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11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
26 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
30 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.10 released @emph{July 13, 2014}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.10. This
33 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
34 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
35 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
36 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
42 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.9 released @emph{June 29, 2014}
44 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.9. This
45 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
46 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
47 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
48 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
54 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.8 released @emph{June 15, 2014}
56 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.8. This
57 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
58 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
59 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
60 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
66 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.7 released @emph{May 25, 2014}
68 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.7. This
69 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
70 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
71 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
72 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
78 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.6 released @emph{May 11, 2014}
80 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.6. This
81 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
82 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
83 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
84 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
90 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.5 released @emph{April 20, 2014}
92 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.5. This
93 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
94 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
95 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
96 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
101 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.4 released @emph{April 6, 2014}
103 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.4. This
104 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
105 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
106 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
107 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
112 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.3 released @emph{March 2, 2014}
114 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.3. This
115 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
116 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
117 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
118 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
123 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.18.1 @emph{February 16, 2014}
125 We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
126 The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
127 over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
128 and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
129 enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
131 To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
132 stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
137 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
139 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
140 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
141 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
142 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
143 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
148 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
150 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
151 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
152 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
153 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
154 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
159 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
161 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
162 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
163 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
164 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
165 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
170 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
172 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
173 a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
174 developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
175 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
176 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
177 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
178 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
179 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
184 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
186 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
187 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
188 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
189 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
190 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
191 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
192 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
193 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
198 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
200 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
201 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
202 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
203 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
204 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
205 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
206 latest version, see @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
207 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
213 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
215 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
216 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
217 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
218 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
219 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
224 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
226 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
227 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
228 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
229 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
230 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
235 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
237 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
238 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
239 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
240 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
241 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
246 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
248 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
249 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
250 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
251 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
252 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
257 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
259 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
260 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
261 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
262 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
263 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
268 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
270 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
271 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
272 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
273 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
274 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
279 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
281 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
282 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
283 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
284 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
285 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
290 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
292 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
293 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
294 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
295 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
296 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
298 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
299 with positioning text.
304 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
306 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
307 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
308 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
309 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
310 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
315 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
317 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
318 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
319 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
320 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
321 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
326 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
328 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
329 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
330 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
331 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
332 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
337 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
339 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
340 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
341 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
342 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
343 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
348 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
350 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
351 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
352 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
353 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
354 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
359 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
361 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
362 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
363 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
364 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
365 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
370 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
372 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
373 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
374 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
375 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
376 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
381 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
383 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
384 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
385 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
386 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
387 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
388 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
393 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
395 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
396 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
397 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
398 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
399 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
404 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
406 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
407 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
408 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
409 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
410 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
415 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
417 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
418 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
419 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
420 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
421 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
426 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
428 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
429 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
430 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
431 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
432 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
437 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
439 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
440 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
441 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
442 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
443 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
448 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
450 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
451 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
452 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
453 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
454 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
459 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
461 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
462 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
463 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
464 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
465 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
471 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
473 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
474 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
475 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
479 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
481 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
482 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
483 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
484 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
485 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
490 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
492 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
493 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
494 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
495 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
496 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
501 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
503 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
504 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
505 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
506 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
511 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
513 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
514 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
515 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
516 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
521 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
523 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
524 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
525 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
526 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
531 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
533 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
534 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
535 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
536 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
542 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
544 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
545 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
546 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
547 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
552 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
554 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
555 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
556 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
557 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
559 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
560 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
564 Support for kievan square notation
566 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
568 Music functions have become quite more versatile
571 A full list of new features is given in:
574 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
577 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
579 Main development team:
581 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
582 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
583 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
584 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
585 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
588 Programming contributors:
590 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
591 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
592 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
593 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
595 Documentation contributors:
597 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
601 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
606 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
608 Translation contributors:
610 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
615 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
617 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
618 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
619 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
621 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
622 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
623 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
625 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
626 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
632 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
634 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
635 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
637 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
638 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
639 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
646 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
648 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
649 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
650 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
651 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
652 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
653 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
656 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
657 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
662 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
664 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
665 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
666 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
667 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
668 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
674 @subsubheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
676 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
677 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
678 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
679 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
682 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
683 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
684 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
691 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
693 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
694 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
696 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
697 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
698 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
705 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
707 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
708 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
709 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
710 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
711 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
717 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
719 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
720 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
721 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
722 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
725 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
726 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
727 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
734 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
736 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
737 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
738 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
739 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
740 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
741 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
744 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
745 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
752 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
754 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
755 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
756 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
757 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
760 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
761 candidate will be required.
767 @subsubheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
769 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
770 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
771 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
772 working on open source software.
