1777 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
1779 @ref{Old downloads})
1784 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
1785 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
1786 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
1787 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
1788 @ref{Old downloads})
1793 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
1794 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
1795 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
1796 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
1797 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
1798 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
1799 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
1800 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1801 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1802 @ref{Old downloads})
1807 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
1808 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
1809 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
1810 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
1811 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
1812 @ref{Old downloads})
1817 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
1819 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
1820 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
1821 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
1826 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
1827 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
1828 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
1829 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
1830 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
1835 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1836 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
1837 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
1839 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
1841 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
1843 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
1849 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1850 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
1851 (feature sponsored by Andrea
1852 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
1853 @ref{Old downloads})
1858 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
1859 Linux Journal publishes an article on
1860 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
1861 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
1862 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
1865 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
1866 “GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
1867 alternatives seem second-rate.”
1868 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
1873 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
1874 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
1875 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
1876 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
1877 page. Let us know how you fare!
1882 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
1883 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
1884 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
1885 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
1886 The important occasion for this release is our new build
1887 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
1888 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
1889 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
1890 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
1892 @ref{Old downloads})
1897 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
1898 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
1899 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
1900 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
1901 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
1902 @ref{Old downloads})
1907 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
1908 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
1909 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
1910 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
1911 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
1912 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
1913 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
1914 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
1915 functions. (@ref{Changes},
1916 @ref{Old downloads})
1921 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
1922 This release has the following new features:
1925 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
1926 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
1927 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1929 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
1930 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
1931 and Bertalan Fodor).
1933 Generic music functions may now also be used on
1934 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
1937 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
1938 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
1939 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
1943 @ref{Old downloads})
1948 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
1949 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
1950 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
1951 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
1952 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
1953 van den Borre and Bertalan
1954 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
1955 @ref{Old downloads})
1960 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
1961 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
1962 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
1963 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
1969 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
1970 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
1971 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
1972 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
1973 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
1975 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
1976 @ref{Old downloads})
1981 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
1982 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
1983 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
1988 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
1989 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
1990 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
1991 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
1992 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
1993 etc. (@ref{Changes},
1994 @ref{Old downloads})
1999 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
2000 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
2001 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
2002 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
2003 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
2004 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
2005 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2006 @ref{Old downloads})
2011 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
2012 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
2013 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
2014 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
2015 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2016 @ref{Old downloads})
2021 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
2022 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
2023 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
2024 @ref{Old downloads})
2029 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
2030 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
2031 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
2032 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
2033 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
2034 properties. (@ref{Changes},
2035 @ref{Old downloads})
2040 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
2041 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
2042 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
2043 that compute said property, i.e.
2046 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
2047 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
2050 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
2051 @ref{Old downloads})
2056 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
2057 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
2058 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
2059 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
2060 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
2061 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
2062 also provides advanced tweakability for power
2063 users. (@ref{Changes},
2064 @ref{Old downloads})
2069 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
2070 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
2071 series. (@ref{Changes},
2072 @ref{Old downloads})
2077 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
2078 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
2079 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
2080 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
2081 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
2082 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
2083 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
2084 sponsored by Nicolas
2085 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
2086 @ref{Old downloads})
2091 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
2092 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
2093 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
2094 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
2095 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
2096 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
2097 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2098 @ref{Old downloads})
2103 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
2104 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
2105 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
2106 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
2107 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
2108 @ref{Old downloads})
2113 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
2114 This is mainly a bugfix
2115 release. (@ref{Changes},
2116 @ref{Old downloads})
2121 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
2122 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
2123 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
2124 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
2125 la gravure musicale}.
