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5 (I'd rather have the below in the CG. -gp)
8 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
9 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
26 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
30 * add macro for long Google issues list URL
35 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
37 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
38 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
44 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
46 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
47 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
48 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
55 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
57 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
58 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
59 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
60 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
62 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
63 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
64 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
72 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
74 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
75 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
76 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
77 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
78 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
79 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
80 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!
81 <p align="right">Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
87 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
89 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
90 its team, its world, its community.
91 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
92 to read the full issue...
97 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
99 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
100 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
101 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
106 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
108 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
109 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
115 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
117 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
119 @uref{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
126 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
128 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
129 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
130 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
131 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
132 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
134 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
135 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
137 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_65&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
144 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
146 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
147 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
148 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
149 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
150 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
151 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
159 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
161 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
162 documentation and translations.
168 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 – Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
170 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
171 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
172 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
173 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
174 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
176 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_62&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
182 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
184 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
185 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
186 (teaching) has been added.
188 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_61&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
195 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
197 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
198 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
199 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
205 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
207 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
208 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
209 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
210 translations of the documentation.
216 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
218 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
219 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
220 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
221 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
222 deceased since then. All the development team express their
223 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
224 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
225 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
226 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
228 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_58&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
235 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
237 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
238 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
239 markup command names have been made.
247 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
249 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
250 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
251 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
252 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
253 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
261 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
263 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
264 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
265 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_55&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
271 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
273 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
274 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
275 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
276 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_54&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
282 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
284 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
286 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_53&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
292 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
294 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
295 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
296 releases are now fully listed on the News page. @ref{Changes},
297 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_52&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
303 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
305 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
306 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
307 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
308 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
309 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_51&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
315 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
317 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
318 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
320 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_50&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
326 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
328 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
329 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
334 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
336 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
337 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
342 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
344 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
346 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_49&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
352 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
354 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
355 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
356 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
358 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_48&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
364 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
366 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
367 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
372 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
374 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
375 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
380 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
382 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
383 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
384 regression tests maintenance for developers.
385 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_47&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
391 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
393 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
394 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
396 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_46&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
402 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
404 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
405 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
406 report, new translations of the site and publications.
407 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
408 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
409 announce releases and special events.
414 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
416 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
417 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
418 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
423 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
425 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
426 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
427 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
428 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
429 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
432 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_45&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
438 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
440 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
441 names has been added to the MusicXML
442 converter. @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_44&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
448 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
450 Lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
455 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
457 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
458 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
459 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
460 fixed. @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_43&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
466 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
468 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
469 bugs. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_42&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
475 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
477 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
478 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
479 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
480 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
481 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
482 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
488 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
490 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
491 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
492 updates to the MusicXML converter. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_41&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
498 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
500 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
501 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
506 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
508 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
509 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
510 Grand Documentation Project. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_36&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes}, @ref{Old downloads})
515 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.33 and 2.10.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
517 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
518 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_33&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
519 2.10}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_33&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
520 2.11}, @ref{Old downloads})
525 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
527 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
528 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_32&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes}, @ref{Old downloads})
533 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
535 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
536 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
537 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_31&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes}, @ref{Old downloads})
542 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
544 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
545 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
546 for the translations. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_30&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes}, @ref{Old downloads})
551 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
553 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
554 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
555 and lots of updates for the translations.
556 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_29&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
557 2.10}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_29&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
558 2.11}, @ref{Old downloads})
563 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
565 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
566 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
567 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
568 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
573 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
574 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
575 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
577 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_28&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
578 2.11}, @ref{Old downloads})
583 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
585 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
586 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
587 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_26&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
588 2.11}, @ref{Old downloads})
593 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
595 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
596 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
597 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_25&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
598 2.11}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_25&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
599 2.10}, @ref{Old downloads})
604 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
605 This has lots of bugfixes. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_23&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
606 2.11}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_23&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
607 2.10}, @ref{Old downloads})
612 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
613 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des
614 LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
615 sind auf deutsch übersetzt — sie sind erhältlich für
617 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
622 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
623 This release has updates of the dot collision code. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_22&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
624 }, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
629 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
630 This release has some documentation updates.
631 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_21&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
632 }, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
637 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
638 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont
639 désormais traduits, et disponibles en ligne — @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
640 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
641 2.11}. Les traductions sont également incluses dans la @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
646 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
647 This release fixes many bugs.
648 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_20&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
650 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_20&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
