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30 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.51 released @emph{November 20, 2016}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
33 2.19.51. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
34 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
35 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
36 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
42 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.50 released @emph{November 6, 2016}
44 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
45 2.19.50. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
46 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
47 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
48 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
54 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.49 released @emph{October 16, 2016}
56 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
57 2.19.49. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
58 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
59 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
60 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
66 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.48 released @emph{September 13, 2016}
68 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
69 2.19.48. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
70 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
71 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
72 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
78 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.47 released @emph{August 31, 2016}
80 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
81 2.19.47. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
82 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
83 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
84 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
90 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.46 released @emph{July 26, 2016}
92 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
93 2.19.46. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
94 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
95 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
96 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
102 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.45 released @emph{July 09, 2016}
104 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
105 2.19.45. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
106 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
107 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
108 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
114 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.44 released @emph{June 21, 2016}
116 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
117 2.19.44. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
118 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
119 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
120 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
126 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.43 released @emph{June 8, 2016}
128 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
129 2.19.43. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
130 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
131 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
132 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
138 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.42 released @emph{May 15, 2016}
140 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
141 2.19.42. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
142 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
143 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
144 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
150 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.41 released @emph{May 1, 2016}
152 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
153 2.19.41. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
154 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
155 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
156 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
162 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.40 released @emph{April 17, 2016}
164 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
165 2.19.40. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
166 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
167 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
168 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
174 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.39 released @emph{March 27, 2016}
176 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
177 2.19.39. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
178 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
179 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
180 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
186 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.38 released @emph{March 13, 2016}
188 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
189 2.19.38. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
190 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
191 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
192 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
198 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.37 released @emph{February 28, 2016}
200 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
201 2.19.37. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
202 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
203 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
204 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
210 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.36 released @emph{January 31, 2016}
212 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
213 2.19.36. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
214 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
215 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
216 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
222 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.35 released @emph{January 02, 2016}
224 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
225 2.19.35. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
226 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
227 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
228 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
234 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.34 released @emph{December 22, 2015}
236 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
237 2.19.34. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
238 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
239 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
240 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
246 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.33 released @emph{December 6, 2015}
248 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
249 2.19.33. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
250 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
251 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
252 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
258 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.32 released @emph{November 22, 2015}
260 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
261 2.19.32. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
262 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
263 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
264 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
270 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.31 released @emph{November 8, 2015}
272 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
273 2.19.31. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
274 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
275 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
276 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
282 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.30 released @emph{October 25, 2015}
284 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
285 2.19.30. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
286 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
287 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
288 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
294 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.29 released @emph{October 18, 2015}
296 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
297 2.19.29. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
298 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
299 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
300 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
306 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.28 released @emph{September 27, 2015}
308 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
309 2.19.28. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
310 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
311 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
312 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
318 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.27 released @emph{September 12, 2015}
320 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
321 2.19.27. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
322 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
323 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
324 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
330 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.26 released @emph{August 27, 2015}
332 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
333 2.19.26. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
334 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
335 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
336 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
342 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.25 released @emph{August 9, 2015}
344 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
345 2.19.25. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
346 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
347 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
348 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
354 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.24 released @emph{July 26, 2015}
356 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
357 2.19.24. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
358 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
359 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
360 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
366 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.23 released @emph{July 12, 2015}
368 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
369 2.19.23. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
370 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
371 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
372 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
378 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.22 released @emph{June 28, 2015}
380 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
381 2.19.22. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
382 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
383 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
384 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
390 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.21 released @emph{May 24, 2015}
392 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
393 2.19.21. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
394 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
395 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
396 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
402 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.20 released @emph{May 10, 2015}
404 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
405 2.19.20. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
406 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
407 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
408 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
414 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.19 released @emph{April 26, 2015}
416 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
417 2.19.19. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
418 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
419 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
420 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
426 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.18 released @emph{April 5, 2015}
428 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
429 2.19.18. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
430 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
431 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
432 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
438 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.17 released @emph{March 15, 2015}
440 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
441 2.19.17. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
442 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
443 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
444 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
450 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.16 released @emph{February 28, 2015}
452 At long last, we are very happy to announce the release of LilyPond
453 2.19.16. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
454 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
455 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
456 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
459 We would like to acknowledge and thank Masamichi Hosoda for making this
460 release possible with his work on updating GUB, the build tool.
465 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.15 released @emph{September 28, 2014}
467 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.15. This
468 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
469 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
470 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
471 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
477 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.14 released @emph{September 14, 2014}
479 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.14. This
480 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
481 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
482 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
483 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
489 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.13 released @emph{August 31, 2014}
491 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.13. This
492 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
493 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
494 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
495 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
501 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.12 released @emph{August 17, 2014}
503 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.12. This
504 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
505 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
506 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
507 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
513 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.11 released @emph{August 3, 2014}
515 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.11. This
516 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
517 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
518 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
519 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
525 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.10 released @emph{July 13, 2014}
527 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.10. This
528 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
529 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
530 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
531 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
537 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.9 released @emph{June 29, 2014}
539 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.9. This
540 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
541 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
542 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
543 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
549 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.8 released @emph{June 15, 2014}
551 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.8. This
552 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
553 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
554 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
555 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
561 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.7 released @emph{May 25, 2014}
563 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.7. This
564 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
565 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
566 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
567 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
573 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.6 released @emph{May 11, 2014}
575 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.6. This
576 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
577 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
578 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
579 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
585 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.5 released @emph{April 20, 2014}
587 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.5. This
588 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
589 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
590 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
591 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
596 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.4 released @emph{April 6, 2014}
598 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.4. This
599 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
600 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
601 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
602 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
607 @subheading LilyPond production named BEST EDITION 2014 @emph{March 11, 2014}
609 We are thrilled that the edition of the songs of Oskar
610 Fried (1871-1941), published recently by our fellow contributors Urs Liska
611 and Janek Warchoł [1], received the "Musikeditionspreis BEST EDITION
612 2014" of the German Music Publishers' Association [2]. The ceremony
613 took place at the Frankfurt Musikmesse.
615 We congratulate Janek and Urs for gaining such public recognition of
616 typographical and editorial excellence of their work. We are also delighted
617 to inform you that they intend to make their work available under a Free
618 license as soon as the publisher expenses are covered. Please support this
619 initiative by buying the printed volume through the publisher [3].
