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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 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
33 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
34 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
35 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
36 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
41 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
43 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
44 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
45 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
46 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
47 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
48 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
53 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
55 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
56 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
57 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
58 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
59 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
64 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
66 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
67 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
68 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
69 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
70 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
75 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
77 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
78 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
79 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
80 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
81 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
86 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
88 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
89 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
90 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
91 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
92 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
97 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
99 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
100 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
101 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
102 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
103 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
108 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
110 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
111 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
112 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
113 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
114 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
119 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
121 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
122 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
123 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
124 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
125 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
131 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
133 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
134 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
135 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
139 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
141 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
142 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
143 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
144 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
145 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
150 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
152 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
153 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
154 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
155 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
156 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
161 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
163 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
164 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
165 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
166 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
171 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
173 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
174 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
175 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
176 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
181 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
183 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
184 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
185 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
186 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
191 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
193 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
194 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
195 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
196 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
202 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
204 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
205 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
206 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
207 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
212 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
214 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
215 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
216 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
217 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
219 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
220 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
224 Support for kievan square notation
226 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
228 Music functions have become quite more versatile
231 A full list of new features is given in:
234 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
237 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
239 Main development team:
241 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
242 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
243 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
244 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
245 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
248 Programming contributors:
250 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
251 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
252 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
253 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
255 Documentation contributors:
257 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
261 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
266 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
268 Translation contributors:
270 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
275 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
277 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
278 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
279 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
281 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
282 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
283 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
285 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
286 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
292 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
294 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
295 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
297 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
298 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
299 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
306 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
308 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
309 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
310 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
311 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
312 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
313 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
316 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
317 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
322 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
324 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
325 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
326 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
327 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
328 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
334 @subsubheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
336 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
337 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
338 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
339 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
342 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
343 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
344 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
351 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
353 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
354 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
356 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
357 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
358 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
365 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
367 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
368 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
369 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
370 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
371 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
377 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
379 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
380 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
381 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
382 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
385 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
386 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
387 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
394 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
396 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
397 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
398 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
399 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
400 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
401 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
404 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
405 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
412 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
414 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
415 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
416 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
417 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
420 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
421 candidate will be required.
427 @subsubheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
429 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
430 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
431 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
432 working on open source software.
434 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
435 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
441 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
443 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
444 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
445 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
446 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
449 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
450 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
451 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
458 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
460 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
461 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
462 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
463 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
466 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
467 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
468 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
475 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
477 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
478 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
479 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
480 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
483 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
484 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
491 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
493 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
494 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
496 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
497 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
498 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
505 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
507 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
508 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
510 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
511 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
512 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
519 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
521 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
522 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
524 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
525 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
526 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
533 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
535 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
536 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
537 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
538 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
541 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
542 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
549 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
551 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
552 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
554 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
555 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
556 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
563 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
565 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
566 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
568 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
569 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
570 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
577 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
579 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
580 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
581 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
582 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
585 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
586 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
587 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
594 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
596 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
597 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
599 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
600 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
601 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
608 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
610 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
611 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
613 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
614 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
615 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
622 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
624 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
625 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
627 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
628 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
629 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
636 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
638 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
639 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
640 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
641 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
642 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
645 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
646 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
653 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
655 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
656 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
658 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
659 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
660 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
663 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
669 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
671 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
672 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
674 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
675 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
676 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
683 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
685 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
686 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
688 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
689 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
690 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
697 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
699 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
700 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
702 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
703 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
704 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
711 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
713 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
714 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
716 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
717 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
718 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
725 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
727 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
728 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
730 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
731 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
732 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
739 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
741 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
742 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
744 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
745 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
746 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
753 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
755 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
756 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
758 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
759 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
760 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
767 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
769 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
770 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
772 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
773 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
774 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
781 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
783 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
784 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
786 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
787 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
788 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
795 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
797 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
798 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
800 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
801 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
802 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
809 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
811 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
812 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
814 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
815 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
816 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
823 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
825 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
826 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
828 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
829 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
830 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
837 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
839 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
846 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
848 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
849 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
850 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
851 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
854 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
855 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
856 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
863 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
865 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
866 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
868 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
869 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
870 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
871 not the next release candidate.
877 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
879 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
880 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
882 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
883 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
884 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
885 next release candidate.
891 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
893 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
894 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
895 support for MacOS X 10.7.
897 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
898 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
899 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
900 next release candidate.
906 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
908 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
909 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
910 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
911 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
914 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
915 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
916 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
923 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
925 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
926 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
928 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
929 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
935 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
937 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
938 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
940 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
941 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
947 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
949 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
950 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
951 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
959 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
961 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
962 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
964 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
965 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
971 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
973 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
974 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
976 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
977 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
983 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
985 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
986 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
988 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
989 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
995 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
997 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
998 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1000 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1001 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1007 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1009 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1010 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1011 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1016 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1018 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1019 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1020 usual number of bugs.
