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30 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.30 released @emph{October 25, 2015}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
33 2.19.30. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
34 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
35 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
36 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
42 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.29 released @emph{October 18, 2015}
44 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
45 2.19.29. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
46 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
47 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
48 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
54 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.28 released @emph{September 27, 2015}
56 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
57 2.19.28. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
58 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
59 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
60 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
66 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.27 released @emph{September 12, 2015}
68 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
69 2.19.27. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
70 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
71 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
72 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
78 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.26 released @emph{August 27, 2015}
80 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
81 2.19.26. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
82 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
83 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
84 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
90 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.25 released @emph{August 9, 2015}
92 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
93 2.19.25. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
94 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
95 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
96 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
102 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.24 released @emph{July 26, 2015}
104 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
105 2.19.24. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
106 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
107 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
108 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
114 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.23 released @emph{July 12, 2015}
116 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
117 2.19.23. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
118 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
119 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
120 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
126 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.22 released @emph{June 28, 2015}
128 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
129 2.19.22. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
130 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
131 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
132 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
138 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.21 released @emph{May 24, 2015}
140 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
141 2.19.21. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
142 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
143 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
144 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
150 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.20 released @emph{May 10, 2015}
152 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
153 2.19.20. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
154 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
155 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
156 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
162 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.19 released @emph{April 26, 2015}
164 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
165 2.19.19. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
166 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
167 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
168 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
174 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.18 released @emph{April 5, 2015}
176 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
177 2.19.18. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
178 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
179 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
180 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
186 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.17 released @emph{March 15, 2015}
188 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
189 2.19.17. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
190 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
191 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
192 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
198 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.16 released @emph{February 28, 2015}
200 At long last, we are very happy to announce the release of LilyPond
201 2.19.16. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
202 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
203 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
204 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
207 We would like to acknowledge and thank Masamichi Hosoda for making this
208 release possible with his work on updating GUB, the build tool.
213 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.15 released @emph{September 28, 2014}
215 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.15. This
216 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
217 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
218 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
219 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
225 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.14 released @emph{September 14, 2014}
227 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.14. This
228 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
229 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
230 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
231 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
237 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.13 released @emph{August 31, 2014}
239 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.13. This
240 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
241 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
242 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
243 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
249 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.12 released @emph{August 17, 2014}
251 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.12. This
252 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
253 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
254 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
255 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
261 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.11 released @emph{August 3, 2014}
263 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.11. This
264 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
265 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
266 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
267 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
273 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.10 released @emph{July 13, 2014}
275 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.10. This
276 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
277 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
278 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
279 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
285 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.9 released @emph{June 29, 2014}
287 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.9. This
288 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
289 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
290 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
291 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
297 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.8 released @emph{June 15, 2014}
299 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.8. This
300 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
301 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
302 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
303 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
309 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.7 released @emph{May 25, 2014}
311 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.7. This
312 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
313 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
314 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
315 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
321 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.6 released @emph{May 11, 2014}
323 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.6. This
324 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
325 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
326 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
327 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
333 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.5 released @emph{April 20, 2014}
335 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.5. This
336 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
337 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
338 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
339 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
344 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.4 released @emph{April 6, 2014}
346 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.4. This
347 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
348 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
349 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
350 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
355 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.3 released @emph{March 2, 2014}
357 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.3. This
358 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
359 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
360 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
361 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
366 @subheading LilyPond 2.18.1 @emph{February 16, 2014}
368 We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
369 The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
370 over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
371 and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
372 enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
374 To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
375 stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
380 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
382 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
383 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
384 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
385 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
386 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
391 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
393 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
394 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
395 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
396 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
397 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
402 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
404 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
405 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
406 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
407 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
408 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
413 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
415 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
416 a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
417 developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
418 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
419 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
420 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
421 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
422 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
427 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
429 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
430 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
431 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
432 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
433 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
434 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
435 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
436 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
441 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
443 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
444 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
445 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
446 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
447 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
448 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
449 latest version, see @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
450 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
456 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
458 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
459 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
460 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
461 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
462 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
467 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
469 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
470 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
471 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
472 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
473 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
478 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
480 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
481 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
482 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
483 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
484 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
489 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
491 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
492 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
493 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
494 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
495 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
500 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
502 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
503 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
504 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
505 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
506 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
511 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
513 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
514 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
515 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
516 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
517 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
522 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
524 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
525 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
526 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
527 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
528 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
533 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
535 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
536 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
537 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
538 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
539 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
541 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
542 with positioning text.
