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11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
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14 * use a descriptive title in @subheading
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19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
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30 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.40 released @emph{April 17, 2016}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
33 2.19.40. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
34 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
35 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
36 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
42 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.39 released @emph{March 27, 2016}
44 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
45 2.19.39. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
46 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
47 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
48 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
54 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.38 released @emph{March 13, 2016}
56 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
57 2.19.38. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
58 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
59 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
60 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
66 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.37 released @emph{February 28, 2016}
68 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
69 2.19.37. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
70 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
71 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
72 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
78 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.36 released @emph{January 31, 2016}
80 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
81 2.19.36. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
82 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
83 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
84 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
90 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.35 released @emph{January 02, 2016}
92 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
93 2.19.35. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
94 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
95 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
96 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
102 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.34 released @emph{December 22, 2015}
104 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
105 2.19.34. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
106 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
107 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
108 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
114 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.33 released @emph{December 6, 2015}
116 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
117 2.19.33. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
118 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
119 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
120 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
126 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.32 released @emph{November 22, 2015}
128 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
129 2.19.32. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
130 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
131 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
132 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
138 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.31 released @emph{November 8, 2015}
140 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
141 2.19.31. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
142 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
143 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
144 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
150 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.30 released @emph{October 25, 2015}
152 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
153 2.19.30. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
154 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
155 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
156 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
162 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.29 released @emph{October 18, 2015}
164 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
165 2.19.29. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
166 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
167 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
168 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
174 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.28 released @emph{September 27, 2015}
176 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
177 2.19.28. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
178 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
179 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
180 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
186 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.27 released @emph{September 12, 2015}
188 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
189 2.19.27. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
190 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
191 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
192 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
198 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.26 released @emph{August 27, 2015}
200 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
201 2.19.26. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
202 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
203 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
204 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
210 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.25 released @emph{August 9, 2015}
212 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
213 2.19.25. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
214 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
215 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
216 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
222 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.24 released @emph{July 26, 2015}
224 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
225 2.19.24. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
226 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
227 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
228 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
234 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.23 released @emph{July 12, 2015}
236 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
237 2.19.23. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
238 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
239 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
240 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
246 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.22 released @emph{June 28, 2015}
248 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
249 2.19.22. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
250 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
251 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
252 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
258 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.21 released @emph{May 24, 2015}
260 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
261 2.19.21. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
262 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
263 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
264 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
270 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.20 released @emph{May 10, 2015}
272 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
273 2.19.20. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
274 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
275 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
276 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
282 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.19 released @emph{April 26, 2015}
284 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
285 2.19.19. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
286 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
287 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
288 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
294 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.18 released @emph{April 5, 2015}
296 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
297 2.19.18. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
298 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
299 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
300 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
306 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.17 released @emph{March 15, 2015}
308 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
309 2.19.17. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
310 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
311 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
312 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
318 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.16 released @emph{February 28, 2015}
320 At long last, we are very happy to announce the release of LilyPond
321 2.19.16. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
322 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
323 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
324 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
327 We would like to acknowledge and thank Masamichi Hosoda for making this
328 release possible with his work on updating GUB, the build tool.
333 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.15 released @emph{September 28, 2014}
335 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.15. This
336 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
337 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
338 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
339 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
345 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.14 released @emph{September 14, 2014}
347 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.14. This
348 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
349 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
350 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
351 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
357 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.13 released @emph{August 31, 2014}
359 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.13. This
360 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
361 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
362 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
363 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
369 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.12 released @emph{August 17, 2014}
371 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.12. This
372 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
373 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
374 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
375 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
381 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.11 released @emph{August 3, 2014}
383 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.11. This
384 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
385 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
386 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
387 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
393 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.10 released @emph{July 13, 2014}
395 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.10. This
396 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
397 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
399 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
405 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.9 released @emph{June 29, 2014}
407 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.9. This
408 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
409 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
410 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
411 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
417 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.8 released @emph{June 15, 2014}
419 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.8. This
420 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
421 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
422 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
423 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
429 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.7 released @emph{May 25, 2014}
431 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.7. This
432 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
433 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
434 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
435 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
441 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.6 released @emph{May 11, 2014}
443 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.6. This
444 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
445 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
446 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
447 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
453 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.5 released @emph{April 20, 2014}
455 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.5. This
456 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
457 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
458 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
459 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
464 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.4 released @emph{April 6, 2014}
466 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.4. This
467 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
468 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
469 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
470 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
475 @subheading LilyPond production named BEST EDITION 2014 @emph{March 11, 2014}
477 We are thrilled that the edition of the songs of Oskar
478 Fried (1871-1941), published recently by our fellow contributors Urs Liska
479 and Janek Warchoł [1], received the "Musikeditionspreis BEST EDITION
480 2014" of the German Music Publishers' Association [2]. The ceremony
481 took place at the Frankfurt Musikmesse.
483 We congratulate Janek and Urs for gaining such public recognition of
484 typographical and editorial excellence of their work. We are also delighted
485 to inform you that they intend to make their work available under a Free
486 license as soon as the publisher expenses are covered. Please support this
487 initiative by buying the printed volume through the publisher [3].
489 [1] @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/category/fried-songs}@*
490 [2] @uref{http://www.best-edition.de}@*
491 [3] @uref{http://www.sound-rel.de}@*
497 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.3 released @emph{March 2, 2014}
499 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.3. This
500 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
501 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
502 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
503 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
508 @subheading LilyPond 2.18.1 @emph{February 16, 2014}
510 We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
511 The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
512 over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
513 and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
514 enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
516 To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
517 stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
522 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
524 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
525 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
526 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
527 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
528 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
533 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
535 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
536 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
537 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
538 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
539 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
544 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
546 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
547 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
548 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
549 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
550 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
555 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
557 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
558 a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
559 developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
560 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
561 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
562 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
563 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
564 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
569 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
571 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
572 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
573 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
574 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
575 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
576 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
577 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
578 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
583 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
585 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
586 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
587 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
588 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
589 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
590 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
591 latest version, see @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
592 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
598 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
600 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
601 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
602 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
603 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
604 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
609 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
611 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
612 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
613 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
614 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
615 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
620 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
622 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
623 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
624 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
625 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
626 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
631 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
633 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
634 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
635 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
636 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
637 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
642 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
644 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
645 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
646 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
647 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
648 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
653 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
655 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
656 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
657 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
658 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
659 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
664 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
666 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
667 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
668 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
669 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
670 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
675 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
677 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
678 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
679 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
680 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
681 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
683 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
684 with positioning text.
