1 @c -*- coding: utf-8; mode: texinfo; -*-
5 (I'd rather have the below in the CG. -gp)
8 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
9 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
26 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
32 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
34 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
35 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
36 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
43 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
45 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
46 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
47 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
48 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
49 the bug report of the report!
52 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
53 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
59 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
61 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
62 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
63 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
70 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
72 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
73 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
74 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
81 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
83 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
84 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
85 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
86 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
90 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
91 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
99 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
101 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
102 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
103 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
106 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
107 caution and expect breakage.
112 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
114 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
115 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
116 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
119 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
120 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
121 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
122 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
127 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
129 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
130 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
131 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
137 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
139 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
140 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
141 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
142 improvements to the new website.
144 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
145 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
147 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
148 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
150 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
156 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
158 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
159 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
160 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
165 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
167 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
168 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
169 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
175 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
177 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
178 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
179 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
185 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
187 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
188 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
189 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
194 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
196 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
197 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
198 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
203 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
205 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
206 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
207 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
210 This release should be of particular interest to package
211 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
212 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
213 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
219 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
221 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
222 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
223 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
224 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
227 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
228 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
235 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
237 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
238 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
239 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
242 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
243 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
244 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
245 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
246 see the Changes document for more information.
250 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
252 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
253 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
254 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
259 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
261 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
262 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
263 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
264 so this release is intended for developers only.
268 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
270 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
271 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
272 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
277 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
279 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
280 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
285 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
287 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
288 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
289 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
295 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
297 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
298 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
299 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
300 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
301 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
303 What are you waiting for? Come
304 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
305 LilyPond Report 17} now!
310 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
312 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
313 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
314 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
318 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
320 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
321 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
322 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
323 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
324 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
329 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
331 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
332 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
333 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
337 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
339 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
340 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
341 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
342 critical regressions against earlier versions.
346 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
348 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
349 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
350 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
351 and English names for feta filenames.
357 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
359 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
360 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
361 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
362 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
365 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
366 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
367 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
373 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
375 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
376 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
377 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
378 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
380 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
381 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
386 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
388 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
389 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
395 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
397 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
398 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
399 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
406 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
408 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
409 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
410 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
411 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
413 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
414 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
415 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
423 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
425 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
426 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
427 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
428 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
429 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
430 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
431 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
432 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
438 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
440 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
441 its team, its world, its community.
442 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
443 to read the full issue...
448 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
450 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
451 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
452 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
457 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
459 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
460 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
466 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
468 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
470 @uref{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
477 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
479 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
480 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
481 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
482 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
483 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
485 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
486 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
495 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
497 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
498 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
499 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
500 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
501 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
502 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
510 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
512 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
513 documentation and translations.
519 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 – Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
521 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
522 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
523 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
524 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
525 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
533 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
535 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
536 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
537 (teaching) has been added.
546 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
548 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
549 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
550 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
556 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
558 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
559 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
560 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
561 translations of the documentation.
567 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
569 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
570 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
571 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
572 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
573 deceased since then. All the development team express their
574 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
575 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
576 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
577 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
586 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
588 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
589 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
590 markup command names have been made.
598 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
600 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
601 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
602 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
603 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
604 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
612 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
614 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
615 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
623 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
625 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
626 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
627 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
635 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
637 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
645 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
647 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
648 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
649 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
658 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
660 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
661 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
662 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
663 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
671 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
673 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
674 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
683 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
685 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
686 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
691 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
693 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
694 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
699 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
701 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
709 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
711 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
712 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
713 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
721 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
723 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
724 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
729 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
731 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
732 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
737 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
739 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
740 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
741 regression tests maintenance for developers.
749 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
751 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
752 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
761 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
763 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
764 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
765 report, new translations of the site and publications.
766 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
767 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
768 announce releases and special events.
773 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
775 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
776 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
777 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
782 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
784 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
785 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
786 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
787 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
788 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
798 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
800 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
801 names has been added to the MusicXML
810 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
812 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
817 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
819 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
820 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
821 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
830 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
832 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
841 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
843 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
844 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
845 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
846 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
847 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
848 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
854 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
856 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
857 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
858 updates to the MusicXML converter.