774 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
775 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
781 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
783 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
784 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
785 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
786 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
789 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
790 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
791 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
798 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
800 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
801 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
802 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
803 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
806 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
807 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
808 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
815 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
817 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
818 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
819 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
820 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
823 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
824 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
831 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
833 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
834 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
836 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
837 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
838 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
845 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
847 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
848 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
850 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
851 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
852 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
859 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
861 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
862 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
864 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
865 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
866 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
873 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
875 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
876 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
877 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
878 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
881 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
882 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
889 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
891 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
892 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
894 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
895 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
896 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
903 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
905 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
906 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
908 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
909 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
910 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
917 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
919 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
920 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
921 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
922 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
925 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
926 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
927 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
934 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
936 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
937 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
939 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
940 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
941 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
948 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
950 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
951 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
953 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
954 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
955 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
962 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
964 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
965 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
967 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
968 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
969 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
976 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
978 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
979 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
980 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
981 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
982 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
985 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
986 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
993 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
995 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
996 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
998 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
999 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1000 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1003 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
1009 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
1011 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
1012 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1014 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1015 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1016 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1023 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
1025 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
1026 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1028 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1029 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1030 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1037 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
1039 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
1040 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1042 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1043 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1044 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1051 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
1053 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
1054 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1056 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1057 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1058 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1065 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
1067 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
1068 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1070 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1071 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1072 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1079 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
1081 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
1082 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1084 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1085 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1086 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1093 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
1095 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
1096 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1098 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1099 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1100 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1107 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
1109 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
1110 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1112 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1113 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1114 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1121 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
1123 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
1124 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1126 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1127 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1128 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1135 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
1137 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
1138 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1140 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1141 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1142 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1149 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
1151 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
1152 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1154 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1155 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1156 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1163 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1165 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1166 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1168 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1169 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1170 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1177 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1179 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1180 Critical regression.
1186 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1188 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1189 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1190 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1191 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1194 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1195 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1196 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1203 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1205 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
1206 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1208 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1209 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1210 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1211 not the next release candidate.
1217 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1219 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1220 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1222 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1223 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1224 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1225 next release candidate.
1231 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1233 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1234 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1235 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1237 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1238 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1239 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1240 next release candidate.
1246 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1248 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1249 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1250 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1251 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1254 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1255 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1256 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1263 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1265 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
1266 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1268 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1269 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1275 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1277 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1278 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1280 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1281 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1287 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1289 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1290 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1291 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1299 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1301 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1302 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1304 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1305 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1311 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1313 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1314 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1316 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1317 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1323 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1325 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1326 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1328 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1329 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1335 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1337 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1338 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1340 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1341 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1347 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1349 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1350 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1351 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1356 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1358 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1359 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1360 usual number of bugs.
1362 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1363 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1368 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1370 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1371 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1372 usual number of bugs.
1374 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1375 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1381 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1383 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1384 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1385 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1386 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1388 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1389 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1394 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1397 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1398 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1401 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1406 A full list of new features is given in:
1409 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1412 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1414 Main development team:
1416 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1417 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1418 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1419 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1420 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1422 Programming contributors:
1424 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1425 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1426 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1427 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1428 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1429 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1433 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1435 Documentation contributors:
1437 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1438 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
1442 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
1443 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
1445 Binaries support contributors:
1449 Translation contributors:
1451 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
1452 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
1459 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
1461 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1462 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1463 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1464 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1467 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1468 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1469 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1476 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
1478 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
1479 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1481 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1482 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1488 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
1490 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
1491 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1493 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1494 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1500 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
1502 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
1503 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1505 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1506 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1512 @subsubheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
1514 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
1515 article in the May 2011 issue titled
1516 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
1517 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
1518 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
1519 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
1520 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
1525 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
1527 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
1528 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1530 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1531 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1537 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
1539 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1540 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1541 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1542 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1545 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1546 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1547 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1554 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
1556 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1557 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1558 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1559 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1562 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1563 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1564 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1571 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
1573 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1574 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1575 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1576 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1579 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1580 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1581 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1588 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
1590 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
1591 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1593 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
1594 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1600 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
1602 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
1603 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1604 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1605 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1606 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1612 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
1614 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1615 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1616 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1617 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1620 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1621 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1622 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1629 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
1631 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
1632 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1634 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1635 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1640 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
1642 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
1643 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1645 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1646 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1651 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
1653 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
1654 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1656 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1657 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1663 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
1665 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
1666 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1668 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
1669 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
1670 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
1676 @subsubheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
1678 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
1679 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
1680 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
1687 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
1689 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1690 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1691 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1692 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1695 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1696 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1697 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1704 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
1706 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
1707 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1708 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1716 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
1718 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
1719 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1720 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1728 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
1730 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
1731 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1732 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1733 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1734 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1740 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
1742 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1743 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1744 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1745 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1748 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1749 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1750 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1757 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
1759 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
1760 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1761 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1770 @subsubheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
1772 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
1773 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1774 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1775 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1778 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1779 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1780 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1781 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1787 @subsubheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
1789 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
1790 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1791 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1792 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1795 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1796 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1797 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1798 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1804 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
1806 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
1807 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1808 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1811 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1812 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1813 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1819 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
1821 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
1822 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1823 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1826 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1827 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1828 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1834 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
1836 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
1837 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1838 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1841 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1842 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1843 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1849 @subsubheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
1851 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
1852 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1853 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1854 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1857 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1858 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1859 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
1860 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1869 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
1871 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
1872 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
1873 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
1874 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
1875 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
1876 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
1877 read on to find out what for!