689 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
691 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
692 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
693 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
694 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
695 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
700 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
702 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
703 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
704 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
705 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
706 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
711 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
713 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
714 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
715 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
716 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
717 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
722 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
724 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
725 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
726 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
727 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
728 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
733 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
735 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
736 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
737 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
738 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
739 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
744 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
746 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
747 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
748 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
749 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
750 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
755 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
757 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
758 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
759 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
760 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
761 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
766 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
768 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
769 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
770 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
771 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
772 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
773 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
778 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
780 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
781 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
782 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
783 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
784 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
789 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
791 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
792 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
793 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
794 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
795 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
800 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
802 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
803 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
804 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
805 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
806 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
811 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
813 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
814 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
815 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
816 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
817 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
822 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
824 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
825 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
826 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
827 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
828 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
833 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
835 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
836 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
837 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
838 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
839 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
844 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
846 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
847 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
848 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
849 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
850 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
856 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
858 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
859 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
860 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
864 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
866 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
867 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
868 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
869 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
870 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
875 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
877 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
878 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
879 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
880 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
881 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
886 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
888 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
889 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
890 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
891 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
896 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
898 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
899 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
900 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
901 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
906 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
908 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
909 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
910 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
911 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
916 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
918 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
919 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
920 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
921 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
927 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
929 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
930 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
931 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
932 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
937 @subheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
939 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
940 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
941 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
942 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
944 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
945 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
949 Support for kievan square notation
951 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
953 Music functions have become quite more versatile
956 A full list of new features is given in:
959 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
962 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
964 Main development team:
966 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
967 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
968 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
969 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
970 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
973 Programming contributors:
975 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
976 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
977 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
978 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
980 Documentation contributors:
982 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
986 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
991 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
993 Translation contributors:
995 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
1000 @subheading Lilypond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
1002 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
1003 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
1004 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
1006 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
1007 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
1008 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1010 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
1011 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
1017 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
1019 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
1020 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1022 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1023 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1024 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1031 @subheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
1033 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
1034 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
1035 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
1036 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
1037 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
1038 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
1041 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
1042 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
1047 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
1049 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
1050 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1051 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1052 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1053 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1059 @subheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
1061 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
1062 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1063 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1064 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1067 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1068 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1069 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1076 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
1078 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
1079 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1081 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1082 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1083 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1090 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
1092 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
1093 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1094 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1095 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1096 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1102 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
1104 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1105 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1106 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1107 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1110 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1111 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1112 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1119 @subheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
1121 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
1122 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
1123 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
1124 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
1125 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
1126 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
1129 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
1130 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
1137 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
1139 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1140 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1141 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1142 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1145 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
1146 candidate will be required.
1152 @subheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
1154 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
1155 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
1156 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
1157 working on open source software.
1159 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
1160 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
1166 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
1168 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1169 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1170 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1171 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1174 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1175 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1176 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1183 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
1185 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1186 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1187 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1188 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1191 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1192 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1193 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1200 @subheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
1202 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
1203 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
1204 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
1205 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
1208 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
1209 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
1216 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
1218 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
1219 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1221 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1222 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1223 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1230 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
1232 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
1233 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1235 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1236 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1237 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1244 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
1246 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
1247 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1249 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1250 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1251 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1258 @subheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
1260 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
1261 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
1262 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
1263 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
1266 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
1267 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
1274 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
1276 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
1277 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1279 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1280 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1281 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1288 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
1290 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
1291 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1293 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1294 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1295 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1302 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
1304 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1305 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1306 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1307 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1310 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1311 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1312 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1319 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
1321 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
1322 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1324 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1325 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1326 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1333 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
1335 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
1336 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1338 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1339 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1340 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1347 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
1349 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
1350 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1352 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1353 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1354 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1361 @subheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
1363 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
1364 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
1365 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
1366 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
1367 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
1370 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
1371 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
1378 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
1380 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
1381 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1383 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1384 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1385 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1388 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
1394 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
1396 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
1397 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1399 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1400 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1401 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1408 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
1410 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
1411 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1413 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1414 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1415 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1422 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
1424 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
1425 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1427 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1428 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1429 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1436 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
1438 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
1439 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1441 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1442 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1443 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1450 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
1452 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
1453 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1455 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1456 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1457 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1464 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
1466 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
1467 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1469 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1470 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1471 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1478 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
1480 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
1481 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1483 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1484 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1485 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1492 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
1494 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
1495 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1497 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1498 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1499 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1506 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
1508 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
1509 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1511 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1512 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1513 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1520 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
1522 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
1523 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1525 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1526 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1527 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1534 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
1536 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
1537 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1539 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1540 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1541 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1548 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1550 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1551 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1553 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1554 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1555 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1562 @subheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1564 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1565 Critical regression.
1571 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1573 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1574 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1575 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 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 2.16.0 release will be
1581 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1588 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1590 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
1591 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1593 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1594 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1595 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1596 not the next release candidate.
1602 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1604 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1605 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1607 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1608 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1609 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1610 next release candidate.
1616 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1618 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1619 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1620 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1622 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1623 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1624 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1625 next release candidate.
1631 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1633 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1634 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1635 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1636 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1639 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1640 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1641 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1648 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1650 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
1651 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1653 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1654 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1660 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1662 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1663 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1665 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1666 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1672 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1674 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1675 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1676 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1684 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1686 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1687 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1689 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1690 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1696 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1698 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1699 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1701 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1702 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1708 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1710 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1711 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1713 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1714 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1720 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1722 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1723 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1725 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1726 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1732 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1734 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1735 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1736 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1741 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1743 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1744 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1745 usual number of bugs.
