1 @c -*- coding: utf-8; mode: texinfo; -*-
5 (I'd rather have the below in the CG. -gp)
8 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
9 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
26 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
32 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
34 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
35 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
36 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
37 critical regressions against earlier versions.
41 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
43 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
44 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
45 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
46 and English names for feta filenames.
52 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
54 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
55 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
56 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
57 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
60 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
61 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
62 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
68 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
70 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
71 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
72 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
73 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
75 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
76 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
81 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
83 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
84 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
90 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
92 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
93 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
94 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
101 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
103 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
104 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
105 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
106 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
108 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
109 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
110 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
118 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
120 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
121 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
122 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
123 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
124 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
125 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
126 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
127 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
133 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
135 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
136 its team, its world, its community.
137 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
138 to read the full issue...
143 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
145 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
146 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
147 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
152 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
154 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
155 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
161 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
163 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
165 @uref{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
172 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
174 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
175 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
176 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
177 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
178 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
180 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
181 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
190 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
192 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
193 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
194 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
195 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
196 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
197 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
205 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
207 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
208 documentation and translations.
214 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 – Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
216 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
217 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
218 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
219 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
220 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
228 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
230 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
231 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
232 (teaching) has been added.
241 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
243 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
244 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
245 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
251 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
253 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
254 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
255 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
256 translations of the documentation.
262 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
264 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
265 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
266 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
267 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
268 deceased since then. All the development team express their
269 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
270 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
271 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
272 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
281 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
283 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
284 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
285 markup command names have been made.
293 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
295 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
296 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
297 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
298 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
299 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
307 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
309 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
310 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
318 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
320 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
321 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
322 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
330 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
332 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
340 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
342 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
343 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
344 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
353 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
355 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
356 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
357 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
358 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
366 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
368 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
369 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
378 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
380 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
381 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
386 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
388 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
389 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
394 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
396 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
404 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
406 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
407 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
408 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
416 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
418 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
419 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
424 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
426 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
427 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
432 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
434 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
435 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
436 regression tests maintenance for developers.
444 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
446 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
447 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
456 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
458 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
459 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
460 report, new translations of the site and publications.
461 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
462 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
463 announce releases and special events.
468 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
470 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
471 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
472 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
477 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
479 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
480 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
481 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
482 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
483 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
493 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
495 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
496 names has been added to the MusicXML
505 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
507 Lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
512 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
514 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
515 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
516 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
525 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
527 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
536 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
538 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
539 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
540 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
541 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
542 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
543 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
549 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
551 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
552 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
553 updates to the MusicXML converter.
561 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
563 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
564 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
569 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
571 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
572 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
573 Grand Documentation Project.
581 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
583 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
585 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
586 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
592 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
594 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
602 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
604 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
605 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
613 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
615 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
616 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
617 for the translations.
625 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
627 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
628 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
629 and lots of updates for the translations.
631 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
632 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
638 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
640 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
641 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
642 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
643 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
648 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
649 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
650 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
659 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
661 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
662 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
670 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
672 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
673 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
675 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
676 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
682 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
683 This has lots of bugfixes.
685 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
686 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
692 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
693 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des
694 LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
695 sind auf deutsch übersetzt — sie sind erhältlich für
697 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
702 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
703 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
712 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
713 This release has some documentation updates.
722 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
723 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont
724 désormais traduits, et disponibles en ligne — @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
725 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
726 2.11}. Les traductions sont également incluses dans la @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
731 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
732 This release fixes many bugs.
734 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
735 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
742 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
743 This release fixes many bugs.
745 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
746 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
753 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
754 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
755 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
764 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
765 This release fixes still more bugs.
774 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
775 This release fixes many bugs.
776 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
777 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
784 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
785 This release will stretch piano staves on a
786 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
787 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
789 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
790 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
797 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
798 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
799 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
808 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
809 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
810 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
819 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
820 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
821 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
830 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
831 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
841 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
842 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
851 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
852 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
853 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
854 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
863 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
864 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
865 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
866 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
867 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
868 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
877 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
878 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
879 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
889 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
890 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and —in 2.11.9&mdash
891 further improvements in the regression test suite
900 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
901 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
910 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
911 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
916 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
917 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
922 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
923 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
932 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
933 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
934 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
943 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
944 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
953 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
954 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
964 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
965 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
974 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
975 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
976 within a system as well as between systems.
985 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
986 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
987 test results} and several website build improvements.
996 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
997 This release fixes several bugs.
1000 @ref{Old downloads}.
1005 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1006 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
1011 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
1012 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en
1013 français est maintenant disponible en ligne. @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1014 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1020 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1021 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
1025 @ref{Old downloads}.
1030 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1031 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1034 @ref{Old downloads}.
1039 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
1040 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
1044 @ref{Old downloads}.
1049 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
1050 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1053 @ref{Old downloads}.
1058 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
1059 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1064 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1065 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{announce-v2.10.html,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1070 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1071 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
1072 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
1077 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
1078 This release has many more bugfixes.
1081 @ref{Old downloads}.
1086 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
1087 This release has many more bugfixes.
1090 @ref{Old downloads}.