866 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
868 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
869 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
874 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
876 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
877 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
878 Grand Documentation Project.
886 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
888 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
890 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
891 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
897 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
899 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
907 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
909 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
910 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
918 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
920 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
921 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
922 for the translations.
930 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
932 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
933 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
934 and lots of updates for the translations.
936 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
937 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
943 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
945 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
946 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
947 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
948 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
953 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
954 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
955 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
964 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
966 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
967 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
975 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
977 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
978 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
980 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
981 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
987 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
988 This has lots of bugfixes.
990 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
991 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
997 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
998 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des
999 LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
1000 sind auf deutsch übersetzt — sie sind erhältlich für
1002 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
1007 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
1008 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
1010 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
1012 @ref{Old downloads}.
1017 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
1018 This release has some documentation updates.
1020 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
1022 @ref{Old downloads}.
1027 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
1028 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont
1029 désormais traduits, et disponibles en ligne — @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
1030 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
1031 2.11}. Les traductions sont également incluses dans la @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
1036 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
1037 This release fixes many bugs.
1039 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
1040 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
1042 @ref{Old downloads}.
1047 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
1048 This release fixes many bugs.
1050 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
1051 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
1053 @ref{Old downloads}.
1058 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
1059 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
1060 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
1062 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
1064 @ref{Old downloads}.
1069 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
1070 This release fixes still more bugs.
1072 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
1074 @ref{Old downloads}.
1079 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
1080 This release fixes many bugs.
1081 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
1082 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
1084 @ref{Old downloads})
1089 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
1090 This release will stretch piano staves on a
1091 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
1092 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
1094 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
1095 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
1097 @ref{Old downloads}.
1102 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
1103 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
1104 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
1106 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
1113 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1114 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
1115 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
1117 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
1119 @ref{Old downloads}.
1124 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1125 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
1126 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
1128 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
1130 @ref{Old downloads}.
1135 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1136 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
1139 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
1141 @ref{Old downloads}.
1146 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
1147 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
1149 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
1151 @ref{Old downloads}.
1156 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
1157 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
1158 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
1159 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
1161 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
1163 @ref{Old downloads}.
1168 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
1169 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
1170 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
1171 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
1172 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
1173 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
1175 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
1177 @ref{Old downloads}.
1182 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
1183 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
1184 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
1187 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
1189 @ref{Old downloads}.
1194 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
1195 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and —in 2.11.9&mdash
1196 further improvements in the regression test suite
1200 @ref{Old downloads}.
1205 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
1206 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1210 @ref{Old downloads}.
1215 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
1216 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
1221 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
1222 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
1227 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
1228 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1232 @ref{Old downloads}.
1237 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
1238 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
1239 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
1243 @ref{Old downloads}.
1248 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
1249 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1253 @ref{Old downloads}.
1258 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
1259 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
1264 @ref{Old downloads}.
1269 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
1270 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1274 @ref{Old downloads}.
1279 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
1280 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
1281 within a system as well as between systems.
1285 @ref{Old downloads}.
1290 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1291 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
1292 test results} and several website build improvements.
1296 @ref{Old downloads}.
1301 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1302 This release fixes several bugs.
1305 @ref{Old downloads}.
1310 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1311 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
1316 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
1317 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en
1318 français est maintenant disponible en ligne. @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1319 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1325 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1326 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
1330 @ref{Old downloads}.
1335 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1336 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1339 @ref{Old downloads}.
1344 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
1345 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
1349 @ref{Old downloads}.
1354 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
1355 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1358 @ref{Old downloads}.
1363 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
1364 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1369 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1370 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{announce-v2.10.html,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1375 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1376 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
1377 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
1382 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
1383 This release has many more bugfixes.
1386 @ref{Old downloads}.
1391 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
1392 This release has many more bugfixes.
1395 @ref{Old downloads}.
1400 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
1401 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
1406 @ref{Old downloads}.