621 [1] @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/category/fried-songs}@*
622 [2] @uref{http://www.best-edition.de}@*
623 [3] @uref{http://www.sound-rel.de}@*
629 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.3 released @emph{March 2, 2014}
631 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.3. This
632 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
633 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
634 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
635 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
640 @subheading LilyPond 2.18.1 @emph{February 16, 2014}
642 We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
643 The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
644 over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
645 and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
646 enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
648 To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
649 stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
654 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
656 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
657 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
658 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
659 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
660 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
665 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
667 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
668 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
669 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
670 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
671 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
676 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
678 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
679 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
680 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
681 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
682 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
687 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
689 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
690 a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
691 developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
692 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
693 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
694 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
695 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
696 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
701 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
703 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
704 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
705 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
706 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
707 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
708 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
709 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
710 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
715 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
717 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
718 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
719 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
720 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
721 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
722 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
723 latest version, see @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
724 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
730 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
732 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
733 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
734 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
735 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
736 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
741 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
743 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
744 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
745 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
746 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
747 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
752 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
754 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
755 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
756 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
757 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
758 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
763 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
765 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
766 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
767 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
768 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
769 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
774 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
776 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
777 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
778 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
779 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
780 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
785 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
787 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
788 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
789 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
790 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
791 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
796 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
798 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
799 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
800 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
801 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
802 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
807 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
809 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
810 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
811 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
812 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
813 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
815 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
816 with positioning text.
821 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
823 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
824 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
825 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
826 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
827 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
832 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
834 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
835 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
836 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
837 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
838 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
843 @subheading LilyPond blog. @emph{June 2, 2013}
845 Janek Warchoł has created a LilyPond blog. You can find it at
846 @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/, lilypondblog.org}!
851 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
853 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
854 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
855 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
856 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
857 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
862 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
864 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
865 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
866 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
867 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
868 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
873 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
875 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
876 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
877 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
878 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
879 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
884 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
886 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
887 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
888 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
889 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
890 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
895 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
897 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
898 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
899 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
900 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
901 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
906 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
908 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
909 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
910 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
911 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
912 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
913 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
918 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
920 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
921 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
922 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
923 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
924 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
929 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
931 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
932 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
933 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
934 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
935 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
940 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
942 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
943 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
944 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
945 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
946 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
951 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
953 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
954 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
955 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
956 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
957 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
962 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.2 released! @emph{January 4, 2013}
964 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.2. This release is mainly
965 to correct a problem with lilypond-book running on Windows. We recommend that
966 only people requiring this functionality upgrade to this version.
971 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
973 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
974 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
975 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
976 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
977 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
982 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
984 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
985 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
986 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
987 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
988 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
993 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
995 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
996 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
997 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
998 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
999 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1005 @subheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012}
1007 The @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, October
1008 issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}} focuses on the
1009 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?LilyPond-meeting-in-Waltrop,
1010 meeting of LilyPond developers and users} in Waltrop, Germany last
1011 August. Of course, there are also some musings on LilyPond
1012 triggered by the release of 2.16.0 and 2.17.0 occuring from that
1015 There are also two monthly financial reports from David Kastrup
1016 whose work on LilyPond is
1017 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding,
1018 solely paid for} by financial contributions from other developer
1019 and users (thank you!), and a report about experiences from
1020 @uref{http://scorio.com, a web-based music typesetting service}
1021 using LilyPond internally.
1023 Come @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, read
1024 LilyPond Report 28} now; comments and contributions are warmly
1029 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
1031 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
1032 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
1033 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1037 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
1039 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
1040 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1041 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1042 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1043 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1048 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
1050 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
1051 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1052 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1053 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1054 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1059 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
1061 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
1062 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1063 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1064 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1069 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
1071 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
1072 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1073 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1074 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1079 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
1081 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
1082 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1083 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1084 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1089 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
1091 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
1092 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1093 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1094 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1100 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
1102 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
1103 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1104 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1105 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1110 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
1112 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
1113 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1114 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1115 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1117 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
1118 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
1122 Support for kievan square notation
1124 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
1126 Music functions have become quite more versatile
1129 A full list of new features is given in:
1132 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1135 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
1137 Main development team:
1139 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
1140 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
1141 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
1142 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
1143 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
1146 Programming contributors:
1148 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
1149 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
1150 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
1151 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
1153 Documentation contributors:
1155 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
1159 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
1164 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
1166 Translation contributors:
1168 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
1173 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
1175 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
1176 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
1177 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
1179 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
1180 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
1181 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1183 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
1184 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
1190 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
1192 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
1193 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1195 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1196 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1197 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1204 @subheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
1206 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
1207 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
1208 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
1209 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
1210 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
1211 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
1214 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
1215 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
1220 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
1222 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
1223 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1224 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1225 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1226 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1232 @subheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
1234 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
1235 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1236 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1237 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1240 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1241 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1242 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1249 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
1251 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
1252 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1254 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1255 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1256 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1263 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
1265 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
1266 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1267 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1268 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1269 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1275 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
1277 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1278 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1279 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1280 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1283 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1284 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1285 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1292 @subheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
1294 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
1295 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
1296 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
1297 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
1298 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
1299 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
1302 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
1303 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
1310 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
1312 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1313 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1314 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1315 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1318 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
1319 candidate will be required.
1325 @subheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
1327 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
1328 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
1329 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
1330 working on open source software.
