1 @c -*- coding: utf-8; mode: texinfo; -*-
5 (I'd rather have the below in the CG. -gp)
8 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
9 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
26 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
31 @subsubheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
33 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
34 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
35 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
36 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
39 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
40 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
41 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
42 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
49 @subsubheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
51 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
52 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
53 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
54 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
57 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
58 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
59 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
60 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
67 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
69 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
70 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
71 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
74 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
75 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
76 at all confident about the quality of this release.
81 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
83 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
84 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
85 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
86 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
87 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
91 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
92 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
99 @subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
101 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
102 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
103 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
104 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
107 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
108 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
109 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
110 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
112 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
114 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
115 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
116 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
122 @subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
124 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
125 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
126 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
127 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
130 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
131 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
132 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
133 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
134 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
135 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
141 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
143 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
144 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
145 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
154 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
156 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
157 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
158 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
165 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
167 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
168 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
169 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
170 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
171 the bug report of the report!
174 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
175 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
181 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
183 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
184 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
185 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
192 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
194 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
195 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
196 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
203 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
205 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
206 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
207 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
208 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
212 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
213 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
221 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
223 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
224 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
225 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
228 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
229 caution and expect breakage.
234 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
236 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
237 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
238 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
241 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
242 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
243 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
244 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
249 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
251 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
252 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
253 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
259 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
261 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
262 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
263 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
264 improvements to the new website.
266 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
267 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
269 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
270 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
272 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
278 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
280 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
281 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
282 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
287 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
289 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
290 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
291 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
297 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
299 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
300 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
301 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
307 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
309 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
310 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
311 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
316 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
318 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
319 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
320 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
325 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
327 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
328 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
329 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
332 This release should be of particular interest to package
333 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
334 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
335 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
341 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
343 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
344 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
345 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
346 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
349 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
350 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
357 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
359 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
360 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
361 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
364 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
365 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
366 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
367 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
368 see the Changes document for more information.
372 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
374 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
375 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
376 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
381 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
383 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
384 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
385 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
386 so this release is intended for developers only.
390 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
392 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
393 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
394 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
399 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
401 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
402 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
407 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
409 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
410 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
411 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
417 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
419 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
420 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
421 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
422 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
423 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
425 What are you waiting for? Come
426 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
427 LilyPond Report 17} now!
432 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
434 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
435 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
436 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
440 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
442 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
443 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
444 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
445 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
446 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
451 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
453 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
454 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
455 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
459 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
461 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
462 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
463 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
464 critical regressions against earlier versions.
468 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
470 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
471 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
472 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
473 and English names for feta filenames.
479 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
481 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
482 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
483 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
484 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
487 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
488 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
489 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
495 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
497 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
498 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
499 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
500 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
502 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
503 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
508 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
510 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
511 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
517 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
519 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
520 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
521 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
528 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
530 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
531 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
532 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
533 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
535 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
536 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
537 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
545 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
547 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
548 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
549 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
550 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
551 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
552 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
553 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
554 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
560 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
562 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
563 its team, its world, its community.
564 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
565 to read the full issue...
570 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
572 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
573 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
574 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
579 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
581 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
582 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
588 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
590 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
592 @uref{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
599 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
601 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
602 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
603 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
604 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
605 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
607 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
608 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
617 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
619 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
620 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
621 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
622 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
623 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
624 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
632 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
634 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
635 documentation and translations.
641 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 – Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
643 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
644 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
645 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
646 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
647 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
655 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
657 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
658 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
659 (teaching) has been added.
668 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
670 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
671 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
672 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
678 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
680 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
681 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
682 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
683 translations of the documentation.
689 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
691 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
692 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
693 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
694 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
695 deceased since then. All the development team express their
696 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
697 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
698 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
699 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
708 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
710 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
711 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
712 markup command names have been made.
720 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
722 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
723 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
724 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
725 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
726 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
734 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
736 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
737 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
745 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
747 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
748 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
749 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
757 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
759 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
767 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
769 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
770 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
771 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
780 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
782 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
783 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
784 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
785 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
793 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
795 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
796 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
805 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
807 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
808 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
813 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
815 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
816 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
821 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
823 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
831 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
833 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
834 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
835 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
843 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
845 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
846 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
851 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
853 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
854 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
859 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
861 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
862 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
863 regression tests maintenance for developers.