1747 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1748 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1753 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1755 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1756 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1757 usual number of bugs.
1759 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1760 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1766 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1768 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1769 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1770 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1771 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1773 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1774 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1779 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1782 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1783 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1786 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1791 A full list of new features is given in:
1794 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1797 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1799 Main development team:
1801 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1802 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1803 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1804 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1805 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1807 Programming contributors:
1809 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1810 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1811 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1812 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1813 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1814 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1818 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1820 Documentation contributors:
1822 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1823 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
1827 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
1828 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
1830 Binaries support contributors:
1834 Translation contributors:
1836 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
1837 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
1844 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
1846 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1847 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1848 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1849 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1852 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1853 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1854 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1861 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
1863 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
1864 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1866 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1867 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1873 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
1875 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
1876 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1878 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1879 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1885 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
1887 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
1888 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1890 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1891 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1897 @subheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
1899 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
1900 article in the May 2011 issue titled
1901 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/content/download/61706/482546/version/1/file/088-090_projects.pdf,
1902 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
1903 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
1904 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
1905 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
1910 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
1912 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
1913 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1915 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1916 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1922 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
1924 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1925 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1926 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1927 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1930 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1931 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1932 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1939 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
1941 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1942 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1943 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1944 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1947 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1948 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1949 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1956 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
1958 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1959 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1960 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1961 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1964 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1965 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1966 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1973 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
1975 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
1976 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1978 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
1979 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1985 @subheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
1987 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
1988 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1989 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1990 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1991 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1997 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
1999 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
2000 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2001 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2002 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2005 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2006 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2007 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2014 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
2016 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
2017 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2019 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2020 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2025 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
2027 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
2028 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2030 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2031 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2036 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
2038 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
2039 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2041 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2042 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2048 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
2050 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
2051 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2053 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
2054 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
2055 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
2061 @subheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
2063 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
2064 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
2065 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
2072 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
2074 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
2075 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2076 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2077 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2080 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2081 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2082 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2089 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
2091 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
2092 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2093 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2101 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
2103 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
2104 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2105 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2113 @subheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
2115 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
2116 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2117 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2118 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2119 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2125 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
2127 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
2128 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2129 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2130 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2133 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2134 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2135 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2142 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
2144 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
2145 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2146 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2155 @subheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
2157 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
2158 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2159 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2160 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2163 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2164 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2165 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2166 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2172 @subheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
2174 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
2175 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2176 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2177 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2180 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2181 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2182 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2183 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2189 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
2191 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
2192 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2193 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2196 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2197 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2198 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2204 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
2206 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
2207 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2208 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2211 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2212 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2213 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2219 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
2221 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
2222 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2223 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2226 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2227 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2228 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2234 @subheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
2236 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
2237 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2238 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2239 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2242 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2243 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2244 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
2245 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2254 @subheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
2256 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
2257 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
2258 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
2259 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
2260 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
2261 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
2262 read on to find out what for!
2265 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
2266 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
2273 @subheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
2275 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
2276 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2277 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2278 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2281 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2282 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2283 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
2284 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2291 @subheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
2293 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
2294 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2295 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2296 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2299 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2300 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2301 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
2302 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2309 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
2311 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
2312 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2313 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2316 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
2317 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2318 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2323 @subheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
2325 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2326 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
2327 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
2328 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
2329 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
2333 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
2334 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
2341 @subheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
2343 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
2344 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2345 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2346 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2349 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
2350 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2351 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2352 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
2354 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
2356 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
2357 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
2358 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2364 @subheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
2366 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
2367 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2368 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2369 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2372 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
2373 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2374 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2375 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
2376 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
2377 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2383 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
2385 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
2386 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2387 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2396 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
2398 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
2399 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2400 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2407 @subheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
2409 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2410 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
2411 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
2412 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
2413 the bug report of the report!
2416 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
2417 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
2423 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
2425 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
2426 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2427 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2434 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
2436 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
2437 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2438 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2445 @subheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
2447 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2448 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
2449 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
2450 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
2454 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
2455 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
2463 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
2465 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
2466 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2467 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2470 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
2471 caution and expect breakage.
2476 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
2478 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
2479 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2480 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2483 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
2484 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
2485 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
2486 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
2491 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
2493 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
2494 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2495 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2501 @subheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
2503 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
2504 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
2505 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
2506 improvements to the new website.
2508 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
2509 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
2511 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
2512 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
2514 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
2520 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
2522 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
2523 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2524 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2529 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
2531 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
2532 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2533 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2539 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2541 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2542 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2543 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2549 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2551 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2552 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2553 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2558 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2560 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2561 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2562 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2567 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2569 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2570 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2571 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2574 This release should be of particular interest to package
2575 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2576 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2577 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2583 @subheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2585 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2586 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2587 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2588 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2591 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2592 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2599 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2601 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2602 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2603 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2606 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2607 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2608 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2609 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2610 see the Changes document for more information.
2614 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2616 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2617 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2618 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2623 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2625 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2626 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2627 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2628 so this release is intended for developers only.
2632 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2634 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2635 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2636 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2641 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2643 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2644 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2649 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2651 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2652 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2653 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2659 @subheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2661 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2662 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2663 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2664 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2665 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2667 What are you waiting for? Come
2668 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2669 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2674 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2676 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2677 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2678 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2682 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2684 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2685 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2686 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2687 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2688 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2693 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2695 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2696 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2697 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2701 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2703 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2704 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2705 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2706 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2710 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2712 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2713 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2714 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2715 and English names for feta filenames.
2721 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2723 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2724 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2725 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2726 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2729 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2730 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2731 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2737 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2739 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2740 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2741 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2742 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2744 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2745 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2750 @subheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2752 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2753 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2759 @subheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2761 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2762 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2763 Read @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2770 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2772 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2773 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2774 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2775 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2777 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2778 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2779 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2787 @subheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2789 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2790 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2791 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2792 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2793 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2794 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2795 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2796 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2802 @subheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2804 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2805 its team, its world, its community.