1880 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
1881 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
1888 @subsubheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
1890 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
1891 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1892 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1893 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1896 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1897 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1898 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
1899 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1906 @subsubheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
1908 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
1909 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1910 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1911 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1914 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1915 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1916 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
1917 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1924 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
1926 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
1927 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1928 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1931 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
1932 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1933 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1938 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
1940 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1941 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
1942 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
1943 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
1944 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
1948 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
1949 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
1956 @subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
1958 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
1959 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1960 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1961 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1964 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
1965 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1966 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1967 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
1969 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
1971 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
1972 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
1973 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1979 @subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
1981 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
1982 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1983 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1984 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1987 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
1988 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1989 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1990 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
1991 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
1992 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1998 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
2000 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
2001 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2002 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2011 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
2013 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
2014 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2015 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2022 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
2024 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2025 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
2026 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
2027 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
2028 the bug report of the report!
2031 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
2032 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
2038 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
2040 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
2041 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2042 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2049 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
2051 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
2052 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2053 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2060 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
2062 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2063 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
2064 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
2065 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
2069 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
2070 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
2078 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
2080 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
2081 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2082 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2085 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
2086 caution and expect breakage.
2091 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
2093 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
2094 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2095 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2098 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
2099 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
2100 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
2101 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
2106 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
2108 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
2109 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2110 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2116 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
2118 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
2119 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
2120 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
2121 improvements to the new website.
2123 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
2124 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
2126 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
2127 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
2129 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
2135 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
2137 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
2138 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2139 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2144 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
2146 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
2147 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2148 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2154 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2156 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2157 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2158 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2164 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2166 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2167 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2168 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2173 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2175 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2176 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2177 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2182 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2184 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2185 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2186 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2189 This release should be of particular interest to package
2190 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2191 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2192 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2198 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2200 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2201 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2202 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2203 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2206 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2207 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2214 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2216 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2217 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2218 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2221 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2222 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2223 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2224 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2225 see the Changes document for more information.
2229 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2231 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2232 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2233 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2238 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2240 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2241 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2242 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2243 so this release is intended for developers only.
2247 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2249 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2250 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2251 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2256 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2258 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2259 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2264 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2266 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2267 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2268 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2274 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2276 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2277 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2278 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2279 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2280 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2282 What are you waiting for? Come
2283 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2284 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2289 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2291 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2292 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2293 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2297 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2299 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2300 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2301 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2302 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2303 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2308 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2310 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2311 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2312 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2316 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2318 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2319 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2320 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2321 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2325 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2327 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2328 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2329 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2330 and English names for feta filenames.
2336 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2338 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2339 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2340 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2341 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2344 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2345 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2346 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2352 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2354 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2355 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2356 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2357 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2359 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2360 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2365 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2367 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2368 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2374 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2376 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2377 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2378 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2385 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2387 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2388 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2389 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2390 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2392 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2393 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2394 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2402 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2404 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2405 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2406 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2407 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2408 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2409 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2410 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2411 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2417 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2419 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2420 its team, its world, its community.
2421 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2422 to read the full issue...
2427 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2429 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2430 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2431 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2436 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2438 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2439 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
2445 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
2447 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2449 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
2456 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
2458 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
2459 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
2460 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
2461 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
2462 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
2464 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
2465 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
2467 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
2469 @ref{Old downloads}.
2474 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
2476 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
2477 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
2478 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
2479 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
2480 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
2481 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
2484 @ref{Old downloads}.
2489 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
2491 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
2492 documentation and translations.
2493 @ref{Old downloads}.
2498 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
2500 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
2501 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
2502 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
2503 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
2504 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
2506 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
2507 @ref{Old downloads}.
2512 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
2514 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
2515 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
2516 (teaching) has been added.
2518 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
2520 @ref{Old downloads}.
2525 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
2527 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
2528 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
2529 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
2530 @ref{Old downloads}.
2535 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
2537 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
2538 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
2539 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
2540 translations of the documentation.
2541 @ref{Old downloads}.
2546 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
2548 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
2549 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
2550 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
2551 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
2552 deceased since then. All the development team express their
2553 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
2554 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
2555 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
2556 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
2558 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
2560 @ref{Old downloads}.
2565 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
2567 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
2568 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
2569 markup command names have been made.
2572 @ref{Old downloads}.
2577 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
2579 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
2580 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
2581 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
2582 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
2583 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
2586 @ref{Old downloads}.
2591 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
2593 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
2594 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
2596 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
2597 @ref{Old downloads}.
2602 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
2604 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
2605 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
2606 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
2608 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
2609 @ref{Old downloads}.
