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30 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.55 released @emph{February 12, 2017}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
33 2.19.55. 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 2.19.54 released @emph{January 4, 2017}
44 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
45 2.19.54. 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 2.19.53 released @emph{December 17, 2016}
56 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
57 2.19.53. 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 2.19.52 released @emph{December 4, 2016}
68 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
69 2.19.52. 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 2.19.51 released @emph{November 20, 2016}
80 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
81 2.19.51. 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 2.19.50 released @emph{November 6, 2016}
92 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
93 2.19.50. 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 2.19.49 released @emph{October 16, 2016}
104 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
105 2.19.49. 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 2.19.48 released @emph{September 13, 2016}
116 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
117 2.19.48. 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 2.19.47 released @emph{August 31, 2016}
128 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
129 2.19.47. 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 2.19.46 released @emph{July 26, 2016}
140 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
141 2.19.46. 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 2.19.45 released @emph{July 09, 2016}
152 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
153 2.19.45. 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 2.19.44 released @emph{June 21, 2016}
164 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
165 2.19.44. 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 2.19.43 released @emph{June 8, 2016}
176 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
177 2.19.43. 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 2.19.42 released @emph{May 15, 2016}
188 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
189 2.19.42. 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 2.19.41 released @emph{May 1, 2016}
200 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
201 2.19.41. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
202 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
203 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
204 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
210 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.40 released @emph{April 17, 2016}
212 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
213 2.19.40. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
214 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
215 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
216 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
222 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.39 released @emph{March 27, 2016}
224 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
225 2.19.39. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
226 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
227 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
228 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
234 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.38 released @emph{March 13, 2016}
236 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
237 2.19.38. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
238 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
239 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
240 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
246 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.37 released @emph{February 28, 2016}
248 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
249 2.19.37. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
250 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
251 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
252 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
258 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.36 released @emph{January 31, 2016}
260 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
261 2.19.36. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
262 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
263 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
264 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
270 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.35 released @emph{January 02, 2016}
272 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
273 2.19.35. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
274 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
275 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
276 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
282 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.34 released @emph{December 22, 2015}
284 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
285 2.19.34. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
286 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
287 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
288 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
294 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.33 released @emph{December 6, 2015}
296 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
297 2.19.33. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
298 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
299 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
300 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
306 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.32 released @emph{November 22, 2015}
308 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
309 2.19.32. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
310 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
311 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
312 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
318 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.31 released @emph{November 8, 2015}
320 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
321 2.19.31. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
322 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
323 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
324 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
330 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.30 released @emph{October 25, 2015}
332 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
333 2.19.30. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
334 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
335 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
336 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
342 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.29 released @emph{October 18, 2015}
344 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
345 2.19.29. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
346 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
347 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
348 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
354 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.28 released @emph{September 27, 2015}
356 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
357 2.19.28. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
358 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
359 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
360 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
366 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.27 released @emph{September 12, 2015}
368 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
369 2.19.27. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
370 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
371 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
372 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
378 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.26 released @emph{August 27, 2015}
380 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
381 2.19.26. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
382 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
383 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
384 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
390 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.25 released @emph{August 9, 2015}
392 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
393 2.19.25. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
394 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
395 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
396 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
402 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.24 released @emph{July 26, 2015}
404 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
405 2.19.24. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
406 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
407 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
408 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
414 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.23 released @emph{July 12, 2015}
416 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
417 2.19.23. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
418 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
419 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
420 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
426 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.22 released @emph{June 28, 2015}
428 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
429 2.19.22. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
430 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
431 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
432 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
438 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.21 released @emph{May 24, 2015}
440 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
441 2.19.21. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
442 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
443 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
444 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
450 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.20 released @emph{May 10, 2015}
452 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
453 2.19.20. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
454 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
455 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
456 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
462 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.19 released @emph{April 26, 2015}
464 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
465 2.19.19. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
466 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
467 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
468 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
474 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.18 released @emph{April 5, 2015}
476 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
477 2.19.18. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
478 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
479 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
480 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
486 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.17 released @emph{March 15, 2015}
488 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
489 2.19.17. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
490 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
491 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
492 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
498 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.16 released @emph{February 28, 2015}
500 At long last, we are very happy to announce the release of LilyPond
501 2.19.16. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
502 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
503 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
504 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
507 We would like to acknowledge and thank Masamichi Hosoda for making this
508 release possible with his work on updating GUB, the build tool.
513 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.15 released @emph{September 28, 2014}
515 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.15. This
516 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
517 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
518 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
519 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
525 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.14 released @emph{September 14, 2014}
527 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.14. This
528 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
529 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
530 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
531 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
537 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.13 released @emph{August 31, 2014}
539 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.13. This
540 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
541 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
542 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
543 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
549 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.12 released @emph{August 17, 2014}
551 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.12. This
552 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
553 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
554 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
555 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
561 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.11 released @emph{August 3, 2014}
563 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.11. This
564 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
565 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
566 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
567 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
573 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.10 released @emph{July 13, 2014}
575 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.10. This
576 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
577 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
578 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
579 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
585 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.9 released @emph{June 29, 2014}
587 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.9. This
588 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
589 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
590 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
591 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
597 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.8 released @emph{June 15, 2014}
599 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.8. This
600 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
601 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
602 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
603 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
609 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.7 released @emph{May 25, 2014}
611 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.7. This
612 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
613 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
614 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
615 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
621 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.6 released @emph{May 11, 2014}
623 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.6. This
624 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
625 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
626 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
627 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
633 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.5 released @emph{April 20, 2014}
635 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.5. This
636 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
637 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
638 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
639 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
644 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.4 released @emph{April 6, 2014}
646 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.4. This
647 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
648 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
649 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
650 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
655 @subheading LilyPond production named BEST EDITION 2014 @emph{March 11, 2014}
657 We are thrilled that the edition of the songs of Oskar
658 Fried (1871-1941), published recently by our fellow contributors Urs Liska
659 and Janek Warchoł [1], received the "Musikeditionspreis BEST EDITION
660 2014" of the German Music Publishers' Association [2]. The ceremony
661 took place at the Frankfurt Musikmesse.
663 We congratulate Janek and Urs for gaining such public recognition of
664 typographical and editorial excellence of their work. We are also delighted
665 to inform you that they intend to make their work available under a Free
666 license as soon as the publisher expenses are covered. Please support this
667 initiative by buying the printed volume through the publisher [3].