2806 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2807 to read the full issue...
2812 @subheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2814 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2815 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2816 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2821 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2823 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2824 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
2830 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
2832 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2834 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
2841 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
2843 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
2844 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
2845 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
2846 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
2847 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
2849 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
2850 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
2852 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
2854 @ref{Old downloads}.
2859 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
2861 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
2862 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
2863 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
2864 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
2865 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
2866 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
2869 @ref{Old downloads}.
2874 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
2876 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
2877 documentation and translations.
2878 @ref{Old downloads}.
2883 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
2885 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
2886 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
2887 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
2888 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
2889 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
2891 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
2892 @ref{Old downloads}.
2897 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
2899 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
2900 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
2901 (teaching) has been added.
2903 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
2905 @ref{Old downloads}.
2910 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
2912 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
2913 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
2914 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
2915 @ref{Old downloads}.
2920 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
2922 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
2923 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
2924 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
2925 translations of the documentation.
2926 @ref{Old downloads}.
2931 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
2933 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
2934 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
2935 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
2936 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
2937 deceased since then. All the development team express their
2938 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
2939 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
2940 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
2941 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
2943 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
2945 @ref{Old downloads}.
2950 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
2952 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
2953 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
2954 markup command names have been made.
2957 @ref{Old downloads}.
2962 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
2964 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
2965 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
2966 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
2967 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
2968 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
2971 @ref{Old downloads}.
2976 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
2978 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
2979 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
2981 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
2982 @ref{Old downloads}.
2987 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
2989 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
2990 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
2991 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
2993 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
2994 @ref{Old downloads}.
2999 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
3001 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
3003 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
3004 @ref{Old downloads}.
3009 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
3011 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
3012 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
3013 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
3015 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
3017 @ref{Old downloads}.
3022 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
3024 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
3025 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
3026 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
3027 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
3029 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
3030 @ref{Old downloads}.
3035 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
3037 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
3038 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
3041 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
3042 @ref{Old downloads}.
3047 @subheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
3049 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3050 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123759/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
3055 @subheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
3057 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3058 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123754/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
3063 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
3065 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
3067 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
3068 @ref{Old downloads}.
3073 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3075 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
3076 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
3077 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
3079 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
3080 @ref{Old downloads}.
3085 @subheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3087 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3088 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123750/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
3093 @subheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
3095 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
3096 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123743/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
3101 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
3103 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
3104 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
3105 regression tests maintenance for developers.
3107 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
3108 @ref{Old downloads}.
3113 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
3115 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
3116 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
3118 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
3120 @ref{Old downloads}.
3125 @subheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
3127 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
3128 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
3129 report, new translations of the site and publications.
3130 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
3131 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
3132 announce releases and special events.
3137 @subheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
3139 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
3140 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3141 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123946/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
3146 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
3148 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
3149 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
3150 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
3151 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
3152 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
3155 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
3157 @ref{Old downloads}.
3162 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
3164 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
3165 names has been added to the MusicXML
3168 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
3169 @ref{Old downloads}.
3174 @subheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
3176 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
3181 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
3183 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
3184 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
3185 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
3188 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
3189 @ref{Old downloads}.
3194 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
3196 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
3199 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
3200 @ref{Old downloads}.
3205 @subheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3207 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
3208 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
3209 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
3210 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
3211 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
3212 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
3218 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3220 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
3221 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
3222 updates to the MusicXML converter.
3224 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
3225 @ref{Old downloads}.
3230 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
3232 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
3233 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
3238 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
3240 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
3241 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
3242 Grand Documentation Project.
3244 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
3245 @ref{Old downloads}.
3250 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
3252 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
3254 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
3255 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
3256 @ref{Old downloads}.
3261 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
3263 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
3265 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
3266 @ref{Old downloads}.
3271 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
3273 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
3274 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
3276 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
3277 @ref{Old downloads}.
3282 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
3284 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
3285 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
3286 for the translations.
3288 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
3289 @ref{Old downloads}.
3294 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
3296 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
3297 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
3298 and lots of updates for the translations.
3300 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
3301 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
3302 @ref{Old downloads}.
3307 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
3309 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
3310 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
3311 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/,the installer} and
3312 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
3317 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
3318 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
3319 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
3320 spacing engine code.
3322 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
3323 @ref{Old downloads}.
3328 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
3330 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
3331 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
3333 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
3334 @ref{Old downloads}.
3339 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
3341 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
3342 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
3344 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
3345 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
3346 @ref{Old downloads}.
3351 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
3352 This has lots of bugfixes.
3354 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
3355 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
3356 @ref{Old downloads}.
3361 @subheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
3362 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
3363 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
3364 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
3369 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
3370 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
3372 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
3374 @ref{Old downloads}.
3379 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
3380 This release has some documentation updates.
3382 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
3384 @ref{Old downloads}.
3389 @subheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
3390 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
3391 disponibles en ligne ---
3392 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
3393 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
3394 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
3395 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
3400 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
3401 This release fixes many bugs.
3403 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
3404 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
3406 @ref{Old downloads}.
3411 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
3412 This release fixes many bugs.
3414 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
3415 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
3417 @ref{Old downloads}.
3422 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
3423 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
3424 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
3426 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
3428 @ref{Old downloads}.
3433 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
3434 This release fixes still more bugs.
3436 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
3438 @ref{Old downloads}.
3443 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
3444 This release fixes many bugs.
3445 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
3446 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
3448 @ref{Old downloads})
3453 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
3454 This release will stretch piano staves on a
3455 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
3456 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
3458 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
3459 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
3461 @ref{Old downloads}.
3466 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
3467 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
3468 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
3470 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
3477 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3478 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
3479 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
3481 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
3483 @ref{Old downloads}.
3488 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3489 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
3490 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
3492 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
3494 @ref{Old downloads}.
3499 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3500 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
3503 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
3505 @ref{Old downloads}.
3510 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
3511 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
3513 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
3515 @ref{Old downloads}.