1022 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1023 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1028 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1030 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1031 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1032 usual number of bugs.
1034 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1035 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1041 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1043 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1044 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1045 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1046 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1048 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1049 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1054 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1057 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1058 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1061 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1066 A full list of new features is given in:
1069 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1072 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1074 Main development team:
1076 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1077 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1078 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1079 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1080 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1082 Programming contributors:
1084 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1085 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1086 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1087 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1088 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1089 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1093 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1095 Documentation contributors:
1097 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1098 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
1102 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
1103 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
1105 Binaries support contributors:
1109 Translation contributors:
1111 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
1112 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
1119 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
1121 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1122 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1123 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1124 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1127 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1128 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1129 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1136 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
1138 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
1139 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1141 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1142 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1148 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
1150 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
1151 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1153 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1154 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1160 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
1162 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
1163 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1165 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1166 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1172 @subsubheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
1174 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
1175 article in the May 2011 issue titled
1176 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
1177 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
1178 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
1179 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
1180 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
1185 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
1187 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
1188 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1190 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1191 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1197 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
1199 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1200 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1201 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1202 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1205 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1206 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1207 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1214 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
1216 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1217 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1218 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1219 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1222 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1223 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1224 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1231 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
1233 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1234 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1235 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1236 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1239 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1240 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1241 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1248 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
1250 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
1251 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1253 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
1254 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1260 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
1262 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
1263 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1264 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1265 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1266 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1272 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
1274 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1275 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1276 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1277 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1280 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1281 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1282 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1289 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
1291 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
1292 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1294 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1295 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1300 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
1302 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
1303 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1305 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1306 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1311 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
1313 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
1314 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1316 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1317 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1323 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
1325 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
1326 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1328 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
1329 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
1330 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
1336 @subsubheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
1338 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
1339 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
1340 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
1347 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
1349 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1350 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1351 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1352 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1355 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1356 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1357 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1364 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
1366 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
1367 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1368 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1376 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
1378 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
1379 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1380 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1388 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
1390 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
1391 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1392 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1393 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1394 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1400 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
1402 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1403 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1404 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1405 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1408 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1409 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1410 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1417 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
1419 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
1420 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1421 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1430 @subsubheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
1432 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
1433 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1434 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1435 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1438 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1439 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1440 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1441 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1447 @subsubheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
1449 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
1450 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1451 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1452 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1455 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1456 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1457 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1458 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1464 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
1466 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
1467 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1468 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1471 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1472 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1473 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1479 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
1481 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
1482 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1483 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1486 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1487 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1488 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1494 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
1496 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
1497 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1498 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1501 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1502 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1503 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1509 @subsubheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
1511 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
1512 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1513 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1514 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1517 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1518 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1519 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
1520 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1529 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
1531 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
1532 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
1533 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
1534 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
1535 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
1536 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
1537 read on to find out what for!
1540 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
1541 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
1548 @subsubheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
1550 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
1551 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1552 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1553 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1556 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1557 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1558 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
1559 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1566 @subsubheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
1568 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
1569 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1570 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1571 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1574 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1575 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1576 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
1577 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1584 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
1586 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
1587 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1588 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1591 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
1592 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1593 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1598 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
1600 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1601 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
1602 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
1603 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
1604 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
1608 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
1609 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
1616 @subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
1618 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
1619 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1620 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1621 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1624 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
1625 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1626 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1627 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
1629 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
1631 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
1632 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
1633 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1639 @subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
1641 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
1642 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1643 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1644 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1647 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
1648 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1649 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1650 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
1651 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
1652 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1658 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
1660 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
1661 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1662 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1671 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
1673 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
1674 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1675 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1682 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
1684 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1685 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
1686 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
1687 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
1688 the bug report of the report!
1691 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
1692 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
1698 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
1700 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
1701 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1702 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1709 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
1711 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
1712 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1713 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1720 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
1722 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1723 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
1724 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
1725 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
1729 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
1730 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
1738 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
1740 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
1741 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1742 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1745 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
1746 caution and expect breakage.
1751 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
1753 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
1754 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1755 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1758 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
1759 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
1760 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
1761 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
1766 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
1768 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
1769 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1770 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1776 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
1778 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
1779 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
1780 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
1781 improvements to the new website.