1332 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
1333 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
1339 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
1341 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1342 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1343 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1344 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1347 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1348 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1349 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1356 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
1358 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1359 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1360 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1361 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1364 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1365 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1366 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1373 @subheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
1375 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
1376 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
1377 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
1378 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
1381 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
1382 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
1389 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
1391 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
1392 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1394 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1395 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1396 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1403 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
1405 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
1406 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1408 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1409 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1410 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1417 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
1419 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
1420 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1422 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1423 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1424 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1431 @subheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
1433 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
1434 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
1435 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
1436 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
1439 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
1440 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
1447 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
1449 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
1450 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1452 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1453 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1454 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1461 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
1463 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
1464 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1466 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1467 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1468 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1475 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
1477 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1478 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1479 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1480 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1483 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1484 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1485 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1492 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
1494 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
1495 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1497 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1498 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1499 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1506 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
1508 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
1509 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1511 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1512 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1513 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1520 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
1522 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
1523 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1525 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1526 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1527 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1534 @subheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
1536 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
1537 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
1538 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
1539 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
1540 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
1543 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
1544 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
1551 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
1553 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
1554 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1556 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1557 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1558 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1561 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
1567 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
1569 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
1570 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1572 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1573 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1574 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1581 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
1583 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
1584 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1586 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1587 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1588 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1595 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
1597 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
1598 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1600 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1601 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1602 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1609 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
1611 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
1612 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1614 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1615 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1616 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1623 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
1625 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
1626 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1628 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1629 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1630 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1637 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
1639 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
1640 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1642 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1643 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1644 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1651 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
1653 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
1654 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1656 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1657 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1658 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1665 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
1667 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
1668 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1670 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1671 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1672 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1679 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
1681 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
1682 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1684 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1685 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1686 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1693 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
1695 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
1696 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1698 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1699 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1700 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1707 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
1709 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
1710 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1712 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1713 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1714 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1721 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1723 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1724 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1726 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1727 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1728 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1735 @subheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1737 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1738 Critical regression.
1744 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1746 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1747 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1748 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1749 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1752 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1753 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1754 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1761 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1763 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
1764 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1766 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1767 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1768 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1769 not the next release candidate.
1775 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1777 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1778 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1780 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1781 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1782 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1783 next release candidate.
1789 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1791 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1792 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1793 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1795 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1796 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1797 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1798 next release candidate.
1804 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1806 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1807 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1808 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1809 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1812 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1813 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1814 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1821 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1823 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
1824 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1826 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1827 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1833 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1835 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1836 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1838 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1839 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1845 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1847 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1848 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1849 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1857 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1859 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1860 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1862 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1863 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1869 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1871 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1872 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1874 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1875 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1881 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1883 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1884 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1886 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1887 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1893 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1895 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1896 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1898 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1899 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1905 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1907 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1908 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1909 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1914 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1916 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1917 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1918 usual number of bugs.
1920 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1921 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1926 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1928 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1929 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1930 usual number of bugs.
1932 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1933 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1939 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1941 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1942 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1943 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1944 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1946 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1947 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1952 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1955 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1956 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1959 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1964 A full list of new features is given in:
1967 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1970 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1972 Main development team:
1974 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1975 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1976 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1977 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1978 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1980 Programming contributors:
1982 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1983 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1984 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1985 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1986 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1987 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1991 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1993 Documentation contributors:
1995 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1996 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
2000 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
2001 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
2003 Binaries support contributors:
2007 Translation contributors:
2009 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
2010 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
2017 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
2019 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
2020 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2021 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2022 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2025 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2026 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2027 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2034 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
2036 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
2037 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2039 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2040 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2046 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
2048 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
2049 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2051 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2052 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2058 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
2060 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
2061 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2063 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2064 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2070 @subheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
2072 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
2073 article in the May 2011 issue titled
2074 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/content/download/61706/482546/version/1/file/088-090_projects.pdf,
2075 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
2076 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
2077 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
2078 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
2083 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
2085 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
2086 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2088 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2089 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2095 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
2097 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
2098 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2099 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2100 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2103 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2104 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2105 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2112 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
2114 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
2115 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2116 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2117 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2120 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2121 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2122 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2129 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
2131 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
2132 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2133 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2134 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2137 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2138 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2139 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2146 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
2148 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
2149 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2151 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
2152 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2158 @subheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
2160 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
2161 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2162 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2163 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2164 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2170 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
2172 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
2173 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2174 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2175 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2178 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2179 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2180 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2187 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
2189 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
2190 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2192 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2193 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2198 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
2200 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
2201 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2203 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2204 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2209 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
2211 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
2212 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2214 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2215 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2221 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
2223 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
2224 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2226 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
2227 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
2228 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
2234 @subheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
2236 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
2237 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
2238 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
2245 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
2247 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
2248 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2249 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2250 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2253 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2254 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2255 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2262 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
2264 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
2265 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2266 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2274 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
2276 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
2277 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2278 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2286 @subheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
2288 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
2289 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2290 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2291 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2292 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2298 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
2300 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
2301 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2302 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2303 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2306 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2307 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2308 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2315 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
2317 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
2318 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2319 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2328 @subheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
2330 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
2331 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2332 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2333 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2336 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2337 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2338 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2339 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2345 @subheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
2347 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
2348 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2349 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2350 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2353 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2354 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2355 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2356 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2362 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
2364 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
2365 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2366 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2369 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2370 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2371 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2377 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
2379 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
2380 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2381 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2384 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2385 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2386 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2392 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
2394 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
2395 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2396 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2399 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2400 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2401 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2407 @subheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
2409 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
2410 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2411 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2412 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2415 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2416 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2417 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
2418 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2427 @subheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
2429 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
2430 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
2431 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
2432 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
2433 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
2434 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
2435 read on to find out what for!
2438 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
2439 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
2446 @subheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
2448 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
2449 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2450 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2451 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2454 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2455 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2456 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
2457 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2464 @subheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
2466 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
2467 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2468 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2469 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2472 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2473 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2474 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
2475 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2482 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
2484 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
2485 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2486 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2489 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
2490 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2491 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2496 @subheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
2498 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2499 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
2500 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
2501 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
2502 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
2506 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
2507 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
2514 @subheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
2516 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
2517 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2518 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2519 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2522 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
2523 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2524 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2525 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
2527 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
2529 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
2530 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
2531 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2537 @subheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
2539 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
2540 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2541 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2542 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2545 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
2546 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2547 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2548 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
2549 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
2550 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2556 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
2558 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
2559 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2560 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2569 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
2571 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
2572 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2573 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2580 @subheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
2582 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2583 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
2584 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
2585 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
2586 the bug report of the report!
2589 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
2590 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
2596 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
2598 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
2599 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2600 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2607 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
2609 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
2610 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2611 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2618 @subheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
2620 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2621 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
2622 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
2623 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
2627 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
2628 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
2636 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
2638 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
2639 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2640 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2643 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
2644 caution and expect breakage.
2649 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
2651 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
2652 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2653 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2656 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
2657 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
2658 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
2659 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
2664 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
2666 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
2667 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2668 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2674 @subheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
2676 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
2677 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
2678 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
2679 improvements to the new website.