3520 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
3521 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
3522 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
3523 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
3525 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
3527 @ref{Old downloads}.
3532 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3533 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
3534 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
3535 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
3536 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
3537 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3539 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3541 @ref{Old downloads}.
3546 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3547 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3548 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3551 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3553 @ref{Old downloads}.
3558 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3559 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3560 further improvements in the regression test suite
3564 @ref{Old downloads}.
3569 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3570 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3574 @ref{Old downloads}.
3579 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3580 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3585 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3586 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3591 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3592 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3596 @ref{Old downloads}.
3601 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3602 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3603 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3607 @ref{Old downloads}.
3612 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3613 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3617 @ref{Old downloads}.
3622 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3623 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3628 @ref{Old downloads}.
3633 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3634 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3638 @ref{Old downloads}.
3643 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3644 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3645 within a system as well as between systems.
3649 @ref{Old downloads}.
3654 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3655 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3656 test results} and several website build improvements.
3660 @ref{Old downloads}.
3665 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3666 This release fixes several bugs.
3669 @ref{Old downloads}.
3674 @subheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3675 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3680 @subheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3681 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3682 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3683 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3684 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3689 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3690 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3694 @ref{Old downloads}.
3699 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3700 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3703 @ref{Old downloads}.
3708 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3709 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3713 @ref{Old downloads}.
3718 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3719 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3722 @ref{Old downloads}.
3727 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3728 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3733 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3734 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3735 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3740 @subheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3741 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3742 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3747 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3748 This release has many more bugfixes.
3751 @ref{Old downloads}.
3756 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3757 This release has many more bugfixes.
3760 @ref{Old downloads}.
3765 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3766 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3771 @ref{Old downloads}.
3776 @subheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3777 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3778 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3779 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3780 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3781 (@ref{Publications}).
3786 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3787 This release has further bugfixes.
3790 @ref{Old downloads}.
3795 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3796 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3797 available for x86/64.
3800 @ref{Old downloads}.
3805 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3806 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3807 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3808 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3809 @ref{Old downloads})
3814 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3815 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3816 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3821 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3822 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3827 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
3828 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3833 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
3834 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3839 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
3840 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
3841 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3846 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
3847 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
3848 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
3849 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3854 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
3855 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3860 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
3861 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
3862 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
3867 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
3868 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
3869 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
3870 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
3871 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3876 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
3877 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
3878 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3883 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
3884 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
3885 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
3886 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3891 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
3892 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
3893 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
3894 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3899 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3900 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
3902 @ref{Old downloads})
3907 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3908 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
3910 @ref{Old downloads})
3915 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
3916 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
3917 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3919 @ref{Old downloads})
3924 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3925 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
3926 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3927 (@ref{Old downloads})
3932 @subheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3933 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
3934 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
3935 glory} what features are broken in the development release
3940 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
3941 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
3942 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
3943 the development releases even better
3948 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
3950 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
3951 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
3952 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3957 @subheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
3958 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
3959 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
3960 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
3961 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
3962 esthetics}. Happy reading!
3967 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
3968 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
3969 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
3971 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3976 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3977 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
3978 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
3979 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
3980 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3985 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3986 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
3987 (@ref{Old downloads})
3992 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
3993 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
3994 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
3995 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
3996 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
3997 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4002 @subheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
4003 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
4004 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
4005 (@ref{Publications})
4010 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4011 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
4012 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4017 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4018 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
4019 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
4020 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4025 @subheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
4026 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
4027 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
4032 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
4033 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
4034 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4039 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
4040 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
4041 released. (@ref{Changes},
4042 @ref{Old downloads})
4047 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
4048 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
4049 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
4050 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
4051 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
4052 multi-measure rests.
4054 @ref{Old downloads})
4059 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
4060 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
4062 @ref{Old downloads})
4067 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
4068 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
4069 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
4070 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
4071 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4072 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
4073 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
4074 @ref{Old downloads})
4079 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
4080 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
4081 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
4082 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
4083 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
4084 @ref{Old downloads})
4089 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
4090 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
4091 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
4092 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
4093 the endings and the middle
4094 part. (@ref{Changes},
4095 @ref{Old downloads})
4100 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
4101 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
4102 parenthesized, for example,
4105 c4 -\parenthesize -.
4106 <d \parenthesize fis a>
4110 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
4111 @ref{Old downloads})
4116 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
4117 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
4118 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
4128 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
4129 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
4130 vector. (@ref{Changes},
4131 @ref{Old downloads})
4136 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
4137 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
4138 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
4139 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
4140 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
4141 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
4142 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
4144 @ref{Old downloads})
4149 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
4150 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
4151 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
4152 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
4153 @ref{Old downloads})
4158 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
4159 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
4160 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
4161 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
4162 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
4163 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
4164 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
4165 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4166 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4167 @ref{Old downloads})
4172 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
4173 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
4174 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
4175 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
4176 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
4177 @ref{Old downloads})
4182 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
4184 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
4185 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
4186 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
4191 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
4192 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
4193 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
4194 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
4195 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
4200 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4201 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
4202 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
4204 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/,
4206 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/darwin-ppc/,
4208 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/,
4214 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4215 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
4216 (feature sponsored by Andrea
4217 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
4218 @ref{Old downloads})
4223 @subheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
4224 Linux Journal publishes an article on
4225 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
4226 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
4227 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
4230 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
4231 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
4232 alternatives seem second-rate.}
4233 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
4238 @subheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
4239 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
4240 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
4241 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
4242 page. Let us know how you fare!
4247 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
4248 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
4249 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
4250 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
4251 The important occasion for this release is our new build
4252 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
4253 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
4254 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
4255 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
4257 @ref{Old downloads})
4262 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
4263 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
4264 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
4265 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
4266 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
4267 @ref{Old downloads})
4272 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
4273 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
4274 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
4275 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
4276 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
4277 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
4278 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
4279 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
4280 functions. (@ref{Changes},
4281 @ref{Old downloads})
4286 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
4287 This release has the following new features:
4290 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
4291 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
4292 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4294 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
4295 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
4296 and Bertalan Fodor).