2614 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
2616 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
2618 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
2619 @ref{Old downloads}.
2624 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
2626 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
2627 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
2628 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
2630 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
2632 @ref{Old downloads}.
2637 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
2639 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
2640 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
2641 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
2642 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
2644 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
2645 @ref{Old downloads}.
2650 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
2652 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
2653 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
2656 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
2657 @ref{Old downloads}.
2662 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
2664 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2665 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
2670 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
2672 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2673 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
2678 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
2680 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
2682 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
2683 @ref{Old downloads}.
2688 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2690 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
2691 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
2692 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
2694 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
2695 @ref{Old downloads}.
2700 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2702 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2703 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
2708 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
2710 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
2711 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
2716 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
2718 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
2719 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
2720 regression tests maintenance for developers.
2722 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
2723 @ref{Old downloads}.
2728 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
2730 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
2731 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
2733 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
2735 @ref{Old downloads}.
2740 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
2742 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
2743 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
2744 report, new translations of the site and publications.
2745 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
2746 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
2747 announce releases and special events.
2752 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
2754 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
2755 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2756 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
2761 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
2763 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
2764 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
2765 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
2766 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
2767 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
2770 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
2772 @ref{Old downloads}.
2777 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
2779 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
2780 names has been added to the MusicXML
2783 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
2784 @ref{Old downloads}.
2789 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
2791 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
2796 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
2798 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
2799 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
2800 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
2803 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
2804 @ref{Old downloads}.
2809 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
2811 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
2814 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
2815 @ref{Old downloads}.
2820 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2822 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
2823 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
2824 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
2825 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
2826 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
2827 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
2833 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2835 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
2836 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
2837 updates to the MusicXML converter.
2839 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
2840 @ref{Old downloads}.
2845 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
2847 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
2848 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
2853 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
2855 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
2856 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
2857 Grand Documentation Project.
2859 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
2860 @ref{Old downloads}.
2865 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
2867 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
2869 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
2870 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
2871 @ref{Old downloads}.
2876 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
2878 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
2880 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
2881 @ref{Old downloads}.
2886 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
2888 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
2889 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
2891 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
2892 @ref{Old downloads}.
2897 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
2899 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
2900 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
2901 for the translations.
2903 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
2904 @ref{Old downloads}.
2909 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
2911 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
2912 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
2913 and lots of updates for the translations.
2915 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
2916 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
2917 @ref{Old downloads}.
2922 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
2924 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
2925 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
2926 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
2927 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
2932 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
2933 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
2934 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
2935 spacing engine code.
2937 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
2938 @ref{Old downloads}.
2943 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
2945 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
2946 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
2948 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
2949 @ref{Old downloads}.
2954 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
2956 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
2957 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
2959 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
2960 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
2961 @ref{Old downloads}.
2966 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
2967 This has lots of bugfixes.
2969 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
2970 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
2971 @ref{Old downloads}.
2976 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
2977 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
2978 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
2979 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
2984 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
2985 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
2987 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
2989 @ref{Old downloads}.
2994 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
2995 This release has some documentation updates.
2997 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
2999 @ref{Old downloads}.
3004 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
3005 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
3006 disponibles en ligne ---
3007 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
3008 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
3009 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
3010 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
3015 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
3016 This release fixes many bugs.
3018 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
3019 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
3021 @ref{Old downloads}.
3026 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
3027 This release fixes many bugs.
3029 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
3030 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
3032 @ref{Old downloads}.
3037 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
3038 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
3039 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
3041 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
3043 @ref{Old downloads}.
3048 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
3049 This release fixes still more bugs.
3051 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
3053 @ref{Old downloads}.
3058 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
3059 This release fixes many bugs.
3060 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
3061 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
3063 @ref{Old downloads})
3068 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
3069 This release will stretch piano staves on a
3070 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
3071 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
3073 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
3074 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
3076 @ref{Old downloads}.
3081 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
3082 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
3083 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
3085 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
3092 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3093 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
3094 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
3096 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
3098 @ref{Old downloads}.
3103 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3104 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
3105 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
3107 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
3109 @ref{Old downloads}.
3114 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3115 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
3118 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
3120 @ref{Old downloads}.
3125 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
3126 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
3128 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
3130 @ref{Old downloads}.
3135 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
3136 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
3137 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
3138 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
3140 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
3142 @ref{Old downloads}.
3147 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3148 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
3149 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
3150 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
3151 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
3152 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3154 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3156 @ref{Old downloads}.
3161 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3162 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3163 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3166 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3168 @ref{Old downloads}.
3173 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3174 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3175 further improvements in the regression test suite
3179 @ref{Old downloads}.
3184 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3185 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3189 @ref{Old downloads}.
3194 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3195 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3200 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3201 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3206 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3207 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3211 @ref{Old downloads}.
3216 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3217 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3218 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3222 @ref{Old downloads}.
3227 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3228 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3232 @ref{Old downloads}.