651 2.10}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
656 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
657 This release fixes many bugs.
658 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_19&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
660 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_19&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
661 2.10}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
666 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
667 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
668 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_18&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
669 2.11}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
674 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
675 This release fixes still more bugs.
676 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_17&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
677 2.11}, @ref{Changes},
683 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
684 This release fixes many bugs.
685 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_16&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
687 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_16&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
695 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
696 This release will stretch piano staves on a
697 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
698 head and the slashed mirrored flat. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_15&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
700 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_15&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
702 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
707 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
708 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
709 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
710 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_14&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
711 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
716 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
717 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
718 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
719 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_13&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
720 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
725 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
726 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
727 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
728 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_12&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
729 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
734 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
735 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
736 usage improvements. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_12&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
737 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
742 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
743 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_11&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
744 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
749 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
750 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
751 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
752 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_11&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
753 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
758 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
759 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
760 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
761 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
762 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
763 % faster than previous 2.11 releases. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_10&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
764 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
769 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
770 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
771 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
772 and part-combining (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_10&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
773 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
778 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
779 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and —in 2.11.9&mdash
780 further improvements in the regression test suite (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_9&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
781 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
786 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
787 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes! (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_8&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
788 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
793 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
794 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
799 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
800 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
805 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
806 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes! (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_7&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
807 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
812 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
813 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
814 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
815 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_6&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
816 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
821 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
822 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
823 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_6&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
824 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
829 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
830 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
832 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_5&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
833 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
838 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
839 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
840 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_5&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
841 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
846 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
847 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
848 within a system as well as between systems. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_4&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
849 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
854 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
855 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
856 test results} and several website build improvements. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_3&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
857 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
862 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
863 This release fixes several bugs.
864 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_3&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
870 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
871 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
876 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
877 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en
878 français est maintenant disponible en ligne. @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
879 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
885 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
886 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_2&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
887 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
892 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
893 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_2&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
899 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
900 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_1&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
901 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
906 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
907 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_1&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
913 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
914 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
919 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
920 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{announce-v2.10.html,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
925 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
926 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
927 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
932 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
933 This release has many more bugfixes. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_29&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
939 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
940 This release has many more bugfixes. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_28&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
946 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
947 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
948 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_27&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
954 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
955 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
956 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
957 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
958 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
959 (@ref{Publications}).
964 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
965 This release has further bugfixes. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_26&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
971 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
972 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
973 available for x86/64. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_25&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
979 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
980 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
981 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
982 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
988 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
989 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
990 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
995 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
996 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1001 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
1002 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1007 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
1008 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1013 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
1014 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
1015 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1020 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
1021 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
1022 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
1023 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1028 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
1029 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
1034 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
1035 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
1036 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
1041 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
1042 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
1043 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
1044 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
1045 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1050 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
1051 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
1052 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1057 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
1058 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
1059 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
1060 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1065 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
1066 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
1067 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
1068 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1073 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1074 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
1076 @ref{Old downloads})
1081 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1082 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
1084 @ref{Old downloads})
1089 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
1090 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
1091 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1093 @ref{Old downloads})
1098 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1099 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
1100 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1101 (@ref{Old downloads})
1106 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1107 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
1108 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
1109 glory} what features are broken in the development release
1114 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
1115 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
1116 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
1117 the development releases even better
1122 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
1124 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
1125 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
1126 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1131 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
1132 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
1133 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
1134 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
1135 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
1136 esthetics}. Happy reading!
1141 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
1142 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
1143 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
1145 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1150 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1151 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
1152 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
1153 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
1154 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1159 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1160 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
1161 (@ref{Old downloads})
1166 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
1167 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
1168 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
1169 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
1170 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
1171 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1176 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
1177 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
1178 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
1179 (@ref{Publications})
1184 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1185 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
1186 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1191 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1192 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
1193 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
1194 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1199 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
1200 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
1201 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
1206 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
1207 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @uref{announce-v2.8.html,release
1208 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1213 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
1214 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
1215 released. (@ref{Changes},
1216 @ref{Old downloads})
1221 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
1222 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
1223 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
1224 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
1225 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
1226 multi-measure rests.
1228 @ref{Old downloads})
1233 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
1234 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
1236 @ref{Old downloads})
1241 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
1242 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
1243 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
1244 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
1245 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1246 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
1247 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
1248 @ref{Old downloads})
1253 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
1254 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
1255 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
1256 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
1257 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
1258 @ref{Old downloads})
1263 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
1264 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
1265 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
1266 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
1267 the endings and the middle
1268 part. (@ref{Changes},
1269 @ref{Old downloads})
1274 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
1275 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
1276 parenthesized, for example,
1279 c4 -\parenthesize -.