871 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
873 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
874 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
883 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
885 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
886 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
887 report, new translations of the site and publications.
888 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
889 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
890 announce releases and special events.
895 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
897 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
898 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
899 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
904 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
906 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
907 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
908 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
909 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
910 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
920 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
922 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
923 names has been added to the MusicXML
932 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
934 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
939 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
941 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
942 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
943 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
952 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
954 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
963 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
965 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
966 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
967 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
968 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
969 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
970 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
976 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
978 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
979 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
980 updates to the MusicXML converter.
988 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
990 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
991 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
996 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
998 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
999 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
1000 Grand Documentation Project.
1002 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
1003 @ref{Old downloads}.
1008 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
1010 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
1012 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
1013 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
1014 @ref{Old downloads}.
1019 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
1021 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
1023 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
1024 @ref{Old downloads}.
1029 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
1031 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
1032 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
1034 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
1035 @ref{Old downloads}.
1040 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
1042 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
1043 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
1044 for the translations.
1046 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
1047 @ref{Old downloads}.
1052 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
1054 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
1055 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
1056 and lots of updates for the translations.
1058 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
1059 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
1060 @ref{Old downloads}.
1065 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
1067 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
1068 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
1069 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
1070 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
1075 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
1076 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
1077 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
1078 spacing engine code.
1080 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
1081 @ref{Old downloads}.
1086 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
1088 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
1089 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
1091 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
1092 @ref{Old downloads}.
1097 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
1099 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
1100 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
1102 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
1103 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
1104 @ref{Old downloads}.
1109 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
1110 This has lots of bugfixes.
1112 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
1113 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
1114 @ref{Old downloads}.
1119 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
1120 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des
1121 LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
1122 sind auf deutsch übersetzt — sie sind erhältlich für
1124 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
1129 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
1130 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
1132 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
1134 @ref{Old downloads}.
1139 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
1140 This release has some documentation updates.
1142 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
1144 @ref{Old downloads}.
1149 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
1150 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont
1151 désormais traduits, et disponibles en ligne — @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
1152 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
1153 2.11}. Les traductions sont également incluses dans la @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
1158 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
1159 This release fixes many bugs.
1161 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
1162 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
1164 @ref{Old downloads}.
1169 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
1170 This release fixes many bugs.
1172 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
1173 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
1175 @ref{Old downloads}.
1180 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
1181 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
1182 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
1184 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
1186 @ref{Old downloads}.
1191 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
1192 This release fixes still more bugs.
1194 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
1196 @ref{Old downloads}.
1201 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
1202 This release fixes many bugs.
1203 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
1204 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
1206 @ref{Old downloads})
1211 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
1212 This release will stretch piano staves on a
1213 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
1214 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
1216 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
1217 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
1219 @ref{Old downloads}.
1224 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
1225 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
1226 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
1228 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
1235 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1236 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
1237 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
1239 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
1241 @ref{Old downloads}.
1246 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1247 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
1248 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
1250 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
1252 @ref{Old downloads}.
1257 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1258 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
1261 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
1263 @ref{Old downloads}.
1268 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
1269 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
1271 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
1273 @ref{Old downloads}.
1278 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
1279 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
1280 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
1281 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
1283 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
1285 @ref{Old downloads}.
1290 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
1291 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
1292 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
1293 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
1294 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
1295 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
1297 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
1299 @ref{Old downloads}.
1304 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
1305 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
1306 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
1309 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
1311 @ref{Old downloads}.
1316 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
1317 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and —in 2.11.9&mdash
1318 further improvements in the regression test suite
1322 @ref{Old downloads}.
1327 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
1328 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1332 @ref{Old downloads}.
1337 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
1338 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
1343 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
1344 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
1349 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
1350 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1354 @ref{Old downloads}.
1359 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
1360 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
1361 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
1365 @ref{Old downloads}.
1370 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
1371 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1375 @ref{Old downloads}.
1380 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
1381 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
1386 @ref{Old downloads}.
1391 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
1392 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1396 @ref{Old downloads}.
1401 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
1402 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
1403 within a system as well as between systems.