1411 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
1412 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
1413 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
1414 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
1415 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
1416 (@ref{Publications}).
1421 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
1422 This release has further bugfixes.
1425 @ref{Old downloads}.
1430 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
1431 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
1432 available for x86/64.
1435 @ref{Old downloads}.
1440 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
1441 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
1442 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1443 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
1444 @ref{Old downloads})
1449 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
1450 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
1451 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1456 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
1457 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1462 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
1463 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1468 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
1469 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1474 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
1475 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
1476 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1481 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
1482 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
1483 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
1484 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1489 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
1490 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
1495 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
1496 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
1497 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
1502 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
1503 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
1504 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
1505 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
1506 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1511 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
1512 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
1513 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1518 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
1519 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
1520 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
1521 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1526 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
1527 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
1528 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
1529 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1534 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1535 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
1537 @ref{Old downloads})
1542 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1543 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
1545 @ref{Old downloads})
1550 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
1551 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
1552 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1554 @ref{Old downloads})
1559 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1560 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
1561 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1562 (@ref{Old downloads})
1567 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1568 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
1569 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
1570 glory} what features are broken in the development release
1575 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
1576 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
1577 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
1578 the development releases even better
1583 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
1585 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
1586 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
1587 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1592 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
1593 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
1594 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
1595 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
1596 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
1597 esthetics}. Happy reading!
1602 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
1603 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
1604 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
1606 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1611 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1612 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
1613 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
1614 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
1615 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1620 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1621 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
1622 (@ref{Old downloads})
1627 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
1628 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
1629 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
1630 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
1631 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
1632 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1637 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
1638 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
1639 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
1640 (@ref{Publications})
1645 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1646 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
1647 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1652 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1653 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
1654 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
1655 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1660 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
1661 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
1662 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
1667 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
1668 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @uref{announce-v2.8.html,release
1669 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1674 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
1675 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
1676 released. (@ref{Changes},
1677 @ref{Old downloads})
1682 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
1683 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
1684 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
1685 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
1686 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
1687 multi-measure rests.
1689 @ref{Old downloads})
1694 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
1695 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
1697 @ref{Old downloads})
1702 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
1703 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
1704 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
1705 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
1706 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1707 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
1708 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
1709 @ref{Old downloads})
1714 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
1715 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
1716 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
1717 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
1718 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
1719 @ref{Old downloads})
1724 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
1725 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
1726 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
1727 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
1728 the endings and the middle
1729 part. (@ref{Changes},
1730 @ref{Old downloads})
1735 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
1736 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
1737 parenthesized, for example,
1740 c4 -\parenthesize -.
1741 <d \parenthesize fis a>
1745 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
1746 @ref{Old downloads})
1751 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
1752 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
1753 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
1763 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
1764 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
1765 vector. (@ref{Changes},
1766 @ref{Old downloads})
1771 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
1772 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
1773 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
1774 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
1775 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
1776 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
1777 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
1779 @ref{Old downloads})
1784 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
1785 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
1786 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
1787 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
1788 @ref{Old downloads})
1793 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
1794 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
1795 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
1796 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
1797 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
1798 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
1799 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
1800 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1801 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1802 @ref{Old downloads})
1807 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
1808 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
1809 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
1810 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
1811 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
1812 @ref{Old downloads})
1817 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
1819 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
1820 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
1821 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
1826 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
1827 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
1828 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
1829 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
1830 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
1835 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1836 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
1837 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
1839 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
1841 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
1843 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
1849 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1850 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
1851 (feature sponsored by Andrea
1852 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
1853 @ref{Old downloads})
1858 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
1859 Linux Journal publishes an article on
1860 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
1861 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
1862 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
1865 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
1866 “GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
1867 alternatives seem second-rate.”
1868 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
1873 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
1874 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
1875 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
1876 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
1877 page. Let us know how you fare!
