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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
30 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
33 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
34 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
35 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
36 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
41 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
43 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
44 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
45 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
46 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
47 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
52 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
54 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
55 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
56 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
57 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
58 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
63 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
65 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
66 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
67 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
68 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
69 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
70 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
75 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
77 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
78 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
79 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
80 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
81 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
86 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
88 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
89 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
90 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
91 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
92 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
97 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
99 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
100 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
101 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
102 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
103 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
108 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
110 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
111 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
112 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
113 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
114 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
119 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
121 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
122 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
123 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
124 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
125 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
130 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
132 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
133 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
134 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
135 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
136 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
141 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
143 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
144 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
145 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
146 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
147 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
153 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
155 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
156 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
157 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
161 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
163 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
164 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
165 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
166 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
167 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
172 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
174 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
175 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
176 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
177 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
178 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
183 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
185 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
186 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
187 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
188 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
193 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
195 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
196 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
197 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
198 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
203 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
205 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
206 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
207 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
208 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
213 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
215 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
216 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
217 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
218 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
224 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
226 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
227 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
228 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
229 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
234 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
236 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
237 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
238 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
239 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
241 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
242 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
246 Support for kievan square notation
248 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
250 Music functions have become quite more versatile
253 A full list of new features is given in:
256 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
259 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
261 Main development team:
263 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
264 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
265 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
266 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
267 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
270 Programming contributors:
272 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
273 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
274 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
275 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
277 Documentation contributors:
279 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
283 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
288 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
290 Translation contributors:
292 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
297 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
299 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
300 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
301 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
303 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
304 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
305 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
307 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
308 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
314 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
316 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
317 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
319 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
320 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
321 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
328 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
330 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
331 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
332 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
333 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
334 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
335 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
338 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
339 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
344 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
346 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
347 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
348 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
349 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
350 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
356 @subsubheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
358 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
359 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
360 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
361 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
364 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
365 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
366 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
373 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
375 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
376 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
378 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
379 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
380 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
387 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
389 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
390 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
391 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
392 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
393 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
399 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
401 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
402 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
403 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
404 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
407 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
408 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
409 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
416 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
418 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
419 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
420 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
421 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
422 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
423 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
426 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
427 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
434 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
436 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
437 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
438 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
439 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
442 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
443 candidate will be required.
449 @subsubheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
451 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
452 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
453 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
454 working on open source software.
456 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
457 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
463 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
465 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
466 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
467 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
468 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
471 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
472 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
473 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
480 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
482 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
483 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
484 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
485 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
488 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
489 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
490 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
497 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
499 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
500 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
501 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
502 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
505 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
506 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
513 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
515 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
516 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
518 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
519 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
520 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
527 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
529 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
530 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
532 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
533 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
534 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
541 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
543 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
544 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
546 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
547 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
548 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
555 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
557 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
558 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
559 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
560 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
563 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
564 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
571 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
573 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
574 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
576 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
577 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
578 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
585 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
587 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
588 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
590 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
591 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
592 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
599 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
601 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
602 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
603 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
604 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
607 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
608 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
609 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
616 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
618 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
619 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
621 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
622 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
623 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
630 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
632 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
633 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
635 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
636 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
637 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
644 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
646 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
647 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
649 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
650 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
651 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
658 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
660 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
661 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
662 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
663 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
664 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
667 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
668 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
675 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
677 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
678 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
680 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
681 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
682 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
685 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
691 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
693 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
694 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
696 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
697 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
698 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
705 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
707 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
708 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
710 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
711 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
712 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
719 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
721 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
722 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
724 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
725 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
726 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
733 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
735 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
736 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
738 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
739 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
740 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
747 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
749 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
750 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
752 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
753 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
754 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
761 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
763 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
764 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
766 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
767 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
768 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
775 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
777 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
778 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
780 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
781 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
782 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
789 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
791 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
792 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
794 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
795 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
796 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
803 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
805 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
806 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
808 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
809 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
810 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
817 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
819 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
820 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
822 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
823 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
824 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
831 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
833 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
834 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
836 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
837 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
838 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
845 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
847 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
848 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
850 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
851 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
852 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
859 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
861 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
868 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
870 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
871 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
872 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
873 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
876 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
877 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
878 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
885 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
887 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
888 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
890 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
891 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
892 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
893 not the next release candidate.
899 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
901 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
902 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
904 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
905 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
906 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
907 next release candidate.
913 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
915 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
916 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
917 support for MacOS X 10.7.
919 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
920 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
921 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
922 next release candidate.