1407 @ref{Old downloads}.
1412 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1413 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
1414 test results} and several website build improvements.
1418 @ref{Old downloads}.
1423 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1424 This release fixes several bugs.
1427 @ref{Old downloads}.
1432 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1433 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
1438 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
1439 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en
1440 français est maintenant disponible en ligne. @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1441 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1447 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1448 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
1452 @ref{Old downloads}.
1457 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1458 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1461 @ref{Old downloads}.
1466 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
1467 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
1471 @ref{Old downloads}.
1476 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
1477 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1480 @ref{Old downloads}.
1485 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
1486 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1491 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1492 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{announce-v2.10.html,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1497 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1498 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
1499 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
1504 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
1505 This release has many more bugfixes.
1508 @ref{Old downloads}.
1513 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
1514 This release has many more bugfixes.
1517 @ref{Old downloads}.
1522 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
1523 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
1528 @ref{Old downloads}.
1533 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
1534 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
1535 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
1536 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
1537 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
1538 (@ref{Publications}).
1543 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
1544 This release has further bugfixes.
1547 @ref{Old downloads}.
1552 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
1553 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
1554 available for x86/64.
1557 @ref{Old downloads}.
1562 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
1563 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
1564 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1565 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
1566 @ref{Old downloads})
1571 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
1572 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
1573 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1578 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
1579 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1584 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
1585 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1590 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
1591 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1596 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
1597 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
1598 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1603 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
1604 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
1605 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
1606 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1611 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
1612 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
1617 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
1618 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
1619 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
1624 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
1625 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
1626 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
1627 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
1628 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1633 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
1634 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
1635 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1640 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
1641 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
1642 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
1643 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1648 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
1649 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
1650 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
1651 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1656 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1657 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
1659 @ref{Old downloads})
1664 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1665 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
1667 @ref{Old downloads})
1672 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
1673 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
1674 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1676 @ref{Old downloads})
1681 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1682 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
1683 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1684 (@ref{Old downloads})
1689 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1690 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
1691 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
1692 glory} what features are broken in the development release
1697 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
1698 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
1699 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
1700 the development releases even better
1705 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
1707 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
1708 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
1709 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1714 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
1715 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
1716 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
1717 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
1718 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
1719 esthetics}. Happy reading!
1724 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
1725 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
1726 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
1728 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1733 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1734 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
1735 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
1736 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
1737 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1742 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1743 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
1744 (@ref{Old downloads})
1749 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
1750 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
1751 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
1752 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
1753 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
1754 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1759 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
1760 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
1761 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
1762 (@ref{Publications})
1767 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1768 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
1769 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1774 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1775 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
1776 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
1777 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1782 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
1783 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
1784 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
1789 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
1790 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @uref{announce-v2.8.html,release
1791 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1796 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
1797 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
1798 released. (@ref{Changes},
1799 @ref{Old downloads})
1804 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
1805 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
1806 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
1807 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
1808 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
1809 multi-measure rests.
1811 @ref{Old downloads})
1816 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
1817 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
1819 @ref{Old downloads})
1824 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
1825 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
1826 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
1827 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
1828 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1829 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
1830 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
1831 @ref{Old downloads})
1836 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
1837 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
1838 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
1839 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
1840 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
1841 @ref{Old downloads})
1846 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
1847 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
1848 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
1849 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
1850 the endings and the middle
1851 part. (@ref{Changes},
1852 @ref{Old downloads})
1857 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
1858 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
1859 parenthesized, for example,
1862 c4 -\parenthesize -.
1863 <d \parenthesize fis a>
1867 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
1868 @ref{Old downloads})
1873 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
1874 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
1875 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
1885 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
1886 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
1887 vector. (@ref{Changes},
1888 @ref{Old downloads})
1893 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
1894 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
1895 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
1896 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
1897 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
1898 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
1899 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
1901 @ref{Old downloads})
1906 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
1907 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
1908 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
1909 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
1910 @ref{Old downloads})
1915 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
1916 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
1917 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
1918 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
1919 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
1920 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
1921 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
1922 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1923 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1924 @ref{Old downloads})
1929 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
1930 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
1931 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
1932 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
1933 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
1934 @ref{Old downloads})
1939 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
1941 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
1942 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
1943 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
1948 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
1949 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
1950 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
1951 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
1952 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
1957 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1958 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
1959 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
1961 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
1963 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
1965 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
1971 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1972 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
1973 (feature sponsored by Andrea
1974 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
1975 @ref{Old downloads})
1980 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
1981 Linux Journal publishes an article on
1982 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
1983 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
1984 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
1987 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
1988 “GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
1989 alternatives seem second-rate.”