1095 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
1096 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
1101 @ref{Old downloads}.
1106 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
1107 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
1108 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
1109 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
1110 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
1111 (@ref{Publications}).
1116 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
1117 This release has further bugfixes.
1120 @ref{Old downloads}.
1125 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
1126 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
1127 available for x86/64.
1130 @ref{Old downloads}.
1135 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
1136 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
1137 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1138 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
1139 @ref{Old downloads})
1144 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
1145 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
1146 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1151 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
1152 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1157 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
1158 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1163 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
1164 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1169 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
1170 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
1171 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1176 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
1177 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
1178 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
1179 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1184 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
1185 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
1190 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
1191 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
1192 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
1197 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
1198 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
1199 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
1200 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
1201 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1206 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
1207 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
1208 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1213 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
1214 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
1215 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
1216 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1221 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
1222 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
1223 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
1224 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1229 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1230 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
1232 @ref{Old downloads})
1237 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1238 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
1240 @ref{Old downloads})
1245 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
1246 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
1247 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1249 @ref{Old downloads})
1254 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1255 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
1256 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1257 (@ref{Old downloads})
1262 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1263 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
1264 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
1265 glory} what features are broken in the development release
1270 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
1271 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
1272 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
1273 the development releases even better
1278 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
1280 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
1281 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
1282 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1287 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
1288 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
1289 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
1290 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
1291 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
1292 esthetics}. Happy reading!
1297 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
1298 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
1299 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
1301 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1306 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1307 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
1308 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
1309 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
1310 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1315 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1316 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
1317 (@ref{Old downloads})
1322 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
1323 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
1324 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
1325 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
1326 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
1327 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1332 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
1333 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
1334 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
1335 (@ref{Publications})
1340 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1341 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
1342 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1347 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1348 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
1349 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
1350 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1355 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
1356 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
1357 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
1362 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
1363 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @uref{announce-v2.8.html,release
1364 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1369 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
1370 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
1371 released. (@ref{Changes},
1372 @ref{Old downloads})
1377 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
1378 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
1379 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
1380 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
1381 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
1382 multi-measure rests.
1384 @ref{Old downloads})
1389 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
1390 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
1392 @ref{Old downloads})
1397 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
1398 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
1399 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
1400 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
1401 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1402 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
1403 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
1404 @ref{Old downloads})
1409 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
1410 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
1411 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
1412 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
1413 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
1414 @ref{Old downloads})
1419 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
1420 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
1421 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
1422 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
1423 the endings and the middle
1424 part. (@ref{Changes},
1425 @ref{Old downloads})
1430 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
1431 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
1432 parenthesized, for example,
1435 c4 -\parenthesize -.
1436 <d \parenthesize fis a>
1440 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
1441 @ref{Old downloads})
1446 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
1447 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
1448 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
1458 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
1459 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
1460 vector. (@ref{Changes},
1461 @ref{Old downloads})
1466 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
1467 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
1468 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
1469 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
1470 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
1471 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
1472 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
1474 @ref{Old downloads})
1479 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
1480 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
1481 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
1482 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
1483 @ref{Old downloads})
1488 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
1489 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
1490 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
1491 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
1492 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
1493 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
1494 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
1495 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1496 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1497 @ref{Old downloads})
1502 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
1503 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
1504 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
1505 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
1506 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
1507 @ref{Old downloads})
1512 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
1514 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
1515 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
1516 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
1521 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
1522 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
1523 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
1524 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
1525 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
1530 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1531 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
1532 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
1534 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
1536 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
1538 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
1544 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1545 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
1546 (feature sponsored by Andrea
1547 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
1548 @ref{Old downloads})
1553 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
1554 Linux Journal publishes an article on
1555 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
1556 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
1557 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
1560 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
1561 “GNU Lilypond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
1562 alternatives seem second-rate.”
1563 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
1568 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
1569 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
1570 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
1571 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
1572 page. Let us know how you fare!
1577 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
1578 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
1579 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
1580 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
1581 The important occasion for this release is our new build
1582 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
1583 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
1584 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
1585 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
1587 @ref{Old downloads})
1592 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
1593 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
1594 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
1595 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
1596 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
1597 @ref{Old downloads})
1602 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
1603 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
1604 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
1605 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
1606 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
1607 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
1608 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
1609 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
1610 functions. (@ref{Changes},
1611 @ref{Old downloads})
1616 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
1617 This release has the following new features:
1620 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
1621 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
1622 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1624 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
1625 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
1626 and Bertalan Fodor).
1628 Generic music functions may now also be used on
1629 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
1632 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
1633 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
1634 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
1638 @ref{Old downloads})
1643 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
1644 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
1645 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
1646 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
1647 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
1648 van den Borre and Bertalan
1649 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
1650 @ref{Old downloads})
1655 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
1656 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
1657 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
1658 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
1664 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
1665 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
1666 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
1667 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
1668 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
1670 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
1671 @ref{Old downloads})
1676 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
1677 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
1678 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
1683 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
1684 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
1685 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
1686 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
1687 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
1688 etc. (@ref{Changes},
1689 @ref{Old downloads})
1694 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
1695 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
1696 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
1697 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
1698 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
1699 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
1700 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1701 @ref{Old downloads})
1706 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
1707 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
1708 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
1709 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
1710 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1711 @ref{Old downloads})
1716 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
1717 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
1718 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
1719 @ref{Old downloads})
1724 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
1725 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
1726 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
1727 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
1728 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
1729 properties. (@ref{Changes},
1730 @ref{Old downloads})
1735 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
1736 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
1737 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
1738 that compute said property, i.e.