547 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
549 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
550 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
551 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
552 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
553 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
558 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
560 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
561 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
562 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
563 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
564 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
569 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
571 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
572 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
573 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
574 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
575 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
580 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
582 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
583 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
584 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
585 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
586 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
591 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
593 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
594 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
595 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
596 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
597 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
602 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
604 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
605 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
606 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
607 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
608 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
613 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
615 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
616 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
617 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
618 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
619 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
624 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
626 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
627 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
628 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
629 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
630 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
631 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
636 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
638 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
639 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
640 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
641 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
642 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
647 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
649 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
650 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
651 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
652 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
653 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
658 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
660 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
661 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
662 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
663 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
664 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
669 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
671 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
672 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
673 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
674 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
675 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
680 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
682 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
683 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
684 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
685 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
686 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
691 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
693 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
694 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
695 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
696 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
697 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
702 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
704 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
705 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
706 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
707 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
708 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
714 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
716 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
717 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
718 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
722 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
724 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
725 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
726 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
727 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
728 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
733 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
735 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
736 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
737 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
738 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
739 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
744 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
746 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
747 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
748 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
749 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
754 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
756 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
757 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
758 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
759 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
764 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
766 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
767 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
768 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
769 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
774 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
776 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
777 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
778 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
779 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
785 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
787 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
788 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
789 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
790 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
795 @subheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
797 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
798 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
799 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
800 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
802 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
803 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
807 Support for kievan square notation
809 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
811 Music functions have become quite more versatile
814 A full list of new features is given in:
817 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
820 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
822 Main development team:
824 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
825 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
826 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
827 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
828 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
831 Programming contributors:
833 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
834 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
835 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
836 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
838 Documentation contributors:
840 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
844 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
849 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
851 Translation contributors:
853 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
858 @subheading Lilypond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
860 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
861 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
862 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
864 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
865 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
866 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
868 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
869 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
875 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
877 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
878 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
880 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
881 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
882 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
889 @subheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
891 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
892 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
893 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
894 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
895 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
896 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
899 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
900 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
905 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
907 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
908 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
909 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
910 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
911 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
917 @subheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
919 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
920 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
921 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
922 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
925 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
926 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
927 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
934 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
936 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
937 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
939 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
940 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
941 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
948 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
950 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
951 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
952 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
953 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
954 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
960 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
962 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
963 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
964 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
965 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
968 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
969 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
970 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
977 @subheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
979 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
980 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
981 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
982 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
983 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
984 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
987 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
988 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
995 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
997 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
998 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
999 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1000 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1003 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
1004 candidate will be required.
1010 @subheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
1012 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
1013 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
1014 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
1015 working on open source software.
1017 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
1018 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
1024 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
1026 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1027 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1028 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1029 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1032 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1033 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1034 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1041 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
1043 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1044 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1045 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1046 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1049 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1050 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1051 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1058 @subheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
1060 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
1061 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
1062 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
1063 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
1066 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
1067 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
1074 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
1076 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
1077 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1079 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1080 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1081 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1088 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
1090 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
1091 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1093 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1094 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1095 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1102 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
1104 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
1105 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1107 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1108 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1109 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1116 @subheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
1118 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
1119 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
1120 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
1121 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
1124 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
1125 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
1132 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
1134 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
1135 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1137 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1138 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1139 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1146 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
1148 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
1149 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1151 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1152 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1153 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1160 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
1162 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1163 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1164 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1165 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1168 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1169 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1170 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1177 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
1179 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
1180 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1182 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1183 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1184 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1191 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
1193 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
1194 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1196 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1197 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1198 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1205 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
1207 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
1208 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1210 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1211 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1212 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1219 @subheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
1221 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
1222 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
1223 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
1224 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
1225 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
1228 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
1229 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
1236 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
1238 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
1239 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1241 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1242 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1243 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1246 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
1252 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
1254 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
1255 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1257 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1258 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1259 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1266 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
1268 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
1269 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1271 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1272 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1273 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1280 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
1282 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
1283 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1285 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1286 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1287 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1294 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
1296 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
1297 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1299 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1300 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1301 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1308 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
1310 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
1311 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1313 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1314 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1315 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1322 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
1324 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
1325 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1327 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1328 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1329 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1336 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
1338 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
1339 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1341 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1342 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1343 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1350 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
1352 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
1353 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1355 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1356 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1357 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1364 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
1366 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
1367 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1369 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1370 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1371 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1378 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
1380 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
1381 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1383 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1384 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1385 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1392 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
1394 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
1395 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1397 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1398 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1399 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1406 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1408 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1409 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1411 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1412 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1413 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1420 @subheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1422 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1423 Critical regression.
1429 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1431 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1432 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1433 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1434 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1437 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1438 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1439 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1446 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1448 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
1449 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1451 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1452 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1453 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1454 not the next release candidate.
1460 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1462 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1463 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1465 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1466 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1467 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1468 next release candidate.
1474 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1476 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1477 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1478 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1480 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1481 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1482 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1483 next release candidate.
1489 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1491 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1492 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1493 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1494 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1497 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1498 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1499 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1506 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1508 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
1509 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1511 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1512 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1518 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1520 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1521 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1523 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1524 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1530 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1532 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1533 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1534 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1542 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1544 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1545 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1547 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1548 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1554 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1556 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1557 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1559 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1560 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1566 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1568 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1569 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1571 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1572 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1578 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1580 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1581 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1583 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1584 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1590 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1592 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1593 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1594 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1599 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1601 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1602 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1603 usual number of bugs.
1605 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1606 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1611 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1613 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1614 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1615 usual number of bugs.
1617 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1618 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1624 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1626 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1627 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1628 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1629 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1631 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1632 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1637 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1640 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1641 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1644 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1649 A full list of new features is given in:
1652 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1655 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1657 Main development team:
1659 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1660 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1661 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1662 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1663 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1665 Programming contributors:
1667 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1668 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1669 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1670 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1671 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1672 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1676 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1678 Documentation contributors:
1680 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1681 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
1685 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
1686 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
1688 Binaries support contributors:
1692 Translation contributors:
1694 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
1695 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
1702 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
1704 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1705 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1706 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1707 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1710 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1711 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1712 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1719 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
1721 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
1722 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1724 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1725 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1731 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
1733 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
1734 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1736 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1737 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1743 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
1745 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
1746 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1748 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1749 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1755 @subheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
1757 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
1758 article in the May 2011 issue titled
1759 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
1760 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
1761 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
1762 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
1763 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
1768 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
1770 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
1771 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1773 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1774 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1780 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
1782 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1783 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1784 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1785 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1788 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1789 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1790 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1797 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
1799 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1800 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1801 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1802 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1805 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1806 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1807 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1814 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
1816 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1817 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1818 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1819 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1822 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1823 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1824 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1831 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
1833 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
1834 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1836 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
1837 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1843 @subheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
1845 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
1846 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1847 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1848 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1849 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1855 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
1857 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1858 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1859 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1860 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1863 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1864 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1865 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1872 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
1874 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
1875 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1877 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1878 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1883 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
1885 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
1886 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1888 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1889 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1894 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
1896 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
1897 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1899 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1900 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1906 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
1908 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
1909 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1911 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
1912 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
1913 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
1919 @subheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
1921 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
1922 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
1923 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
1930 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
1932 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1933 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1934 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1935 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1938 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1939 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1940 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1947 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
1949 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
1950 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1951 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1959 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
1961 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
1962 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1963 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1971 @subheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
1973 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
1974 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1975 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1976 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1977 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1983 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
1985 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1986 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1987 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1988 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1991 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1992 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1993 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2000 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
2002 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
2003 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2004 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2013 @subheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
2015 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
2016 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2017 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2018 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2021 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2022 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2023 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2024 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2030 @subheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
2032 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
2033 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2034 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2035 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2038 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2039 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2040 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2041 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2047 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
2049 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
2050 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2051 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2054 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2055 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2056 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2062 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
2064 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
2065 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2066 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2069 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2070 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2071 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2077 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
2079 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
2080 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2081 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2084 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2085 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2086 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2092 @subheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
2094 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
2095 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2096 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2097 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2100 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2101 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2102 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
2103 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2112 @subheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
2114 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
2115 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
2116 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
2117 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
2118 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
2119 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
2120 read on to find out what for!