1990 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
1995 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
1996 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
1997 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
1998 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
1999 page. Let us know how you fare!
2004 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
2005 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
2006 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
2007 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
2008 The important occasion for this release is our new build
2009 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
2010 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
2011 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
2012 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
2014 @ref{Old downloads})
2019 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
2020 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
2021 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
2022 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
2023 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
2024 @ref{Old downloads})
2029 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
2030 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
2031 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
2032 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
2033 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
2034 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
2035 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
2036 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
2037 functions. (@ref{Changes},
2038 @ref{Old downloads})
2043 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
2044 This release has the following new features:
2047 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
2048 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
2049 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
2051 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
2052 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
2053 and Bertalan Fodor).
2055 Generic music functions may now also be used on
2056 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
2059 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
2060 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
2061 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
2065 @ref{Old downloads})
2070 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
2071 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
2072 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
2073 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
2074 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
2075 van den Borre and Bertalan
2076 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
2077 @ref{Old downloads})
2082 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
2083 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
2084 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
2085 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
2091 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
2092 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
2093 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
2094 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
2095 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
2097 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
2098 @ref{Old downloads})
2103 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
2104 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
2105 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
2110 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
2111 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
2112 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
2113 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
2114 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
2115 etc. (@ref{Changes},
2116 @ref{Old downloads})
2121 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
2122 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
2123 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
2124 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
2125 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
2126 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
2127 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2128 @ref{Old downloads})
2133 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
2134 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
2135 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
2136 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
2137 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2138 @ref{Old downloads})
2143 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
2144 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
2145 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
2146 @ref{Old downloads})
2151 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
2152 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
2153 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
2154 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
2155 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
2156 properties. (@ref{Changes},
2157 @ref{Old downloads})
2162 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
2163 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
2164 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
2165 that compute said property, i.e.
2168 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
2169 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
2172 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
2173 @ref{Old downloads})
2178 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
2179 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
2180 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
2181 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
2182 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
2183 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
2184 also provides advanced tweakability for power
2185 users. (@ref{Changes},
2186 @ref{Old downloads})
2191 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
2192 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
2193 series. (@ref{Changes},
2194 @ref{Old downloads})
2199 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
2200 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
2201 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
2202 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
2203 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
2204 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
2205 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
2206 sponsored by Nicolas
2207 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
2208 @ref{Old downloads})
2213 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
2214 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
2215 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
2216 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
2217 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
2218 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
2219 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2220 @ref{Old downloads})
2225 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
2226 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
2227 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
2228 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
2229 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
2230 @ref{Old downloads})
2235 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
2236 This is mainly a bugfix
2237 release. (@ref{Changes},
2238 @ref{Old downloads})
2243 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
2244 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
2245 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
2246 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
2247 la gravure musicale}.
2252 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
2253 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
2254 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
2255 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
2256 @ref{Old downloads})
2261 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
2262 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
2263 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
2264 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
2265 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
2266 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
2271 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
2272 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
2273 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
2274 Baca, and Vicente Solsona
2275 Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
2276 @ref{Old downloads})
2281 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
2282 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
2283 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
2284 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
2285 signs. (@ref{Changes},
2286 @ref{Old downloads})
2291 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
2292 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
2293 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
2294 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
2295 @ref{Old downloads})
2300 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
2301 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
2302 for a note is proportional to the time it
2303 takes. (@ref{Changes},
2304 @ref{Old downloads})
2309 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
2310 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
2311 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
2316 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
2317 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
2318 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
2319 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
2321 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
2322 @ref{Old downloads})
2327 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
2328 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
2329 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
2330 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
2332 @ref{Old downloads})
2337 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
2338 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
2339 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
2340 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
2341 @ref{Old downloads})
2346 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
2347 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
2349 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
2350 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
2351 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
2352 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
2353 (@uref{announce-v2.6.html,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
2358 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
2359 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
2360 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
2361 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
2366 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
2367 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
2368 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
2369 @ref{Old downloads})
2374 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
2375 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
2376 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
2377 @ref{Old downloads})
2382 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
2383 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
2384 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
2385 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
2386 (@ref{Old downloads})
2391 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
2392 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
2393 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
2394 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
2399 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
2400 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
2401 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
2402 better help functionality.