1882 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
1883 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
1884 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
1885 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
1886 The important occasion for this release is our new build
1887 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
1888 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
1889 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
1890 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
1892 @ref{Old downloads})
1897 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
1898 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
1899 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
1900 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
1901 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
1902 @ref{Old downloads})
1907 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
1908 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
1909 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
1910 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
1911 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
1912 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
1913 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
1914 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
1915 functions. (@ref{Changes},
1916 @ref{Old downloads})
1921 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
1922 This release has the following new features:
1925 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
1926 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
1927 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1929 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
1930 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
1931 and Bertalan Fodor).
1933 Generic music functions may now also be used on
1934 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
1937 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
1938 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
1939 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
1943 @ref{Old downloads})
1948 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
1949 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
1950 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
1951 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
1952 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
1953 van den Borre and Bertalan
1954 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
1955 @ref{Old downloads})
1960 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
1961 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
1962 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
1963 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
1969 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
1970 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
1971 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
1972 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
1973 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
1975 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
1976 @ref{Old downloads})
1981 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
1982 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
1983 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
1988 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
1989 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
1990 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
1991 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
1992 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
1993 etc. (@ref{Changes},
1994 @ref{Old downloads})
1999 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
2000 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
2001 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
2002 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
2003 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
2004 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
2005 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2006 @ref{Old downloads})
2011 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
2012 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
2013 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
2014 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
2015 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2016 @ref{Old downloads})
2021 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
2022 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
2023 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
2024 @ref{Old downloads})
2029 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
2030 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
2031 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
2032 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
2033 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
2034 properties. (@ref{Changes},
2035 @ref{Old downloads})
2040 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
2041 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
2042 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
2043 that compute said property, i.e.
2046 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
2047 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
2050 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
2051 @ref{Old downloads})
2056 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
2057 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
2058 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
2059 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
2060 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
2061 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
2062 also provides advanced tweakability for power
2063 users. (@ref{Changes},
2064 @ref{Old downloads})
2069 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
2070 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
2071 series. (@ref{Changes},
2072 @ref{Old downloads})
2077 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
2078 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
2079 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
2080 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
2081 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
2082 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
2083 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
2084 sponsored by Nicolas
2085 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
2086 @ref{Old downloads})
2091 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
2092 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
2093 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
2094 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
2095 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
2096 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
2097 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2098 @ref{Old downloads})
2103 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
2104 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
2105 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
2106 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
2107 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
2108 @ref{Old downloads})
2113 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
2114 This is mainly a bugfix
2115 release. (@ref{Changes},
2116 @ref{Old downloads})
2121 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
2122 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
2123 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
2124 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
2125 la gravure musicale}.
2130 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
2131 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
2132 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
2133 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
2134 @ref{Old downloads})
2139 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
2140 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
2141 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
2142 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
2143 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
2144 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
2149 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
2150 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
2151 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
2152 Baca, and Vicente Solsona
2153 Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
2154 @ref{Old downloads})
2159 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
2160 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
2161 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
2162 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
2163 signs. (@ref{Changes},
2164 @ref{Old downloads})
2169 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
2170 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
2171 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
2172 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
2173 @ref{Old downloads})
2178 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
2179 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
2180 for a note is proportional to the time it
2181 takes. (@ref{Changes},
2182 @ref{Old downloads})
2187 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
2188 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
2189 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
2194 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
2195 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
2196 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
2197 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
2199 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
2200 @ref{Old downloads})
2205 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
2206 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
2207 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
2208 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
2210 @ref{Old downloads})
2215 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
2216 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
2217 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
2218 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
2219 @ref{Old downloads})
2224 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
2225 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
2227 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
2228 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
2229 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
2230 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
2231 (@uref{announce-v2.6.html,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
2236 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
2237 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
2238 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
2239 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
2244 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
2245 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
2246 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
2247 @ref{Old downloads})
2252 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
2253 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
2254 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
2255 @ref{Old downloads})
2260 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
2261 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
2262 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
2263 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
2264 (@ref{Old downloads})
2269 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
2270 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
2271 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
2272 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
2277 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
2278 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
2279 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
2280 better help functionality.