1280 <d \parenthesize fis a>
1284 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
1285 @ref{Old downloads})
1290 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
1291 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
1292 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
1302 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
1303 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
1304 vector. (@ref{Changes},
1305 @ref{Old downloads})
1310 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
1311 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
1312 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
1313 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
1314 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
1315 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
1316 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
1318 @ref{Old downloads})
1323 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
1324 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
1325 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
1326 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
1327 @ref{Old downloads})
1332 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
1333 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
1334 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
1335 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
1336 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
1337 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
1338 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
1339 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1340 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1341 @ref{Old downloads})
1346 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
1347 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
1348 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
1349 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
1350 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
1351 @ref{Old downloads})
1356 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
1358 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
1359 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
1360 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
1365 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
1366 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
1367 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
1368 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
1369 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
1374 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1375 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
1376 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
1378 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
1380 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
1382 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
1388 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1389 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
1390 (feature sponsored by Andrea
1391 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
1392 @ref{Old downloads})
1397 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
1398 Linux Journal publishes an article on
1399 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
1400 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
1401 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
1404 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
1405 “GNU Lilypond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
1406 alternatives seem second-rate.”
1407 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
1412 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
1413 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
1414 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
1415 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
1416 page. Let us know how you fare!
1421 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
1422 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
1423 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
1424 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
1425 The important occasion for this release is our new build
1426 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
1427 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
1428 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
1429 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
1431 @ref{Old downloads})
1436 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
1437 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
1438 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
1439 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
1440 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
1441 @ref{Old downloads})
1446 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
1447 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
1448 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
1449 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
1450 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
1451 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
1452 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
1453 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
1454 functions. (@ref{Changes},
1455 @ref{Old downloads})
1460 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
1461 This release has the following new features:
1464 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
1465 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
1466 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1468 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
1469 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
1470 and Bertalan Fodor).
1472 Generic music functions may now also be used on
1473 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
1476 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
1477 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
1478 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
1482 @ref{Old downloads})
1487 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
1488 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
1489 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
1490 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
1491 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
1492 van den Borre and Bertalan
1493 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
1494 @ref{Old downloads})
1499 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
1500 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
1501 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
1502 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
1508 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
1509 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
1510 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
1511 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
1512 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
1514 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
1515 @ref{Old downloads})
1520 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
1521 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
1522 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
1527 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
1528 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
1529 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
1530 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
1531 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
1532 etc. (@ref{Changes},
1533 @ref{Old downloads})
1538 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
1539 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
1540 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
1541 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
1542 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
1543 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
1544 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1545 @ref{Old downloads})
1550 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
1551 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
1552 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
1553 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
1554 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1555 @ref{Old downloads})
1560 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
1561 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
1562 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
1563 @ref{Old downloads})
1568 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
1569 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
1570 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
1571 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
1572 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
1573 properties. (@ref{Changes},
1574 @ref{Old downloads})
1579 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
1580 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
1581 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
1582 that compute said property, i.e.
1585 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
1586 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
1589 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
1590 @ref{Old downloads})
1595 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
1596 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
1597 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
1598 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
1599 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
1600 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
1601 also provides advanced tweakability for power
1602 users. (@ref{Changes},
1603 @ref{Old downloads})
1608 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
1609 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
1610 series. (@ref{Changes},
1611 @ref{Old downloads})
1616 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
1617 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
1618 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
1619 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
1620 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
1621 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
1622 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
1623 sponsored by Nicolas
1624 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1625 @ref{Old downloads})
1630 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
1631 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
1632 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1633 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
1634 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
1635 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
1636 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1637 @ref{Old downloads})
1642 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
1643 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
1644 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
1645 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
1646 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1647 @ref{Old downloads})
1652 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
1653 This is mainly a bugfix
1654 release. (@ref{Changes},
1655 @ref{Old downloads})
1660 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
1661 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
1662 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
1663 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
1664 la gravure musicale}.