2403 (@ref{Old downloads})
2408 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
2409 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
2410 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
2411 compile them directly from
2412 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
2417 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
2418 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
2419 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
2424 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
2425 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
2426 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
2427 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
2432 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
2433 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
2434 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
2435 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
2436 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
2441 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2442 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
2443 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
2448 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2449 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
2454 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
2455 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
2456 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
2461 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
2462 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
2463 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
2464 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
2465 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
2470 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
2471 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
2472 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
2473 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
2474 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
2475 @ref{Old downloads})
2480 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
2482 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
2483 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
2485 (@ref{Old downloads})
2490 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
2491 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
2492 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
2493 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
2494 signatures like 5/8.
2496 @ref{Old downloads})
2501 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
2502 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
2503 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
2504 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
2505 More details are in the
2507 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
2512 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
2513 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
2514 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
2515 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
2516 Scheme code. Take a look at
2518 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
2523 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
2524 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
2525 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
2526 place. @ref{Old downloads}
2531 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
2532 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
2533 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
2534 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
2539 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
2540 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
2541 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
2547 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
2548 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
2549 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
2550 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
2551 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2552 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2557 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2558 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
2559 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
2560 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
2561 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
2562 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
2564 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2569 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2570 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
2571 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
2577 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2578 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/Fedora-3/ghostscript-8.15rc3-0.i386.rpm,ESP
2579 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
2580 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
2581 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
2587 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2588 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
2589 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}.
2590 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2591 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2596 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
2597 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
2598 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
2599 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
2600 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
2605 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
2606 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
2607 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
2608 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
2609 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
2611 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2616 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
2617 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
2618 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
2619 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
2620 @ref{Old downloads}!
2625 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
2626 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
2627 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
2628 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
2634 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
2635 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
2636 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
2642 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
2643 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
2644 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
2645 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
2647 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
2649 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
2654 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
2655 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
2656 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
2657 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
2658 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
2659 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
2660 font code by Werner.
2662 and check out the changes in
2663 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2668 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
2669 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
2670 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
2671 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
2672 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
2673 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
2674 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
2675 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
2676 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
2677 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
2680 changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3013&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2685 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
2686 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
2687 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
2688 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
2689 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
2691 and check out the changes in
2692 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2697 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
2698 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
2699 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
2700 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
2701 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
2702 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
2705 changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2974&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2710 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
2711 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
2712 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
2713 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
2714 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
2715 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
2716 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
2717 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
2718 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
2722 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2908&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2727 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
2728 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
2729 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
2730 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
2731 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
2732 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
2734 and check out the changes in
2735 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2740 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
2741 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
2742 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
2743 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
2744 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
2745 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
2746 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
2747 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
2748 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
2751 and check out the changes in
2752 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2757 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
2758 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
2759 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
2760 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
2761 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
2762 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
2765 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
2768 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
2769 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
2770 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
2771 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
2772 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
2775 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2837&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2780 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
2781 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
2782 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
2788 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
2789 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
2790 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
2792 and check out the changes in
2793 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2798 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
2799 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @uref{announce-v2.4.html,released!}
2800 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
2801 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
2802 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
2809 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2810 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
2811 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
2812 some problems with the conversion scripts.
2814 and check out the changes in
2815 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2820 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2821 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2822 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
2823 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
2824 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
2826 and check out the changes in
2827 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2832 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
2833 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
2834 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
2835 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
2837 and check out the changes in
2838 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2843 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
2844 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
2845 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
2846 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2848 and check out the changes in
2849 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2854 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
2855 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
2856 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
2857 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
2861 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2709&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2866 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
2867 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
2868 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
2869 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
2873 out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2692&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2878 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
2879 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
2880 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
2881 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
2882 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
2883 in the documentation.