2681 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
2682 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
2684 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
2685 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
2687 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
2693 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
2695 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
2696 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2697 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2702 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
2704 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
2705 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2706 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2712 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2714 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2715 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2716 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2722 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2724 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2725 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2726 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2731 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2733 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2734 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2735 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2740 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2742 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2743 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2744 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2747 This release should be of particular interest to package
2748 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2749 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2750 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2756 @subheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2758 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2759 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2760 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2761 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2764 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2765 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2772 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2774 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2775 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2776 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2779 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2780 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2781 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2782 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2783 see the Changes document for more information.
2787 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2789 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2790 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2791 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2796 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2798 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2799 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2800 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2801 so this release is intended for developers only.
2805 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2807 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2808 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2809 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2814 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2816 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2817 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2822 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2824 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2825 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2826 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2832 @subheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2834 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2835 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2836 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2837 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2838 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2840 What are you waiting for? Come
2841 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2842 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2847 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2849 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2850 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2851 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2855 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2857 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2858 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2859 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2860 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2861 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2866 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2868 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2869 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2870 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2874 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2876 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2877 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2878 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2879 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2883 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2885 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2886 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2887 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2888 and English names for feta filenames.
2894 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2896 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2897 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2898 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2899 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2902 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2903 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2904 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2910 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2912 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2913 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2914 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2915 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2917 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2918 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2923 @subheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2925 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2926 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2932 @subheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2934 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2935 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2936 Read @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2943 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2945 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2946 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2947 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2948 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2950 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2951 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2952 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2960 @subheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2962 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2963 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2964 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2965 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2966 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2967 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2968 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2969 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2975 @subheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2977 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2978 its team, its world, its community.
2979 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2980 to read the full issue...
2985 @subheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2987 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2988 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2989 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2994 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2996 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2997 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
3003 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
3005 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3007 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
3014 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
3016 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
3017 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
3018 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
3019 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
3020 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
3022 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
3023 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
3025 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
3027 @ref{Old downloads}.
3032 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
3034 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
3035 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
3036 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
3037 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
3038 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
3039 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
3042 @ref{Old downloads}.
3047 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
3049 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
3050 documentation and translations.
3051 @ref{Old downloads}.
3056 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
3058 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
3059 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
3060 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
3061 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
3062 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
3064 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
3065 @ref{Old downloads}.
3070 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
3072 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
3073 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
3074 (teaching) has been added.
3076 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
3078 @ref{Old downloads}.
3083 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
3085 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
3086 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
3087 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
3088 @ref{Old downloads}.
3093 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
3095 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
3096 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
3097 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
3098 translations of the documentation.
3099 @ref{Old downloads}.
3104 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
3106 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
3107 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
3108 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
3109 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
3110 deceased since then. All the development team express their
3111 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
3112 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
3113 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
3114 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
3116 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
3118 @ref{Old downloads}.
3123 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
3125 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
3126 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
3127 markup command names have been made.
3130 @ref{Old downloads}.
3135 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
3137 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
3138 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
3139 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
3140 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
3141 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
3144 @ref{Old downloads}.
3149 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
3151 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
3152 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
3154 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
3155 @ref{Old downloads}.
3160 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
3162 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
3163 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
3164 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
3166 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
3167 @ref{Old downloads}.
3172 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
3174 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
3176 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
3177 @ref{Old downloads}.
3182 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
3184 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
3185 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
3186 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
3188 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
3190 @ref{Old downloads}.
3195 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
3197 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
3198 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
3199 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
3200 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
3202 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
3203 @ref{Old downloads}.
3208 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
3210 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
3211 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
3214 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
3215 @ref{Old downloads}.
3220 @subheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
3222 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3223 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123759/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
3228 @subheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
3230 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3231 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123754/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
3236 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
3238 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
3240 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
3241 @ref{Old downloads}.
3246 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3248 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
3249 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
3250 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
3252 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
3253 @ref{Old downloads}.
3258 @subheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3260 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3261 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123750/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
3266 @subheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
3268 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
3269 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123743/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
3274 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
3276 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
3277 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
3278 regression tests maintenance for developers.
3280 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
3281 @ref{Old downloads}.
3286 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
3288 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
3289 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
3291 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
3293 @ref{Old downloads}.
3298 @subheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
3300 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
3301 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
3302 report, new translations of the site and publications.
3303 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
3304 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
3305 announce releases and special events.
3310 @subheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
3312 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
3313 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3314 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123946/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
3319 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
3321 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
3322 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
3323 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
3324 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
3325 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
3328 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
3330 @ref{Old downloads}.
3335 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
3337 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
3338 names has been added to the MusicXML
3341 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
3342 @ref{Old downloads}.
3347 @subheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
3349 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
3354 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
3356 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
3357 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
3358 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
3361 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
3362 @ref{Old downloads}.
3367 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
3369 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
3372 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
3373 @ref{Old downloads}.
3378 @subheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3380 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
3381 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
3382 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
3383 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
3384 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
3385 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
3391 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3393 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
3394 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
3395 updates to the MusicXML converter.
3397 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
3398 @ref{Old downloads}.
3403 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
3405 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
3406 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
3411 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
3413 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
3414 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
3415 Grand Documentation Project.
3417 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
3418 @ref{Old downloads}.
3423 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
3425 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
3427 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
3428 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
3429 @ref{Old downloads}.
3434 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
3436 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
3438 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
3439 @ref{Old downloads}.
3444 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
3446 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
3447 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
3449 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
3450 @ref{Old downloads}.
3455 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
3457 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
3458 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
3459 for the translations.
3461 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
3462 @ref{Old downloads}.
3467 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
3469 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
3470 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
3471 and lots of updates for the translations.
3473 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
3474 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
3475 @ref{Old downloads}.
3480 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
3482 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
3483 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
3484 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/freebsd-64/,the installer} and
3485 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
3490 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
3491 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
3492 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
3493 spacing engine code.
3495 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
3496 @ref{Old downloads}.
3501 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
3503 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
3504 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
3506 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
3507 @ref{Old downloads}.
3512 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
3514 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
3515 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
3517 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
3518 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
3519 @ref{Old downloads}.
3524 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
3525 This has lots of bugfixes.
3527 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
3528 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
3529 @ref{Old downloads}.
3534 @subheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
3535 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
3536 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
3537 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
3542 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
3543 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
3545 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
3547 @ref{Old downloads}.