2123 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
2124 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
2131 @subheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
2133 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
2134 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2135 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2136 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2139 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2140 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2141 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
2142 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2149 @subheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
2151 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
2152 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2153 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2154 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2157 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2158 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2159 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
2160 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2167 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
2169 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
2170 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2171 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2174 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
2175 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2176 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2181 @subheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
2183 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2184 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
2185 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
2186 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
2187 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
2191 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
2192 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
2199 @subheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
2201 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
2202 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2203 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2204 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2207 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
2208 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2209 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2210 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
2212 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
2214 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
2215 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
2216 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2222 @subheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
2224 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
2225 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2226 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2227 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2230 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
2231 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2232 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2233 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
2234 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
2235 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2241 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
2243 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
2244 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2245 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2254 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
2256 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
2257 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2258 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2265 @subheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
2267 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2268 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
2269 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
2270 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
2271 the bug report of the report!
2274 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
2275 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
2281 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
2283 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
2284 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2285 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2292 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
2294 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
2295 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2296 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2303 @subheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
2305 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2306 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
2307 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
2308 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
2312 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
2313 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
2321 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
2323 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
2324 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2325 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2328 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
2329 caution and expect breakage.
2334 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
2336 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
2337 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2338 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2341 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
2342 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
2343 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
2344 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
2349 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
2351 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
2352 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2353 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2359 @subheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
2361 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
2362 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
2363 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
2364 improvements to the new website.
2366 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
2367 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
2369 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
2370 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
2372 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
2378 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
2380 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
2381 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2382 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2387 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
2389 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
2390 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2391 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2397 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2399 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2400 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2401 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2407 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2409 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2410 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2411 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2416 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2418 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2419 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2420 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2425 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2427 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2428 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2429 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2432 This release should be of particular interest to package
2433 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2434 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2435 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2441 @subheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2443 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2444 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2445 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2446 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2449 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2450 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2457 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2459 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2460 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2461 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2464 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2465 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2466 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2467 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2468 see the Changes document for more information.
2472 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2474 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2475 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2476 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2481 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2483 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2484 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2485 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2486 so this release is intended for developers only.
2490 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2492 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2493 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2494 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2499 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2501 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2502 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2507 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2509 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2510 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2511 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2517 @subheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2519 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2520 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2521 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2522 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2523 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2525 What are you waiting for? Come
2526 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2527 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2532 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2534 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2535 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2536 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2540 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2542 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2543 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2544 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2545 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2546 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2551 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2553 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2554 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2555 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2559 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2561 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2562 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2563 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2564 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2568 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2570 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2571 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2572 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2573 and English names for feta filenames.
2579 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2581 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2582 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2583 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2584 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2587 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2588 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2589 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2595 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2597 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2598 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2599 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2600 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2602 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2603 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2608 @subheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2610 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2611 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2617 @subheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2619 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2620 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2621 Read @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2628 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2630 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2631 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2632 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2633 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2635 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2636 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2637 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2645 @subheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2647 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2648 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2649 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2650 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2651 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2652 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2653 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2654 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2660 @subheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2662 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2663 its team, its world, its community.
2664 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2665 to read the full issue...
2670 @subheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2672 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2673 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2674 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2679 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2681 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2682 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
2688 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
2690 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2692 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
2699 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
2701 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
2702 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
2703 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
2704 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
2705 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
2707 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
2708 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
2710 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
2712 @ref{Old downloads}.
2717 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
2719 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
2720 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
2721 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
2722 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
2723 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
2724 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
2727 @ref{Old downloads}.
2732 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
2734 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
2735 documentation and translations.
2736 @ref{Old downloads}.
2741 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
2743 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
2744 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
2745 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
2746 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
2747 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
2749 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
2750 @ref{Old downloads}.
2755 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
2757 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
2758 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
2759 (teaching) has been added.
2761 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
2763 @ref{Old downloads}.
2768 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
2770 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
2771 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
2772 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
2773 @ref{Old downloads}.
2778 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
2780 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
2781 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
2782 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
2783 translations of the documentation.
2784 @ref{Old downloads}.
2789 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
2791 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
2792 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
2793 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
2794 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
2795 deceased since then. All the development team express their
2796 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
2797 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
2798 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
2799 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
2801 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
2803 @ref{Old downloads}.
2808 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
2810 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
2811 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
2812 markup command names have been made.
2815 @ref{Old downloads}.