3237 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3238 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3243 @ref{Old downloads}.
3248 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3249 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3253 @ref{Old downloads}.
3258 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3259 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3260 within a system as well as between systems.
3264 @ref{Old downloads}.
3269 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3270 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3271 test results} and several website build improvements.
3275 @ref{Old downloads}.
3280 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3281 This release fixes several bugs.
3284 @ref{Old downloads}.
3289 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3290 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3295 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3296 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3297 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3298 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3299 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3304 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3305 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3309 @ref{Old downloads}.
3314 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3315 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3318 @ref{Old downloads}.
3323 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3324 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3328 @ref{Old downloads}.
3333 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3334 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3337 @ref{Old downloads}.
3342 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3343 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3348 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3349 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3350 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3355 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3356 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3357 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3362 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3363 This release has many more bugfixes.
3366 @ref{Old downloads}.
3371 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3372 This release has many more bugfixes.
3375 @ref{Old downloads}.
3380 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3381 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3386 @ref{Old downloads}.
3391 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3392 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3393 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3394 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3395 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3396 (@ref{Publications}).
3401 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3402 This release has further bugfixes.
3405 @ref{Old downloads}.
3410 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3411 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3412 available for x86/64.
3415 @ref{Old downloads}.
3420 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3421 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3422 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3423 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3424 @ref{Old downloads})
3429 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3430 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3431 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3436 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3437 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3442 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
3443 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3448 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
3449 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3454 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
3455 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
3456 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3461 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
3462 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
3463 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
3464 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3469 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
3470 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3475 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
3476 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
3477 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
3482 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
3483 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
3484 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
3485 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
3486 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3491 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
3492 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
3493 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3498 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
3499 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
3500 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
3501 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3506 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
3507 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
3508 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
3509 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3514 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3515 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
3517 @ref{Old downloads})
3522 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3523 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
3525 @ref{Old downloads})
3530 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
3531 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
3532 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3534 @ref{Old downloads})
3539 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3540 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
3541 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3542 (@ref{Old downloads})
3547 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3548 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
3549 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
3550 glory} what features are broken in the development release
3555 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
3556 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
3557 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
3558 the development releases even better
3563 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
3565 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
3566 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
3567 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3572 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
3573 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
3574 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
3575 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
3576 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
3577 esthetics}. Happy reading!
3582 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
3583 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
3584 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
3586 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3591 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3592 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
3593 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
3594 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
3595 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3600 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3601 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
3602 (@ref{Old downloads})
3607 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
3608 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
3609 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
3610 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
3611 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
3612 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3617 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
3618 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
3619 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
3620 (@ref{Publications})
3625 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3626 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
3627 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3632 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3633 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
3634 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
3635 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3640 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
3641 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
3642 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
3647 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
3648 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
3649 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3654 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
3655 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
3656 released. (@ref{Changes},
3657 @ref{Old downloads})
3662 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
3663 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
3664 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
3665 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
3666 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
3667 multi-measure rests.
3669 @ref{Old downloads})
3674 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
3675 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
3677 @ref{Old downloads})
3682 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
3683 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
3684 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
3685 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
3686 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3687 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
3688 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
3689 @ref{Old downloads})
3694 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
3695 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
3696 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
3697 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
3698 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
3699 @ref{Old downloads})
3704 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
3705 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
3706 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
3707 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
3708 the endings and the middle
3709 part. (@ref{Changes},
3710 @ref{Old downloads})
3715 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
3716 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
3717 parenthesized, for example,
3720 c4 -\parenthesize -.
3721 <d \parenthesize fis a>
3725 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
3726 @ref{Old downloads})
3731 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
3732 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
3733 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
3743 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
3744 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
3745 vector. (@ref{Changes},
3746 @ref{Old downloads})
3751 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
3752 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
3753 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
3754 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
3755 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
3756 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
3757 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
3759 @ref{Old downloads})
3764 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
3765 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
3766 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
3767 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
3768 @ref{Old downloads})
3773 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
3774 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
3775 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
3776 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
3777 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
3778 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
3779 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
3780 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3781 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3782 @ref{Old downloads})
3787 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
3788 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
3789 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
3790 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
3791 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
3792 @ref{Old downloads})
3797 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
3799 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
3800 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
3801 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
3806 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
3807 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
3808 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
3809 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
3810 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
3815 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3816 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
3817 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
3819 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
3821 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
3823 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
3829 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3830 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
3831 (feature sponsored by Andrea
3832 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
3833 @ref{Old downloads})
3838 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
3839 Linux Journal publishes an article on
3840 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
3841 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
3842 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
3845 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
3846 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
3847 alternatives seem second-rate.}
3848 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
3853 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
3854 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
3855 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
3856 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
3857 page. Let us know how you fare!