2130 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
2131 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
2132 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
2133 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
2134 @ref{Old downloads})
2139 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
2140 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
2141 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
2142 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
2143 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
2144 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
2149 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
2150 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
2151 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
2152 Baca, and Vicente Solsona
2153 Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
2154 @ref{Old downloads})
2159 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
2160 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
2161 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
2162 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
2163 signs. (@ref{Changes},
2164 @ref{Old downloads})
2169 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
2170 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
2171 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
2172 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
2173 @ref{Old downloads})
2178 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
2179 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
2180 for a note is proportional to the time it
2181 takes. (@ref{Changes},
2182 @ref{Old downloads})
2187 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
2188 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
2189 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
2194 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
2195 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
2196 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
2197 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
2199 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
2200 @ref{Old downloads})
2205 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
2206 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
2207 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
2208 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
2210 @ref{Old downloads})
2215 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
2216 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
2217 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
2218 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
2219 @ref{Old downloads})
2224 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
2225 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
2227 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
2228 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
2229 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
2230 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
2231 (@uref{announce-v2.6.html,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
2236 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
2237 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
2238 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
2239 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
2244 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
2245 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
2246 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
2247 @ref{Old downloads})
2252 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
2253 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
2254 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
2255 @ref{Old downloads})
2260 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
2261 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
2262 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
2263 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
2264 (@ref{Old downloads})
2269 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
2270 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
2271 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
2272 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
2277 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
2278 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
2279 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
2280 better help functionality.
2281 (@ref{Old downloads})
2286 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
2287 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
2288 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
2289 compile them directly from
2290 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
2295 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
2296 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
2297 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
2302 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
2303 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
2304 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
2305 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
2310 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
2311 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
2312 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
2313 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
2314 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
2319 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2320 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
2321 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
2326 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2327 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
2332 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
2333 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
2334 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
2339 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
2340 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
2341 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
2342 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
2343 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
2348 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
2349 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
2350 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
2351 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
2352 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
2353 @ref{Old downloads})
2358 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
2360 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
2361 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
2363 (@ref{Old downloads})
2368 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
2369 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
2370 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
2371 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
2372 signatures like 5/8.
2374 @ref{Old downloads})
2379 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
2380 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
2381 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
2382 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
2383 More details are in the
2385 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
2390 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
2391 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
2392 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
2393 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
2394 Scheme code. Take a look at
2396 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
2401 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
2402 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
2403 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
2404 place. @ref{Old downloads}
2409 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
2410 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
2411 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
2412 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
2417 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
2418 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
2419 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
2425 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
2426 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
2427 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
2428 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
2429 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2430 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2435 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2436 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
2437 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
2438 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
2439 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
2440 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
2442 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2447 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2448 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
2449 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
2455 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2456 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/Fedora-3/ghostscript-8.15rc3-0.i386.rpm,ESP
2457 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
2458 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
2459 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
2465 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2466 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
2467 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}.
2468 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2469 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2474 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
2475 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
2476 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
2477 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
2478 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
2483 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
2484 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
2485 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
2486 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
2487 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
2489 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2494 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
2495 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
2496 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
2497 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
2498 @ref{Old downloads}!
2503 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
2504 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
2505 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
2506 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
2512 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
2513 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
2514 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
2520 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
2521 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
2522 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
2523 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
2525 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
2527 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
2532 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
2533 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
2534 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
2535 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
2536 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
2537 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
2538 font code by Werner.
2540 and check out the changes in
2541 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2546 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
2547 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
2548 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
2549 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
2550 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
2551 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
2552 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
2553 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
2554 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
2555 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
2558 changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3013&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2563 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
2564 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
2565 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
2566 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
2567 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
2569 and check out the changes in
2570 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2575 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
2576 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
2577 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
2578 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
2579 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
2580 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
2583 changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2974&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2588 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
2589 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
2590 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
2591 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
2592 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
2593 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
2594 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
2595 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
2596 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
2600 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2908&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2605 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
2606 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
2607 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
2608 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
2609 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
2610 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
2612 and check out the changes in
2613 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2618 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
2619 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
2620 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
2621 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
2622 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
2623 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
2624 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
2625 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
2626 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
2629 and check out the changes in
2630 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2635 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
2636 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
2637 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
2638 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
2639 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
2640 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
2643 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
2646 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
2647 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
2648 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
2649 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
2650 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
2653 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2837&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2658 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
2659 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
2660 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
2666 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
2667 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
2668 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
2670 and check out the changes in
2671 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2676 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
2677 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @uref{announce-v2.4.html,released!}
2678 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
2679 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
2680 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
2687 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2688 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
2689 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
2690 some problems with the conversion scripts.
2692 and check out the changes in
2693 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2698 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2699 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2700 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
2701 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
2702 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
2704 and check out the changes in
2705 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2710 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
2711 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
2712 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
2713 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
2715 and check out the changes in
2716 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2721 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
2722 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
2723 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
2724 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2726 and check out the changes in
2727 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2732 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
2733 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
2734 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
2735 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
2739 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2709&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2744 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
2745 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
2746 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
2747 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
2751 out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2692&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2756 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
2757 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
2758 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
2759 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
2760 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
2761 in the documentation.