2820 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
2822 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
2823 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
2824 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
2825 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
2826 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
2829 @ref{Old downloads}.
2834 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
2836 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
2837 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
2839 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
2840 @ref{Old downloads}.
2845 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
2847 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
2848 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
2849 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
2851 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
2852 @ref{Old downloads}.
2857 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
2859 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
2861 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
2862 @ref{Old downloads}.
2867 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
2869 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
2870 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
2871 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
2873 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
2875 @ref{Old downloads}.
2880 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
2882 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
2883 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
2884 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
2885 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
2887 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
2888 @ref{Old downloads}.
2893 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
2895 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
2896 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
2899 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
2900 @ref{Old downloads}.
2905 @subheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
2907 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2908 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
2913 @subheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
2915 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2916 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
2921 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
2923 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
2925 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
2926 @ref{Old downloads}.
2931 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2933 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
2934 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
2935 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
2937 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
2938 @ref{Old downloads}.
2943 @subheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2945 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2946 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
2951 @subheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
2953 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
2954 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
2959 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
2961 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
2962 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
2963 regression tests maintenance for developers.
2965 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
2966 @ref{Old downloads}.
2971 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
2973 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
2974 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
2976 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
2978 @ref{Old downloads}.
2983 @subheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
2985 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
2986 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
2987 report, new translations of the site and publications.
2988 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
2989 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
2990 announce releases and special events.
2995 @subheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
2997 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
2998 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2999 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
3004 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
3006 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
3007 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
3008 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
3009 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
3010 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
3013 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
3015 @ref{Old downloads}.
3020 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
3022 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
3023 names has been added to the MusicXML
3026 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
3027 @ref{Old downloads}.
3032 @subheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
3034 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
3039 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
3041 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
3042 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
3043 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
3046 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
3047 @ref{Old downloads}.
3052 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
3054 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
3057 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
3058 @ref{Old downloads}.
3063 @subheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3065 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
3066 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
3067 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
3068 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
3069 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
3070 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
3076 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3078 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
3079 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
3080 updates to the MusicXML converter.
3082 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
3083 @ref{Old downloads}.
3088 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
3090 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
3091 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
3096 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
3098 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
3099 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
3100 Grand Documentation Project.
3102 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
3103 @ref{Old downloads}.
3108 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
3110 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
3112 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
3113 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
3114 @ref{Old downloads}.
3119 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
3121 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
3123 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
3124 @ref{Old downloads}.
3129 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
3131 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
3132 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
3134 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
3135 @ref{Old downloads}.
3140 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
3142 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
3143 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
3144 for the translations.
3146 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
3147 @ref{Old downloads}.
3152 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
3154 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
3155 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
3156 and lots of updates for the translations.
3158 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
3159 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
3160 @ref{Old downloads}.
3165 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
3167 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
3168 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
3169 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
3170 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
3175 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
3176 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
3177 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
3178 spacing engine code.
3180 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
3181 @ref{Old downloads}.
3186 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
3188 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
3189 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
3191 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
3192 @ref{Old downloads}.
3197 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
3199 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
3200 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
3202 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
3203 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
3204 @ref{Old downloads}.
3209 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
3210 This has lots of bugfixes.
3212 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
3213 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
3214 @ref{Old downloads}.
3219 @subheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
3220 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
3221 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
3222 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
3227 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
3228 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
3230 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
3232 @ref{Old downloads}.
3237 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
3238 This release has some documentation updates.
3240 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
3242 @ref{Old downloads}.
3247 @subheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
3248 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
3249 disponibles en ligne ---
3250 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
3251 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
3252 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
3253 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
3258 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
3259 This release fixes many bugs.
3261 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
3262 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
3264 @ref{Old downloads}.
3269 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
3270 This release fixes many bugs.
3272 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
3273 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
3275 @ref{Old downloads}.
3280 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
3281 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
3282 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
3284 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
3286 @ref{Old downloads}.
3291 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
3292 This release fixes still more bugs.
3294 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
3296 @ref{Old downloads}.
3301 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
3302 This release fixes many bugs.
3303 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
3304 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
3306 @ref{Old downloads})
3311 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
3312 This release will stretch piano staves on a
3313 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
3314 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
3316 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
3317 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
3319 @ref{Old downloads}.
3324 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
3325 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
3326 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
3328 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
3335 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3336 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
3337 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
3339 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
3341 @ref{Old downloads}.
3346 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3347 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
3348 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
3350 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
3352 @ref{Old downloads}.
3357 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3358 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
3361 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
3363 @ref{Old downloads}.
3368 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
3369 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
3371 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
3373 @ref{Old downloads}.
3378 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
3379 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
3380 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
3381 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
3383 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
3385 @ref{Old downloads}.
3390 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3391 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
3392 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
3393 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
3394 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
3395 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3397 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3399 @ref{Old downloads}.
3404 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3405 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3406 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3409 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3411 @ref{Old downloads}.
3416 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3417 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3418 further improvements in the regression test suite
3422 @ref{Old downloads}.
3427 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3428 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3432 @ref{Old downloads}.
3437 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3438 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3443 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3444 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3449 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3450 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3454 @ref{Old downloads}.
3459 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3460 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3461 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3465 @ref{Old downloads}.
3470 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3471 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3475 @ref{Old downloads}.
3480 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3481 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3486 @ref{Old downloads}.
3491 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3492 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3496 @ref{Old downloads}.
3501 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3502 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3503 within a system as well as between systems.
3507 @ref{Old downloads}.
3512 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3513 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3514 test results} and several website build improvements.
3518 @ref{Old downloads}.
3523 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3524 This release fixes several bugs.
3527 @ref{Old downloads}.