1783 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
1784 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
1786 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
1787 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
1789 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
1795 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
1797 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
1798 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1799 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1804 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
1806 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
1807 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1808 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1814 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
1816 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
1817 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1818 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1824 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
1826 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
1827 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1828 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1833 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
1835 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
1836 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1837 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1842 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
1844 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
1845 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1846 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1849 This release should be of particular interest to package
1850 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
1851 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
1852 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
1858 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
1860 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1861 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
1862 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
1863 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
1866 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
1867 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
1874 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
1876 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
1877 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1878 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1881 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
1882 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
1883 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
1884 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
1885 see the Changes document for more information.
1889 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
1891 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
1892 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
1893 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1898 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
1900 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
1901 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
1902 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
1903 so this release is intended for developers only.
1907 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
1909 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
1910 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
1911 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1916 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
1918 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
1919 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
1924 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
1926 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
1927 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
1928 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
1934 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
1936 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
1937 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
1938 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
1939 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
1940 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
1942 What are you waiting for? Come
1943 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
1944 LilyPond Report 17} now!
1949 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
1951 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
1952 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
1953 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
1957 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
1959 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
1960 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
1961 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
1962 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
1963 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
1968 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
1970 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
1971 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
1972 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
1976 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
1978 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
1979 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
1980 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
1981 critical regressions against earlier versions.
1985 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
1987 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
1988 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
1989 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
1990 and English names for feta filenames.
1996 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
1998 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
1999 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2000 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2001 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2004 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2005 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2006 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2012 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2014 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2015 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2016 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2017 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2019 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2020 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2025 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2027 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2028 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2034 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2036 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2037 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2038 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2045 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2047 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2048 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2049 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2050 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2052 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2053 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2054 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2062 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2064 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2065 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2066 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2067 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2068 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2069 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2070 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2071 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2077 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2079 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2080 its team, its world, its community.
2081 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2082 to read the full issue...
2087 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2089 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2090 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2091 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2096 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2098 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2099 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
2105 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
2107 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2109 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
2116 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
2118 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
2119 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
2120 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
2121 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
2122 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
2124 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
2125 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
2127 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
2129 @ref{Old downloads}.
2134 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
2136 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
2137 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
2138 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
2139 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
2140 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
2141 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
2144 @ref{Old downloads}.
2149 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
2151 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
2152 documentation and translations.
2153 @ref{Old downloads}.
2158 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
2160 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
2161 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
2162 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
2163 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
2164 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
2166 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
2167 @ref{Old downloads}.
2172 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
2174 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
2175 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
2176 (teaching) has been added.
2178 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
2180 @ref{Old downloads}.
2185 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
2187 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
2188 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
2189 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
2190 @ref{Old downloads}.
2195 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
2197 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
2198 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
2199 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
2200 translations of the documentation.
2201 @ref{Old downloads}.
2206 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
2208 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
2209 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
2210 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
2211 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
2212 deceased since then. All the development team express their
2213 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
2214 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
2215 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
2216 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
2218 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
2220 @ref{Old downloads}.
2225 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
2227 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
2228 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
2229 markup command names have been made.
2232 @ref{Old downloads}.
2237 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
2239 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
2240 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
2241 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
2242 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
2243 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
2246 @ref{Old downloads}.
2251 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
2253 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
2254 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
2256 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
2257 @ref{Old downloads}.
2262 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
2264 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
2265 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
2266 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
2268 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
2269 @ref{Old downloads}.
2274 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
2276 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
2278 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
2279 @ref{Old downloads}.
2284 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
2286 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
2287 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
2288 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
2290 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
2292 @ref{Old downloads}.
2297 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
2299 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
2300 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
2301 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
2302 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
2304 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
2305 @ref{Old downloads}.
2310 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
2312 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
2313 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
2316 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
2317 @ref{Old downloads}.
2322 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
2324 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2325 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
2330 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
2332 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2333 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
2338 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
2340 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
2342 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
2343 @ref{Old downloads}.
2348 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2350 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
2351 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
2352 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
2354 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
2355 @ref{Old downloads}.
2360 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2362 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2363 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
2368 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
2370 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
2371 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
2376 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
2378 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
2379 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
2380 regression tests maintenance for developers.
2382 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
2383 @ref{Old downloads}.
2388 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
2390 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
2391 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
2393 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
2395 @ref{Old downloads}.
2400 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
2402 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
2403 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
2404 report, new translations of the site and publications.
2405 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
2406 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
2407 announce releases and special events.
2412 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
2414 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
2415 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2416 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
2421 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
2423 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
2424 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
2425 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
2426 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
2427 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
2430 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
2432 @ref{Old downloads}.
2437 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
2439 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
2440 names has been added to the MusicXML
2443 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
2444 @ref{Old downloads}.
2449 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
2451 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
2456 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
2458 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
2459 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
2460 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
2463 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
2464 @ref{Old downloads}.
2469 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
2471 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
2474 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
2475 @ref{Old downloads}.