928 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
930 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
931 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
932 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
933 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
936 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
937 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
938 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
945 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
947 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
948 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
950 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
951 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
957 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
959 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
960 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
962 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
963 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
969 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
971 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
972 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
973 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
981 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
983 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
984 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
986 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
987 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
993 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
995 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
996 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
998 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
999 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1005 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1007 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1008 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1010 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1011 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1017 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1019 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1020 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1022 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1023 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1029 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1031 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1032 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1033 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1038 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1040 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1041 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1042 usual number of bugs.
1044 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1045 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1050 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1052 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1053 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1054 usual number of bugs.
1056 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1057 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1063 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1065 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1066 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1067 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1068 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1070 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1071 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1076 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1079 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1080 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1083 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1088 A full list of new features is given in:
1091 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1094 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1096 Main development team:
1098 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1099 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1100 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1101 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1102 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1104 Programming contributors:
1106 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1107 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1108 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1109 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1110 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1111 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1115 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1117 Documentation contributors:
1119 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1120 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
1124 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
1125 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
1127 Binaries support contributors:
1131 Translation contributors:
1133 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
1134 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
1141 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
1143 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1144 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1145 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1146 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1149 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1150 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1151 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1158 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
1160 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
1161 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1163 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1164 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1170 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
1172 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
1173 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1175 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1176 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1182 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
1184 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
1185 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1187 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1188 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1194 @subsubheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
1196 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
1197 article in the May 2011 issue titled
1198 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
1199 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
1200 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
1201 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
1202 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
1207 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
1209 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
1210 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1212 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1213 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1219 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
1221 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1222 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1223 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1224 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1227 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1228 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1229 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1236 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
1238 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1239 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1240 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1241 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1244 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1245 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1246 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1253 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
1255 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1256 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1257 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1258 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1261 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1262 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1263 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1270 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
1272 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
1273 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1275 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
1276 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1282 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
1284 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
1285 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1286 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1287 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1288 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1294 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
1296 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1297 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1298 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1299 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1302 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1303 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1304 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1311 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
1313 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
1314 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1316 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1317 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1322 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
1324 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
1325 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1327 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1328 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1333 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
1335 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
1336 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1338 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1339 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1345 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
1347 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
1348 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1350 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
1351 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
1352 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
1358 @subsubheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
1360 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
1361 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
1362 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
1369 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
1371 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1372 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1373 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1374 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1377 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1378 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1379 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1386 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
1388 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
1389 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1390 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1398 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
1400 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
1401 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1402 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1410 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
1412 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
1413 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1414 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1415 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1416 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1422 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
1424 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1425 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1426 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1427 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1430 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1431 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1432 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1439 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
1441 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
1442 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1443 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1452 @subsubheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
1454 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
1455 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1456 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1457 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1460 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1461 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1462 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1463 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1469 @subsubheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
1471 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
1472 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1473 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1474 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1477 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1478 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1479 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1480 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1486 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
1488 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
1489 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1490 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1493 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1494 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1495 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1501 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
1503 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
1504 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1505 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1508 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1509 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1510 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1516 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
1518 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
1519 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1520 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1523 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1524 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1525 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1531 @subsubheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
1533 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
1534 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1535 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1536 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1539 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1540 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1541 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
1542 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1551 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
1553 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
1554 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
1555 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
1556 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
1557 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
1558 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
1559 read on to find out what for!
1562 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
1563 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
1570 @subsubheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
1572 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
1573 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1574 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1575 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1578 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1579 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1580 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
1581 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1588 @subsubheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
1590 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
1591 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1592 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1593 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1596 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1597 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1598 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
1599 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1606 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
1608 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
1609 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1610 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1613 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
1614 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1615 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1620 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
1622 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1623 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
1624 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
1625 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
1626 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
1630 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
1631 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
1638 @subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
1640 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
1641 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1642 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1643 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1646 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
1647 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1648 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1649 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
1651 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
1653 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
1654 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
1655 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1661 @subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
1663 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
1664 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1665 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1666 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1669 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
1670 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1671 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1672 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
1673 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
1674 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1680 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
1682 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
1683 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1684 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1693 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
1695 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
1696 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1697 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1704 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
1706 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1707 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
1708 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
1709 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
1710 the bug report of the report!
1713 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
1714 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
1720 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
1722 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
1723 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1724 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1731 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
1733 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
1734 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1735 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1742 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
1744 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1745 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
1746 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
1747 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
1751 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
1752 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
1760 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
1762 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
1763 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1764 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1767 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
1768 caution and expect breakage.
1773 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
1775 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
1776 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1777 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1780 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
1781 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
1782 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
1783 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
1788 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
1790 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
1791 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1792 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1798 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
1800 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
1801 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
1802 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
1803 improvements to the new website.