3532 @subheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3533 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3538 @subheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3539 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3540 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3541 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3542 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3547 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3548 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3552 @ref{Old downloads}.
3557 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3558 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3561 @ref{Old downloads}.
3566 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3567 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3571 @ref{Old downloads}.
3576 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3577 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3580 @ref{Old downloads}.
3585 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3586 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3591 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3592 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3593 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3598 @subheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3599 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3600 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3605 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3606 This release has many more bugfixes.
3609 @ref{Old downloads}.
3614 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3615 This release has many more bugfixes.
3618 @ref{Old downloads}.
3623 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3624 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3629 @ref{Old downloads}.
3634 @subheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3635 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3636 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3637 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3638 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3639 (@ref{Publications}).
3644 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3645 This release has further bugfixes.
3648 @ref{Old downloads}.
3653 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3654 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3655 available for x86/64.
3658 @ref{Old downloads}.
3663 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3664 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3665 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3666 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3667 @ref{Old downloads})
3672 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3673 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3674 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3679 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3680 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3685 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
3686 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3691 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
3692 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3697 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
3698 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
3699 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3704 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
3705 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
3706 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
3707 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3712 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
3713 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3718 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
3719 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
3720 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
3725 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
3726 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
3727 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
3728 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
3729 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3734 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
3735 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
3736 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3741 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
3742 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
3743 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
3744 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3749 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
3750 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
3751 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
3752 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3757 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3758 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
3760 @ref{Old downloads})
3765 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3766 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
3768 @ref{Old downloads})
3773 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
3774 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
3775 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3777 @ref{Old downloads})
3782 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3783 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
3784 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3785 (@ref{Old downloads})
3790 @subheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3791 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
3792 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
3793 glory} what features are broken in the development release
3798 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
3799 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
3800 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
3801 the development releases even better
3806 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
3808 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
3809 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
3810 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3815 @subheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
3816 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
3817 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
3818 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
3819 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
3820 esthetics}. Happy reading!
3825 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
3826 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
3827 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
3829 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3834 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3835 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
3836 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
3837 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
3838 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3843 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3844 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
3845 (@ref{Old downloads})
3850 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
3851 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
3852 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
3853 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
3854 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
3855 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3860 @subheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
3861 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
3862 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
3863 (@ref{Publications})
3868 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3869 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
3870 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3875 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3876 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
3877 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
3878 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3883 @subheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
3884 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
3885 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
3890 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
3891 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
3892 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3897 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
3898 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
3899 released. (@ref{Changes},
3900 @ref{Old downloads})
3905 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
3906 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
3907 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
3908 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
3909 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
3910 multi-measure rests.
3912 @ref{Old downloads})
3917 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
3918 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
3920 @ref{Old downloads})
3925 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
3926 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
3927 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
3928 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
3929 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3930 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
3931 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
3932 @ref{Old downloads})
3937 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
3938 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
3939 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
3940 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
3941 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
3942 @ref{Old downloads})
3947 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
3948 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
3949 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
3950 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
3951 the endings and the middle
3952 part. (@ref{Changes},
3953 @ref{Old downloads})
3958 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
3959 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
3960 parenthesized, for example,
3963 c4 -\parenthesize -.
3964 <d \parenthesize fis a>
3968 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
3969 @ref{Old downloads})
3974 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
3975 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
3976 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
3986 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
3987 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
3988 vector. (@ref{Changes},
3989 @ref{Old downloads})
3994 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
3995 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
3996 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
3997 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
3998 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
3999 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
4000 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
4002 @ref{Old downloads})
4007 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
4008 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
4009 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
4010 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
4011 @ref{Old downloads})
4016 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
4017 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
4018 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
4019 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
4020 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
4021 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
4022 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
4023 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4024 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4025 @ref{Old downloads})
4030 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
4031 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
4032 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
4033 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
4034 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
4035 @ref{Old downloads})
4040 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
4042 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
4043 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
4044 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
4049 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
4050 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
4051 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
4052 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
4053 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
4058 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4059 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
4060 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
4062 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
4064 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
4066 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
4072 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4073 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
4074 (feature sponsored by Andrea
4075 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
4076 @ref{Old downloads})
4081 @subheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
4082 Linux Journal publishes an article on
4083 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
4084 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
4085 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
4088 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
4089 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
4090 alternatives seem second-rate.}
4091 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
4096 @subheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
4097 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
4098 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
4099 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
4100 page. Let us know how you fare!
4105 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
4106 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
4107 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
4108 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
4109 The important occasion for this release is our new build
4110 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
4111 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
4112 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
4113 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
4115 @ref{Old downloads})
4120 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
4121 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
4122 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
4123 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
4124 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
4125 @ref{Old downloads})
4130 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
4131 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
4132 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
4133 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
4134 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
4135 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
4136 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
4137 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
4138 functions. (@ref{Changes},
4139 @ref{Old downloads})
4144 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
4145 This release has the following new features:
4148 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
4149 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
4150 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4152 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
4153 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
4154 and Bertalan Fodor).
4156 Generic music functions may now also be used on
4157 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
4160 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
4161 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
4162 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
4166 @ref{Old downloads})
4171 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
4172 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
4173 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
4174 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
4175 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
4176 van den Borre and Bertalan
4177 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
4178 @ref{Old downloads})
4183 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
4184 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
4185 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
4186 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
4192 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
4193 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
4194 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
4195 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
4196 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
4198 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
4199 @ref{Old downloads})
4204 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
4205 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
4206 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
4211 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
4212 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
4213 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
4214 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
4215 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
4216 etc. (@ref{Changes},
4217 @ref{Old downloads})
4222 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
4223 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
4224 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
4225 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4226 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4227 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4228 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4229 @ref{Old downloads})
4234 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
4235 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4236 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4237 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4238 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4239 @ref{Old downloads})
4244 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
4245 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
4246 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
4247 @ref{Old downloads})
4252 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
4253 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
4254 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
4255 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
4256 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
4257 properties. (@ref{Changes},
4258 @ref{Old downloads})
4263 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
4264 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
4265 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
4266 that compute said property, i.e.