669 [1] @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/category/fried-songs}@*
670 [2] @uref{http://www.best-edition.de}@*
671 [3] @uref{http://www.sound-rel.de}@*
677 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.3 released @emph{March 2, 2014}
679 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.3. This
680 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
681 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
682 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
683 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
688 @subheading LilyPond 2.18.1 @emph{February 16, 2014}
690 We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
691 The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
692 over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
693 and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
694 enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
696 To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
697 stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
702 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
704 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
705 release includes a number of 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 2.18 version.
713 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
715 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
716 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
717 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
718 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
719 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
724 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
726 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
727 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
728 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
729 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
730 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
735 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
737 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
738 a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
739 developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
740 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
741 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
742 latest version, see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
743 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
744 @uref{http://lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
749 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
751 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
752 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
753 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
754 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
755 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
756 latest version, see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
757 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
758 @uref{http://lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
763 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
765 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
766 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
767 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
768 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
769 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
770 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
771 latest version, see @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
772 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
778 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
780 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
781 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
782 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
783 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
784 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
789 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
791 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
792 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
793 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
794 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
795 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
800 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
802 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
803 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
804 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
805 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
806 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
811 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
813 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
814 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
815 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
816 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
817 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
822 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
824 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
825 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
826 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
827 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
828 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
833 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
835 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
836 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
837 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
838 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
839 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
844 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
846 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
847 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
848 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
849 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
850 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
855 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
857 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
858 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
859 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
860 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
861 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
863 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
864 with positioning text.
869 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
871 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
872 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
873 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
874 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
875 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
880 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
882 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
883 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
884 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
885 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
886 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
891 @subheading LilyPond blog. @emph{June 2, 2013}
893 Janek Warchoł has created a LilyPond blog. You can find it at
894 @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/, lilypondblog.org}!
899 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
901 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
902 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
903 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
904 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
905 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
910 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
912 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
913 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
914 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
915 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
916 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
921 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
923 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
924 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
925 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
926 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
927 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
932 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
934 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
935 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
936 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
937 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
938 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
943 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
945 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
946 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
947 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
948 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
949 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
954 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
956 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
957 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
958 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
959 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
960 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
961 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
966 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
968 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
969 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
970 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
971 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
972 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
977 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
979 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
980 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
981 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
982 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
983 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
988 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
990 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
991 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
992 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
993 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
994 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
999 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
1001 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
1002 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1003 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1004 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1005 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1010 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.2 released! @emph{January 4, 2013}
1012 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.2. This release is mainly
1013 to correct a problem with lilypond-book running on Windows. We recommend that
1014 only people requiring this functionality upgrade to this version.
1019 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
1021 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
1022 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1023 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1024 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1025 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1030 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
1032 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
1033 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1034 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1035 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1036 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1041 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
1043 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
1044 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1045 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1046 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1047 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1053 @subheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012}
1055 The @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, October
1056 issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}} focuses on the
1057 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?LilyPond-meeting-in-Waltrop,
1058 meeting of LilyPond developers and users} in Waltrop, Germany last
1059 August. Of course, there are also some musings on LilyPond
1060 triggered by the release of 2.16.0 and 2.17.0 occuring from that
1063 There are also two monthly financial reports from David Kastrup
1064 whose work on LilyPond is
1065 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding,
1066 solely paid for} by financial contributions from other developer
1067 and users (thank you!), and a report about experiences from
1068 @uref{http://scorio.com, a web-based music typesetting service}
1069 using LilyPond internally.
1071 Come @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, read
1072 LilyPond Report 28} now; comments and contributions are warmly
1077 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
1079 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
1080 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
1081 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1085 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
1087 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
1088 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1089 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1090 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1091 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1096 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
1098 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
1099 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1100 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1101 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1102 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1107 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
1109 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
1110 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1111 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1112 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1117 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
1119 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
1120 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1121 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1122 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1127 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
1129 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
1130 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1131 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1132 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1137 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
1139 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
1140 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1141 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1142 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1148 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
1150 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
1151 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1152 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1153 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1158 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
1160 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
1161 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1162 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1163 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1165 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
1166 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
1170 Support for kievan square notation
1172 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
1174 Music functions have become quite more versatile
1177 A full list of new features is given in:
1180 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1183 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
1185 Main development team:
1187 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
1188 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
1189 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
1190 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
1191 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
1194 Programming contributors:
1196 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
1197 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
1198 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
1199 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
1201 Documentation contributors:
1203 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
1207 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
1212 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
1214 Translation contributors:
1216 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
1221 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
1223 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
1224 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
1225 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
1227 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
1228 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
1229 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1231 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
1232 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
1238 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
1240 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
1241 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1243 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1244 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1245 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1252 @subheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
1254 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
1255 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
1256 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
1257 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
1258 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
1259 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
1262 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
1263 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
1268 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
1270 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
1271 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1272 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1273 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1274 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1280 @subheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
1282 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
1283 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1284 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1285 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1288 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1289 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1290 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1297 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
1299 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
1300 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1302 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1303 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1304 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1311 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
1313 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
1314 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1315 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1316 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1317 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1323 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
1325 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1326 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1327 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1328 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1331 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1332 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1333 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1340 @subheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
1342 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
1343 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
1344 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
1345 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
1346 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
1347 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
1350 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
1351 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
1358 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
1360 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1361 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1362 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1363 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1366 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
1367 candidate will be required.
1373 @subheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
1375 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
1376 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
1377 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
1378 working on open source software.