3552 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
3553 This release has some documentation updates.
3555 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
3557 @ref{Old downloads}.
3562 @subheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
3563 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
3564 disponibles en ligne ---
3565 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
3566 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
3567 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
3568 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
3573 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
3574 This release fixes many bugs.
3576 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
3577 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
3579 @ref{Old downloads}.
3584 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
3585 This release fixes many bugs.
3587 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
3588 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
3590 @ref{Old downloads}.
3595 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
3596 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
3597 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
3599 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
3601 @ref{Old downloads}.
3606 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
3607 This release fixes still more bugs.
3609 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
3611 @ref{Old downloads}.
3616 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
3617 This release fixes many bugs.
3618 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
3619 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
3621 @ref{Old downloads})
3626 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
3627 This release will stretch piano staves on a
3628 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
3629 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
3631 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
3632 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
3634 @ref{Old downloads}.
3639 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
3640 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
3641 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
3643 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
3650 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3651 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
3652 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
3654 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
3656 @ref{Old downloads}.
3661 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3662 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
3663 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
3665 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
3667 @ref{Old downloads}.
3672 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3673 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
3676 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
3678 @ref{Old downloads}.
3683 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
3684 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
3686 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
3688 @ref{Old downloads}.
3693 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
3694 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
3695 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
3696 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
3698 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
3700 @ref{Old downloads}.
3705 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3706 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
3707 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
3708 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
3709 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
3710 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3712 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3714 @ref{Old downloads}.
3719 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3720 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3721 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3724 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3726 @ref{Old downloads}.
3731 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3732 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3733 further improvements in the regression test suite
3737 @ref{Old downloads}.
3742 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3743 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3747 @ref{Old downloads}.
3752 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3753 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3758 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3759 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3764 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3765 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3769 @ref{Old downloads}.
3774 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3775 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3776 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3780 @ref{Old downloads}.
3785 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3786 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3790 @ref{Old downloads}.
3795 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3796 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3801 @ref{Old downloads}.
3806 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3807 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3811 @ref{Old downloads}.
3816 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3817 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3818 within a system as well as between systems.
3822 @ref{Old downloads}.
3827 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3828 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3829 test results} and several website build improvements.
3833 @ref{Old downloads}.
3838 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3839 This release fixes several bugs.
3842 @ref{Old downloads}.
3847 @subheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3848 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3853 @subheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3854 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3855 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3856 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3857 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3862 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3863 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3867 @ref{Old downloads}.
3872 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3873 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3876 @ref{Old downloads}.
3881 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3882 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3886 @ref{Old downloads}.
3891 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3892 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3895 @ref{Old downloads}.
3900 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3901 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3906 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3907 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3908 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3913 @subheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3914 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3915 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3920 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3921 This release has many more bugfixes.
3924 @ref{Old downloads}.
3929 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3930 This release has many more bugfixes.
3933 @ref{Old downloads}.
3938 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3939 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3944 @ref{Old downloads}.
3949 @subheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3950 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3951 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3952 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3953 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3954 (@ref{Publications}).
3959 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3960 This release has further bugfixes.
3963 @ref{Old downloads}.
3968 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3969 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3970 available for x86/64.
3973 @ref{Old downloads}.
3978 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3979 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3980 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3981 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3982 @ref{Old downloads})
3987 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3988 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3989 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3994 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3995 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
4000 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
4001 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
4006 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
4007 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
4012 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
4013 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
4014 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4019 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
4020 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
4021 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
4022 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4027 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
4028 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4033 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
4034 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
4035 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
4040 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
4041 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
4042 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
4043 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
4044 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4049 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
4050 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
4051 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4056 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
4057 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
4058 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
4059 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4064 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
4065 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
4066 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
4067 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4072 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
4073 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
4075 @ref{Old downloads})
4080 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
4081 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
4083 @ref{Old downloads})
4088 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
4089 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
4090 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
4092 @ref{Old downloads})
4097 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
4098 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
4099 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
4100 (@ref{Old downloads})
4105 @subheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
4106 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
4107 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
4108 glory} what features are broken in the development release
4113 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
4114 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
4115 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
4116 the development releases even better
4121 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
4123 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
4124 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
4125 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4130 @subheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
4131 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
4132 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
4133 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
4134 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
4135 esthetics}. Happy reading!
4140 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
4141 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
4142 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
4144 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4149 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
4150 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
4151 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
4152 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
4153 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4158 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
4159 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
4160 (@ref{Old downloads})
4165 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
4166 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
4167 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
4168 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
4169 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
4170 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4175 @subheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
4176 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
4177 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
4178 (@ref{Publications})
4183 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4184 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
4185 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4190 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4191 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
4192 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
4193 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4198 @subheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
4199 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
4200 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
4205 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
4206 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
4207 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4212 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
4213 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
4214 released. (@ref{Changes},
4215 @ref{Old downloads})
4220 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
4221 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
4222 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
4223 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
4224 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
4225 multi-measure rests.
4227 @ref{Old downloads})
4232 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
4233 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
4235 @ref{Old downloads})
4240 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
4241 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
4242 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
4243 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
4244 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4245 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
4246 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
4247 @ref{Old downloads})
4252 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
4253 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
4254 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
4255 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
4256 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
4257 @ref{Old downloads})
4262 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
4263 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
4264 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
4265 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
4266 the endings and the middle
4267 part. (@ref{Changes},
4268 @ref{Old downloads})
4273 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
4274 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
4275 parenthesized, for example,
4278 c4 -\parenthesize -.
4279 <d \parenthesize fis a>
4283 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
4284 @ref{Old downloads})
4289 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
4290 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
4291 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
4301 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
4302 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
4303 vector. (@ref{Changes},
4304 @ref{Old downloads})
4309 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
4310 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
4311 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
4312 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
4313 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
4314 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
4315 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
4317 @ref{Old downloads})
4322 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
4323 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
4324 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
4325 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
4326 @ref{Old downloads})
4331 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
4332 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
4333 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
4334 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
4335 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
4336 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
4337 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
4338 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4339 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4340 @ref{Old downloads})
4345 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
4346 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
4347 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
4348 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
4349 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
4350 @ref{Old downloads})
4355 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
4357 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
4358 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
4359 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
4364 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
4365 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
4366 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
4367 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
4368 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
4373 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4374 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
4375 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
4377 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/linux-x86/,
4379 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/darwin-ppc/,
4381 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/mingw/,
4387 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4388 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
4389 (feature sponsored by Andrea
4390 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
4391 @ref{Old downloads})
4396 @subheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
4397 Linux Journal publishes an article on
4398 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
4399 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
4400 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
4403 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
4404 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
4405 alternatives seem second-rate.}
4406 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
4411 @subheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
4412 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
4413 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
4414 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
4415 page. Let us know how you fare!