2281 (@ref{Old downloads})
2286 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
2287 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
2288 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
2289 compile them directly from
2290 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
2295 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
2296 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
2297 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
2302 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
2303 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
2304 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
2305 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
2310 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
2311 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
2312 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
2313 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
2314 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
2319 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2320 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
2321 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
2326 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2327 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
2332 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
2333 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
2334 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
2339 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
2340 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
2341 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
2342 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
2343 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
2348 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
2349 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
2350 now possible to start and stop the StaffSymbol, during a piece of
2351 music, by doing \stopStaff \startStaff. This can be used to produce
2353 staves. (@ref{Changes},
2354 @ref{Old downloads})
2359 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
2361 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
2362 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
2364 (@ref{Old downloads})
2369 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
2370 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
2371 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
2372 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
2373 signatures like 5/8.
2375 @ref{Old downloads})
2380 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
2381 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
2382 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
2383 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
2384 More details are in the
2386 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
2391 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
2392 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
2393 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
2394 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
2395 Scheme code. Take a look at
2397 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
2402 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
2403 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
2404 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
2405 place. @ref{Old downloads}
2410 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
2411 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
2412 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
2413 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
2418 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
2419 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
2420 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
2426 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
2427 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
2428 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
2429 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
2430 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2431 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2436 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2437 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
2438 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
2439 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
2440 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
2441 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
2443 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2448 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2449 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
2450 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
2456 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2457 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/Fedora-3/ghostscript-8.15rc3-0.i386.rpm,ESP
2458 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
2459 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
2460 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
2466 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2467 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
2468 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}.
2469 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2470 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2475 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
2476 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
2477 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
2478 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
2479 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
2484 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
2485 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
2486 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
2487 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
2488 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
2490 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2495 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
2496 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
2497 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
2498 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
2499 @ref{Old downloads}!
2504 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
2505 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
2506 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
2507 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
2513 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
2514 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
2515 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
2521 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
2522 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
2523 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
2524 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
2526 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
2528 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
2533 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
2534 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
2535 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
2536 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
2537 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
2538 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
2539 font code by Werner.
2541 and check out the changes in
2542 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2547 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
2548 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
2549 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
2550 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
2551 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
2552 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
2553 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
2554 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
2555 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
2556 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
2559 changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3013&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2564 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
2565 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
2566 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
2567 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
2568 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
2570 and check out the changes in
2571 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2576 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
2577 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
2578 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
2579 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
2580 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
2581 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
2584 changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2974&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2589 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
2590 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
2591 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
2592 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
2593 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
2594 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
2595 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
2596 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
2597 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
2601 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2908&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2606 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
2607 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
2608 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
2609 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
2610 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
2611 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
2613 and check out the changes in
2614 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2619 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
2620 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
2621 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
2622 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
2623 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
2624 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
2625 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
2626 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
2627 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
2630 and check out the changes in
2631 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2636 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
2637 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
2638 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
2639 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
2640 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
2641 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
2644 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
2647 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
2648 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
2649 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
2650 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
2651 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
2654 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2837&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2659 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
2660 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
2661 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
2667 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
2668 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
2669 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
2671 and check out the changes in
2672 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2677 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
2678 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @uref{announce-v2.4.html,released!}
2679 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
2680 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
2681 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
2688 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2689 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
2690 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
2691 some problems with the conversion scripts.
2693 and check out the changes in
2694 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2699 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2700 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2701 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
2702 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
2703 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
2705 and check out the changes in
2706 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2711 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
2712 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
2713 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
2714 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
2716 and check out the changes in
2717 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2722 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
2723 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
2724 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
2725 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2727 and check out the changes in
2728 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2733 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
2734 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
2735 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
2736 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
2740 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2709&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2745 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
2746 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
2747 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
2748 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
2752 out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2692&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2757 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
2758 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
2759 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
2760 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
2761 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
2762 in the documentation.
2764 and check out the changes in
2765 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2770 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
2771 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
2772 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
2773 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
2774 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
2779 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
2780 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
2782 and check out the changes
2783 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2788 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
2789 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
2790 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
2791 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
2792 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
2793 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
2794 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
2797 and check out the changes in
2798 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2803 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
2804 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
2805 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
2806 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
2807 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
2808 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
2809 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
2810 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
2811 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
2812 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
2813 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
2814 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
2815 will hold users back in switching.