1805 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
1806 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
1808 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
1809 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
1811 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
1817 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
1819 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
1820 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1821 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1826 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
1828 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
1829 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1830 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1836 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
1838 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
1839 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1840 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1846 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
1848 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
1849 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1850 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1855 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
1857 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
1858 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1859 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1864 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
1866 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
1867 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1868 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1871 This release should be of particular interest to package
1872 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
1873 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
1874 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
1880 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
1882 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1883 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
1884 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
1885 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
1888 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
1889 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
1896 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
1898 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
1899 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1900 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1903 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
1904 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
1905 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
1906 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
1907 see the Changes document for more information.
1911 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
1913 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
1914 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
1915 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1920 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
1922 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
1923 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
1924 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
1925 so this release is intended for developers only.
1929 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
1931 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
1932 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
1933 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1938 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
1940 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
1941 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
1946 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
1948 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
1949 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
1950 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
1956 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
1958 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
1959 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
1960 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
1961 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
1962 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
1964 What are you waiting for? Come
1965 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
1966 LilyPond Report 17} now!
1971 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
1973 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
1974 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
1975 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
1979 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
1981 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
1982 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
1983 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
1984 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
1985 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
1990 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
1992 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
1993 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
1994 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
1998 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2000 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2001 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2002 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2003 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2007 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2009 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2010 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2011 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2012 and English names for feta filenames.
2018 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2020 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2021 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2022 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2023 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2026 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2027 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2028 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2034 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2036 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2037 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2038 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2039 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2041 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2042 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2047 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2049 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2050 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2056 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2058 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2059 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2060 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2067 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2069 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2070 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2071 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2072 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2074 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2075 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2076 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2084 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2086 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2087 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2088 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2089 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2090 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2091 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2092 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2093 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2099 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2101 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2102 its team, its world, its community.
2103 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2104 to read the full issue...
2109 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2111 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2112 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2113 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2118 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2120 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2121 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
2127 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
2129 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2131 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
2138 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
2140 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
2141 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
2142 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
2143 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
2144 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
2146 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
2147 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
2149 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
2151 @ref{Old downloads}.
2156 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
2158 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
2159 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
2160 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
2161 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
2162 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
2163 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
2166 @ref{Old downloads}.
2171 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
2173 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
2174 documentation and translations.
2175 @ref{Old downloads}.
2180 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
2182 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
2183 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
2184 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
2185 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
2186 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
2188 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
2189 @ref{Old downloads}.
2194 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
2196 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
2197 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
2198 (teaching) has been added.
2200 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
2202 @ref{Old downloads}.
2207 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
2209 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
2210 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
2211 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
2212 @ref{Old downloads}.
2217 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
2219 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
2220 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
2221 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
2222 translations of the documentation.
2223 @ref{Old downloads}.
2228 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
2230 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
2231 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
2232 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
2233 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
2234 deceased since then. All the development team express their
2235 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
2236 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
2237 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
2238 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
2240 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
2242 @ref{Old downloads}.
2247 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
2249 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
2250 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
2251 markup command names have been made.
2254 @ref{Old downloads}.
2259 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
2261 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
2262 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
2263 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
2264 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
2265 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
2268 @ref{Old downloads}.
2273 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
2275 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
2276 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
2278 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
2279 @ref{Old downloads}.
2284 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
2286 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
2287 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
2288 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
2290 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
2291 @ref{Old downloads}.
2296 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
2298 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
2300 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
2301 @ref{Old downloads}.
2306 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
2308 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
2309 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
2310 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
2312 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
2314 @ref{Old downloads}.
2319 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
2321 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
2322 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
2323 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
2324 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
2326 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
2327 @ref{Old downloads}.
2332 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
2334 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
2335 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
2338 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
2339 @ref{Old downloads}.
2344 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
2346 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2347 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
2352 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
2354 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2355 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
2360 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
2362 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
2364 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
2365 @ref{Old downloads}.
2370 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2372 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
2373 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
2374 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
2376 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
2377 @ref{Old downloads}.
2382 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2384 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2385 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
2390 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
2392 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
2393 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
2398 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
2400 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
2401 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
2402 regression tests maintenance for developers.
2404 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
2405 @ref{Old downloads}.
2410 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
2412 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
2413 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
2415 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
2417 @ref{Old downloads}.
2422 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
2424 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
2425 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
2426 report, new translations of the site and publications.
2427 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
2428 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
2429 announce releases and special events.
2434 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
2436 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
2437 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2438 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
2443 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
2445 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
2446 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
2447 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
2448 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
2449 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
2452 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
2454 @ref{Old downloads}.
2459 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
2461 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
2462 names has been added to the MusicXML
2465 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
2466 @ref{Old downloads}.
2471 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
2473 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
2478 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
2480 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
2481 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
2482 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
2485 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
2486 @ref{Old downloads}.