1380 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
1381 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
1387 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
1389 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1390 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1391 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1392 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1395 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1396 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1397 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1404 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
1406 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1407 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1408 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1409 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1412 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1413 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1414 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1421 @subheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
1423 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
1424 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
1425 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
1426 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
1429 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
1430 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
1437 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
1439 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
1440 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1442 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1443 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1444 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1451 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
1453 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
1454 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1456 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1457 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1458 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1465 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
1467 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
1468 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1470 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1471 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1472 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1479 @subheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
1481 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
1482 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
1483 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
1484 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
1487 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
1488 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
1495 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
1497 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
1498 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1500 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1501 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1502 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1509 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
1511 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
1512 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1514 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1515 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1516 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1523 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
1525 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1526 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1527 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1528 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1531 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1532 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1533 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1540 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
1542 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
1543 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1545 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1546 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1547 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1554 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
1556 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. 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. Please
1561 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1568 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
1570 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
1571 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1573 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1574 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1575 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1582 @subheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
1584 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
1585 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
1586 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
1587 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
1588 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
1591 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
1592 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
1599 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
1601 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
1602 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1604 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1605 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1606 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1609 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
1615 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
1617 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
1618 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1620 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1621 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1622 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1629 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
1631 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
1632 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1634 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1635 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1636 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1643 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
1645 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
1646 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1648 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1649 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1650 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1657 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
1659 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
1660 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1662 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1663 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1664 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1671 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
1673 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
1674 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1676 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1677 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1678 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1685 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
1687 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
1688 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1690 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1691 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1692 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1699 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
1701 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
1702 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1704 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1705 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1706 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1713 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
1715 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
1716 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1718 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1719 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1720 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1727 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
1729 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
1730 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1732 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1733 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1734 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1741 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
1743 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
1744 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1746 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1747 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1748 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1755 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
1757 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
1758 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1760 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1761 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1762 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1769 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1771 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1772 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1774 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1775 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1776 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1783 @subheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1785 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1786 Critical regression.
1792 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1794 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1795 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1796 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1797 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1800 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1801 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1802 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1809 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1811 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
1812 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1814 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1815 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1816 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1817 not the next release candidate.
1823 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1825 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1826 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1828 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1829 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1830 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1831 next release candidate.
1837 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1839 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1840 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1841 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1843 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1844 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1845 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1846 next release candidate.
1852 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1854 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1855 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1856 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1857 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1860 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1861 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1862 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1869 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1871 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
1872 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1874 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1875 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1881 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1883 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1884 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1886 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1887 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1893 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1895 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1896 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1897 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1905 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1907 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1908 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1910 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1911 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1917 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1919 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1920 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1922 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1923 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1929 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1931 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1932 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1934 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1935 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1941 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1943 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1944 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1946 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1947 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1953 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1955 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1956 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1957 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1962 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1964 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1965 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1966 usual number of bugs.
1968 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1969 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1974 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1976 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1977 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1978 usual number of bugs.
1980 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1981 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1987 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1989 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1990 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1991 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1992 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1994 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1995 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
2000 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
2003 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
2004 it much more flexible and easier to control.
2007 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
2012 A full list of new features is given in:
2015 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
2018 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
2020 Main development team:
2022 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
2023 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
2024 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
2025 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
2026 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
2028 Programming contributors:
2030 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
2031 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
2032 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
2033 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
2034 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
2035 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
2039 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
2041 Documentation contributors:
2043 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
2044 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
2048 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
2049 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
2051 Binaries support contributors:
2055 Translation contributors:
2057 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
2058 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
2065 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
2067 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
2068 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2069 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2070 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2073 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2074 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2075 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2082 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
2084 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
2085 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2087 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2088 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2094 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
2096 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
2097 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2099 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2100 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2106 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
2108 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
2109 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2111 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2112 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2118 @subheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
2120 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
2121 article in the May 2011 issue titled
2122 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/content/download/61706/482546/version/1/file/088-090_projects.pdf,
2123 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
2124 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
2125 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
2126 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
2131 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
2133 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
2134 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2136 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2137 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2143 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
2145 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
2146 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2147 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2148 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2151 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2152 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2153 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2160 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
2162 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
2163 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2164 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2165 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2168 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2169 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2170 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2177 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
2179 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
2180 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2181 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2182 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2185 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2186 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2187 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2194 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
2196 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
2197 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2199 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
2200 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2206 @subheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
2208 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
2209 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2210 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2211 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2212 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2218 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
2220 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
2221 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2222 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2223 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2226 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2227 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2228 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2235 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
2237 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
2238 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2240 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2241 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2246 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
2248 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
2249 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2251 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2252 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2257 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
2259 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
2260 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2262 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2263 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2269 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
2271 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
2272 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2274 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
2275 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
2276 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
2282 @subheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
2284 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
2285 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
2286 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
2293 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
2295 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
2296 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2297 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2298 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2301 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2302 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2303 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2310 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
2312 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
2313 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2314 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2322 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
2324 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
2325 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2326 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2334 @subheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
2336 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
2337 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2338 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2339 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2340 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2346 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
2348 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
2349 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2350 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2351 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2354 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2355 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2356 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2363 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
2365 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
2366 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2367 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2376 @subheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
2378 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
2379 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2380 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2381 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2384 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2385 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2386 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2387 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2393 @subheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
2395 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
2396 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2397 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2398 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2401 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2402 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2403 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2404 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2410 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
2412 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
2413 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2414 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2417 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2418 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2419 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2425 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
2427 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. 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 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2433 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2434 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2440 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
2442 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
2443 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2444 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2447 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2448 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2449 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2455 @subheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
2457 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
2458 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2459 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2460 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2463 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2464 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2465 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
2466 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2475 @subheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
2477 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
2478 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
2479 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
2480 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
2481 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
2482 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
2483 read on to find out what for!
2486 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
2487 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
2494 @subheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
2496 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
2497 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2498 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2499 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2502 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2503 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2504 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
2505 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2512 @subheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
2514 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
2515 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2516 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2517 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2520 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2521 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2522 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
2523 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2530 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
2532 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
2533 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2534 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2537 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
2538 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2539 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2544 @subheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
2546 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2547 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
2548 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
2549 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
2550 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
2554 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
2555 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
2562 @subheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
2564 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
2565 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2566 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2567 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2570 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
2571 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2572 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2573 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
2575 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
2577 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
2578 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
2579 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2585 @subheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
2587 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
2588 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2589 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2590 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2593 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
2594 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2595 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2596 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
2597 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
2598 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2604 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
2606 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
2607 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2608 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2617 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
2619 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
2620 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2621 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2628 @subheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
2630 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2631 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
2632 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
2633 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
2634 the bug report of the report!
2637 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
2638 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
2644 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
2646 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
2647 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2648 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2655 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
2657 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
2658 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2659 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2666 @subheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
2668 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2669 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
2670 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
2671 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
2675 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
2676 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
2684 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
2686 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
2687 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2688 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2691 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
2692 caution and expect breakage.
2697 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
2699 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
2700 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2701 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2704 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
2705 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
2706 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
2707 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
2712 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
2714 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
2715 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2716 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2722 @subheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
2724 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
2725 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
2726 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
2727 improvements to the new website.