4269 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
4270 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
4273 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
4274 @ref{Old downloads})
4279 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
4280 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
4281 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
4282 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
4283 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
4284 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
4285 also provides advanced tweakability for power
4286 users. (@ref{Changes},
4287 @ref{Old downloads})
4292 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
4293 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
4294 series. (@ref{Changes},
4295 @ref{Old downloads})
4300 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
4301 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
4302 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
4303 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
4304 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
4305 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
4306 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
4307 sponsored by Nicolas
4308 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4309 @ref{Old downloads})
4314 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
4315 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
4316 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4317 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
4318 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
4319 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
4320 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4321 @ref{Old downloads})
4326 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
4327 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
4328 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
4329 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
4330 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4331 @ref{Old downloads})
4336 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
4337 This is mainly a bugfix
4338 release. (@ref{Changes},
4339 @ref{Old downloads})
4344 @subheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
4345 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
4346 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
4347 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
4348 la gravure musicale}.
4353 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
4354 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
4355 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
4356 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
4357 @ref{Old downloads})
4362 @subheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
4363 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
4364 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
4365 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
4366 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
4367 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
4372 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
4373 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
4374 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
4375 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
4376 @ref{Old downloads})
4381 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
4382 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
4383 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
4384 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
4385 signs. (@ref{Changes},
4386 @ref{Old downloads})
4391 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
4392 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
4393 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
4394 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
4395 @ref{Old downloads})
4400 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4401 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4402 for a note is proportional to the time it
4403 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4404 @ref{Old downloads})
4409 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4410 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4411 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4416 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4417 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4418 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4419 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4421 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4422 @ref{Old downloads})
4427 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4428 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4429 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4430 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4432 @ref{Old downloads})
4437 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4438 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4439 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4440 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4441 @ref{Old downloads})
4446 @subheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4447 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4449 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4450 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4451 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4452 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4453 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4458 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4459 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4460 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4461 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4466 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4467 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4468 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4469 @ref{Old downloads})
4474 @subheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4475 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4476 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4477 @ref{Old downloads})
4482 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4483 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4484 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4485 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4486 (@ref{Old downloads})
4491 @subheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4492 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4493 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4494 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4499 @subheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4500 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4501 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4502 better help functionality.
4503 (@ref{Old downloads})
4508 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4509 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4510 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4511 compile them directly from
4512 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4517 @subheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4518 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4519 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4524 @subheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4525 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4526 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4527 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4532 @subheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4533 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4534 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4535 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4536 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4541 @subheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4542 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4543 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4548 @subheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4549 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4554 @subheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4555 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4556 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4561 @subheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4562 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4563 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4564 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4565 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4570 @subheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4571 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4572 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4573 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4574 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4575 @ref{Old downloads})
4580 @subheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4582 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4583 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4585 (@ref{Old downloads})
4590 @subheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4591 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4592 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4593 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4594 signatures like 5/8.
4596 @ref{Old downloads})
4601 @subheading April 18, 2005
4602 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4603 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4604 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4605 More details are in the
4607 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4612 @subheading April 15, 2005
4613 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4614 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4615 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4616 Scheme code. Take a look at
4618 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4623 @subheading April 6, 2005
4624 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4625 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4626 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4631 @subheading March 31, 2005
4632 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4633 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4634 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4639 @subheading March 20, 2005
4640 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4641 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4647 @subheading March 14, 2005
4648 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4649 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4650 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4651 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4652 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4657 @subheading March 7, 2005
4658 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4659 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4660 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4661 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4662 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4664 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4669 @subheading March 7, 2005
4670 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4671 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4677 @subheading February 28, 2005
4678 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
4679 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4680 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4681 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
4687 @subheading February 28, 2005
4688 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
4689 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}.
4690 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4691 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4696 @subheading February 26, 2005
4697 The @uref{http://lsr.di.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
4698 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
4699 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
4700 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
4705 @subheading February 21, 2005
4706 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
4707 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
4708 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
4709 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
4711 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4716 @subheading February 4, 2005
4717 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
4718 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
4719 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
4720 @ref{Old downloads}!
4725 @subheading January 31, 2005
4726 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
4727 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
4728 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
4734 @subheading January 26, 2005
4735 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
4736 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
4742 @subheading January 16, 2005
4743 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
4744 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
4745 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
4747 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
4749 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
4754 @subheading January 11, 2005
4755 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
4756 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
4757 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
4758 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
4759 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
4760 font code by Werner.
4762 and check out the changes in
4763 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4768 @subheading January 02, 2005
4769 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
4770 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
4771 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
4772 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
4773 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
4774 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
4775 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
4776 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
4777 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
4780 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}.
4785 @subheading December 28, 2004
4786 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
4787 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
4788 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
4789 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
4791 and check out the changes in
4792 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4797 @subheading December 20, 2004
4798 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
4799 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
4800 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
4801 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
4802 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
4805 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}.
4810 @subheading December 3, 2004
4811 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
4812 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
4813 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
4814 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
4815 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
4816 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
4817 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
4818 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
4822 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}.
4827 @subheading November 26, 2004
4828 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
4829 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
4830 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
4831 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
4832 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
4834 and check out the changes in
4835 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4840 @subheading November 20, 2004
4841 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
4842 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
4843 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
4844 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
4845 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
4846 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
4847 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
4848 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
4851 and check out the changes in
4852 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4857 @subheading November 12, 2004
4858 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
4859 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
4860 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
4861 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
4862 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
4865 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
4868 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
4869 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
4870 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
4871 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
4872 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
4875 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}.