4420 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
4421 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
4422 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
4423 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
4424 The important occasion for this release is our new build
4425 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
4426 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
4427 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
4428 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
4430 @ref{Old downloads})
4435 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
4436 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
4437 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
4438 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
4439 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
4440 @ref{Old downloads})
4445 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
4446 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
4447 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
4448 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
4449 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
4450 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
4451 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
4452 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
4453 functions. (@ref{Changes},
4454 @ref{Old downloads})
4459 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
4460 This release has the following new features:
4463 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
4464 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
4465 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4467 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
4468 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
4469 and Bertalan Fodor).
4471 Generic music functions may now also be used on
4472 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
4475 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
4476 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
4477 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
4481 @ref{Old downloads})
4486 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
4487 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
4488 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
4489 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
4490 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
4491 van den Borre and Bertalan
4492 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
4493 @ref{Old downloads})
4498 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
4499 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
4500 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
4501 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
4507 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
4508 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
4509 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
4510 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
4511 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
4513 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
4514 @ref{Old downloads})
4519 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
4520 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
4521 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
4526 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
4527 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
4528 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
4529 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
4530 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
4531 etc. (@ref{Changes},
4532 @ref{Old downloads})
4537 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
4538 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
4539 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
4540 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4541 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4542 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4543 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4544 @ref{Old downloads})
4549 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
4550 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4551 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4552 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4553 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4554 @ref{Old downloads})
4559 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
4560 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
4561 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
4562 @ref{Old downloads})
4567 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
4568 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
4569 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
4570 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
4571 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
4572 properties. (@ref{Changes},
4573 @ref{Old downloads})
4578 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
4579 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
4580 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
4581 that compute said property, i.e.
4584 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
4585 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
4588 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
4589 @ref{Old downloads})
4594 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
4595 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
4596 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
4597 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
4598 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
4599 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
4600 also provides advanced tweakability for power
4601 users. (@ref{Changes},
4602 @ref{Old downloads})
4607 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
4608 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
4609 series. (@ref{Changes},
4610 @ref{Old downloads})
4615 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
4616 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
4617 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
4618 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
4619 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
4620 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
4621 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
4622 sponsored by Nicolas
4623 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4624 @ref{Old downloads})
4629 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
4630 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
4631 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4632 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
4633 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
4634 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
4635 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4636 @ref{Old downloads})
4641 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
4642 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
4643 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
4644 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
4645 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4646 @ref{Old downloads})
4651 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
4652 This is mainly a bugfix
4653 release. (@ref{Changes},
4654 @ref{Old downloads})
4659 @subheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
4660 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
4661 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
4662 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
4663 la gravure musicale}.
4668 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
4669 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
4670 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
4671 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
4672 @ref{Old downloads})
4677 @subheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
4678 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
4679 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
4680 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
4681 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
4682 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
4687 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
4688 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
4689 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
4690 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
4691 @ref{Old downloads})
4696 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
4697 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
4698 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
4699 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
4700 signs. (@ref{Changes},
4701 @ref{Old downloads})
4706 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
4707 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
4708 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
4709 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
4710 @ref{Old downloads})
4715 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4716 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4717 for a note is proportional to the time it
4718 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4719 @ref{Old downloads})
4724 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4725 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4726 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4731 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4732 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4733 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4734 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4736 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4737 @ref{Old downloads})
4742 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4743 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4744 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4745 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4747 @ref{Old downloads})
4752 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4753 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4754 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4755 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4756 @ref{Old downloads})
4761 @subheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4762 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4764 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4765 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4766 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4767 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4768 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4773 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4774 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4775 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4776 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4781 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4782 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4783 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4784 @ref{Old downloads})
4789 @subheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4790 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4791 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4792 @ref{Old downloads})
4797 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4798 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4799 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4800 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4801 (@ref{Old downloads})
4806 @subheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4807 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4808 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4809 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4814 @subheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4815 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4816 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4817 better help functionality.
4818 (@ref{Old downloads})
4823 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4824 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4825 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4826 compile them directly from
4827 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4832 @subheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4833 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4834 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4839 @subheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4840 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4841 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4842 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4847 @subheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4848 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4849 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4850 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4851 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4856 @subheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4857 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4858 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4863 @subheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4864 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4869 @subheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4870 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4871 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4876 @subheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4877 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4878 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4879 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4880 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4885 @subheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4886 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4887 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4888 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4889 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4890 @ref{Old downloads})
4895 @subheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4897 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4898 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4900 (@ref{Old downloads})
4905 @subheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4906 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4907 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4908 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4909 signatures like 5/8.
4911 @ref{Old downloads})
4916 @subheading April 18, 2005
4917 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4918 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4919 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4920 More details are in the
4922 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4927 @subheading April 15, 2005
4928 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4929 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4930 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4931 Scheme code. Take a look at
4933 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4938 @subheading April 6, 2005
4939 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4940 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4941 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4946 @subheading March 31, 2005
4947 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4948 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4949 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4954 @subheading March 20, 2005
4955 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4956 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4962 @subheading March 14, 2005
4963 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4964 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4965 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4966 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4967 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4972 @subheading March 7, 2005
4973 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4974 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4975 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4976 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4977 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4979 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4984 @subheading March 7, 2005
4985 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4986 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4992 @subheading February 28, 2005
4993 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install
4994 Ghostscript 8.15rc3. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4995 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4996 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
5002 @subheading February 28, 2005
5003 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
5004 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}.
5005 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
5006 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
5011 @subheading February 26, 2005
5012 The @uref{http://lsr.di.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
5013 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
5014 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
5015 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
5020 @subheading February 21, 2005
5021 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
5022 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
5023 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
5024 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
5026 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
5031 @subheading February 4, 2005
5032 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
5033 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
5034 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
5035 @ref{Old downloads}!