2729 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
2730 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
2732 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
2733 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
2735 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
2741 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
2743 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
2744 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2745 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2750 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
2752 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
2753 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2754 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2760 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2762 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2763 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2764 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2770 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2772 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2773 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2774 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2779 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2781 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2782 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2783 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2788 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2790 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2791 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2792 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2795 This release should be of particular interest to package
2796 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2797 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2798 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2804 @subheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2806 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2807 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2808 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2809 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2812 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2813 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2820 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2822 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2823 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2824 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2827 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2828 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2829 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2830 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2831 see the Changes document for more information.
2835 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2837 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2838 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2839 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2844 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2846 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2847 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2848 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2849 so this release is intended for developers only.
2853 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2855 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2856 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2857 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2862 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2864 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2865 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2870 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2872 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2873 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2874 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2880 @subheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2882 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2883 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2884 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2885 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2886 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2888 What are you waiting for? Come
2889 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2890 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2895 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2897 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2898 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2899 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2903 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2905 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2906 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2907 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2908 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2909 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2914 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2916 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2917 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2918 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2922 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2924 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2925 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2926 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2927 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2931 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2933 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2934 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2935 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2936 and English names for feta filenames.
2942 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2944 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2945 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2946 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2947 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2950 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2951 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2952 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2958 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2960 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2961 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2962 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2963 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2965 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2966 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2971 @subheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2973 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2974 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2980 @subheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2982 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2983 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2984 Read @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2991 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2993 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2994 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2995 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2996 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2998 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2999 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
3000 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
3008 @subheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
3010 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
3011 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
3012 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
3013 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
3014 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
3015 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
3016 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
3017 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
3023 @subheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
3025 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
3026 its team, its world, its community.
3027 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
3028 to read the full issue...
3033 @subheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
3035 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
3036 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3037 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
3042 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
3044 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
3045 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
3051 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
3053 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3055 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
3062 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
3064 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
3065 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
3066 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
3067 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
3068 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
3070 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
3071 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
3073 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
3075 @ref{Old downloads}.
3080 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
3082 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
3083 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
3084 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
3085 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
3086 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
3087 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
3090 @ref{Old downloads}.
3095 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
3097 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
3098 documentation and translations.
3099 @ref{Old downloads}.
3104 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
3106 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
3107 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
3108 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
3109 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
3110 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
3112 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
3113 @ref{Old downloads}.
3118 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
3120 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
3121 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
3122 (teaching) has been added.
3124 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
3126 @ref{Old downloads}.
3131 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
3133 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
3134 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
3135 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
3136 @ref{Old downloads}.
3141 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
3143 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
3144 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
3145 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
3146 translations of the documentation.
3147 @ref{Old downloads}.
3152 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
3154 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
3155 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
3156 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
3157 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
3158 deceased since then. All the development team express their
3159 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
3160 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
3161 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
3162 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
3164 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
3166 @ref{Old downloads}.
3171 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
3173 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
3174 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
3175 markup command names have been made.
3178 @ref{Old downloads}.
3183 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
3185 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
3186 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
3187 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
3188 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
3189 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
3192 @ref{Old downloads}.
3197 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
3199 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
3200 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
3202 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
3203 @ref{Old downloads}.
3208 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
3210 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
3211 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
3212 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
3214 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
3215 @ref{Old downloads}.
3220 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
3222 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
3224 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
3225 @ref{Old downloads}.
3230 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
3232 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
3233 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
3234 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
3236 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
3238 @ref{Old downloads}.
3243 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
3245 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
3246 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
3247 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
3248 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
3250 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
3251 @ref{Old downloads}.
3256 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
3258 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
3259 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
3262 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
3263 @ref{Old downloads}.
3268 @subheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
3270 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3271 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123759/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
3276 @subheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
3278 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3279 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123754/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
3284 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
3286 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
3288 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
3289 @ref{Old downloads}.
3294 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3296 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
3297 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
3298 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
3300 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
3301 @ref{Old downloads}.
3306 @subheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3308 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3309 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123750/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
3314 @subheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
3316 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
3317 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123743/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
3322 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
3324 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
3325 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
3326 regression tests maintenance for developers.
3328 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
3329 @ref{Old downloads}.
3334 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
3336 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
3337 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
3339 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
3341 @ref{Old downloads}.
3346 @subheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
3348 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
3349 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
3350 report, new translations of the site and publications.
3351 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
3352 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
3353 announce releases and special events.
3358 @subheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
3360 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
3361 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3362 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123946/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
3367 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
3369 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
3370 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
3371 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
3372 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
3373 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
3376 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
3378 @ref{Old downloads}.
3383 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
3385 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
3386 names has been added to the MusicXML
3389 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
3390 @ref{Old downloads}.
3395 @subheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
3397 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
3402 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
3404 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
3405 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
3406 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
3409 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
3410 @ref{Old downloads}.
3415 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
3417 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
3420 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
3421 @ref{Old downloads}.
3426 @subheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3428 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
3429 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
3430 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
3431 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
3432 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
3433 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
3439 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3441 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
3442 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
3443 updates to the MusicXML converter.
3445 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
3446 @ref{Old downloads}.
3451 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
3453 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
3454 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
3459 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
3461 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
3462 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
3463 Grand Documentation Project.
3465 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
3466 @ref{Old downloads}.
3471 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
3473 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
3475 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
3476 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
3477 @ref{Old downloads}.
3482 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
3484 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
3486 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
3487 @ref{Old downloads}.
3492 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
3494 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
3495 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
3497 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
3498 @ref{Old downloads}.
3503 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
3505 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
3506 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
3507 for the translations.
3509 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
3510 @ref{Old downloads}.
3515 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
3517 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
3518 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
3519 and lots of updates for the translations.
3521 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
3522 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
3523 @ref{Old downloads}.
3528 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
3530 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
3531 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
3532 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/freebsd-64/,the installer} and
3533 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
3538 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
3539 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
3540 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
3541 spacing engine code.
3543 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
3544 @ref{Old downloads}.
3549 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
3551 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
3552 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
3554 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
3555 @ref{Old downloads}.
3560 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
3562 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
3563 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
3565 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
3566 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
3567 @ref{Old downloads}.
3572 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
3573 This has lots of bugfixes.
3575 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
3576 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
3577 @ref{Old downloads}.
3582 @subheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
3583 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
3584 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
3585 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
3590 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
3591 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
3593 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
3595 @ref{Old downloads}.