2817 and check out the changes in
2818 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2823 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
2824 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
2825 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
2826 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
2827 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
2828 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
2829 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
2831 and check out the changes in
2832 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2837 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
2838 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
2839 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
2840 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
2841 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
2842 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
2846 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2534&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2851 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2852 LilyPond now has a Documentation
2853 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
2854 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
2855 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
2856 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
2857 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
2858 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
2859 chapter of the user manual.
2860 A lot of cheers for Graham!
2865 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2866 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
2867 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
2868 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
2869 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
2870 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
2871 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
2875 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2520&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2880 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
2881 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
2882 disappearing metronome mark.
2884 and check out the changes in
2885 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.33&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2890 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
2891 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
2892 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
2893 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
2894 `doubleSlurs' property.
2896 and check out the changes in
2897 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2902 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
2903 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
2904 annoying bugs fixed.
2907 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2449&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2912 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
2913 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
2914 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
2915 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
2916 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
2917 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
2918 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
2921 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
2922 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
2924 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
2925 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
2930 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2435&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2935 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
2936 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
2937 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
2938 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
2939 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
2940 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
2941 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
2942 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
2943 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
2944 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
2945 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
2948 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2416&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2953 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
2954 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
2955 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
2956 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
2957 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
2960 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2395&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2965 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
2966 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
2967 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
2968 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
2969 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
2970 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
2971 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
2972 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
2973 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
2974 beat within the measure.
2976 and check out the changes in
2977 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2982 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
2983 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
2987 out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.28&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2992 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
2993 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
2999 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
3000 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
3001 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
3002 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
3003 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
3005 and check out the changes
3006 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3011 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
3012 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
3016 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.23&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3021 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
3022 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
3023 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
3024 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
3025 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
3026 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
3027 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
3028 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2293&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
3030 @ref{Old downloads}.
3035 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
3036 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
3037 bugs that were reported over the past month. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.16&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog} for a full description and
3038 @ref{Old downloads}.
3043 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
3044 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
3045 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
3046 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2242&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
3048 @ref{Old downloads}.
3053 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
3054 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
3055 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
3056 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2207&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
3058 @ref{Old downloads}.
3063 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
3064 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
3065 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.9,ChangeLog}
3066 or head straight to the
3067 @ref{Old downloads}.
3072 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
3073 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
3074 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
3075 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
3076 @ref{Old downloads}.
3081 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
3082 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
3083 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
3084 @ref{Old downloads}.
3089 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
3090 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
3092 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
3093 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
3094 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
3095 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
3096 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
3101 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
3102 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
3103 @ref{Old downloads}.
3108 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
3109 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
3110 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
3116 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
3117 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
3118 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
3119 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
3120 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
3121 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
3122 @ref{Old downloads}.
3127 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
3128 A French article on the new LilyPond
3129 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
3134 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
3135 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
3136 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
3142 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
3143 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
3144 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
3145 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
3146 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
3147 the @uref{announce-v2.2.html,announcement} or skip to the
3148 @ref{Old downloads}.
3153 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
3154 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
3155 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
3156 documentation polish. This should be the final release
3157 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
3159 @ref{Old downloads}.
3164 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
3165 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
3167 @ref{Old downloads}.
3172 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
3173 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
3174 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
3175 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
3182 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
3183 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
3184 @ref{Old downloads}.
3189 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
3190 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
3197 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
3198 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
3199 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
3200 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
3202 @ref{Old downloads}.
3207 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
3208 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
3209 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
3210 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
3213 @ref{Old downloads}.
3218 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
3220 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
3221 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
3227 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
3228 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
3230 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
3231 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
3232 authors of LilyPond.
3237 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
3238 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
3239 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
3242 @ref{Old downloads}.
3247 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
3248 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
3249 experimental support for producing titles with
3255 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
3256 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
3257 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
3258 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
3260 @ref{Old downloads}.
3265 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
3266 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
3267 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
3268 of lyrics related bugs. See the
3270 @ref{Old downloads}.