3862 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
3863 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
3864 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
3865 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
3866 The important occasion for this release is our new build
3867 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
3868 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
3869 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
3870 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
3872 @ref{Old downloads})
3877 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
3878 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
3879 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
3880 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
3881 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
3882 @ref{Old downloads})
3887 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
3888 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
3889 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
3890 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
3891 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
3892 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
3893 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
3894 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
3895 functions. (@ref{Changes},
3896 @ref{Old downloads})
3901 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
3902 This release has the following new features:
3905 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
3906 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
3907 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3909 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
3910 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
3911 and Bertalan Fodor).
3913 Generic music functions may now also be used on
3914 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
3917 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
3918 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
3919 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
3923 @ref{Old downloads})
3928 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
3929 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
3930 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
3931 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
3932 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
3933 van den Borre and Bertalan
3934 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
3935 @ref{Old downloads})
3940 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
3941 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
3942 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
3943 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
3949 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
3950 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
3951 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
3952 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
3953 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
3955 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
3956 @ref{Old downloads})
3961 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
3962 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
3963 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
3968 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
3969 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
3970 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
3971 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
3972 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
3973 etc. (@ref{Changes},
3974 @ref{Old downloads})
3979 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
3980 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
3981 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
3982 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3983 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3984 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3985 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3986 @ref{Old downloads})
3991 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
3992 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3993 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3994 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3995 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3996 @ref{Old downloads})
4001 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
4002 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
4003 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
4004 @ref{Old downloads})
4009 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
4010 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
4011 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
4012 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
4013 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
4014 properties. (@ref{Changes},
4015 @ref{Old downloads})
4020 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
4021 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
4022 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
4023 that compute said property, i.e.
4026 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
4027 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
4030 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
4031 @ref{Old downloads})
4036 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
4037 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
4038 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
4039 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
4040 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
4041 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
4042 also provides advanced tweakability for power
4043 users. (@ref{Changes},
4044 @ref{Old downloads})
4049 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
4050 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
4051 series. (@ref{Changes},
4052 @ref{Old downloads})
4057 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
4058 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
4059 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
4060 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
4061 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
4062 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
4063 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
4064 sponsored by Nicolas
4065 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4066 @ref{Old downloads})
4071 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
4072 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
4073 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4074 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
4075 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
4076 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
4077 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4078 @ref{Old downloads})
4083 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
4084 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
4085 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
4086 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
4087 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4088 @ref{Old downloads})
4093 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
4094 This is mainly a bugfix
4095 release. (@ref{Changes},
4096 @ref{Old downloads})
4101 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
4102 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
4103 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
4104 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
4105 la gravure musicale}.
4110 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
4111 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
4112 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
4113 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
4114 @ref{Old downloads})
4119 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
4120 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
4121 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
4122 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
4123 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
4124 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
4129 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
4130 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
4131 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
4132 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
4133 @ref{Old downloads})
4138 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
4139 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
4140 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
4141 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
4142 signs. (@ref{Changes},
4143 @ref{Old downloads})
4148 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
4149 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
4150 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
4151 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
4152 @ref{Old downloads})
4157 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4158 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4159 for a note is proportional to the time it
4160 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4161 @ref{Old downloads})
4166 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4167 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4168 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4173 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4174 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4175 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4176 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4178 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4179 @ref{Old downloads})
4184 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4185 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4186 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4187 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4189 @ref{Old downloads})
4194 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4195 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4196 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4197 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4198 @ref{Old downloads})
4203 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4204 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4206 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4207 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4208 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4209 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4210 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4215 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4216 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4217 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4218 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4223 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4224 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4225 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4226 @ref{Old downloads})
4231 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4232 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4233 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4234 @ref{Old downloads})
4239 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4240 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4241 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4242 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4243 (@ref{Old downloads})
4248 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4249 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4250 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4251 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4256 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4257 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4258 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4259 better help functionality.
4260 (@ref{Old downloads})
4265 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4266 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4267 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4268 compile them directly from
4269 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4274 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4275 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4276 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4281 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4282 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4283 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4284 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4289 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4290 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4291 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4292 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4293 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4298 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4299 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4300 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4305 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4306 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4311 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4312 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4313 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4318 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4319 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4320 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4321 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4322 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4327 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4328 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4329 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4330 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4331 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4332 @ref{Old downloads})
4337 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4339 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4340 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4342 (@ref{Old downloads})
4347 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4348 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4349 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4350 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4351 signatures like 5/8.
4353 @ref{Old downloads})
4358 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
4359 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4360 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4361 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4362 More details are in the
4364 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4369 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
4370 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4371 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4372 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4373 Scheme code. Take a look at
4375 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4380 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
4381 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4382 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4383 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4388 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
4389 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4390 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4391 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4396 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
4397 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4398 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4404 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
4405 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4406 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4407 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4408 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4409 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4414 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4415 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4416 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4417 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4418 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4419 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4421 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4426 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4427 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4428 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4434 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4435 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
4436 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4437 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4438 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
4444 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4445 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
4446 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}.