2480 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2482 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
2483 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
2484 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
2485 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
2486 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
2487 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
2493 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2495 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
2496 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
2497 updates to the MusicXML converter.
2499 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
2500 @ref{Old downloads}.
2505 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
2507 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
2508 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
2513 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
2515 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
2516 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
2517 Grand Documentation Project.
2519 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
2520 @ref{Old downloads}.
2525 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
2527 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
2529 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
2530 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
2531 @ref{Old downloads}.
2536 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
2538 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
2540 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
2541 @ref{Old downloads}.
2546 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
2548 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
2549 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
2551 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
2552 @ref{Old downloads}.
2557 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
2559 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
2560 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
2561 for the translations.
2563 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
2564 @ref{Old downloads}.
2569 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
2571 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
2572 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
2573 and lots of updates for the translations.
2575 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
2576 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
2577 @ref{Old downloads}.
2582 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
2584 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
2585 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
2586 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
2587 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
2592 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
2593 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
2594 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
2595 spacing engine code.
2597 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
2598 @ref{Old downloads}.
2603 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
2605 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
2606 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
2608 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
2609 @ref{Old downloads}.
2614 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
2616 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
2617 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
2619 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
2620 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
2621 @ref{Old downloads}.
2626 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
2627 This has lots of bugfixes.
2629 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
2630 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
2631 @ref{Old downloads}.
2636 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
2637 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
2638 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
2639 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
2644 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
2645 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
2647 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
2649 @ref{Old downloads}.
2654 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
2655 This release has some documentation updates.
2657 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
2659 @ref{Old downloads}.
2664 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
2665 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
2666 disponibles en ligne ---
2667 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
2668 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
2669 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
2670 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
2675 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
2676 This release fixes many bugs.
2678 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
2679 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
2681 @ref{Old downloads}.
2686 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
2687 This release fixes many bugs.
2689 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
2690 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
2692 @ref{Old downloads}.
2697 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
2698 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
2699 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
2701 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
2703 @ref{Old downloads}.
2708 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
2709 This release fixes still more bugs.
2711 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
2713 @ref{Old downloads}.
2718 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
2719 This release fixes many bugs.
2720 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
2721 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
2723 @ref{Old downloads})
2728 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
2729 This release will stretch piano staves on a
2730 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
2731 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
2733 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
2734 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
2736 @ref{Old downloads}.
2741 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
2742 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
2743 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
2745 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
2752 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2753 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
2754 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
2756 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
2758 @ref{Old downloads}.
2763 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2764 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
2765 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
2767 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
2769 @ref{Old downloads}.
2774 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2775 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
2778 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
2780 @ref{Old downloads}.
2785 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
2786 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
2788 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
2790 @ref{Old downloads}.
2795 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
2796 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
2797 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
2798 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
2800 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
2802 @ref{Old downloads}.
2807 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
2808 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
2809 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
2810 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
2811 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
2812 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
2814 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
2816 @ref{Old downloads}.
2821 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
2822 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
2823 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
2826 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
2828 @ref{Old downloads}.
2833 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
2834 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
2835 further improvements in the regression test suite
2839 @ref{Old downloads}.
2844 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
2845 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2849 @ref{Old downloads}.
2854 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
2855 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
2860 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
2861 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
2866 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
2867 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2871 @ref{Old downloads}.
2876 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
2877 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
2878 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
2882 @ref{Old downloads}.
2887 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
2888 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2892 @ref{Old downloads}.
2897 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
2898 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
2903 @ref{Old downloads}.
2908 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
2909 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2913 @ref{Old downloads}.
2918 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
2919 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
2920 within a system as well as between systems.
2924 @ref{Old downloads}.
2929 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2930 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
2931 test results} and several website build improvements.
2935 @ref{Old downloads}.
2940 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2941 This release fixes several bugs.
2944 @ref{Old downloads}.
2949 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2950 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
2955 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
2956 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
2957 maintenant disponible en ligne.
2958 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
2959 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
2964 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
2965 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
2969 @ref{Old downloads}.
2974 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
2975 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2978 @ref{Old downloads}.
2983 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
2984 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
2988 @ref{Old downloads}.
2993 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
2994 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2997 @ref{Old downloads}.
3002 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3003 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3008 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3009 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3010 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3015 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3016 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3017 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3022 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3023 This release has many more bugfixes.
3026 @ref{Old downloads}.
3031 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3032 This release has many more bugfixes.
3035 @ref{Old downloads}.
3040 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3041 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3046 @ref{Old downloads}.
3051 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3052 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3053 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3054 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3055 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3056 (@ref{Publications}).
3061 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3062 This release has further bugfixes.
3065 @ref{Old downloads}.
3070 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3071 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3072 available for x86/64.