2491 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
2493 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
2496 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
2497 @ref{Old downloads}.
2502 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2504 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
2505 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
2506 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
2507 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
2508 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
2509 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
2515 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2517 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
2518 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
2519 updates to the MusicXML converter.
2521 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
2522 @ref{Old downloads}.
2527 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
2529 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
2530 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
2535 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
2537 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
2538 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
2539 Grand Documentation Project.
2541 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
2542 @ref{Old downloads}.
2547 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
2549 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
2551 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
2552 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
2553 @ref{Old downloads}.
2558 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
2560 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
2562 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
2563 @ref{Old downloads}.
2568 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
2570 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
2571 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
2573 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
2574 @ref{Old downloads}.
2579 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
2581 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
2582 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
2583 for the translations.
2585 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
2586 @ref{Old downloads}.
2591 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
2593 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
2594 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
2595 and lots of updates for the translations.
2597 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
2598 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
2599 @ref{Old downloads}.
2604 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
2606 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
2607 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
2608 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
2609 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
2614 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
2615 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
2616 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
2617 spacing engine code.
2619 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
2620 @ref{Old downloads}.
2625 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
2627 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
2628 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
2630 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
2631 @ref{Old downloads}.
2636 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
2638 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
2639 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
2641 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
2642 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
2643 @ref{Old downloads}.
2648 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
2649 This has lots of bugfixes.
2651 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
2652 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
2653 @ref{Old downloads}.
2658 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
2659 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
2660 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
2661 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
2666 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
2667 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
2669 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
2671 @ref{Old downloads}.
2676 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
2677 This release has some documentation updates.
2679 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
2681 @ref{Old downloads}.
2686 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
2687 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
2688 disponibles en ligne ---
2689 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
2690 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
2691 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
2692 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
2697 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
2698 This release fixes many bugs.
2700 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
2701 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
2703 @ref{Old downloads}.
2708 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
2709 This release fixes many bugs.
2711 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
2712 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
2714 @ref{Old downloads}.
2719 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
2720 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
2721 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
2723 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
2725 @ref{Old downloads}.
2730 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
2731 This release fixes still more bugs.
2733 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
2735 @ref{Old downloads}.
2740 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
2741 This release fixes many bugs.
2742 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
2743 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
2745 @ref{Old downloads})
2750 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
2751 This release will stretch piano staves on a
2752 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
2753 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
2755 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
2756 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
2758 @ref{Old downloads}.
2763 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
2764 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
2765 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
2767 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
2774 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2775 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
2776 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
2778 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
2780 @ref{Old downloads}.
2785 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2786 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
2787 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
2789 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
2791 @ref{Old downloads}.
2796 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2797 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
2800 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
2802 @ref{Old downloads}.
2807 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
2808 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
2810 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
2812 @ref{Old downloads}.
2817 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
2818 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
2819 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
2820 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
2822 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
2824 @ref{Old downloads}.
2829 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
2830 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
2831 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
2832 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
2833 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
2834 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
2836 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
2838 @ref{Old downloads}.
2843 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
2844 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
2845 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
2848 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
2850 @ref{Old downloads}.
2855 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
2856 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
2857 further improvements in the regression test suite
2861 @ref{Old downloads}.
2866 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
2867 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2871 @ref{Old downloads}.
2876 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
2877 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
2882 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
2883 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
2888 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
2889 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2893 @ref{Old downloads}.
2898 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
2899 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
2900 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
2904 @ref{Old downloads}.
2909 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
2910 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2914 @ref{Old downloads}.
2919 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
2920 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
2925 @ref{Old downloads}.
2930 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
2931 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2935 @ref{Old downloads}.
2940 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
2941 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
2942 within a system as well as between systems.
2946 @ref{Old downloads}.
2951 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2952 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
2953 test results} and several website build improvements.
2957 @ref{Old downloads}.
2962 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2963 This release fixes several bugs.
2966 @ref{Old downloads}.
2971 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2972 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
2977 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
2978 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
2979 maintenant disponible en ligne.
2980 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
2981 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
2986 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
2987 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
2991 @ref{Old downloads}.
2996 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
2997 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3000 @ref{Old downloads}.
3005 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3006 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3010 @ref{Old downloads}.
3015 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3016 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3019 @ref{Old downloads}.
3024 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3025 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3030 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3031 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3032 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3037 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3038 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3039 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3044 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3045 This release has many more bugfixes.
3048 @ref{Old downloads}.
3053 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3054 This release has many more bugfixes.
3057 @ref{Old downloads}.
3062 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3063 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3068 @ref{Old downloads}.
3073 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3074 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3075 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3076 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3077 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3078 (@ref{Publications}).
3083 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3084 This release has further bugfixes.
3087 @ref{Old downloads}.