4447 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4448 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4453 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
4454 The @uref{http://lsr.di.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
4455 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
4456 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
4457 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
4462 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
4463 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
4464 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
4465 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
4466 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
4468 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4473 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
4474 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
4475 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
4476 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
4477 @ref{Old downloads}!
4482 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
4483 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
4484 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
4485 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
4491 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
4492 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
4493 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
4499 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
4500 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
4501 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
4502 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
4504 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
4506 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
4511 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
4512 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
4513 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
4514 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
4515 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
4516 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
4517 font code by Werner.
4519 and check out the changes in
4520 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4525 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
4526 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
4527 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
4528 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
4529 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
4530 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
4531 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
4532 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
4533 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
4534 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
4537 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}.
4542 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
4543 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
4544 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
4545 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
4546 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
4548 and check out the changes in
4549 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4554 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
4555 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
4556 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
4557 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
4558 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
4559 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
4562 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}.
4567 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
4568 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
4569 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
4570 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
4571 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
4572 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
4573 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
4574 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
4575 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
4579 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}.
4584 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
4585 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
4586 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
4587 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
4588 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
4589 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
4591 and check out the changes in
4592 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4597 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
4598 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
4599 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
4600 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
4601 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
4602 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
4603 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
4604 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
4605 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
4608 and check out the changes in
4609 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4614 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
4615 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
4616 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
4617 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
4618 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
4619 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
4622 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
4625 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
4626 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
4627 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
4628 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
4629 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
4632 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}.
4637 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
4638 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
4639 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
4645 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
4646 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
4647 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
4649 and check out the changes in
4650 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4655 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
4656 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
4657 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
4658 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
4659 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
4666 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4667 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
4668 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
4669 some problems with the conversion scripts.
4671 and check out the changes in
4672 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4677 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4678 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4679 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
4680 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
4681 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
4683 and check out the changes in
4684 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4689 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
4690 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
4691 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
4692 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
4694 and check out the changes in
4695 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4700 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
4701 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
4702 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
4703 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4705 and check out the changes in
4706 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4711 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
4712 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
4713 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
4714 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
4718 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}.
4723 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
4724 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
4725 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
4726 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
4730 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}.
4735 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
4736 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
4737 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
4738 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
4739 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
4740 in the documentation.
4742 and check out the changes in
4743 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4748 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
4749 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
4750 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
4751 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
4752 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
4757 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
4758 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
4760 and check out the changes
4761 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4766 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
4767 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
4768 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
4769 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
4770 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
4771 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
4772 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
4775 and check out the changes in
4776 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4781 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
4782 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
4783 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
4784 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
4785 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
4786 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
4787 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
4788 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
4789 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
4790 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
4791 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
4792 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
4793 will hold users back in switching.
4795 and check out the changes in
4796 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4801 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
4802 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
4803 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
4804 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
4805 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
4806 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
4807 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
4809 and check out the changes in
4810 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4815 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
4816 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
4817 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
4818 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
4819 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
4820 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
4824 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}.
4829 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4830 LilyPond now has a Documentation
4831 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
4832 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
4833 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
4834 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
4835 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
4836 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
4837 chapter of the user manual.
4838 A lot of cheers for Graham!
4843 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4844 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
4845 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
4846 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
4847 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
4848 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
4849 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
4853 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}.
4858 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
4859 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
4860 disappearing metronome mark.
4862 and check out the changes in
4863 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}.
4868 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
4869 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
4870 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
4871 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
4872 `doubleSlurs' property.
4874 and check out the changes in
4875 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4880 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
4881 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
4882 annoying bugs fixed.
4885 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}.
4890 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
4891 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
4892 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
4893 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
4894 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
4895 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
4896 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
4899 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
4900 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
4902 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
4903 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
4908 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}.
4913 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
4914 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
4915 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
4916 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
4917 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
4918 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
4919 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
4920 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
4921 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
4922 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
4923 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
4926 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}.
4931 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
4932 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
4933 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
4934 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
4935 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
4938 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}.
4943 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
4944 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
4945 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
4946 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
4947 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
4948 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
4949 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
4950 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
4951 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
4952 beat within the measure.
4954 and check out the changes in
4955 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4960 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
4961 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
4965 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}.
4970 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
4971 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
4977 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4978 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
4979 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
4980 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
4981 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
4983 and check out the changes
4984 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4989 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4990 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
4994 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}.
4999 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
5000 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
5001 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
5002 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
5003 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
5004 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
5005 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
5006 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}
5008 @ref{Old downloads}.
5013 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
5014 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
5015 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
5016 @ref{Old downloads}.
5021 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
5022 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
5023 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
5024 @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}
5026 @ref{Old downloads}.
5031 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
5032 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
5033 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
5034 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}
5036 @ref{Old downloads}.
5041 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
5042 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
5043 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}
5044 or head straight to the
5045 @ref{Old downloads}.
5050 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
5051 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
5052 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
5053 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5054 @ref{Old downloads}.
5059 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
5060 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
5061 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5062 @ref{Old downloads}.