3075 @ref{Old downloads}.
3080 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3081 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3082 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3083 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3084 @ref{Old downloads})
3089 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3090 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3091 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3096 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3097 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3102 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
3103 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3108 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
3109 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3114 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
3115 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
3116 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3121 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
3122 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
3123 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
3124 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3129 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
3130 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3135 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
3136 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
3137 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
3142 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
3143 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
3144 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
3145 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
3146 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3151 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
3152 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
3153 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3158 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
3159 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
3160 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
3161 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3166 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
3167 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
3168 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
3169 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3174 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3175 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
3177 @ref{Old downloads})
3182 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3183 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
3185 @ref{Old downloads})
3190 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
3191 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
3192 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3194 @ref{Old downloads})
3199 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3200 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
3201 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3202 (@ref{Old downloads})
3207 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3208 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
3209 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
3210 glory} what features are broken in the development release
3215 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
3216 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
3217 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
3218 the development releases even better
3223 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
3225 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
3226 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
3227 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3232 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
3233 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
3234 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
3235 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
3236 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
3237 esthetics}. Happy reading!
3242 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
3243 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
3244 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
3246 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3251 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3252 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
3253 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
3254 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
3255 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3260 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3261 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
3262 (@ref{Old downloads})
3267 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
3268 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
3269 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
3270 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
3271 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
3272 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3277 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
3278 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
3279 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
3280 (@ref{Publications})
3285 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3286 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
3287 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3292 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3293 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
3294 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
3295 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3300 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
3301 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
3302 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
3307 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
3308 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
3309 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3314 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
3315 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
3316 released. (@ref{Changes},
3317 @ref{Old downloads})
3322 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
3323 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
3324 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
3325 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
3326 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
3327 multi-measure rests.
3329 @ref{Old downloads})
3334 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
3335 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
3337 @ref{Old downloads})
3342 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
3343 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
3344 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
3345 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
3346 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3347 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
3348 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
3349 @ref{Old downloads})
3354 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
3355 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
3356 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
3357 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
3358 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
3359 @ref{Old downloads})
3364 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
3365 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
3366 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
3367 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
3368 the endings and the middle
3369 part. (@ref{Changes},
3370 @ref{Old downloads})
3375 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
3376 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
3377 parenthesized, for example,
3380 c4 -\parenthesize -.
3381 <d \parenthesize fis a>
3385 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
3386 @ref{Old downloads})
3391 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
3392 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
3393 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
3403 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
3404 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
3405 vector. (@ref{Changes},
3406 @ref{Old downloads})
3411 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
3412 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
3413 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
3414 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
3415 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
3416 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
3417 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
3419 @ref{Old downloads})
3424 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
3425 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
3426 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
3427 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
3428 @ref{Old downloads})
3433 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
3434 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
3435 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
3436 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
3437 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
3438 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
3439 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
3440 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3441 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3442 @ref{Old downloads})
3447 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
3448 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
3449 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
3450 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
3451 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
3452 @ref{Old downloads})
3457 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
3459 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
3460 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
3461 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
3466 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
3467 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
3468 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
3469 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
3470 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
3475 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3476 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
3477 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
3479 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
3481 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
3483 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
3489 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3490 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
3491 (feature sponsored by Andrea
3492 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
3493 @ref{Old downloads})
3498 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
3499 Linux Journal publishes an article on
3500 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
3501 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
3502 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
3505 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
3506 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
3507 alternatives seem second-rate.}
3508 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
3513 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
3514 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
3515 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
3516 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
3517 page. Let us know how you fare!
3522 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
3523 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
3524 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
3525 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
3526 The important occasion for this release is our new build
3527 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
3528 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
3529 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
3530 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
3532 @ref{Old downloads})
3537 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
3538 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
3539 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
3540 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
3541 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
3542 @ref{Old downloads})
3547 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
3548 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
3549 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
3550 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
3551 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
3552 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
3553 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
3554 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
3555 functions. (@ref{Changes},
3556 @ref{Old downloads})
3561 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
3562 This release has the following new features:
3565 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
3566 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
3567 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3569 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
3570 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
3571 and Bertalan Fodor).
3573 Generic music functions may now also be used on
3574 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
3577 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
3578 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
3579 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
3583 @ref{Old downloads})
3588 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
3589 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
3590 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
3591 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
3592 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
3593 van den Borre and Bertalan
3594 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
3595 @ref{Old downloads})
3600 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
3601 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
3602 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
3603 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
3609 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
3610 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
3611 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
3612 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
3613 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
3615 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
3616 @ref{Old downloads})
3621 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
3622 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
3623 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
3628 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
3629 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
3630 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
3631 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
3632 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
3633 etc. (@ref{Changes},
3634 @ref{Old downloads})
3639 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
3640 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
3641 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
3642 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3643 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3644 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3645 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3646 @ref{Old downloads})
3651 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
3652 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3653 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3654 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3655 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3656 @ref{Old downloads})
3661 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
3662 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
3663 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
3664 @ref{Old downloads})
3669 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
3670 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
3671 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
3672 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
3673 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
3674 properties. (@ref{Changes},
3675 @ref{Old downloads})
3680 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
3681 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
3682 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
3683 that compute said property, i.e.