3600 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
3601 This release has some documentation updates.
3603 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
3605 @ref{Old downloads}.
3610 @subheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
3611 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
3612 disponibles en ligne ---
3613 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
3614 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
3615 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
3616 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
3621 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
3622 This release fixes many bugs.
3624 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
3625 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
3627 @ref{Old downloads}.
3632 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
3633 This release fixes many bugs.
3635 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
3636 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
3638 @ref{Old downloads}.
3643 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
3644 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
3645 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
3647 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
3649 @ref{Old downloads}.
3654 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
3655 This release fixes still more bugs.
3657 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
3659 @ref{Old downloads}.
3664 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
3665 This release fixes many bugs.
3666 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
3667 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
3669 @ref{Old downloads})
3674 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
3675 This release will stretch piano staves on a
3676 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
3677 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
3679 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
3680 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
3682 @ref{Old downloads}.
3687 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
3688 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
3689 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
3691 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
3698 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3699 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
3700 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
3702 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
3704 @ref{Old downloads}.
3709 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3710 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
3711 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
3713 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
3715 @ref{Old downloads}.
3720 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3721 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
3724 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
3726 @ref{Old downloads}.
3731 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
3732 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
3734 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
3736 @ref{Old downloads}.
3741 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
3742 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
3743 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
3744 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
3746 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
3748 @ref{Old downloads}.
3753 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3754 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
3755 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
3756 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
3757 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
3758 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3760 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3762 @ref{Old downloads}.
3767 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3768 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3769 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3772 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3774 @ref{Old downloads}.
3779 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3780 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3781 further improvements in the regression test suite
3785 @ref{Old downloads}.
3790 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3791 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3795 @ref{Old downloads}.
3800 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3801 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3806 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3807 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3812 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3813 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3817 @ref{Old downloads}.
3822 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3823 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3824 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3828 @ref{Old downloads}.
3833 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3834 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3838 @ref{Old downloads}.
3843 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3844 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3849 @ref{Old downloads}.
3854 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3855 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3859 @ref{Old downloads}.
3864 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3865 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3866 within a system as well as between systems.
3870 @ref{Old downloads}.
3875 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3876 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3877 test results} and several website build improvements.
3881 @ref{Old downloads}.
3886 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3887 This release fixes several bugs.
3890 @ref{Old downloads}.
3895 @subheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3896 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3901 @subheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3902 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3903 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3904 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3905 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3910 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3911 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3915 @ref{Old downloads}.
3920 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3921 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3924 @ref{Old downloads}.
3929 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3930 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3934 @ref{Old downloads}.
3939 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3940 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3943 @ref{Old downloads}.
3948 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3949 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3954 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3955 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3956 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3961 @subheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3962 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3963 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3968 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3969 This release has many more bugfixes.
3972 @ref{Old downloads}.
3977 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3978 This release has many more bugfixes.
3981 @ref{Old downloads}.
3986 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3987 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3992 @ref{Old downloads}.
3997 @subheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3998 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3999 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
4000 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
4001 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
4002 (@ref{Publications}).
4007 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
4008 This release has further bugfixes.
4011 @ref{Old downloads}.
4016 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
4017 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
4018 available for x86/64.
4021 @ref{Old downloads}.
4026 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
4027 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
4028 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4029 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
4030 @ref{Old downloads})
4035 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
4036 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
4037 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4042 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
4043 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
4048 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
4049 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
4054 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
4055 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
4060 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
4061 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
4062 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4067 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
4068 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
4069 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
4070 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4075 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
4076 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4081 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
4082 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
4083 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
4088 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
4089 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
4090 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
4091 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
4092 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4097 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
4098 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
4099 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4104 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
4105 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
4106 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
4107 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4112 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
4113 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
4114 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
4115 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4120 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
4121 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
4123 @ref{Old downloads})
4128 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
4129 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
4131 @ref{Old downloads})
4136 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
4137 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
4138 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
4140 @ref{Old downloads})
4145 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
4146 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
4147 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
4148 (@ref{Old downloads})
4153 @subheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
4154 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
4155 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
4156 glory} what features are broken in the development release
4161 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
4162 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
4163 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
4164 the development releases even better
4169 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
4171 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
4172 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
4173 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4178 @subheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
4179 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
4180 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
4181 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
4182 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
4183 esthetics}. Happy reading!
4188 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
4189 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
4190 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
4192 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4197 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
4198 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
4199 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
4200 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
4201 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4206 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
4207 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
4208 (@ref{Old downloads})
4213 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
4214 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
4215 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
4216 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
4217 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
4218 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4223 @subheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
4224 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
4225 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
4226 (@ref{Publications})
4231 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4232 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
4233 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4238 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4239 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
4240 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
4241 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4246 @subheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
4247 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
4248 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
4253 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
4254 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
4255 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4260 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
4261 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
4262 released. (@ref{Changes},
4263 @ref{Old downloads})
4268 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
4269 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
4270 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
4271 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
4272 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
4273 multi-measure rests.
4275 @ref{Old downloads})
4280 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
4281 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
4283 @ref{Old downloads})
4288 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
4289 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
4290 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
4291 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
4292 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4293 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
4294 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
4295 @ref{Old downloads})
4300 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
4301 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
4302 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
4303 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
4304 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
4305 @ref{Old downloads})
4310 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
4311 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
4312 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
4313 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
4314 the endings and the middle
4315 part. (@ref{Changes},
4316 @ref{Old downloads})
4321 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
4322 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
4323 parenthesized, for example,
4326 c4 -\parenthesize -.
4327 <d \parenthesize fis a>
4331 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
4332 @ref{Old downloads})
4337 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
4338 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
4339 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
4349 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
4350 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
4351 vector. (@ref{Changes},
4352 @ref{Old downloads})
4357 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
4358 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
4359 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
4360 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
4361 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
4362 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
4363 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
4365 @ref{Old downloads})
4370 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
4371 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
4372 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
4373 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
4374 @ref{Old downloads})
4379 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
4380 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
4381 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
4382 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
4383 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
4384 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
4385 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
4386 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4387 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4388 @ref{Old downloads})
4393 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
4394 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
4395 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
4396 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
4397 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
4398 @ref{Old downloads})
4403 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
4405 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
4406 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
4407 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
4412 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
4413 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
4414 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
4415 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
4416 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
4421 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4422 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
4423 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
4425 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/linux-x86/,
4427 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/darwin-ppc/,
4429 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/mingw/,
4435 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4436 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
4437 (feature sponsored by Andrea
4438 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
4439 @ref{Old downloads})
4444 @subheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
4445 Linux Journal publishes an article on
4446 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
4447 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
4448 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
4451 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
4452 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
4453 alternatives seem second-rate.}
4454 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
4459 @subheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
4460 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
4461 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
4462 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
4463 page. Let us know how you fare!