4880 @subheading November 11, 2004
4881 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
4882 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
4888 @subheading November 4, 2004
4889 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
4890 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
4892 and check out the changes in
4893 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4898 @subheading October 31, 2004
4899 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
4900 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
4901 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
4902 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
4909 @subheading October 29, 2004
4910 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
4911 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
4912 some problems with the conversion scripts.
4914 and check out the changes in
4915 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4920 @subheading October 29, 2004
4921 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4922 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
4923 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
4924 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
4926 and check out the changes in
4927 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4932 @subheading October 27, 2004
4933 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
4934 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
4935 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
4937 and check out the changes in
4938 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4943 @subheading October 24, 2004
4944 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
4945 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
4946 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4948 and check out the changes in
4949 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4954 @subheading October 10, 2004
4955 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
4956 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
4957 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
4961 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}.
4966 @subheading October 09, 2004
4967 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
4968 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
4969 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
4973 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}.
4978 @subheading October 02, 2004
4979 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
4980 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
4981 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
4982 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
4983 in the documentation.
4985 and check out the changes in
4986 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4991 @subheading September 29, 2004
4992 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
4993 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
4994 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
4995 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
5000 @subheading September 26, 2004
5001 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
5003 and check out the changes
5004 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5009 @subheading September 20, 2004
5010 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
5011 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
5012 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
5013 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
5014 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
5015 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
5018 and check out the changes in
5019 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5024 @subheading September 11, 2004
5025 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
5026 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
5027 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
5028 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
5029 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
5030 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
5031 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
5032 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
5033 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
5034 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
5035 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
5036 will hold users back in switching.
5038 and check out the changes in
5039 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5044 @subheading September 10, 2004
5045 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
5046 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
5047 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
5048 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
5049 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
5050 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
5052 and check out the changes in
5053 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5058 @subheading September 6, 2004
5059 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
5060 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
5061 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
5062 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
5063 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
5067 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}.
5072 @subheading August 29, 2004
5073 LilyPond now has a Documentation
5074 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
5075 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
5076 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
5077 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
5078 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
5079 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
5080 chapter of the user manual.
5081 A lot of cheers for Graham!
5086 @subheading August 29, 2004
5087 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
5088 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
5089 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
5090 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
5091 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
5092 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
5096 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}.
5101 @subheading August 24, 2004
5102 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
5103 disappearing metronome mark.
5105 and check out the changes in
5106 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}.
5111 @subheading August 23, 2004
5112 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
5113 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
5114 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
5115 `doubleSlurs' property.
5117 and check out the changes in
5118 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5123 @subheading August 3, 2004
5124 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
5125 annoying bugs fixed.
5128 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}.
5133 @subheading August 1, 2004
5134 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
5135 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
5136 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
5137 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
5138 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
5139 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
5142 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
5143 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
5145 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
5146 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
5151 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}.
5156 @subheading July 30, 2004
5157 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
5158 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
5159 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
5160 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
5161 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
5162 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
5163 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
5164 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
5165 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
5166 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
5169 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}.
5174 @subheading July 23, 2004
5175 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
5176 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
5177 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
5178 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
5181 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}.
5186 @subheading July 19, 2004
5187 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
5188 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
5189 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
5190 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
5191 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
5192 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
5193 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
5194 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
5195 beat within the measure.
5197 and check out the changes in
5198 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5203 @subheading July 15, 2004
5204 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
5208 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}.
5213 @subheading July 11, 2004
5214 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
5220 @subheading July 5, 2004
5221 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
5222 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
5223 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
5224 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
5226 and check out the changes
5227 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5232 @subheading July 5, 2004
5233 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
5237 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}.
5242 @subheading June 25, 2004
5243 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
5244 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
5245 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
5246 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
5247 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
5248 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
5249 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}
5251 @ref{Old downloads}.
5256 @subheading June 20, 2004
5257 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
5258 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
5259 @ref{Old downloads}.
5264 @subheading June 13, 2004
5265 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
5266 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
5267 @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}
5269 @ref{Old downloads}.
5274 @subheading May 31, 2004
5275 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
5276 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
5277 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}
5279 @ref{Old downloads}.
5284 @subheading May 31, 2004
5285 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
5286 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}
5287 or head straight to the
5288 @ref{Old downloads}.
5293 @subheading May 26, 2004
5294 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
5295 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
5296 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5297 @ref{Old downloads}.
5302 @subheading May 9, 2004
5303 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
5304 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5305 @ref{Old downloads}.
5310 @subheading May 4, 2004
5311 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
5313 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
5314 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
5315 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
5316 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
5317 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
5322 @subheading May 3, 2004
5323 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
5324 @ref{Old downloads}.
5329 @subheading April 17, 2004
5330 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
5331 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
5337 @subheading April 12, 2004
5338 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
5339 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
5340 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
5341 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
5342 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
5343 @ref{Old downloads}.
5348 @subheading April 8, 2004
5349 A French article on the new LilyPond
5350 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
5355 @subheading April 8, 2004
5356 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
5357 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
5363 @subheading April 1, 2004
5364 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
5365 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
5366 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
5367 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
5368 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
5369 @ref{Old downloads}.
5374 @subheading March 31, 2004
5375 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
5376 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
5377 documentation polish. This should be the final release
5378 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
5380 @ref{Old downloads}.
5385 @subheading March 30, 2004
5386 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
5388 @ref{Old downloads}.
5393 @subheading March 28, 2004
5394 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
5395 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
5396 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5403 @subheading March 22, 2004
5404 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5405 @ref{Old downloads}.
5410 @subheading March 21, 2004
5411 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5418 @subheading March 20, 2004
5419 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5420 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5421 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5423 @ref{Old downloads}.