3686 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
3687 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
3690 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
3691 @ref{Old downloads})
3696 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
3697 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
3698 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
3699 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
3700 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
3701 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
3702 also provides advanced tweakability for power
3703 users. (@ref{Changes},
3704 @ref{Old downloads})
3709 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
3710 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
3711 series. (@ref{Changes},
3712 @ref{Old downloads})
3717 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
3718 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
3719 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
3720 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
3721 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
3722 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
3723 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
3724 sponsored by Nicolas
3725 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3726 @ref{Old downloads})
3731 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
3732 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
3733 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3734 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
3735 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
3736 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
3737 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3738 @ref{Old downloads})
3743 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
3744 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
3745 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
3746 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
3747 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3748 @ref{Old downloads})
3753 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
3754 This is mainly a bugfix
3755 release. (@ref{Changes},
3756 @ref{Old downloads})
3761 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
3762 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
3763 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
3764 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
3765 la gravure musicale}.
3770 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
3771 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
3772 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
3773 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
3774 @ref{Old downloads})
3779 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
3780 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
3781 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
3782 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
3783 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
3784 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
3789 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
3790 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
3791 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
3792 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
3793 @ref{Old downloads})
3798 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
3799 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
3800 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
3801 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
3802 signs. (@ref{Changes},
3803 @ref{Old downloads})
3808 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
3809 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
3810 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
3811 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
3812 @ref{Old downloads})
3817 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
3818 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
3819 for a note is proportional to the time it
3820 takes. (@ref{Changes},
3821 @ref{Old downloads})
3826 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
3827 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
3828 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
3833 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
3834 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
3835 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
3836 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
3838 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
3839 @ref{Old downloads})
3844 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
3845 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
3846 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
3847 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
3849 @ref{Old downloads})
3854 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
3855 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
3856 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
3857 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
3858 @ref{Old downloads})
3863 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
3864 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
3866 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
3867 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
3868 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
3869 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
3870 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
3875 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
3876 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
3877 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
3878 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
3883 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
3884 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
3885 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
3886 @ref{Old downloads})
3891 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
3892 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
3893 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
3894 @ref{Old downloads})
3899 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
3900 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
3901 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
3902 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
3903 (@ref{Old downloads})
3908 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
3909 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
3910 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
3911 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
3916 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
3917 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
3918 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
3919 better help functionality.
3920 (@ref{Old downloads})
3925 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
3926 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
3927 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
3928 compile them directly from
3929 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
3934 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
3935 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
3936 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
3941 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
3942 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
3943 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
3944 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
3949 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
3950 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
3951 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
3952 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
3953 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3958 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
3959 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
3960 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
3965 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
3966 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
3971 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
3972 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
3973 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
3978 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
3979 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
3980 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
3981 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
3982 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
3987 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
3988 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
3989 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
3990 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
3991 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
3992 @ref{Old downloads})
3997 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
3999 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4000 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4002 (@ref{Old downloads})
4007 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4008 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4009 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4010 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4011 signatures like 5/8.
4013 @ref{Old downloads})
4018 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
4019 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4020 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4021 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4022 More details are in the
4024 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4029 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
4030 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4031 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4032 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4033 Scheme code. Take a look at
4035 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4040 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
4041 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4042 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4043 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4048 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
4049 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4050 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4051 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4056 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
4057 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4058 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4064 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
4065 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4066 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4067 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4068 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4069 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4074 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4075 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4076 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4077 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4078 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4079 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4081 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4086 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4087 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4088 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4094 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4095 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
4096 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4097 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4098 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
4104 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4105 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
4106 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}.
4107 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4108 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4113 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
4114 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
4115 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
4116 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
4117 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
4122 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
4123 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
4124 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
4125 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
4126 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
4128 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4133 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
4134 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
4135 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
4136 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
4137 @ref{Old downloads}!
4142 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
4143 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
4144 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
4145 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
4151 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
4152 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
4153 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
4159 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
4160 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
4161 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
4162 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
4164 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
4166 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
4171 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
4172 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
4173 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
4174 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
4175 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
4176 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
4177 font code by Werner.
4179 and check out the changes in
4180 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4185 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
4186 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
4187 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
4188 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
4189 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
4190 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
4191 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
4192 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
4193 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
4194 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
4197 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}.