3092 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3093 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3094 available for x86/64.
3097 @ref{Old downloads}.
3102 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3103 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3104 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3105 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3106 @ref{Old downloads})
3111 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3112 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3113 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3118 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3119 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3124 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
3125 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3130 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
3131 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3136 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
3137 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
3138 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3143 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
3144 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
3145 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
3146 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3151 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
3152 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3157 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
3158 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
3159 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
3164 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
3165 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
3166 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
3167 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
3168 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3173 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
3174 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
3175 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3180 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
3181 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
3182 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
3183 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3188 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
3189 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
3190 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
3191 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3196 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3197 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
3199 @ref{Old downloads})
3204 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3205 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
3207 @ref{Old downloads})
3212 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
3213 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
3214 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3216 @ref{Old downloads})
3221 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3222 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
3223 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3224 (@ref{Old downloads})
3229 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3230 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
3231 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
3232 glory} what features are broken in the development release
3237 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
3238 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
3239 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
3240 the development releases even better
3245 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
3247 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
3248 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
3249 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3254 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
3255 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
3256 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
3257 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
3258 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
3259 esthetics}. Happy reading!
3264 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
3265 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
3266 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
3268 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3273 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3274 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
3275 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
3276 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
3277 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3282 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3283 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
3284 (@ref{Old downloads})
3289 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
3290 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
3291 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
3292 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
3293 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
3294 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3299 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
3300 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
3301 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
3302 (@ref{Publications})
3307 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3308 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
3309 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3314 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3315 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
3316 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
3317 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3322 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
3323 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
3324 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
3329 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
3330 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
3331 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3336 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
3337 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
3338 released. (@ref{Changes},
3339 @ref{Old downloads})
3344 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
3345 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
3346 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
3347 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
3348 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
3349 multi-measure rests.
3351 @ref{Old downloads})
3356 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
3357 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
3359 @ref{Old downloads})
3364 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
3365 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
3366 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
3367 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
3368 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3369 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
3370 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
3371 @ref{Old downloads})
3376 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
3377 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
3378 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
3379 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
3380 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
3381 @ref{Old downloads})
3386 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
3387 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
3388 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
3389 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
3390 the endings and the middle
3391 part. (@ref{Changes},
3392 @ref{Old downloads})
3397 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
3398 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
3399 parenthesized, for example,
3402 c4 -\parenthesize -.
3403 <d \parenthesize fis a>
3407 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
3408 @ref{Old downloads})
3413 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
3414 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
3415 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
3425 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
3426 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
3427 vector. (@ref{Changes},
3428 @ref{Old downloads})
3433 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
3434 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
3435 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
3436 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
3437 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
3438 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
3439 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
3441 @ref{Old downloads})
3446 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
3447 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
3448 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
3449 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
3450 @ref{Old downloads})
3455 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
3456 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
3457 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
3458 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
3459 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
3460 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
3461 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
3462 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3463 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3464 @ref{Old downloads})
3469 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
3470 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
3471 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
3472 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
3473 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
3474 @ref{Old downloads})
3479 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
3481 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
3482 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
3483 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
3488 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
3489 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
3490 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
3491 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
3492 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
3497 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3498 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
3499 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
3501 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
3503 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
3505 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
3511 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3512 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
3513 (feature sponsored by Andrea
3514 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
3515 @ref{Old downloads})
3520 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
3521 Linux Journal publishes an article on
3522 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
3523 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
3524 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
3527 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
3528 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
3529 alternatives seem second-rate.}
3530 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
3535 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
3536 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
3537 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
3538 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
3539 page. Let us know how you fare!
3544 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
3545 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
3546 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
3547 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
3548 The important occasion for this release is our new build
3549 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
3550 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
3551 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
3552 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
3554 @ref{Old downloads})
3559 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
3560 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
3561 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
3562 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
3563 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
3564 @ref{Old downloads})
3569 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
3570 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
3571 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
3572 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
3573 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
3574 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
3575 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
3576 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
3577 functions. (@ref{Changes},
3578 @ref{Old downloads})
3583 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
3584 This release has the following new features:
3587 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
3588 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
3589 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3591 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
3592 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
3593 and Bertalan Fodor).
3595 Generic music functions may now also be used on
3596 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
3599 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
3600 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
3601 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
3605 @ref{Old downloads})
3610 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
3611 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
3612 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
3613 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
3614 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
3615 van den Borre and Bertalan
3616 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
3617 @ref{Old downloads})
3622 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
3623 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
3624 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
3625 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
3631 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
3632 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
3633 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
3634 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
3635 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
3637 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
3638 @ref{Old downloads})
3643 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
3644 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
3645 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
3650 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
3651 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
3652 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
3653 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
3654 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
3655 etc. (@ref{Changes},
3656 @ref{Old downloads})
3661 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
3662 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
3663 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
3664 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3665 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3666 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3667 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3668 @ref{Old downloads})
3673 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
3674 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3675 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3676 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3677 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3678 @ref{Old downloads})
3683 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
3684 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
3685 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
3686 @ref{Old downloads})
3691 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
3692 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
3693 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
3694 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
3695 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
3696 properties. (@ref{Changes},
3697 @ref{Old downloads})
3702 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
3703 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
3704 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
3705 that compute said property, i.e.