5040 @subheading January 31, 2005
5041 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
5042 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
5043 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
5049 @subheading January 26, 2005
5050 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
5051 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
5057 @subheading January 16, 2005
5058 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
5059 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
5060 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
5062 @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,
5064 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
5069 @subheading January 11, 2005
5070 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
5071 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
5072 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
5073 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
5074 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
5075 font code by Werner.
5077 and check out the changes in
5078 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5083 @subheading January 02, 2005
5084 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
5085 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
5086 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
5087 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
5088 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
5089 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
5090 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
5091 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
5092 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
5095 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5100 @subheading December 28, 2004
5101 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
5102 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
5103 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
5104 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
5106 and check out the changes in
5107 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5112 @subheading December 20, 2004
5113 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
5114 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
5115 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
5116 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
5117 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
5120 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5125 @subheading December 3, 2004
5126 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
5127 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
5128 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
5129 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
5130 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
5131 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
5132 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
5133 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
5137 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5142 @subheading November 26, 2004
5143 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
5144 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
5145 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
5146 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
5147 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
5149 and check out the changes in
5150 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5155 @subheading November 20, 2004
5156 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
5157 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
5158 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
5159 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
5160 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
5161 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
5162 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
5163 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
5166 and check out the changes in
5167 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5172 @subheading November 12, 2004
5173 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
5174 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
5175 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
5176 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
5177 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
5180 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
5183 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
5184 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
5185 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
5186 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
5187 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
5190 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5195 @subheading November 11, 2004
5196 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
5197 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
5203 @subheading November 4, 2004
5204 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
5205 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
5207 and check out the changes in
5208 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5213 @subheading October 31, 2004
5214 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
5215 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
5216 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
5217 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
5224 @subheading October 29, 2004
5225 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
5226 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
5227 some problems with the conversion scripts.
5229 and check out the changes in
5230 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5235 @subheading October 29, 2004
5236 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5237 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
5238 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
5239 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
5241 and check out the changes in
5242 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5247 @subheading October 27, 2004
5248 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
5249 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
5250 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
5252 and check out the changes in
5253 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5258 @subheading October 24, 2004
5259 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
5260 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
5261 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5263 and check out the changes in
5264 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5269 @subheading October 10, 2004
5270 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
5271 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
5272 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
5276 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5281 @subheading October 09, 2004
5282 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
5283 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
5284 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
5288 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5293 @subheading October 02, 2004
5294 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
5295 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
5296 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
5297 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
5298 in the documentation.
5300 and check out the changes in
5301 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5306 @subheading September 29, 2004
5307 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20040811160307/http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
5308 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
5309 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
5310 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
5315 @subheading September 26, 2004
5316 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
5318 and check out the changes
5319 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5324 @subheading September 20, 2004
5325 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
5326 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
5327 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
5328 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
5329 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
5330 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
5333 and check out the changes in
5334 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5339 @subheading September 11, 2004
5340 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
5341 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
5342 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
5343 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
5344 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
5345 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
5346 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
5347 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
5348 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
5349 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
5350 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
5351 will hold users back in switching.
5353 and check out the changes in
5354 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5359 @subheading September 10, 2004
5360 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
5361 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
5362 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
5363 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
5364 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
5365 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
5367 and check out the changes in
5368 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5373 @subheading September 6, 2004
5374 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
5375 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
5376 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
5377 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
5378 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
5382 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5387 @subheading August 29, 2004
5388 LilyPond now has a Documentation
5389 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
5390 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
5391 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
5392 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
5393 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
5394 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
5395 chapter of the user manual.
5396 A lot of cheers for Graham!
5401 @subheading August 29, 2004
5402 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
5403 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
5404 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
5405 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
5406 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
5407 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
5411 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5416 @subheading August 24, 2004
5417 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
5418 disappearing metronome mark.
5420 and check out the changes in
5421 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5426 @subheading August 23, 2004
5427 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
5428 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
5429 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
5430 `doubleSlurs' property.
5432 and check out the changes in
5433 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5438 @subheading August 3, 2004
5439 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
5440 annoying bugs fixed.
5443 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5448 @subheading August 1, 2004
5449 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
5450 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
5451 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
5452 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
5453 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
5454 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
5457 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
5458 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
5460 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
5461 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
5466 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5471 @subheading July 30, 2004
5472 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
5473 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
5474 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
5475 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
5476 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
5477 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
5478 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
5479 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
5480 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
5481 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
5484 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5489 @subheading July 23, 2004
5490 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
5491 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
5492 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
5493 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
5496 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5501 @subheading July 19, 2004
5502 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
5503 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
5504 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
5505 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
5506 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
5507 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
5508 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
5509 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
5510 beat within the measure.
5512 and check out the changes in
5513 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5518 @subheading July 15, 2004
5519 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
5523 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5528 @subheading July 11, 2004
5529 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
5535 @subheading July 5, 2004
5536 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
5537 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
5538 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
5539 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
5541 and check out the changes
5542 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5547 @subheading July 5, 2004
5548 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
5552 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5557 @subheading June 25, 2004
5558 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
5559 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
5560 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
5561 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
5562 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
5563 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
5564 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5566 @ref{Old downloads}.
5571 @subheading June 20, 2004
5572 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
5573 bugs that were reported over the past month. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog} for a full description and
5574 @ref{Old downloads}.
5579 @subheading June 13, 2004
5580 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
5581 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
5582 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5584 @ref{Old downloads}.
5589 @subheading May 31, 2004
5590 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
5591 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
5592 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5594 @ref{Old downloads}.
5599 @subheading May 31, 2004
5600 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
5601 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5602 or head straight to the
5603 @ref{Old downloads}.
5608 @subheading May 26, 2004
5609 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
5610 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
5611 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5612 @ref{Old downloads}.
5617 @subheading May 9, 2004
5618 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
5619 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5620 @ref{Old downloads}.
5625 @subheading May 4, 2004
5626 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
5628 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
5629 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
5630 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
5631 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
5632 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
5637 @subheading May 3, 2004
5638 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
5639 @ref{Old downloads}.
5644 @subheading April 17, 2004
5645 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
5646 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
5652 @subheading April 12, 2004
5653 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
5654 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
5655 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
5656 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
5657 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
5658 @ref{Old downloads}.
5663 @subheading April 8, 2004
5664 A French article on the new LilyPond
5665 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
5670 @subheading April 8, 2004
5671 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
5672 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
5678 @subheading April 1, 2004
5679 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
5680 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
5681 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
5682 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
5683 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
5684 @ref{Old downloads}.