2763 and check out the changes in
2764 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2769 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
2770 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
2771 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
2772 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
2773 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
2778 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
2779 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
2781 and check out the changes
2782 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2787 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
2788 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
2789 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
2790 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
2791 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
2792 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
2793 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
2796 and check out the changes in
2797 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2802 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
2803 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
2804 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
2805 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
2806 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
2807 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
2808 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
2809 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
2810 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
2811 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
2812 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
2813 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
2814 will hold users back in switching.
2816 and check out the changes in
2817 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2822 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
2823 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
2824 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
2825 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
2826 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
2827 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
2828 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
2830 and check out the changes in
2831 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2836 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
2837 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
2838 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
2839 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
2840 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
2841 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
2845 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2534&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2850 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2851 LilyPond now has a Documentation
2852 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
2853 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
2854 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
2855 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
2856 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
2857 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
2858 chapter of the user manual.
2859 A lot of cheers for Graham!
2864 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2865 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
2866 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
2867 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
2868 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
2869 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
2870 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
2874 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2520&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2879 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
2880 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
2881 disappearing metronome mark.
2883 and check out the changes in
2884 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.33&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2889 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
2890 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
2891 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
2892 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
2893 `doubleSlurs' property.
2895 and check out the changes in
2896 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2901 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
2902 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
2903 annoying bugs fixed.
2906 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2449&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2911 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
2912 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
2913 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
2914 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
2915 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
2916 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
2917 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
2920 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
2921 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
2923 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
2924 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
2929 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2435&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2934 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
2935 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
2936 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
2937 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
2938 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
2939 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
2940 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
2941 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
2942 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
2943 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
2944 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
2947 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2416&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2952 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
2953 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
2954 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
2955 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
2956 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
2959 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2395&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2964 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
2965 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
2966 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
2967 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
2968 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
2969 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
2970 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
2971 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
2972 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
2973 beat within the measure.
2975 and check out the changes in
2976 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2981 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
2982 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
2986 out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.28&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2991 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
2992 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
2998 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
2999 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
3000 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
3001 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
3002 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
3004 and check out the changes
3005 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3010 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
3011 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
3015 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.23&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3020 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
3021 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
3022 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
3023 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
3024 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
3025 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
3026 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
3027 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2293&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
3029 @ref{Old downloads}.
3034 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
3035 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
3036 bugs that were reported over the past month. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.16&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog} for a full description and
3037 @ref{Old downloads}.
3042 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
3043 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
3044 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
3045 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2242&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
3047 @ref{Old downloads}.
3052 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
3053 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
3054 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
3055 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2207&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
3057 @ref{Old downloads}.
3062 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
3063 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
3064 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.9,ChangeLog}
3065 or head straight to the
3066 @ref{Old downloads}.
3071 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
3072 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
3073 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
3074 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
3075 @ref{Old downloads}.
3080 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
3081 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
3082 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
3083 @ref{Old downloads}.
3088 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
3089 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
3091 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
3092 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
3093 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
3094 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
3095 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
3100 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
3101 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
3102 @ref{Old downloads}.
3107 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
3108 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
3109 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
3115 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
3116 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
3117 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
3118 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
3119 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
3120 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
3121 @ref{Old downloads}.
3126 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
3127 A French article on the new LilyPond
3128 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
3133 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
3134 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
3135 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
3141 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
3142 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
3143 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
3144 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
3145 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
3146 the @uref{announce-v2.2.html,announcement} or skip to the
3147 @ref{Old downloads}.
3152 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
3153 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
3154 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
3155 documentation polish. This should be the final release
3156 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
3158 @ref{Old downloads}.
3163 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
3164 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
3166 @ref{Old downloads}.
3171 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
3172 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
3173 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
3174 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
3181 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
3182 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
3183 @ref{Old downloads}.
3188 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
3189 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
3196 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
3197 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
3198 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
3199 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
3201 @ref{Old downloads}.
3206 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
3207 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
3208 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
3209 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
3212 @ref{Old downloads}.
3217 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
3219 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
3220 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
3226 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
3227 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
3229 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
3230 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
3231 authors of LilyPond.