1669 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
1670 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
1671 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
1672 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
1673 @ref{Old downloads})
1678 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
1679 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
1680 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
1681 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
1682 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
1683 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
1688 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
1689 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
1690 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
1691 Baca, and Vicente Solsona
1692 Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
1693 @ref{Old downloads})
1698 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
1699 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
1700 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
1701 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
1702 signs. (@ref{Changes},
1703 @ref{Old downloads})
1708 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
1709 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
1710 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
1711 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
1712 @ref{Old downloads})
1717 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
1718 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
1719 for a note is proportional to the time it
1720 takes. (@ref{Changes},
1721 @ref{Old downloads})
1726 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
1727 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
1728 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
1733 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
1734 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
1735 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
1736 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
1738 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
1739 @ref{Old downloads})
1744 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
1745 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
1746 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
1747 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
1749 @ref{Old downloads})
1754 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
1755 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
1756 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
1757 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
1758 @ref{Old downloads})
1763 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
1764 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
1766 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
1767 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
1768 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
1769 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
1770 (@uref{announce-v2.6.html,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
1775 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
1776 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
1777 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
1778 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
1783 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
1784 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
1785 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
1786 @ref{Old downloads})
1791 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
1792 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
1793 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
1794 @ref{Old downloads})
1799 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
1800 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
1801 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
1802 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
1803 (@ref{Old downloads})
1808 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
1809 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
1810 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
1811 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
1816 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
1817 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
1818 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
1819 better help functionality.
1820 (@ref{Old downloads})
1825 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
1826 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
1827 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
1828 compile them directly from
1829 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
1834 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
1835 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
1836 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
1841 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
1842 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
1843 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
1844 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
1849 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
1850 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
1851 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
1852 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
1853 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
1858 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
1859 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
1860 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
1865 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
1866 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
1871 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
1872 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
1873 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
1878 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
1879 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
1880 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
1881 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
1882 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
1887 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
1888 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
1889 now possible to start and stop the StaffSymbol, during a piece of
1890 music, by doing \stopStaff \startStaff. This can be used to produce
1892 staves. (@ref{Changes},
1893 @ref{Old downloads})
1898 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
1900 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
1901 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
1903 (@ref{Old downloads})
1908 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
1909 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
1910 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
1911 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
1912 signatures like 5/8.
1914 @ref{Old downloads})
1919 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
1920 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
1921 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
1922 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
1923 More details are in the
1925 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
1930 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
1931 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
1932 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
1933 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
1934 Scheme code. Take a look at
1936 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
1941 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
1942 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
1943 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
1944 place. @ref{Old downloads}
1949 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
1950 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
1951 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
1952 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
1957 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
1958 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
1959 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
1965 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
1966 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
1967 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
1968 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
1969 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
1970 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
1975 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
1976 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
1977 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
1978 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
1979 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
1980 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
1982 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
1987 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
1988 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
1989 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
1995 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
1996 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/Fedora-3/ghostscript-8.15rc3-0.i386.rpm,ESP
1997 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
1998 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
1999 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
2005 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2006 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
2007 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}.
2008 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2009 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2014 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
2015 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,Lilypond Snippet
2016 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of Lilypond code
2017 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
2018 contribute creative ideas for using Lilypond.
2023 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
2024 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
2025 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
2026 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
2027 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
2029 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2034 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
2035 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
2036 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
2037 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
2038 @ref{Old downloads}!
2043 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
2044 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
2045 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
2046 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
2052 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
2053 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
2054 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
2060 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
2061 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
2062 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
2063 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
2065 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
2067 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
2072 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
2073 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
2074 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
2075 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
2076 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
2077 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
2078 font code by Werner.
2080 and check out the changes in
2081 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2086 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
2087 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
2088 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
2089 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
2090 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
2091 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
2092 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
2093 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
2094 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
2095 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
2098 changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3013&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2103 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
2104 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
2105 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
2106 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
2107 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
2109 and check out the changes in
2110 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2115 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
2116 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
2117 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
2118 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
2119 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
2120 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
2123 changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2974&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2128 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
2129 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
2130 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
2131 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
2132 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
2133 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
2134 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
2135 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
2136 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
2140 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2908&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2145 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
2146 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
2147 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
2148 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
2149 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
2150 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
2152 and check out the changes in
2153 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2158 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
2159 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
2160 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
2161 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
2162 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
2163 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
2164 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
2165 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
2166 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
2169 and check out the changes in
2170 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2175 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
2176 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
2177 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
2178 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
2179 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
2180 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
2183 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
2186 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
2187 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
2188 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
2189 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
2190 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
2193 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2837&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2198 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
2199 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
2200 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
2206 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
2207 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
2208 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
2210 and check out the changes in
2211 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2216 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
2217 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @uref{announce-v2.4.html,released!}
2218 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
2219 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
2220 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
2227 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2228 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
2229 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
2230 some problems with the conversion scripts.
2232 and check out the changes in
2233 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2238 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2239 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for Lilypond 2.4.