4468 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
4469 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
4470 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
4471 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
4472 The important occasion for this release is our new build
4473 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
4474 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
4475 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
4476 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
4478 @ref{Old downloads})
4483 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
4484 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
4485 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
4486 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
4487 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
4488 @ref{Old downloads})
4493 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
4494 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
4495 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
4496 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
4497 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
4498 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
4499 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
4500 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
4501 functions. (@ref{Changes},
4502 @ref{Old downloads})
4507 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
4508 This release has the following new features:
4511 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
4512 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
4513 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4515 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
4516 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
4517 and Bertalan Fodor).
4519 Generic music functions may now also be used on
4520 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
4523 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
4524 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
4525 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
4529 @ref{Old downloads})
4534 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
4535 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
4536 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
4537 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
4538 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
4539 van den Borre and Bertalan
4540 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
4541 @ref{Old downloads})
4546 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
4547 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
4548 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
4549 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
4555 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
4556 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
4557 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
4558 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
4559 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
4561 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
4562 @ref{Old downloads})
4567 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
4568 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
4569 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
4574 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
4575 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
4576 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
4577 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
4578 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
4579 etc. (@ref{Changes},
4580 @ref{Old downloads})
4585 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
4586 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
4587 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
4588 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4589 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4590 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4591 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4592 @ref{Old downloads})
4597 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
4598 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4599 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4600 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4601 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4602 @ref{Old downloads})
4607 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
4608 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
4609 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
4610 @ref{Old downloads})
4615 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
4616 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
4617 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
4618 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
4619 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
4620 properties. (@ref{Changes},
4621 @ref{Old downloads})
4626 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
4627 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
4628 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
4629 that compute said property, i.e.
4632 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
4633 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
4636 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
4637 @ref{Old downloads})
4642 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
4643 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
4644 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
4645 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
4646 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
4647 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
4648 also provides advanced tweakability for power
4649 users. (@ref{Changes},
4650 @ref{Old downloads})
4655 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
4656 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
4657 series. (@ref{Changes},
4658 @ref{Old downloads})
4663 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
4664 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
4665 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
4666 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
4667 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
4668 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
4669 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
4670 sponsored by Nicolas
4671 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4672 @ref{Old downloads})
4677 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
4678 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
4679 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4680 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
4681 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
4682 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
4683 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4684 @ref{Old downloads})
4689 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
4690 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
4691 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
4692 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
4693 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4694 @ref{Old downloads})
4699 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
4700 This is mainly a bugfix
4701 release. (@ref{Changes},
4702 @ref{Old downloads})
4707 @subheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
4708 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
4709 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
4710 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
4711 la gravure musicale}.
4716 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
4717 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
4718 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
4719 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
4720 @ref{Old downloads})
4725 @subheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
4726 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
4727 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
4728 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
4729 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
4730 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
4735 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
4736 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
4737 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
4738 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
4739 @ref{Old downloads})
4744 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
4745 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
4746 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
4747 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
4748 signs. (@ref{Changes},
4749 @ref{Old downloads})
4754 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
4755 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
4756 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
4757 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
4758 @ref{Old downloads})
4763 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4764 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4765 for a note is proportional to the time it
4766 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4767 @ref{Old downloads})
4772 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4773 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4774 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4779 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4780 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4781 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4782 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4784 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4785 @ref{Old downloads})
4790 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4791 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4792 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4793 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4795 @ref{Old downloads})
4800 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4801 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4802 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4803 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4804 @ref{Old downloads})
4809 @subheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4810 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4812 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4813 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4814 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4815 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4816 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4821 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4822 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4823 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4824 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4829 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4830 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4831 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4832 @ref{Old downloads})
4837 @subheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4838 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4839 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4840 @ref{Old downloads})
4845 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4846 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4847 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4848 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4849 (@ref{Old downloads})
4854 @subheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4855 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4856 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4857 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4862 @subheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4863 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4864 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4865 better help functionality.
4866 (@ref{Old downloads})
4871 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4872 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4873 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4874 compile them directly from
4875 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4880 @subheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4881 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4882 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4887 @subheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4888 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4889 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4890 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4895 @subheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4896 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4897 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4898 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4899 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4904 @subheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4905 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4906 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4911 @subheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4912 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4917 @subheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4918 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4919 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4924 @subheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4925 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4926 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4927 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4928 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4933 @subheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4934 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4935 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4936 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4937 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4938 @ref{Old downloads})
4943 @subheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4945 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4946 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4948 (@ref{Old downloads})
4953 @subheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4954 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4955 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4956 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4957 signatures like 5/8.
4959 @ref{Old downloads})
4964 @subheading April 18, 2005
4965 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4966 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4967 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4968 More details are in the
4970 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4975 @subheading April 15, 2005
4976 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4977 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4978 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4979 Scheme code. Take a look at
4981 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4986 @subheading April 6, 2005
4987 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4988 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4989 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4994 @subheading March 31, 2005
4995 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4996 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4997 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
5002 @subheading March 20, 2005
5003 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
5004 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
5010 @subheading March 14, 2005
5011 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
5012 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
5013 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
5014 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
5015 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
5020 @subheading March 7, 2005
5021 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
5022 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
5023 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
5024 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
5025 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
5027 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
5032 @subheading March 7, 2005
5033 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
5034 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
5040 @subheading February 28, 2005
5041 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install
5042 Ghostscript 8.15rc3. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
5043 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
5044 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
5050 @subheading February 28, 2005
5051 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
5052 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}.
5053 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
5054 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
5059 @subheading February 26, 2005
5060 The @uref{http://lsr.di.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
5061 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
5062 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
5063 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
5068 @subheading February 21, 2005
5069 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
5070 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
5071 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
5072 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
5074 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
5079 @subheading February 4, 2005
5080 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
5081 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
5082 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
5083 @ref{Old downloads}!