4298 Generic music functions may now also be used on
4299 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
4302 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
4303 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
4304 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
4308 @ref{Old downloads})
4313 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
4314 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
4315 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
4316 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
4317 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
4318 van den Borre and Bertalan
4319 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
4320 @ref{Old downloads})
4325 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
4326 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
4327 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
4328 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
4334 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
4335 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
4336 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
4337 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
4338 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
4340 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
4341 @ref{Old downloads})
4346 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
4347 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
4348 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
4353 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
4354 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
4355 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
4356 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
4357 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
4358 etc. (@ref{Changes},
4359 @ref{Old downloads})
4364 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
4365 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
4366 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
4367 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4368 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4369 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4370 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4371 @ref{Old downloads})
4376 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
4377 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4378 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4379 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4380 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4381 @ref{Old downloads})
4386 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
4387 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
4388 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
4389 @ref{Old downloads})
4394 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
4395 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
4396 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
4397 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
4398 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
4399 properties. (@ref{Changes},
4400 @ref{Old downloads})
4405 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
4406 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
4407 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
4408 that compute said property, i.e.
4411 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
4412 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
4415 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
4416 @ref{Old downloads})
4421 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
4422 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
4423 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
4424 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
4425 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
4426 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
4427 also provides advanced tweakability for power
4428 users. (@ref{Changes},
4429 @ref{Old downloads})
4434 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
4435 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
4436 series. (@ref{Changes},
4437 @ref{Old downloads})
4442 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
4443 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
4444 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
4445 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
4446 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
4447 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
4448 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
4449 sponsored by Nicolas
4450 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4451 @ref{Old downloads})
4456 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
4457 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
4458 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4459 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
4460 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
4461 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
4462 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4463 @ref{Old downloads})
4468 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
4469 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
4470 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
4471 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
4472 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4473 @ref{Old downloads})
4478 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
4479 This is mainly a bugfix
4480 release. (@ref{Changes},
4481 @ref{Old downloads})
4486 @subheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
4487 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
4488 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
4489 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
4490 la gravure musicale}.
4495 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
4496 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
4497 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
4498 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
4499 @ref{Old downloads})
4504 @subheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
4505 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
4506 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
4507 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
4508 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
4509 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
4514 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
4515 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
4516 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
4517 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
4518 @ref{Old downloads})
4523 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
4524 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
4525 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
4526 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
4527 signs. (@ref{Changes},
4528 @ref{Old downloads})
4533 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
4534 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
4535 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
4536 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
4537 @ref{Old downloads})
4542 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4543 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4544 for a note is proportional to the time it
4545 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4546 @ref{Old downloads})
4551 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4552 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4553 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4558 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4559 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4560 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4561 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4563 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4564 @ref{Old downloads})
4569 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4570 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4571 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4572 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4574 @ref{Old downloads})
4579 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4580 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4581 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4582 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4583 @ref{Old downloads})
4588 @subheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4589 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4591 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4592 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4593 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4594 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4595 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4600 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4601 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4602 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4603 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4608 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4609 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4610 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4611 @ref{Old downloads})
4616 @subheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4617 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4618 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4619 @ref{Old downloads})
4624 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4625 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4626 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4627 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4628 (@ref{Old downloads})
4633 @subheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4634 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4635 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4636 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4641 @subheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4642 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4643 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4644 better help functionality.
4645 (@ref{Old downloads})
4650 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4651 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4652 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4653 compile them directly from
4654 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4659 @subheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4660 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4661 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4666 @subheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4667 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4668 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4669 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4674 @subheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4675 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4676 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4677 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4678 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4683 @subheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4684 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4685 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4690 @subheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4691 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4696 @subheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4697 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4698 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4703 @subheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4704 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4705 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4706 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4707 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4712 @subheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4713 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4714 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4715 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4716 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4717 @ref{Old downloads})
4722 @subheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4724 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4725 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4727 (@ref{Old downloads})
4732 @subheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4733 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4734 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4735 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4736 signatures like 5/8.
4738 @ref{Old downloads})
4743 @subheading April 18, 2005
4744 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4745 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4746 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4747 More details are in the
4749 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4754 @subheading April 15, 2005
4755 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4756 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4757 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4758 Scheme code. Take a look at
4760 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4765 @subheading April 6, 2005
4766 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4767 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4768 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4773 @subheading March 31, 2005
4774 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4775 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4776 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4781 @subheading March 20, 2005
4782 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4783 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4789 @subheading March 14, 2005
4790 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4791 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4792 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4793 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4794 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4799 @subheading March 7, 2005
4800 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4801 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4802 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4803 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4804 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4806 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4811 @subheading March 7, 2005
4812 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4813 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4819 @subheading February 28, 2005
4820 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install
4821 Ghostscript 8.15rc3. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4822 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4823 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
4829 @subheading February 28, 2005
4830 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
4831 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}.
4832 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4833 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4838 @subheading February 26, 2005
4839 The @uref{http://lsr.di.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
4840 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
4841 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
4842 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
4847 @subheading February 21, 2005
4848 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
4849 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
4850 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
4851 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
4853 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4858 @subheading February 4, 2005
4859 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
4860 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
4861 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
4862 @ref{Old downloads}!
4867 @subheading January 31, 2005
4868 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
4869 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
4870 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
4876 @subheading January 26, 2005
4877 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
4878 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
4884 @subheading January 16, 2005
4885 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
4886 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
4887 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
4889 @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,
4891 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
4896 @subheading January 11, 2005
4897 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
4898 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
4899 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
4900 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
4901 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
4902 font code by Werner.