2240 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
2241 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
2242 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
2244 and check out the changes in
2245 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2250 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
2251 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
2252 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
2253 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
2255 and check out the changes in
2256 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2261 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
2262 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
2263 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
2264 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2266 and check out the changes in
2267 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2272 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
2273 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
2274 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
2275 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
2279 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2709&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2284 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
2285 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
2286 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
2287 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
2291 out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2692&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2296 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
2297 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
2298 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
2299 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
2300 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
2301 in the documentation.
2303 and check out the changes in
2304 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2309 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
2310 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
2311 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
2312 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
2313 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
2318 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
2319 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
2321 and check out the changes
2322 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2327 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
2328 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
2329 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
2330 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
2331 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
2332 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
2333 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
2336 and check out the changes in
2337 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2342 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
2343 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
2344 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
2345 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
2346 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
2347 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
2348 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
2349 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
2350 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
2351 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
2352 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
2353 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
2354 will hold users back in switching.
2356 and check out the changes in
2357 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2362 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
2363 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
2364 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
2365 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
2366 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
2367 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
2368 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
2370 and check out the changes in
2371 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2376 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
2377 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
2378 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
2379 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
2380 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
2381 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
2385 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2534&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2390 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2391 LilyPond now has a Documentation
2392 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
2393 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
2394 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
2395 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
2396 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
2397 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
2398 chapter of the user manual.
2399 A lot of cheers for Graham!
2404 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2405 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
2406 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
2407 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
2408 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
2409 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
2410 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
2414 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2520&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2419 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
2420 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
2421 disappearing metronome mark.
2423 and check out the changes in
2424 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.33&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2429 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
2430 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
2431 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
2432 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
2433 `doubleSlurs' property.
2435 and check out the changes in
2436 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2441 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
2442 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
2443 annoying bugs fixed.
2446 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2449&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2451 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
2452 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
2453 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
2454 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
2455 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
2456 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
2457 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
2460 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
2461 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
2463 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
2464 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
2469 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2435&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2474 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
2475 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
2476 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
2477 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
2478 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
2479 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
2480 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
2481 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
2482 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
2483 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
2484 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
2487 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2416&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2492 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
2493 Lilypond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
2494 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
2495 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
2496 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
2499 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2395&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2504 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
2505 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
2506 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
2507 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
2508 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
2509 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
2510 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
2511 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
2512 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
2513 beat within the measure.
2515 and check out the changes in
2516 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2521 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
2522 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
2526 out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.28&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2531 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
2532 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
2538 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
2539 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
2540 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
2541 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
2542 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
2544 and check out the changes
2545 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2550 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
2551 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
2555 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.23&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2560 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
2561 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
2562 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
2563 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
2564 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
2565 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
2566 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
2567 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2293&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
2569 @ref{Old downloads}.
2574 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
2575 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
2576 bugs that were reported over the past month. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.16&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog} for a full description and
2577 @ref{Old downloads}.
2582 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
2583 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
2584 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
2585 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2242&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
2587 @ref{Old downloads}.
2592 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
2593 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
2594 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
2595 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2207&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
2597 @ref{Old downloads}.
2602 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
2603 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
2604 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.9,ChangeLog}
2605 or head straight to the
2606 @ref{Old downloads}.
2611 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
2612 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
2613 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
2614 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
2615 @ref{Old downloads}.
2620 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
2621 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
2622 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
2623 @ref{Old downloads}.
2628 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
2629 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
2631 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
2632 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
2633 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
2634 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
2635 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
2640 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
2641 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
2642 @ref{Old downloads}.
2647 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
2648 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
2649 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
2655 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
2656 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
2657 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
2658 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
2659 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
2660 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
2661 @ref{Old downloads}.
2666 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
2667 A French article on the new LilyPond
2668 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
2673 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
2674 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
2675 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
2681 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
2682 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
2683 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
2684 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
2685 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
2686 the @uref{announce-v2.2.html,announcement} or skip to the
2687 @ref{Old downloads}.
2692 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
2693 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
2694 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
2695 documentation polish. This should be the final release
2696 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
2698 @ref{Old downloads}.
2703 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
2704 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
2706 @ref{Old downloads}.
2711 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
2712 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
2713 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
2714 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
2721 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
2722 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
2723 @ref{Old downloads}.
2728 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
2729 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
2736 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
2737 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
2738 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
2739 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
2741 @ref{Old downloads}.
2746 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
2747 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
2748 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
2749 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
2752 @ref{Old downloads}.