2885 and check out the changes in
2886 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2891 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
2892 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
2893 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
2894 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
2895 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
2900 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
2901 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
2903 and check out the changes
2904 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2909 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
2910 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
2911 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
2912 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
2913 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
2914 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
2915 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
2918 and check out the changes in
2919 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2924 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
2925 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
2926 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
2927 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
2928 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
2929 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
2930 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
2931 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
2932 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
2933 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
2934 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
2935 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
2936 will hold users back in switching.
2938 and check out the changes in
2939 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2944 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
2945 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
2946 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
2947 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
2948 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
2949 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
2950 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
2952 and check out the changes in
2953 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2958 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
2959 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
2960 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
2961 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
2962 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
2963 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
2967 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2534&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2972 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2973 LilyPond now has a Documentation
2974 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
2975 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
2976 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
2977 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
2978 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
2979 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
2980 chapter of the user manual.
2981 A lot of cheers for Graham!
2986 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2987 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
2988 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
2989 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
2990 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
2991 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
2992 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
2996 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2520&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3001 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
3002 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
3003 disappearing metronome mark.
3005 and check out the changes in
3006 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.33&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3011 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
3012 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
3013 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
3014 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
3015 `doubleSlurs' property.
3017 and check out the changes in
3018 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3023 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
3024 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
3025 annoying bugs fixed.
3028 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2449&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3033 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
3034 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
3035 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
3036 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
3037 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
3038 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
3039 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
3042 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
3043 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
3045 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
3046 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
3051 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2435&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3056 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
3057 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
3058 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
3059 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
3060 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
3061 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
3062 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
3063 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
3064 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
3065 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
3066 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
3069 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2416&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3074 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
3075 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
3076 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
3077 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
3078 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
3081 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2395&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3086 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
3087 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
3088 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
3089 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
3090 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
3091 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
3092 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
3093 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
3094 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
3095 beat within the measure.
3097 and check out the changes in
3098 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3103 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
3104 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
3108 out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.28&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3113 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
3114 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
3120 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
3121 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
3122 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
3123 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
3124 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
3126 and check out the changes
3127 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3132 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
3133 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
3137 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.23&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3142 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
3143 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
3144 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
3145 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
3146 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
3147 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
3148 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
3149 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2293&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
3151 @ref{Old downloads}.
3156 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
3157 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
3158 bugs that were reported over the past month. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.16&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog} for a full description and
3159 @ref{Old downloads}.
3164 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
3165 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
3166 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
3167 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2242&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
3169 @ref{Old downloads}.
3174 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
3175 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
3176 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
3177 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2207&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
3179 @ref{Old downloads}.
3184 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
3185 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
3186 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.9,ChangeLog}
3187 or head straight to the
3188 @ref{Old downloads}.
3193 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
3194 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
3195 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
3196 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
3197 @ref{Old downloads}.
3202 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
3203 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
3204 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
3205 @ref{Old downloads}.
3210 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
3211 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
3213 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
3214 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
3215 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
3216 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
3217 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
3222 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
3223 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
3224 @ref{Old downloads}.
3229 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
3230 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
3231 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
3237 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
3238 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
3239 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
3240 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
3241 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
3242 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
3243 @ref{Old downloads}.
3248 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
3249 A French article on the new LilyPond
3250 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
3255 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
3256 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
3257 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
3263 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
3264 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
3265 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
3266 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
3267 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
3268 the @uref{announce-v2.2.html,announcement} or skip to the
3269 @ref{Old downloads}.
3274 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
3275 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
3276 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
3277 documentation polish. This should be the final release
3278 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
3280 @ref{Old downloads}.
3285 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
3286 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
3288 @ref{Old downloads}.
3293 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
3294 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
3295 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
3296 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
3303 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
3304 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
3305 @ref{Old downloads}.
3310 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
3311 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
3318 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
3319 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
3320 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
3321 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
3323 @ref{Old downloads}.
3328 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
3329 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
3330 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
3331 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
3334 @ref{Old downloads}.
3339 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
3341 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
3342 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
3348 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
3349 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
3351 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
3352 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
3353 authors of LilyPond.
3358 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
3359 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
3360 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
3363 @ref{Old downloads}.