4202 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
4203 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
4204 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
4205 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
4206 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
4208 and check out the changes in
4209 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4214 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
4215 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
4216 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
4217 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
4218 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
4219 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
4222 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}.
4227 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
4228 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
4229 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
4230 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
4231 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
4232 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
4233 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
4234 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
4235 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
4239 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}.
4244 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
4245 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
4246 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
4247 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
4248 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
4249 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
4251 and check out the changes in
4252 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4257 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
4258 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
4259 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
4260 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
4261 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
4262 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
4263 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
4264 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
4265 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
4268 and check out the changes in
4269 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4274 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
4275 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
4276 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
4277 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
4278 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
4279 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
4282 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
4285 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
4286 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
4287 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
4288 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
4289 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
4292 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}.
4297 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
4298 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
4299 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
4305 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
4306 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
4307 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
4309 and check out the changes in
4310 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4315 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
4316 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
4317 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
4318 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
4319 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
4326 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4327 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
4328 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
4329 some problems with the conversion scripts.
4331 and check out the changes in
4332 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4337 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4338 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4339 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
4340 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
4341 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
4343 and check out the changes in
4344 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4349 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
4350 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
4351 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
4352 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
4354 and check out the changes in
4355 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4360 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
4361 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
4362 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
4363 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4365 and check out the changes in
4366 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4371 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
4372 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
4373 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
4374 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
4378 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}.
4383 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
4384 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
4385 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
4386 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
4390 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}.
4395 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
4396 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
4397 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
4398 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
4399 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
4400 in the documentation.
4402 and check out the changes in
4403 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4408 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
4409 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
4410 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
4411 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
4412 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
4417 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
4418 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
4420 and check out the changes
4421 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4426 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
4427 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
4428 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
4429 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
4430 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
4431 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
4432 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
4435 and check out the changes in
4436 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4441 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
4442 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
4443 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
4444 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
4445 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
4446 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
4447 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
4448 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
4449 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
4450 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
4451 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
4452 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
4453 will hold users back in switching.
4455 and check out the changes in
4456 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4461 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
4462 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
4463 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
4464 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
4465 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
4466 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
4467 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
4469 and check out the changes in
4470 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4475 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
4476 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
4477 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
4478 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
4479 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
4480 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
4484 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}.
4489 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4490 LilyPond now has a Documentation
4491 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
4492 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
4493 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
4494 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
4495 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
4496 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
4497 chapter of the user manual.
4498 A lot of cheers for Graham!
4503 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4504 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
4505 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
4506 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
4507 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
4508 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
4509 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
4513 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}.
4518 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
4519 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
4520 disappearing metronome mark.
4522 and check out the changes in
4523 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}.
4528 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
4529 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
4530 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
4531 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
4532 `doubleSlurs' property.
4534 and check out the changes in
4535 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4540 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
4541 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
4542 annoying bugs fixed.
4545 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}.
4550 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
4551 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
4552 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
4553 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
4554 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
4555 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
4556 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
4559 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
4560 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
4562 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
4563 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
4568 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}.
4573 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
4574 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
4575 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
4576 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
4577 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
4578 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
4579 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
4580 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
4581 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
4582 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
4583 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
4586 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}.
4591 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
4592 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
4593 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
4594 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
4595 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
4598 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}.
4603 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
4604 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
4605 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
4606 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
4607 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
4608 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
4609 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
4610 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
4611 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
4612 beat within the measure.
4614 and check out the changes in
4615 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4620 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
4621 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
4625 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}.
4630 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
4631 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
4637 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4638 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
4639 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
4640 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
4641 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
4643 and check out the changes
4644 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4649 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4650 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
4654 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}.
4659 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
4660 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
4661 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
4662 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
4663 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
4664 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
4665 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
4666 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}
4668 @ref{Old downloads}.
4673 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
4674 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
4675 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
4676 @ref{Old downloads}.
4681 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
4682 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
4683 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
4684 @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}
4686 @ref{Old downloads}.
4691 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4692 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
4693 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
4694 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}
4696 @ref{Old downloads}.
4701 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4702 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
4703 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}
4704 or head straight to the
4705 @ref{Old downloads}.
4710 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
4711 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
4712 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
4713 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4714 @ref{Old downloads}.
4719 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
4720 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
4721 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4722 @ref{Old downloads}.
4727 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
4728 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
4730 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
4731 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
4732 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
4733 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
4734 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
4739 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
4740 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
4741 @ref{Old downloads}.
4746 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
4747 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
4748 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
4754 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
4755 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
4756 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
4757 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
4758 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
4759 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
4760 @ref{Old downloads}.