4904 and check out the changes in
4905 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
4910 @subheading January 02, 2005
4911 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
4912 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
4913 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
4914 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
4915 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
4916 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
4917 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
4918 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
4919 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
4922 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
4927 @subheading December 28, 2004
4928 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
4929 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
4930 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
4931 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
4933 and check out the changes in
4934 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
4939 @subheading December 20, 2004
4940 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
4941 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
4942 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
4943 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
4944 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
4947 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
4952 @subheading December 3, 2004
4953 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
4954 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
4955 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
4956 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
4957 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
4958 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
4959 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
4960 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
4964 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
4969 @subheading November 26, 2004
4970 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
4971 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
4972 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
4973 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
4974 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
4976 and check out the changes in
4977 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
4982 @subheading November 20, 2004
4983 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
4984 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
4985 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
4986 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
4987 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
4988 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
4989 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
4990 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
4993 and check out the changes in
4994 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
4999 @subheading November 12, 2004
5000 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
5001 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
5002 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
5003 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
5004 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
5007 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
5010 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
5011 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
5012 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
5013 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
5014 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
5017 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5022 @subheading November 11, 2004
5023 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
5024 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
5030 @subheading November 4, 2004
5031 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
5032 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
5034 and check out the changes in
5035 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5040 @subheading October 31, 2004
5041 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
5042 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
5043 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
5044 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
5051 @subheading October 29, 2004
5052 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
5053 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
5054 some problems with the conversion scripts.
5056 and check out the changes in
5057 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5062 @subheading October 29, 2004
5063 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5064 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
5065 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
5066 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
5068 and check out the changes in
5069 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5074 @subheading October 27, 2004
5075 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
5076 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
5077 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
5079 and check out the changes in
5080 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5085 @subheading October 24, 2004
5086 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
5087 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
5088 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5090 and check out the changes in
5091 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5096 @subheading October 10, 2004
5097 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
5098 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
5099 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
5103 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5108 @subheading October 09, 2004
5109 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
5110 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
5111 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
5115 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5120 @subheading October 02, 2004
5121 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
5122 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
5123 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
5124 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
5125 in the documentation.
5127 and check out the changes in
5128 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5133 @subheading September 29, 2004
5134 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20040811160307/http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
5135 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
5136 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
5137 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
5142 @subheading September 26, 2004
5143 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
5145 and check out the changes
5146 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5151 @subheading September 20, 2004
5152 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
5153 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
5154 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
5155 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
5156 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
5157 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
5160 and check out the changes in
5161 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5166 @subheading September 11, 2004
5167 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
5168 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
5169 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
5170 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
5171 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
5172 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
5173 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
5174 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
5175 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
5176 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
5177 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
5178 will hold users back in switching.
5180 and check out the changes in
5181 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5186 @subheading September 10, 2004
5187 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
5188 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
5189 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
5190 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
5191 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
5192 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
5194 and check out the changes in
5195 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5200 @subheading September 6, 2004
5201 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
5202 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
5203 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
5204 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
5205 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
5209 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5214 @subheading August 29, 2004
5215 LilyPond now has a Documentation
5216 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
5217 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
5218 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
5219 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
5220 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
5221 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
5222 chapter of the user manual.
5223 A lot of cheers for Graham!
5228 @subheading August 29, 2004
5229 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
5230 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
5231 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
5232 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
5233 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
5234 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
5238 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5243 @subheading August 24, 2004
5244 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
5245 disappearing metronome mark.
5247 and check out the changes in
5248 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5253 @subheading August 23, 2004
5254 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
5255 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
5256 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
5257 `doubleSlurs' property.
5259 and check out the changes in
5260 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5265 @subheading August 3, 2004
5266 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
5267 annoying bugs fixed.
5270 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5275 @subheading August 1, 2004
5276 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
5277 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
5278 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
5279 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
5280 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
5281 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
5284 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
5285 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
5287 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
5288 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
5293 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5298 @subheading July 30, 2004
5299 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
5300 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
5301 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
5302 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
5303 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
5304 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
5305 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
5306 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
5307 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
5308 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
5311 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5316 @subheading July 23, 2004
5317 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
5318 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
5319 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
5320 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
5323 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5328 @subheading July 19, 2004
5329 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
5330 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
5331 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
5332 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
5333 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
5334 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
5335 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
5336 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
5337 beat within the measure.
5339 and check out the changes in
5340 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5345 @subheading July 15, 2004
5346 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
5350 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5355 @subheading July 11, 2004
5356 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
5362 @subheading July 5, 2004
5363 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
5364 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
5365 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
5366 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
5368 and check out the changes
5369 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5374 @subheading July 5, 2004
5375 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
5379 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5384 @subheading June 25, 2004
5385 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
5386 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
5387 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
5388 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
5389 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
5390 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
5391 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5393 @ref{Old downloads}.
5398 @subheading June 20, 2004
5399 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
5400 bugs that were reported over the past month. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog} for a full description and
5401 @ref{Old downloads}.
5406 @subheading June 13, 2004
5407 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
5408 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
5409 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5411 @ref{Old downloads}.
5416 @subheading May 31, 2004
5417 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
5418 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
5419 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5421 @ref{Old downloads}.
5426 @subheading May 31, 2004
5427 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
5428 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5429 or head straight to the
5430 @ref{Old downloads}.
5435 @subheading May 26, 2004
5436 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
5437 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
5438 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5439 @ref{Old downloads}.
5444 @subheading May 9, 2004
5445 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
5446 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5447 @ref{Old downloads}.
5452 @subheading May 4, 2004
5453 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
5455 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
5456 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
5457 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
5458 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
5459 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
5464 @subheading May 3, 2004
5465 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
5466 @ref{Old downloads}.
5471 @subheading April 17, 2004
5472 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
5473 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
5479 @subheading April 12, 2004
5480 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
5481 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
5482 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
5483 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
5484 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
5485 @ref{Old downloads}.
5490 @subheading April 8, 2004
5491 A French article on the new LilyPond
5492 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
5497 @subheading April 8, 2004
5498 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
5499 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
5505 @subheading April 1, 2004
5506 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
5507 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
5508 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
5509 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
5510 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
5511 @ref{Old downloads}.
5516 @subheading March 31, 2004
5517 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
5518 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
5519 documentation polish. This should be the final release
5520 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
5522 @ref{Old downloads}.
5527 @subheading March 30, 2004
5528 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
5530 @ref{Old downloads}.