3368 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
3369 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
3370 experimental support for producing titles with
3376 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
3377 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
3378 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
3379 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
3381 @ref{Old downloads}.
3386 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
3387 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
3388 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
3389 of lyrics related bugs. See the
3391 @ref{Old downloads}.
3396 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
3397 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
3398 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
3399 produce cue notes. More information in the
3406 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
3407 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
3408 for altering accidental rules.
3414 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
3415 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
3416 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
3417 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
3418 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
3419 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
3420 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
3421 More information in the
3428 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
3429 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
3430 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
3431 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
3438 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
3439 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
3440 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
3441 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
3442 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
3449 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
3450 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
3451 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
3452 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
3453 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
3454 More information in the
3461 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
3462 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
3463 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
3464 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
3465 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
3466 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
3467 More information in the
3474 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
3475 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
3476 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
3477 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
3485 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
3486 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
3487 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
3488 @code{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
3495 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
3496 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
3497 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
3498 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
3499 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
3508 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
3509 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
3510 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
3513 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3518 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
3520 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
3521 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
3522 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
3525 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3530 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3531 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
3532 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
3533 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
3534 access, but only HTTP downloads.
3539 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3540 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
3541 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
3542 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
3543 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
3549 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
3550 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
3551 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
3553 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3558 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
3559 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
3560 available for Windows! For downloading, go
3561 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
3566 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
3567 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
3568 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
3569 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
3571 More information in the
3572 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3577 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
3578 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
3579 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
3581 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3586 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
3587 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
3588 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
3589 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
3591 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3596 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
3597 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
3598 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
3599 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
3600 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
3601 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
3602 individual music expressions.
3603 More information in the
3604 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3609 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
3610 An update to the stable branch,
3611 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
3612 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
3617 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
3618 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
3619 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
3620 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
3621 More information in the
3622 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3627 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
3628 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to
3629 improve the layout of lyrics. More
3631 @uref{@@DOC@@v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
3632 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3637 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
3638 in LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric
3639 alignment is completely revamped, and now matches my Edition
3640 Peters version of the Schubert song Sängers Morgen. More
3642 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3647 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
3648 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and linethickness
3649 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
3650 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
3651 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3656 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
3657 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
3658 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
3659 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
3660 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
3661 to implement this are welcome!) See the
3662 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3667 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
3668 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
3669 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
3670 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
3672 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3677 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
3678 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
3679 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
3680 Han-Wen's absence. See the
3681 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3686 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3687 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
3689 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3694 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3695 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
3697 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
3698 thanks to Heikki Junes.
3703 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
3704 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
3705 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
3706 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
3711 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
3712 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
3719 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
3720 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
3722 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
3723 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
3728 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
3729 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
3730 contains minor bugfixes.
3731 See the @ref{Changes}
3732 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
3737 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
3738 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
3739 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
3740 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
3746 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3747 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
3748 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
3749 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
3750 @uref{announce-v2.0.html,here}, or go to the
3751 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
3756 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3757 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
3758 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
3759 the @ref{Changes} and
3760 download @uref{install/,here}.
3765 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
3766 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
3767 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3768 the @ref{Changes} and
3769 download @uref{install/,here}.
3774 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
3775 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
3776 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3777 the @ref{Changes} and
3778 download @uref{install/,here}.
3783 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
3784 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
3785 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
3791 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
3792 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
3793 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
3799 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
3800 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
3801 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
3802 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
3803 will be available in a few weeks.
3809 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
3810 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
3811 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
3817 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
3818 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
3819 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
3825 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3826 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
3827 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
3828 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
3834 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3835 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
3836 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
3841 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3842 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
3843 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
3844 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
3845 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3850 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
3851 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
3852 @ref{Changes} and get it
3853 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3858 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
3859 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
3860 @ref{Changes} and get it
3861 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3866 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3867 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
3868 @ref{Changes} and get it
3869 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3874 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3875 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
3876 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
3881 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
3882 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
3883 read the @ref{Changes}.
3888 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
3889 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
3890 has been updated to 1.8.
3891 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
3896 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3897 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
3898 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
3903 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3904 New website went live!
3909 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
3910 Announced new website.
3915 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
3916 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
3921 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
3922 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
3923 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
3929 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
3930 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
3931 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.