3708 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
3709 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
3712 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
3713 @ref{Old downloads})
3718 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
3719 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
3720 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
3721 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
3722 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
3723 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
3724 also provides advanced tweakability for power
3725 users. (@ref{Changes},
3726 @ref{Old downloads})
3731 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
3732 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
3733 series. (@ref{Changes},
3734 @ref{Old downloads})
3739 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
3740 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
3741 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
3742 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
3743 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
3744 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
3745 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
3746 sponsored by Nicolas
3747 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3748 @ref{Old downloads})
3753 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
3754 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
3755 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3756 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
3757 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
3758 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
3759 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3760 @ref{Old downloads})
3765 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
3766 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
3767 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
3768 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
3769 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3770 @ref{Old downloads})
3775 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
3776 This is mainly a bugfix
3777 release. (@ref{Changes},
3778 @ref{Old downloads})
3783 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
3784 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
3785 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
3786 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
3787 la gravure musicale}.
3792 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
3793 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
3794 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
3795 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
3796 @ref{Old downloads})
3801 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
3802 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
3803 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
3804 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
3805 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
3806 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
3811 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
3812 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
3813 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
3814 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
3815 @ref{Old downloads})
3820 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
3821 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
3822 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
3823 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
3824 signs. (@ref{Changes},
3825 @ref{Old downloads})
3830 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
3831 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
3832 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
3833 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
3834 @ref{Old downloads})
3839 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
3840 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
3841 for a note is proportional to the time it
3842 takes. (@ref{Changes},
3843 @ref{Old downloads})
3848 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
3849 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
3850 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
3855 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
3856 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
3857 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
3858 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
3860 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
3861 @ref{Old downloads})
3866 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
3867 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
3868 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
3869 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
3871 @ref{Old downloads})
3876 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
3877 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
3878 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
3879 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
3880 @ref{Old downloads})
3885 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
3886 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
3888 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
3889 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
3890 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
3891 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
3892 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
3897 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
3898 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
3899 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
3900 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
3905 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
3906 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
3907 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
3908 @ref{Old downloads})
3913 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
3914 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
3915 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
3916 @ref{Old downloads})
3921 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
3922 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
3923 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
3924 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
3925 (@ref{Old downloads})
3930 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
3931 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
3932 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
3933 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
3938 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
3939 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
3940 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
3941 better help functionality.
3942 (@ref{Old downloads})
3947 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
3948 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
3949 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
3950 compile them directly from
3951 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
3956 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
3957 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
3958 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
3963 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
3964 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
3965 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
3966 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
3971 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
3972 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
3973 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
3974 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
3975 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3980 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
3981 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
3982 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
3987 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
3988 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
3993 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
3994 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
3995 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4000 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4001 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4002 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4003 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4004 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4009 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4010 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4011 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4012 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4013 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4014 @ref{Old downloads})
4019 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4021 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4022 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4024 (@ref{Old downloads})
4029 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4030 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4031 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4032 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4033 signatures like 5/8.
4035 @ref{Old downloads})
4040 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
4041 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4042 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4043 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4044 More details are in the
4046 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4051 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
4052 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4053 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4054 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4055 Scheme code. Take a look at
4057 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4062 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
4063 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4064 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4065 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4070 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
4071 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4072 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4073 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4078 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
4079 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4080 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4086 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
4087 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4088 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4089 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4090 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4091 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4096 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4097 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4098 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4099 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4100 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4101 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4103 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4108 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4109 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4110 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4116 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4117 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
4118 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4119 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4120 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
4126 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4127 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
4128 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}.
4129 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4130 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4135 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
4136 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
4137 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
4138 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
4139 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
4144 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
4145 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
4146 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
4147 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
4148 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
4150 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4155 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
4156 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
4157 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
4158 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
4159 @ref{Old downloads}!
4164 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
4165 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
4166 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
4167 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
4173 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
4174 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
4175 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
4181 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
4182 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
4183 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
4184 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
4186 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
4188 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
4193 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
4194 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
4195 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
4196 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
4197 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
4198 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
4199 font code by Werner.
4201 and check out the changes in
4202 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4207 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
4208 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
4209 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
4210 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
4211 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
4212 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
4213 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
4214 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
4215 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
4216 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
4219 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}.