4765 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
4766 A French article on the new LilyPond
4767 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
4772 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
4773 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
4774 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
4780 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
4781 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
4782 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
4783 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
4784 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
4785 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
4786 @ref{Old downloads}.
4791 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
4792 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
4793 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
4794 documentation polish. This should be the final release
4795 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
4797 @ref{Old downloads}.
4802 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
4803 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
4805 @ref{Old downloads}.
4810 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
4811 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
4812 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
4813 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
4820 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
4821 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
4822 @ref{Old downloads}.
4827 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
4828 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
4835 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
4836 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
4837 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
4838 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
4840 @ref{Old downloads}.
4845 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
4846 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
4847 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
4848 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
4851 @ref{Old downloads}.
4856 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
4858 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
4859 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
4865 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
4866 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
4868 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
4869 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
4870 authors of LilyPond.
4875 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
4876 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
4877 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
4880 @ref{Old downloads}.
4885 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
4886 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
4887 experimental support for producing titles with
4893 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
4894 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
4895 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
4896 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
4898 @ref{Old downloads}.
4903 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
4904 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
4905 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
4906 of lyrics related bugs. See the
4908 @ref{Old downloads}.
4913 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
4914 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
4915 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
4916 produce cue notes. More information in the
4923 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
4924 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
4925 for altering accidental rules.
4931 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
4932 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
4933 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
4934 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
4935 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
4936 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
4937 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
4938 More information in the
4945 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
4946 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
4947 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
4948 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
4955 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
4956 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
4957 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
4958 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
4959 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
4966 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
4967 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
4968 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
4969 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
4970 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
4971 More information in the
4978 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
4979 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
4980 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
4981 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
4982 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
4983 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
4984 More information in the
4991 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
4992 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
4993 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
4994 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5002 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
5003 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5004 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5005 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5012 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
5013 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5014 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5015 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5016 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5025 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
5026 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5027 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5030 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5035 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
5037 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5038 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5039 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5042 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5047 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5048 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5049 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5050 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5051 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5056 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5057 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5058 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5059 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5060 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5066 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
5067 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5068 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5070 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5075 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
5076 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5077 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5078 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5083 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
5084 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5085 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5086 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5088 More information in the
5089 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5094 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
5095 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5096 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5098 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5103 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
5104 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
5105 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
5106 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
5108 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5113 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
5114 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
5115 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
5116 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
5117 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
5118 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
5119 individual music expressions.
5120 More information in the
5121 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5126 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
5127 An update to the stable branch,
5128 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
5129 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
5134 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
5135 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
5136 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
5137 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
5138 More information in the
5139 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5144 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
5145 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
5147 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
5148 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5153 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
5154 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
5155 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
5156 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
5157 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5162 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
5163 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
5164 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
5165 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
5166 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5171 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
5172 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
5173 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
5174 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
5175 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
5176 to implement this are welcome!) See the
5177 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5182 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
5183 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
5184 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
5185 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
5187 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5192 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
5193 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
5194 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
5195 Han-Wen's absence. See the
5196 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5201 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5202 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
5204 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5209 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5210 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
5212 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
5213 thanks to Heikki Junes.
5218 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
5219 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
5220 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
5221 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
5226 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
5227 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
5234 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
5235 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
5237 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
5238 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
5243 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
5244 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
5245 contains minor bugfixes.
5246 See the @ref{Changes}
5247 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
5252 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
5253 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
5254 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
5255 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
5261 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5262 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
5263 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
5264 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
5265 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
5266 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
5271 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5272 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
5273 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
5274 the @ref{Changes} and
5275 download @uref{install/,here}.
5280 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
5281 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
5282 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5283 the @ref{Changes} and
5284 download @uref{install/,here}.
5289 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
5290 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
5291 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5292 the @ref{Changes} and
5293 download @uref{install/,here}.
5298 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
5299 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
5300 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
5306 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
5307 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
5308 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
5314 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
5315 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
5316 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
5317 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
5318 will be available in a few weeks.
5324 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
5325 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
5326 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
5332 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
5333 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
5334 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
5340 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5341 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
5342 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
5343 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
5349 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5350 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
5351 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
5356 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5357 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
5358 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
5359 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
5360 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5365 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
5366 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
5367 @ref{Changes} and get it
5368 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5373 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
5374 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
5375 @ref{Changes} and get it
5376 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5381 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5382 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
5383 @ref{Changes} and get it
5384 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5389 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5390 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
5391 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
5396 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
5397 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
5398 read the @ref{Changes}.
5403 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
5404 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
5405 has been updated to 1.8.
5406 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
5411 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5412 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
5413 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
5418 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5419 New website went live!
5424 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
5425 Announced new website.
5430 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
5431 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
5436 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
5437 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
5438 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
5444 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
5445 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
5446 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.