5088 @subheading January 31, 2005
5089 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
5090 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
5091 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
5097 @subheading January 26, 2005
5098 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
5099 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
5105 @subheading January 16, 2005
5106 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
5107 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
5108 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
5110 @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,
5112 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
5117 @subheading January 11, 2005
5118 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
5119 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
5120 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
5121 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
5122 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
5123 font code by Werner.
5125 and check out the changes in
5126 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5131 @subheading January 02, 2005
5132 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
5133 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
5134 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
5135 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
5136 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
5137 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
5138 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
5139 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
5140 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
5143 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5148 @subheading December 28, 2004
5149 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
5150 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
5151 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
5152 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
5154 and check out the changes in
5155 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5160 @subheading December 20, 2004
5161 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
5162 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
5163 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
5164 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
5165 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
5168 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5173 @subheading December 3, 2004
5174 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
5175 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
5176 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
5177 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
5178 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
5179 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
5180 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
5181 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
5185 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5190 @subheading November 26, 2004
5191 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
5192 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
5193 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
5194 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
5195 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
5197 and check out the changes in
5198 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5203 @subheading November 20, 2004
5204 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
5205 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
5206 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
5207 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
5208 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
5209 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
5210 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
5211 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
5214 and check out the changes in
5215 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5220 @subheading November 12, 2004
5221 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
5222 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
5223 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
5224 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
5225 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
5228 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
5231 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
5232 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
5233 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
5234 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
5235 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
5238 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5243 @subheading November 11, 2004
5244 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
5245 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
5251 @subheading November 4, 2004
5252 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
5253 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
5255 and check out the changes in
5256 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5261 @subheading October 31, 2004
5262 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
5263 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
5264 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
5265 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
5272 @subheading October 29, 2004
5273 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
5274 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
5275 some problems with the conversion scripts.
5277 and check out the changes in
5278 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5283 @subheading October 29, 2004
5284 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5285 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
5286 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
5287 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
5289 and check out the changes in
5290 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5295 @subheading October 27, 2004
5296 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
5297 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
5298 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
5300 and check out the changes in
5301 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5306 @subheading October 24, 2004
5307 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
5308 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
5309 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5311 and check out the changes in
5312 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5317 @subheading October 10, 2004
5318 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
5319 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
5320 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
5324 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5329 @subheading October 09, 2004
5330 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
5331 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
5332 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
5336 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5341 @subheading October 02, 2004
5342 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
5343 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
5344 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
5345 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
5346 in the documentation.
5348 and check out the changes in
5349 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5354 @subheading September 29, 2004
5355 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20040811160307/http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
5356 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
5357 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
5358 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
5363 @subheading September 26, 2004
5364 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
5366 and check out the changes
5367 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5372 @subheading September 20, 2004
5373 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
5374 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
5375 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
5376 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
5377 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
5378 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
5381 and check out the changes in
5382 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5387 @subheading September 11, 2004
5388 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
5389 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
5390 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
5391 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
5392 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
5393 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
5394 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
5395 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
5396 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
5397 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
5398 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
5399 will hold users back in switching.
5401 and check out the changes in
5402 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5407 @subheading September 10, 2004
5408 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
5409 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
5410 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
5411 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
5412 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
5413 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
5415 and check out the changes in
5416 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5421 @subheading September 6, 2004
5422 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
5423 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
5424 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
5425 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
5426 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
5430 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5435 @subheading August 29, 2004
5436 LilyPond now has a Documentation
5437 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
5438 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
5439 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
5440 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
5441 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
5442 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
5443 chapter of the user manual.
5444 A lot of cheers for Graham!
5449 @subheading August 29, 2004
5450 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
5451 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
5452 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
5453 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
5454 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
5455 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
5459 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5464 @subheading August 24, 2004
5465 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
5466 disappearing metronome mark.
5468 and check out the changes in
5469 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5474 @subheading August 23, 2004
5475 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
5476 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
5477 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
5478 `doubleSlurs' property.
5480 and check out the changes in
5481 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5486 @subheading August 3, 2004
5487 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
5488 annoying bugs fixed.
5491 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5496 @subheading August 1, 2004
5497 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
5498 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
5499 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
5500 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
5501 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
5502 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
5505 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
5506 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
5508 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
5509 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
5514 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5519 @subheading July 30, 2004
5520 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
5521 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
5522 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
5523 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
5524 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
5525 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
5526 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
5527 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
5528 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
5529 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
5532 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5537 @subheading July 23, 2004
5538 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
5539 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
5540 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
5541 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
5544 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5549 @subheading July 19, 2004
5550 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
5551 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
5552 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
5553 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
5554 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
5555 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
5556 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
5557 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
5558 beat within the measure.
5560 and check out the changes in
5561 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5566 @subheading July 15, 2004
5567 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
5571 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5576 @subheading July 11, 2004
5577 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
5583 @subheading July 5, 2004
5584 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
5585 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
5586 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
5587 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
5589 and check out the changes
5590 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5595 @subheading July 5, 2004
5596 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
5600 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5605 @subheading June 25, 2004
5606 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
5607 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
5608 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
5609 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
5610 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
5611 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
5612 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5614 @ref{Old downloads}.
5619 @subheading June 20, 2004
5620 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
5621 bugs that were reported over the past month. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog} for a full description and
5622 @ref{Old downloads}.
5627 @subheading June 13, 2004
5628 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
5629 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
5630 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5632 @ref{Old downloads}.
5637 @subheading May 31, 2004
5638 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
5639 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
5640 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5642 @ref{Old downloads}.
5647 @subheading May 31, 2004
5648 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
5649 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5650 or head straight to the
5651 @ref{Old downloads}.
5656 @subheading May 26, 2004
5657 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
5658 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
5659 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5660 @ref{Old downloads}.
5665 @subheading May 9, 2004
5666 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
5667 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5668 @ref{Old downloads}.
5673 @subheading May 4, 2004
5674 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
5676 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
5677 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
5678 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
5679 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
5680 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
5685 @subheading May 3, 2004
5686 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
5687 @ref{Old downloads}.
5692 @subheading April 17, 2004
5693 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
5694 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
5700 @subheading April 12, 2004
5701 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
5702 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
5703 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
5704 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
5705 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
5706 @ref{Old downloads}.
5711 @subheading April 8, 2004
5712 A French article on the new LilyPond
5713 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
5718 @subheading April 8, 2004
5719 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
5720 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
5726 @subheading April 1, 2004
5727 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
5728 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
5729 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
5730 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
5731 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
5732 @ref{Old downloads}.