4224 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
4225 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
4226 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
4227 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
4228 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
4230 and check out the changes in
4231 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4236 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
4237 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
4238 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
4239 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
4240 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
4241 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
4244 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}.
4249 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
4250 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
4251 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
4252 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
4253 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
4254 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
4255 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
4256 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
4257 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
4261 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}.
4266 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
4267 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
4268 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
4269 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
4270 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
4271 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
4273 and check out the changes in
4274 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4279 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
4280 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
4281 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
4282 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
4283 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
4284 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
4285 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
4286 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
4287 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
4290 and check out the changes in
4291 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4296 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
4297 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
4298 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
4299 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
4300 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
4301 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
4304 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
4307 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
4308 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
4309 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
4310 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
4311 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
4314 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}.
4319 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
4320 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
4321 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
4327 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
4328 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
4329 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
4331 and check out the changes in
4332 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4337 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
4338 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
4339 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
4340 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
4341 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
4348 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4349 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
4350 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
4351 some problems with the conversion scripts.
4353 and check out the changes in
4354 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4359 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4360 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4361 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
4362 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
4363 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
4365 and check out the changes in
4366 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4371 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
4372 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
4373 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
4374 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
4376 and check out the changes in
4377 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4382 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
4383 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
4384 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
4385 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4387 and check out the changes in
4388 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4393 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
4394 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
4395 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
4396 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
4400 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}.
4405 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
4406 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
4407 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
4408 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
4412 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}.
4417 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
4418 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
4419 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
4420 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
4421 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
4422 in the documentation.
4424 and check out the changes in
4425 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4430 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
4431 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
4432 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
4433 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
4434 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
4439 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
4440 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
4442 and check out the changes
4443 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4448 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
4449 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
4450 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
4451 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
4452 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
4453 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
4454 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
4457 and check out the changes in
4458 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4463 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
4464 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
4465 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
4466 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
4467 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
4468 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
4469 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
4470 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
4471 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
4472 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
4473 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
4474 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
4475 will hold users back in switching.
4477 and check out the changes in
4478 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4483 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
4484 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
4485 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
4486 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
4487 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
4488 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
4489 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
4491 and check out the changes in
4492 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4497 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
4498 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
4499 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
4500 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
4501 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
4502 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
4506 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}.
4511 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4512 LilyPond now has a Documentation
4513 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
4514 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
4515 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
4516 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
4517 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
4518 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
4519 chapter of the user manual.
4520 A lot of cheers for Graham!
4525 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4526 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
4527 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
4528 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
4529 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
4530 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
4531 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
4535 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}.
4540 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
4541 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
4542 disappearing metronome mark.
4544 and check out the changes in
4545 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}.
4550 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
4551 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
4552 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
4553 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
4554 `doubleSlurs' property.
4556 and check out the changes in
4557 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4562 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
4563 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
4564 annoying bugs fixed.
4567 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}.
4572 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
4573 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
4574 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
4575 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
4576 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
4577 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
4578 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
4581 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
4582 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
4584 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
4585 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
4590 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}.
4595 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
4596 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
4597 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
4598 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
4599 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
4600 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
4601 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
4602 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
4603 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
4604 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
4605 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
4608 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}.
4613 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
4614 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
4615 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
4616 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
4617 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
4620 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}.
4625 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
4626 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
4627 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
4628 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
4629 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
4630 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
4631 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
4632 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
4633 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
4634 beat within the measure.
4636 and check out the changes in
4637 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4642 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
4643 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
4647 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}.
4652 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
4653 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
4659 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4660 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
4661 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
4662 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
4663 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
4665 and check out the changes
4666 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4671 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4672 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
4676 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}.
4681 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
4682 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
4683 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
4684 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
4685 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
4686 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
4687 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
4688 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}
4690 @ref{Old downloads}.
4695 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
4696 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
4697 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
4698 @ref{Old downloads}.
4703 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
4704 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
4705 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
4706 @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}
4708 @ref{Old downloads}.
4713 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4714 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
4715 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
4716 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}
4718 @ref{Old downloads}.
4723 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4724 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
4725 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}
4726 or head straight to the
4727 @ref{Old downloads}.
4732 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
4733 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
4734 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
4735 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4736 @ref{Old downloads}.
4741 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
4742 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
4743 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4744 @ref{Old downloads}.
4749 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
4750 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
4752 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
4753 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
4754 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
4755 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
4756 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
4761 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
4762 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
4763 @ref{Old downloads}.
4768 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
4769 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
4770 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
4776 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
4777 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
4778 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
4779 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
4780 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
4781 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
4782 @ref{Old downloads}.