5067 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
5068 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
5070 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
5071 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
5072 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
5073 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
5074 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
5079 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
5080 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
5081 @ref{Old downloads}.
5086 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
5087 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
5088 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
5094 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
5095 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
5096 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
5097 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
5098 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
5099 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
5100 @ref{Old downloads}.
5105 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
5106 A French article on the new LilyPond
5107 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
5112 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
5113 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
5114 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
5120 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
5121 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
5122 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
5123 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
5124 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
5125 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
5126 @ref{Old downloads}.
5131 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
5132 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
5133 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
5134 documentation polish. This should be the final release
5135 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
5137 @ref{Old downloads}.
5142 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
5143 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
5145 @ref{Old downloads}.
5150 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
5151 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
5152 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
5153 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5160 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
5161 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5162 @ref{Old downloads}.
5167 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
5168 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5175 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
5176 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5177 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5178 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5180 @ref{Old downloads}.
5185 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
5186 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5187 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5188 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5191 @ref{Old downloads}.
5196 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
5198 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5199 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5205 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
5206 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5208 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5209 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5210 authors of LilyPond.
5215 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
5216 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5217 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5220 @ref{Old downloads}.
5225 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
5226 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5227 experimental support for producing titles with
5233 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
5234 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5235 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5236 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5238 @ref{Old downloads}.
5243 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
5244 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5245 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5246 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5248 @ref{Old downloads}.
5253 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
5254 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5255 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5256 produce cue notes. More information in the
5263 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
5264 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5265 for altering accidental rules.
5271 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
5272 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5273 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5274 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5275 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5276 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5277 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5278 More information in the
5285 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
5286 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5287 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5288 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5295 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
5296 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5297 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5298 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5299 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5306 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
5307 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5308 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5309 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5310 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5311 More information in the
5318 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
5319 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5320 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5321 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5322 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5323 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5324 More information in the
5331 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
5332 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5333 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5334 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5342 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
5343 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5344 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5345 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5352 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
5353 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5354 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5355 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5356 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5365 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
5366 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5367 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5370 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5375 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
5377 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5378 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5379 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5382 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5387 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5388 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5389 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5390 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5391 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5396 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5397 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5398 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5399 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5400 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5406 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
5407 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5408 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5410 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5415 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
5416 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5417 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5418 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5423 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
5424 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5425 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5426 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5428 More information in the
5429 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5434 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
5435 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5436 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5438 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5443 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
5444 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
5445 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
5446 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
5448 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5453 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
5454 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
5455 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
5456 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
5457 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
5458 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
5459 individual music expressions.
5460 More information in the
5461 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5466 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
5467 An update to the stable branch,
5468 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
5469 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
5474 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
5475 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
5476 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
5477 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
5478 More information in the
5479 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5484 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
5485 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
5487 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
5488 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5493 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
5494 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
5495 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
5496 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
5497 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5502 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
5503 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
5504 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
5505 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
5506 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5511 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
5512 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
5513 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
5514 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
5515 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
5516 to implement this are welcome!) See the
5517 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5522 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
5523 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
5524 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
5525 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
5527 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5532 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
5533 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
5534 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
5535 Han-Wen's absence. See the
5536 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5541 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5542 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
5544 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5549 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5550 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
5552 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
5553 thanks to Heikki Junes.
5558 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
5559 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
5560 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
5561 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
5566 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
5567 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
5574 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
5575 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
5577 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
5578 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
5583 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
5584 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
5585 contains minor bugfixes.
5586 See the @ref{Changes}
5587 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
5592 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
5593 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
5594 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
5595 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
5601 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5602 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
5603 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
5604 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
5605 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
5606 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
5611 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5612 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
5613 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
5614 the @ref{Changes} and
5615 download @uref{install/,here}.
5620 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
5621 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
5622 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5623 the @ref{Changes} and
5624 download @uref{install/,here}.
5629 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
5630 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
5631 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5632 the @ref{Changes} and
5633 download @uref{install/,here}.
5638 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
5639 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
5640 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
5646 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
5647 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
5648 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
5654 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
5655 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
5656 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
5657 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
5658 will be available in a few weeks.
5664 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
5665 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
5666 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
5672 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
5673 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
5674 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
5680 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5681 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
5682 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
5683 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
5689 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5690 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
5691 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
5696 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5697 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
5698 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
5699 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
5700 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5705 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
5706 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
5707 @ref{Changes} and get it
5708 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5713 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
5714 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
5715 @ref{Changes} and get it
5716 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5721 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5722 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
5723 @ref{Changes} and get it
5724 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5729 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5730 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
5731 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
5736 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
5737 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
5738 read the @ref{Changes}.
5743 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
5744 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
5745 has been updated to 1.8.
5746 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
5751 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5752 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
5753 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
5758 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5759 New website went live!
5764 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
5765 Announced new website.
5770 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
5771 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
5776 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
5777 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
5778 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
5784 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
5785 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
5786 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.