5535 @subheading March 28, 2004
5536 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
5537 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
5538 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5545 @subheading March 22, 2004
5546 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5547 @ref{Old downloads}.
5552 @subheading March 21, 2004
5553 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5560 @subheading March 20, 2004
5561 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5562 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5563 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5565 @ref{Old downloads}.
5570 @subheading March 15, 2004
5571 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5572 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5573 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5576 @ref{Old downloads}.
5581 @subheading March 14, 2004
5583 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5584 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5590 @subheading March 11, 2004
5591 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5593 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5594 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5595 authors of LilyPond.
5600 @subheading March 11, 2004
5601 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5602 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5605 @ref{Old downloads}.
5610 @subheading March 9, 2004
5611 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5612 experimental support for producing titles with
5618 @subheading February 29, 2004
5619 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5620 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5621 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5623 @ref{Old downloads}.
5628 @subheading February 24, 2004
5629 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5630 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5631 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5633 @ref{Old downloads}.
5638 @subheading February 23, 2004
5639 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5640 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5641 produce cue notes. More information in the
5648 @subheading February 18, 2004
5649 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5650 for altering accidental rules.
5656 @subheading February 16, 2004
5657 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5658 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5659 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5660 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5661 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5662 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5663 More information in the
5670 @subheading February 13, 2004
5671 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5672 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5673 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5680 @subheading February 12, 2004
5681 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5682 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5683 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5684 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5691 @subheading February 9, 2004
5692 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5693 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5694 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5695 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5696 More information in the
5703 @subheading February 5, 2004
5704 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5705 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5706 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5707 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5708 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5709 More information in the
5716 @subheading February 4, 2004
5717 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5718 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5719 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5727 @subheading February 2, 2004
5728 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5729 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5730 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5737 @subheading January 28, 2004
5738 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5739 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5740 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5741 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5750 @subheading January 26, 2004
5751 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5752 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5755 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5760 @subheading January 21, 2004
5762 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5763 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5764 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5767 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5772 @subheading January 20, 2004
5773 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5774 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5775 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5776 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5781 @subheading January 20, 2004
5782 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5783 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5784 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5785 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5791 @subheading January 19, 2004
5792 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5793 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5795 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5800 @subheading January 18, 2004
5801 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5802 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5803 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20040204191423/http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5808 @subheading January 17, 2004
5809 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5810 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5811 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5813 More information in the
5814 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5819 @subheading January 16, 2004
5820 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5821 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5823 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5828 @subheading January 13, 2004
5829 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
5830 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
5831 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
5833 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5838 @subheading January 9, 2004
5839 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
5840 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
5841 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
5842 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
5843 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
5844 individual music expressions.
5845 More information in the
5846 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5851 @subheading January 7, 2004
5852 An update to the stable branch,
5853 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
5854 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
5859 @subheading January 6, 2004
5860 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
5861 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
5862 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
5863 More information in the
5864 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5869 @subheading January 4, 2004
5870 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
5872 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
5873 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5878 @subheading January 2, 2004
5879 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
5880 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
5881 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
5882 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5887 @subheading December 30, 2003
5888 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
5889 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
5890 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
5891 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5896 @subheading December 23, 2003
5897 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
5898 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
5899 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
5900 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
5901 to implement this are welcome!) See the
5902 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5907 @subheading December 17, 2003
5908 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
5909 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
5910 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
5912 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5917 @subheading December 16, 2003
5918 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
5919 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
5920 Han-Wen's absence. See the
5921 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5926 @subheading October 11, 2003
5927 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
5929 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5934 @subheading October 11, 2003
5935 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
5937 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
5938 thanks to Heikki Junes.
5943 @subheading October 9, 2003
5944 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
5945 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
5946 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
5951 @subheading October 5, 2003
5952 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
5959 @subheading October 4, 2003
5960 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
5962 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
5963 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
5968 @subheading September 29, 2003
5969 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
5970 contains minor bugfixes.
5971 See the @ref{Changes}
5972 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
5977 @subheading September 27, 2003
5978 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
5979 @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,
5980 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
5986 @subheading September 24, 2003
5987 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
5988 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
5989 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
5990 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
5991 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
5996 @subheading September 24, 2003
5997 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
5998 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
5999 the @ref{Changes} and
6000 download @uref{install/,here}.
6005 @subheading September 23, 2003
6006 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
6007 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6008 the @ref{Changes} and
6009 download @uref{install/,here}.
6014 @subheading September 19, 2003
6015 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
6016 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6017 the @ref{Changes} and
6018 download @uref{install/,here}.
6023 @subheading September 17, 2003
6024 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
6025 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
6031 @subheading September 16, 2003
6032 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
6033 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
6039 @subheading September 10, 2003
6040 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
6041 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
6042 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
6043 will be available in a few weeks.
6049 @subheading September 9, 2003
6050 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
6051 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
6057 @subheading September 7, 2003
6058 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
6059 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
6065 @subheading August 31, 2003
6066 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
6067 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
6068 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
6074 @subheading August 31, 2003
6075 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
6076 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
6081 @subheading August 31, 2003
6082 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
6083 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
6084 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
6085 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6090 @subheading August 28, 2003
6091 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
6092 @ref{Changes} and get it
6093 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6098 @subheading August 26, 2003
6099 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
6100 @ref{Changes} and get it
6101 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6106 @subheading August 25, 2003
6107 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
6108 @ref{Changes} and get it
6109 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6114 @subheading August 25, 2003
6115 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
6116 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
6121 @subheading August 21, 2003
6122 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
6123 read the @ref{Changes}.
6128 @subheading August 18, 2003
6129 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
6130 has been updated to 1.8.
6131 Download @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,here.}
6136 @subheading August 7, 2003
6137 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
6138 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
6143 @subheading August 7, 2003
6144 New website went live!
6149 @subheading August 6, 2003
6150 Announced new website.
6155 @subheading August 1, 2003
6156 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
6161 @subheading July 30, 2003
6162 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
6163 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
6169 @subheading July 29, 2003
6170 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
6171 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.