5428 @subheading March 15, 2004
5429 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5430 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5431 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5434 @ref{Old downloads}.
5439 @subheading March 14, 2004
5441 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5442 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5448 @subheading March 11, 2004
5449 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5451 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5452 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5453 authors of LilyPond.
5458 @subheading March 11, 2004
5459 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5460 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5463 @ref{Old downloads}.
5468 @subheading March 9, 2004
5469 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5470 experimental support for producing titles with
5476 @subheading February 29, 2004
5477 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5478 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5479 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5481 @ref{Old downloads}.
5486 @subheading February 24, 2004
5487 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5488 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5489 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5491 @ref{Old downloads}.
5496 @subheading February 23, 2004
5497 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5498 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5499 produce cue notes. More information in the
5506 @subheading February 18, 2004
5507 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5508 for altering accidental rules.
5514 @subheading February 16, 2004
5515 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5516 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5517 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5518 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5519 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5520 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5521 More information in the
5528 @subheading February 13, 2004
5529 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5530 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5531 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5538 @subheading February 12, 2004
5539 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5540 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5541 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5542 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5549 @subheading February 9, 2004
5550 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5551 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5552 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5553 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5554 More information in the
5561 @subheading February 5, 2004
5562 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5563 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5564 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5565 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5566 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5567 More information in the
5574 @subheading February 4, 2004
5575 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5576 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5577 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5585 @subheading February 2, 2004
5586 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5587 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5588 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5595 @subheading January 28, 2004
5596 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5597 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5598 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5599 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5608 @subheading January 26, 2004
5609 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5610 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5613 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5618 @subheading January 21, 2004
5620 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5621 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5622 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5625 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5630 @subheading January 20, 2004
5631 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5632 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5633 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5634 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5639 @subheading January 20, 2004
5640 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5641 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5642 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5643 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5649 @subheading January 19, 2004
5650 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5651 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5653 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5658 @subheading January 18, 2004
5659 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5660 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5661 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5666 @subheading January 17, 2004
5667 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5668 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5669 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5671 More information in the
5672 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5677 @subheading January 16, 2004
5678 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5679 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5681 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5686 @subheading January 13, 2004
5687 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
5688 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
5689 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
5691 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5696 @subheading January 9, 2004
5697 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
5698 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
5699 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
5700 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
5701 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
5702 individual music expressions.
5703 More information in the
5704 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5709 @subheading January 7, 2004
5710 An update to the stable branch,
5711 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
5712 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
5717 @subheading January 6, 2004
5718 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
5719 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
5720 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
5721 More information in the
5722 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5727 @subheading January 4, 2004
5728 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
5730 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
5731 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5736 @subheading January 2, 2004
5737 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
5738 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
5739 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
5740 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5745 @subheading December 30, 2003
5746 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
5747 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
5748 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
5749 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5754 @subheading December 23, 2003
5755 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
5756 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
5757 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
5758 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
5759 to implement this are welcome!) See the
5760 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5765 @subheading December 17, 2003
5766 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
5767 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
5768 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
5770 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5775 @subheading December 16, 2003
5776 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
5777 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
5778 Han-Wen's absence. See the
5779 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5784 @subheading October 11, 2003
5785 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
5787 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5792 @subheading October 11, 2003
5793 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
5795 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
5796 thanks to Heikki Junes.
5801 @subheading October 9, 2003
5802 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
5803 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
5804 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
5809 @subheading October 5, 2003
5810 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
5817 @subheading October 4, 2003
5818 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
5820 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
5821 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
5826 @subheading September 29, 2003
5827 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
5828 contains minor bugfixes.
5829 See the @ref{Changes}
5830 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
5835 @subheading September 27, 2003
5836 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
5837 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
5838 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
5844 @subheading September 24, 2003
5845 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
5846 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
5847 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
5848 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
5849 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
5854 @subheading September 24, 2003
5855 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
5856 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
5857 the @ref{Changes} and
5858 download @uref{install/,here}.
5863 @subheading September 23, 2003
5864 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
5865 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5866 the @ref{Changes} and
5867 download @uref{install/,here}.
5872 @subheading September 19, 2003
5873 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
5874 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5875 the @ref{Changes} and
5876 download @uref{install/,here}.
5881 @subheading September 17, 2003
5882 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
5883 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
5889 @subheading September 16, 2003
5890 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
5891 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
5897 @subheading September 10, 2003
5898 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
5899 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
5900 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
5901 will be available in a few weeks.
5907 @subheading September 9, 2003
5908 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
5909 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
5915 @subheading September 7, 2003
5916 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
5917 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
5923 @subheading August 31, 2003
5924 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
5925 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
5926 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
5932 @subheading August 31, 2003
5933 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
5934 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
5939 @subheading August 31, 2003
5940 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
5941 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
5942 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
5943 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5948 @subheading August 28, 2003
5949 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
5950 @ref{Changes} and get it
5951 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5956 @subheading August 26, 2003
5957 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
5958 @ref{Changes} and get it
5959 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5964 @subheading August 25, 2003
5965 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
5966 @ref{Changes} and get it
5967 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5972 @subheading August 25, 2003
5973 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
5974 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
5979 @subheading August 21, 2003
5980 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
5981 read the @ref{Changes}.
5986 @subheading August 18, 2003
5987 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
5988 has been updated to 1.8.
5989 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
5994 @subheading August 7, 2003
5995 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
5996 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
6001 @subheading August 7, 2003
6002 New website went live!
6007 @subheading August 6, 2003
6008 Announced new website.
6013 @subheading August 1, 2003
6014 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
6019 @subheading July 30, 2003
6020 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
6021 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
6027 @subheading July 29, 2003
6028 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
6029 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.