5737 @subheading March 31, 2004
5738 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
5739 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
5740 documentation polish. This should be the final release
5741 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
5743 @ref{Old downloads}.
5748 @subheading March 30, 2004
5749 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
5751 @ref{Old downloads}.
5756 @subheading March 28, 2004
5757 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
5758 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
5759 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5766 @subheading March 22, 2004
5767 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5768 @ref{Old downloads}.
5773 @subheading March 21, 2004
5774 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5781 @subheading March 20, 2004
5782 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5783 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5784 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5786 @ref{Old downloads}.
5791 @subheading March 15, 2004
5792 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5793 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5794 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5797 @ref{Old downloads}.
5802 @subheading March 14, 2004
5804 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5805 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5811 @subheading March 11, 2004
5812 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5814 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5815 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5816 authors of LilyPond.
5821 @subheading March 11, 2004
5822 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5823 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5826 @ref{Old downloads}.
5831 @subheading March 9, 2004
5832 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5833 experimental support for producing titles with
5839 @subheading February 29, 2004
5840 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5841 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5842 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5844 @ref{Old downloads}.
5849 @subheading February 24, 2004
5850 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5851 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5852 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5854 @ref{Old downloads}.
5859 @subheading February 23, 2004
5860 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5861 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5862 produce cue notes. More information in the
5869 @subheading February 18, 2004
5870 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5871 for altering accidental rules.
5877 @subheading February 16, 2004
5878 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5879 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5880 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5881 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5882 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5883 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5884 More information in the
5891 @subheading February 13, 2004
5892 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5893 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5894 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5901 @subheading February 12, 2004
5902 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5903 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5904 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5905 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5912 @subheading February 9, 2004
5913 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5914 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5915 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5916 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5917 More information in the
5924 @subheading February 5, 2004
5925 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5926 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5927 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5928 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5929 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5930 More information in the
5937 @subheading February 4, 2004
5938 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5939 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5940 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5948 @subheading February 2, 2004
5949 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5950 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5951 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5958 @subheading January 28, 2004
5959 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5960 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5961 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5962 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5971 @subheading January 26, 2004
5972 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5973 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5976 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5981 @subheading January 21, 2004
5983 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5984 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5985 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5988 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5993 @subheading January 20, 2004
5994 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5995 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5996 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5997 access, but only HTTP downloads.
6002 @subheading January 20, 2004
6003 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
6004 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
6005 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
6006 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
6012 @subheading January 19, 2004
6013 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
6014 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
6016 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6021 @subheading January 18, 2004
6022 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
6023 available for Windows! For downloading, go
6024 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20040204191423/http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
6029 @subheading January 17, 2004
6030 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
6031 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
6032 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
6034 More information in the
6035 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6040 @subheading January 16, 2004
6041 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
6042 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
6044 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6049 @subheading January 13, 2004
6050 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
6051 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
6052 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
6054 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6059 @subheading January 9, 2004
6060 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
6061 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
6062 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
6063 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
6064 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
6065 individual music expressions.
6066 More information in the
6067 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6072 @subheading January 7, 2004
6073 An update to the stable branch,
6074 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
6075 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
6080 @subheading January 6, 2004
6081 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
6082 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
6083 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
6084 More information in the
6085 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6090 @subheading January 4, 2004
6091 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
6093 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
6094 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6099 @subheading January 2, 2004
6100 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
6101 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
6102 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
6103 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6108 @subheading December 30, 2003
6109 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
6110 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
6111 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
6112 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6117 @subheading December 23, 2003
6118 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
6119 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
6120 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
6121 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
6122 to implement this are welcome!) See the
6123 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6128 @subheading December 17, 2003
6129 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
6130 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
6131 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
6133 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6138 @subheading December 16, 2003
6139 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
6140 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
6141 Han-Wen's absence. See the
6142 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6147 @subheading October 11, 2003
6148 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
6150 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6155 @subheading October 11, 2003
6156 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
6158 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
6159 thanks to Heikki Junes.
6164 @subheading October 9, 2003
6165 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
6166 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
6167 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
6172 @subheading October 5, 2003
6173 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
6180 @subheading October 4, 2003
6181 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
6183 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
6184 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
6189 @subheading September 29, 2003
6190 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
6191 contains minor bugfixes.
6192 See the @ref{Changes}
6193 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
6198 @subheading September 27, 2003
6199 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
6200 @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,
6201 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
6207 @subheading September 24, 2003
6208 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
6209 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
6210 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
6211 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
6212 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
6217 @subheading September 24, 2003
6218 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
6219 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
6220 the @ref{Changes} and
6221 download @uref{install/,here}.
6226 @subheading September 23, 2003
6227 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
6228 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6229 the @ref{Changes} and
6230 download @uref{install/,here}.
6235 @subheading September 19, 2003
6236 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
6237 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6238 the @ref{Changes} and
6239 download @uref{install/,here}.
6244 @subheading September 17, 2003
6245 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
6246 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
6252 @subheading September 16, 2003
6253 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
6254 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
6260 @subheading September 10, 2003
6261 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
6262 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
6263 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
6264 will be available in a few weeks.
6270 @subheading September 9, 2003
6271 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
6272 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
6278 @subheading September 7, 2003
6279 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
6280 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
6286 @subheading August 31, 2003
6287 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
6288 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
6289 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
6295 @subheading August 31, 2003
6296 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
6297 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
6302 @subheading August 31, 2003
6303 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
6304 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
6305 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
6306 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6311 @subheading August 28, 2003
6312 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
6313 @ref{Changes} and get it
6314 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6319 @subheading August 26, 2003
6320 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
6321 @ref{Changes} and get it
6322 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6327 @subheading August 25, 2003
6328 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
6329 @ref{Changes} and get it
6330 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6335 @subheading August 25, 2003
6336 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
6337 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
6342 @subheading August 21, 2003
6343 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
6344 read the @ref{Changes}.
6349 @subheading August 18, 2003
6350 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
6351 has been updated to 1.8.
6352 Download @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,here.}
6357 @subheading August 7, 2003
6358 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
6359 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
6364 @subheading August 7, 2003
6365 New website went live!
6370 @subheading August 6, 2003
6371 Announced new website.
6376 @subheading August 1, 2003
6377 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
6382 @subheading July 30, 2003
6383 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
6384 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
6390 @subheading July 29, 2003
6391 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
6392 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.