5689 @subheading March 31, 2004
5690 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
5691 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
5692 documentation polish. This should be the final release
5693 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
5695 @ref{Old downloads}.
5700 @subheading March 30, 2004
5701 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
5703 @ref{Old downloads}.
5708 @subheading March 28, 2004
5709 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
5710 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
5711 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5718 @subheading March 22, 2004
5719 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5720 @ref{Old downloads}.
5725 @subheading March 21, 2004
5726 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5733 @subheading March 20, 2004
5734 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5735 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5736 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5738 @ref{Old downloads}.
5743 @subheading March 15, 2004
5744 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5745 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5746 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5749 @ref{Old downloads}.
5754 @subheading March 14, 2004
5756 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5757 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5763 @subheading March 11, 2004
5764 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5766 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5767 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5768 authors of LilyPond.
5773 @subheading March 11, 2004
5774 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5775 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5778 @ref{Old downloads}.
5783 @subheading March 9, 2004
5784 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5785 experimental support for producing titles with
5791 @subheading February 29, 2004
5792 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5793 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5794 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5796 @ref{Old downloads}.
5801 @subheading February 24, 2004
5802 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5803 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5804 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5806 @ref{Old downloads}.
5811 @subheading February 23, 2004
5812 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5813 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5814 produce cue notes. More information in the
5821 @subheading February 18, 2004
5822 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5823 for altering accidental rules.
5829 @subheading February 16, 2004
5830 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5831 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5832 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5833 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5834 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5835 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5836 More information in the
5843 @subheading February 13, 2004
5844 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5845 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5846 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5853 @subheading February 12, 2004
5854 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5855 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5856 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5857 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5864 @subheading February 9, 2004
5865 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5866 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5867 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5868 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5869 More information in the
5876 @subheading February 5, 2004
5877 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5878 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5879 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5880 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5881 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5882 More information in the
5889 @subheading February 4, 2004
5890 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5891 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5892 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5900 @subheading February 2, 2004
5901 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5902 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5903 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5910 @subheading January 28, 2004
5911 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5912 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5913 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5914 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5923 @subheading January 26, 2004
5924 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5925 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5928 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5933 @subheading January 21, 2004
5935 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5936 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5937 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5940 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5945 @subheading January 20, 2004
5946 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5947 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5948 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5949 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5954 @subheading January 20, 2004
5955 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5956 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5957 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5958 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5964 @subheading January 19, 2004
5965 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5966 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5968 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5973 @subheading January 18, 2004
5974 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5975 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5976 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20040204191423/http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5981 @subheading January 17, 2004
5982 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5983 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5984 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5986 More information in the
5987 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5992 @subheading January 16, 2004
5993 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5994 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5996 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6001 @subheading January 13, 2004
6002 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
6003 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
6004 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
6006 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6011 @subheading January 9, 2004
6012 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
6013 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
6014 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
6015 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
6016 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
6017 individual music expressions.
6018 More information in the
6019 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6024 @subheading January 7, 2004
6025 An update to the stable branch,
6026 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
6027 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
6032 @subheading January 6, 2004
6033 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
6034 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
6035 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
6036 More information in the
6037 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6042 @subheading January 4, 2004
6043 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
6045 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
6046 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6051 @subheading January 2, 2004
6052 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
6053 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
6054 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
6055 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6060 @subheading December 30, 2003
6061 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
6062 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
6063 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
6064 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6069 @subheading December 23, 2003
6070 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
6071 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
6072 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
6073 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
6074 to implement this are welcome!) See the
6075 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6080 @subheading December 17, 2003
6081 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
6082 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
6083 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
6085 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6090 @subheading December 16, 2003
6091 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
6092 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
6093 Han-Wen's absence. See the
6094 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6099 @subheading October 11, 2003
6100 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
6102 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6107 @subheading October 11, 2003
6108 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
6110 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
6111 thanks to Heikki Junes.
6116 @subheading October 9, 2003
6117 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
6118 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
6119 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
6124 @subheading October 5, 2003
6125 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
6132 @subheading October 4, 2003
6133 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
6135 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
6136 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
6141 @subheading September 29, 2003
6142 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
6143 contains minor bugfixes.
6144 See the @ref{Changes}
6145 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
6150 @subheading September 27, 2003
6151 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
6152 @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,
6153 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
6159 @subheading September 24, 2003
6160 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
6161 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
6162 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
6163 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
6164 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
6169 @subheading September 24, 2003
6170 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
6171 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
6172 the @ref{Changes} and
6173 download @uref{install/,here}.
6178 @subheading September 23, 2003
6179 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
6180 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6181 the @ref{Changes} and
6182 download @uref{install/,here}.
6187 @subheading September 19, 2003
6188 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
6189 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6190 the @ref{Changes} and
6191 download @uref{install/,here}.
6196 @subheading September 17, 2003
6197 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
6198 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
6204 @subheading September 16, 2003
6205 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
6206 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
6212 @subheading September 10, 2003
6213 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
6214 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
6215 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
6216 will be available in a few weeks.
6222 @subheading September 9, 2003
6223 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
6224 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
6230 @subheading September 7, 2003
6231 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
6232 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
6238 @subheading August 31, 2003
6239 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
6240 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
6241 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
6247 @subheading August 31, 2003
6248 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
6249 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
6254 @subheading August 31, 2003
6255 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
6256 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
6257 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
6258 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6263 @subheading August 28, 2003
6264 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
6265 @ref{Changes} and get it
6266 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6271 @subheading August 26, 2003
6272 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
6273 @ref{Changes} and get it
6274 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6279 @subheading August 25, 2003
6280 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
6281 @ref{Changes} and get it
6282 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6287 @subheading August 25, 2003
6288 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
6289 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
6294 @subheading August 21, 2003
6295 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
6296 read the @ref{Changes}.
6301 @subheading August 18, 2003
6302 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
6303 has been updated to 1.8.
6304 Download @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,here.}
6309 @subheading August 7, 2003
6310 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
6311 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
6316 @subheading August 7, 2003
6317 New website went live!
6322 @subheading August 6, 2003
6323 Announced new website.
6328 @subheading August 1, 2003
6329 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
6334 @subheading July 30, 2003
6335 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
6336 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
6342 @subheading July 29, 2003
6343 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
6344 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.