3275 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
3276 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
3277 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
3278 produce cue notes. More information in the
3285 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
3286 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
3287 for altering accidental rules.
3293 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
3294 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
3295 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
3296 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
3297 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
3298 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
3299 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
3300 More information in the
3307 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
3308 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
3309 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
3310 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
3317 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
3318 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
3319 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
3320 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
3321 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
3328 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
3329 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
3330 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
3331 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
3332 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
3333 More information in the
3340 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
3341 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
3342 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
3343 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
3344 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
3345 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
3346 More information in the
3353 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
3354 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
3355 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
3356 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
3364 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
3365 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
3366 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
3367 @code{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
3374 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
3375 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
3376 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
3377 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
3378 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
3387 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
3388 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
3389 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
3392 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3397 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
3399 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
3400 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
3401 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
3404 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3409 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3410 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
3411 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
3412 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
3413 access, but only HTTP downloads.
3418 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3419 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
3420 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
3421 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
3422 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
3428 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
3429 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
3430 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
3432 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3437 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
3438 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
3439 available for Windows! For downloading, go
3440 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
3445 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
3446 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
3447 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
3448 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
3450 More information in the
3451 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3456 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
3457 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
3458 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
3460 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3465 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
3466 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
3467 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
3468 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
3470 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3475 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
3476 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
3477 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
3478 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
3479 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
3480 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
3481 individual music expressions.
3482 More information in the
3483 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3488 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
3489 An update to the stable branch,
3490 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
3491 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
3496 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
3497 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
3498 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
3499 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
3500 More information in the
3501 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3506 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
3507 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to
3508 improve the layout of lyrics. More
3510 @uref{@@DOC@@v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
3511 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3516 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
3517 in LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric
3518 alignment is completely revamped, and now matches my Edition
3519 Peters version of the Schubert song Sängers Morgen. More
3521 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3526 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
3527 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and linethickness
3528 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
3529 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
3530 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3535 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
3536 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
3537 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
3538 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
3539 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
3540 to implement this are welcome!) See the
3541 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3546 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
3547 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
3548 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
3549 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
3551 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3556 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
3557 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
3558 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
3559 Han-Wen's absence. See the
3560 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3565 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3566 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
3568 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3573 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3574 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
3576 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
3577 thanks to Heikki Junes.
3582 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
3583 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
3584 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
3585 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
3590 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
3591 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
3598 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
3599 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
3601 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
3602 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
3607 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
3608 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
3609 contains minor bugfixes.
3610 See the @ref{Changes}
3611 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
3616 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
3617 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
3618 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
3619 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
3625 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3626 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
3627 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
3628 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
3629 @uref{announce-v2.0.html,here}, or go to the
3630 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
3635 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3636 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
3637 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
3638 the @ref{Changes} and
3639 download @uref{install/,here}.
3644 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
3645 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
3646 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3647 the @ref{Changes} and
3648 download @uref{install/,here}.
3653 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
3654 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
3655 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3656 the @ref{Changes} and
3657 download @uref{install/,here}.
3662 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
3663 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
3664 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
3670 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
3671 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
3672 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
3678 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
3679 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
3680 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
3681 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
3682 will be available in a few weeks.
3688 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
3689 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
3690 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
3696 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
3697 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
3698 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
3704 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3705 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
3706 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
3707 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
3713 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3714 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
3715 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
3720 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3721 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
3722 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
3723 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
3724 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3729 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
3730 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
3731 @ref{Changes} and get it
3732 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3737 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
3738 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
3739 @ref{Changes} and get it
3740 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3745 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3746 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
3747 @ref{Changes} and get it
3748 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3753 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3754 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
3755 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
3760 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
3761 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
3762 read the @ref{Changes}.
3767 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
3768 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
3769 has been updated to 1.8.
3770 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
3775 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3776 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
3777 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
3782 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3783 New website went live!
3788 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
3789 Announced new website.
3794 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
3795 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
3800 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
3801 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
3802 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
3808 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
3809 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
3810 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.