2757 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
2759 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
2760 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
2766 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
2767 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
2769 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
2770 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
2771 authors of LilyPond.
2776 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
2777 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
2778 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
2781 @ref{Old downloads}.
2786 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
2787 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
2788 experimental support for producing titles with
2794 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
2795 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
2796 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
2797 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
2799 @ref{Old downloads}.
2804 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
2805 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
2806 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
2807 of lyrics related bugs. See the
2809 @ref{Old downloads}.
2814 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
2815 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
2816 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
2817 produce cue notes. More information in the
2824 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
2825 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
2826 for altering accidental rules.
2832 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
2833 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
2834 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
2835 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
2836 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
2837 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
2838 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
2839 More information in the
2846 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
2847 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
2848 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
2849 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
2856 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
2857 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
2858 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
2859 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
2860 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
2867 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
2868 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
2869 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
2870 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
2871 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
2872 More information in the
2879 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
2880 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
2881 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
2882 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
2883 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
2884 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
2885 More information in the
2892 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
2893 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
2894 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
2895 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
2903 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
2904 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
2905 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
2906 @code{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
2913 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
2914 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
2915 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
2916 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
2917 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
2926 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
2927 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
2928 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
2931 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
2936 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
2938 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
2939 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
2940 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
2943 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
2948 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
2949 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
2950 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
2951 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
2952 access, but only HTTP downloads.
2957 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
2958 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
2959 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
2960 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
2961 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
2967 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
2968 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
2969 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
2971 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
2976 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
2977 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
2978 available for Windows! For downloading, go
2979 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
2984 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
2985 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
2986 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
2987 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
2989 More information in the
2990 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
2995 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
2996 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
2997 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
2999 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3004 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
3005 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
3006 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
3007 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
3009 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3014 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
3015 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
3016 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
3017 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
3018 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
3019 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
3020 individual music expressions.
3021 More information in the
3022 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3027 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
3028 An update to the stable branch,
3029 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
3030 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
3035 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
3036 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
3037 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
3038 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
3039 More information in the
3040 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3045 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
3046 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to
3047 improve the layout of lyrics. More
3049 @uref{@@DOC@@v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
3050 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3055 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
3056 in LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric
3057 alignment is completely revamped, and now matches my Edition
3058 Peters version of the Schubert song Sängers Morgen. More
3060 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3065 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
3066 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and linethickness
3067 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
3068 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
3069 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3074 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
3075 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
3076 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
3077 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
3078 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
3079 to implement this are welcome!) See the
3080 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3085 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
3086 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
3087 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
3088 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
3090 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3095 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
3096 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
3097 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
3098 Han-Wen's absence. See the
3099 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3104 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3105 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
3107 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3112 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3113 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
3115 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
3116 thanks to Heikki Junes.
3121 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
3122 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
3123 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
3124 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
3129 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
3130 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
3137 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
3138 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
3140 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
3141 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
3146 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
3147 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
3148 contains minor bugfixes.
3149 See the @ref{Changes}
3150 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
3155 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
3156 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
3157 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
3158 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
3164 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3165 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
3166 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
3167 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
3168 @uref{announce-v2.0.html,here}, or go to the
3169 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
3174 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3175 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
3176 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
3177 the @ref{Changes} and
3178 download @uref{install/,here}.
3183 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
3184 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
3185 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3186 the @ref{Changes} and
3187 download @uref{install/,here}.
3192 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
3193 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
3194 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3195 the @ref{Changes} and
3196 download @uref{install/,here}.
3201 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
3202 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
3203 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
3209 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
3210 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
3211 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
3217 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
3218 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
3219 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
3220 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
3221 will be available in a few weeks.
3227 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
3228 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
3229 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
3235 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
3236 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
3237 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
3243 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3244 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
3245 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
3246 @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
3252 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3253 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
3254 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
3259 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3260 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
3261 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
3262 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
3263 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3268 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
3269 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
3270 @ref{Changes} and get it
3271 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3276 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
3277 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
3278 @ref{Changes} and get it
3279 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3284 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3285 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
3286 @ref{Changes} and get it
3287 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3292 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3293 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
3294 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
3299 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
3300 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
3301 read the @ref{Changes}.
3306 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
3307 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
3308 has been updated to 1.8.
3309 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
3314 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3315 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
3316 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
3321 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3322 New website went live!
3327 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
3328 Announced new website.
3333 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
3334 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
3339 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
3340 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
3341 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
3347 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
3348 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
3349 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.