3236 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
3237 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
3238 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
3241 @ref{Old downloads}.
3246 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
3247 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
3248 experimental support for producing titles with
3254 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
3255 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
3256 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
3257 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
3259 @ref{Old downloads}.
3264 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
3265 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
3266 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
3267 of lyrics related bugs. See the
3269 @ref{Old downloads}.
3274 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
3275 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
3276 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
3277 produce cue notes. More information in the
3284 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
3285 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
3286 for altering accidental rules.
3292 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
3293 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
3294 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
3295 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
3296 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
3297 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
3298 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
3299 More information in the
3306 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
3307 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
3308 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
3309 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
3316 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
3317 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
3318 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
3319 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
3320 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
3327 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
3328 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
3329 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
3330 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
3331 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
3332 More information in the
3339 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
3340 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
3341 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
3342 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
3343 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
3344 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
3345 More information in the
3352 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
3353 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
3354 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
3355 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
3363 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
3364 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
3365 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
3366 @code{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
3373 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
3374 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
3375 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
3376 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
3377 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
3386 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
3387 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
3388 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
3391 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3396 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
3398 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
3399 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
3400 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
3403 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3408 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3409 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
3410 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
3411 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
3412 access, but only HTTP downloads.
3417 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3418 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
3419 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
3420 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
3421 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
3427 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
3428 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
3429 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
3431 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3436 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
3437 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
3438 available for Windows! For downloading, go
3439 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
3444 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
3445 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
3446 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
3447 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
3449 More information in the
3450 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3455 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
3456 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
3457 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
3459 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3464 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
3465 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
3466 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
3467 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
3469 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3474 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
3475 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
3476 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
3477 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
3478 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
3479 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
3480 individual music expressions.
3481 More information in the
3482 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3487 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
3488 An update to the stable branch,
3489 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
3490 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
3495 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
3496 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
3497 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
3498 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
3499 More information in the
3500 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3505 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
3506 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to
3507 improve the layout of lyrics. More
3509 @uref{@@DOC@@v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
3510 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3515 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
3516 in LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric
3517 alignment is completely revamped, and now matches my Edition
3518 Peters version of the Schubert song Sängers Morgen. More
3520 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3525 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
3526 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and linethickness
3527 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
3528 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
3529 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3534 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
3535 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
3536 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
3537 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
3538 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
3539 to implement this are welcome!) See the
3540 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3545 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
3546 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
3547 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
3548 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
3550 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3555 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
3556 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
3557 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
3558 Han-Wen's absence. See the
3559 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3564 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3565 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
3567 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3572 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3573 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
3575 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
3576 thanks to Heikki Junes.
3581 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
3582 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
3583 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
3584 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
3589 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
3590 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
3597 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
3598 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
3600 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
3601 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
3606 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
3607 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
3608 contains minor bugfixes.
3609 See the @ref{Changes}
3610 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
3615 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
3616 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
3617 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
3618 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
3624 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3625 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
3626 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
3627 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
3628 @uref{announce-v2.0.html,here}, or go to the
3629 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
3634 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3635 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
3636 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
3637 the @ref{Changes} and
3638 download @uref{install/,here}.
3643 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
3644 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
3645 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3646 the @ref{Changes} and
3647 download @uref{install/,here}.
3652 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
3653 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
3654 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3655 the @ref{Changes} and
3656 download @uref{install/,here}.
3661 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
3662 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
3663 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
3669 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
3670 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
3671 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
3677 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
3678 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
3679 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
3680 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
3681 will be available in a few weeks.
3687 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
3688 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
3689 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
3695 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
3696 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
3697 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
3703 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3704 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
3705 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
3706 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
3712 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3713 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
3714 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
3719 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3720 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
3721 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
3722 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
3723 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3728 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
3729 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
3730 @ref{Changes} and get it
3731 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3736 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
3737 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
3738 @ref{Changes} and get it
3739 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3744 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3745 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
3746 @ref{Changes} and get it
3747 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3752 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3753 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
3754 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
3759 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
3760 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
3761 read the @ref{Changes}.
3766 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
3767 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
3768 has been updated to 1.8.
3769 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
3774 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3775 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
3776 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
3781 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3782 New website went live!
3787 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
3788 Announced new website.
3793 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
3794 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
3799 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
3800 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
3801 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
3807 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
3808 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
3809 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.