4787 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
4788 A French article on the new LilyPond
4789 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
4794 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
4795 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
4796 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
4802 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
4803 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
4804 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
4805 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
4806 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
4807 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
4808 @ref{Old downloads}.
4813 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
4814 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
4815 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
4816 documentation polish. This should be the final release
4817 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
4819 @ref{Old downloads}.
4824 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
4825 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
4827 @ref{Old downloads}.
4832 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
4833 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
4834 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
4835 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
4842 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
4843 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
4844 @ref{Old downloads}.
4849 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
4850 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
4857 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
4858 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
4859 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
4860 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
4862 @ref{Old downloads}.
4867 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
4868 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
4869 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
4870 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
4873 @ref{Old downloads}.
4878 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
4880 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
4881 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
4887 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
4888 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
4890 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
4891 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
4892 authors of LilyPond.
4897 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
4898 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
4899 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
4902 @ref{Old downloads}.
4907 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
4908 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
4909 experimental support for producing titles with
4915 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
4916 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
4917 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
4918 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
4920 @ref{Old downloads}.
4925 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
4926 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
4927 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
4928 of lyrics related bugs. See the
4930 @ref{Old downloads}.
4935 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
4936 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
4937 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
4938 produce cue notes. More information in the
4945 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
4946 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
4947 for altering accidental rules.
4953 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
4954 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
4955 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
4956 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
4957 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
4958 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
4959 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
4960 More information in the
4967 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
4968 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
4969 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
4970 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
4977 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
4978 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
4979 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
4980 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
4981 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
4988 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
4989 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
4990 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
4991 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
4992 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
4993 More information in the
5000 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
5001 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5002 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5003 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5004 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5005 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5006 More information in the
5013 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
5014 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5015 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5016 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5024 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
5025 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5026 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5027 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5034 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
5035 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5036 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5037 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5038 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5047 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
5048 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5049 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5052 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5057 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
5059 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5060 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5061 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5064 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5069 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5070 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5071 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5072 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5073 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5078 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5079 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5080 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5081 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5082 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5088 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
5089 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5090 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5092 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5097 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
5098 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5099 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5100 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5105 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
5106 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5107 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5108 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5110 More information in the
5111 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5116 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
5117 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5118 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5120 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5125 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
5126 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
5127 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
5128 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
5130 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5135 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
5136 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
5137 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
5138 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
5139 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
5140 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
5141 individual music expressions.
5142 More information in the
5143 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5148 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
5149 An update to the stable branch,
5150 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
5151 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
5156 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
5157 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
5158 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
5159 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
5160 More information in the
5161 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5166 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
5167 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
5169 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
5170 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5175 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
5176 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
5177 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
5178 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
5179 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5184 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
5185 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
5186 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
5187 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
5188 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5193 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
5194 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
5195 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
5196 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
5197 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
5198 to implement this are welcome!) See the
5199 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5204 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
5205 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
5206 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
5207 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
5209 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5214 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
5215 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
5216 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
5217 Han-Wen's absence. See the
5218 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5223 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5224 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
5226 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5231 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5232 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
5234 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
5235 thanks to Heikki Junes.
5240 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
5241 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
5242 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
5243 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
5248 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
5249 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
5256 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
5257 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
5259 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
5260 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
5265 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
5266 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
5267 contains minor bugfixes.
5268 See the @ref{Changes}
5269 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
5274 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
5275 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
5276 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
5277 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
5283 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5284 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
5285 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
5286 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
5287 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
5288 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
5293 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5294 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
5295 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
5296 the @ref{Changes} and
5297 download @uref{install/,here}.
5302 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
5303 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
5304 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5305 the @ref{Changes} and
5306 download @uref{install/,here}.
5311 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
5312 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
5313 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5314 the @ref{Changes} and
5315 download @uref{install/,here}.
5320 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
5321 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
5322 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
5328 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
5329 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
5330 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
5336 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
5337 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
5338 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
5339 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
5340 will be available in a few weeks.
5346 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
5347 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
5348 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
5354 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
5355 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
5356 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
5362 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5363 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
5364 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
5365 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
5371 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5372 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
5373 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
5378 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5379 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
5380 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
5381 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
5382 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5387 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
5388 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
5389 @ref{Changes} and get it
5390 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5395 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
5396 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
5397 @ref{Changes} and get it
5398 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5403 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5404 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
5405 @ref{Changes} and get it
5406 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5411 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5412 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
5413 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
5418 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
5419 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
5420 read the @ref{Changes}.
5425 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
5426 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
5427 has been updated to 1.8.
5428 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
5433 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5434 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
5435 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
5440 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5441 New website went live!
5446 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
5447 Announced new website.
5452 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
5453 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
5458 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
5459 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
5460 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
5466 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
5467 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
5468 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.