1741 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
1742 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
1745 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
1746 @ref{Old downloads})
1751 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
1752 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
1753 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
1754 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
1755 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
1756 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
1757 also provides advanced tweakability for power
1758 users. (@ref{Changes},
1759 @ref{Old downloads})
1764 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
1765 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
1766 series. (@ref{Changes},
1767 @ref{Old downloads})
1772 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
1773 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
1774 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
1775 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
1776 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
1777 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
1778 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
1779 sponsored by Nicolas
1780 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1781 @ref{Old downloads})
1786 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
1787 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
1788 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1789 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
1790 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
1791 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
1792 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1793 @ref{Old downloads})
1798 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
1799 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
1800 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
1801 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
1802 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1803 @ref{Old downloads})
1808 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
1809 This is mainly a bugfix
1810 release. (@ref{Changes},
1811 @ref{Old downloads})
1816 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
1817 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
1818 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
1819 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
1820 la gravure musicale}.
1825 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
1826 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
1827 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
1828 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
1829 @ref{Old downloads})
1834 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
1835 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
1836 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
1837 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
1838 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
1839 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
1844 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
1845 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
1846 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
1847 Baca, and Vicente Solsona
1848 Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
1849 @ref{Old downloads})
1854 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
1855 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
1856 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
1857 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
1858 signs. (@ref{Changes},
1859 @ref{Old downloads})
1864 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
1865 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
1866 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
1867 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
1868 @ref{Old downloads})
1873 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
1874 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
1875 for a note is proportional to the time it
1876 takes. (@ref{Changes},
1877 @ref{Old downloads})
1882 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
1883 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
1884 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
1889 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
1890 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
1891 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
1892 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
1894 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
1895 @ref{Old downloads})
1900 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
1901 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
1902 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
1903 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
1905 @ref{Old downloads})
1910 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
1911 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
1912 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
1913 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
1914 @ref{Old downloads})
1919 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
1920 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
1922 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
1923 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
1924 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
1925 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
1926 (@uref{announce-v2.6.html,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
1931 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
1932 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
1933 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
1934 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
1939 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
1940 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
1941 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
1942 @ref{Old downloads})
1947 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
1948 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
1949 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
1950 @ref{Old downloads})
1955 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
1956 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
1957 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
1958 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
1959 (@ref{Old downloads})
1964 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
1965 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
1966 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
1967 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
1972 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
1973 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
1974 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
1975 better help functionality.
1976 (@ref{Old downloads})
1981 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
1982 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
1983 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
1984 compile them directly from
1985 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
1990 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
1991 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
1992 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
1997 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
1998 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
1999 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
2000 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
2005 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
2006 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
2007 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
2008 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
2009 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
2014 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2015 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
2016 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
2021 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2022 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
2027 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
2028 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
2029 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
2034 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
2035 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
2036 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
2037 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
2038 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
2043 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
2044 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
2045 now possible to start and stop the StaffSymbol, during a piece of
2046 music, by doing \stopStaff \startStaff. This can be used to produce
2048 staves. (@ref{Changes},
2049 @ref{Old downloads})
2054 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
2056 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
2057 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
2059 (@ref{Old downloads})
2064 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
2065 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
2066 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
2067 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
2068 signatures like 5/8.
2070 @ref{Old downloads})
2075 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
2076 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
2077 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
2078 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
2079 More details are in the
2081 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
2086 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
2087 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
2088 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
2089 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
2090 Scheme code. Take a look at
2092 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
2097 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
2098 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
2099 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
2100 place. @ref{Old downloads}
2105 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
2106 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
2107 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
2108 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
2113 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
2114 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
2115 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
2121 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
2122 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
2123 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
2124 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
2125 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2126 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2131 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2132 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
2133 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
2134 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
2135 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
2136 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
2138 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2143 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2144 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
2145 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
2151 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2152 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
2153 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
2154 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
2155 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
2161 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2162 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
2163 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}.
2164 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2165 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2170 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
2171 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,Lilypond Snippet
2172 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of Lilypond code
2173 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
2174 contribute creative ideas for using Lilypond.
2179 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
2180 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
2181 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
2182 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
2183 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
2185 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2190 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
2191 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
2192 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
2193 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
2194 @ref{Old downloads}!
2199 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
2200 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
2201 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
2202 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
2208 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
2209 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
2210 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
2216 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
2217 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
2218 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
2219 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
2221 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
2223 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
2228 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
2229 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
2230 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
2231 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
2232 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
2233 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
2234 font code by Werner.
2236 and check out the changes in
2237 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2242 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
2243 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
2244 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
2245 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
2246 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
2247 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
2248 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
2249 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
2250 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
2251 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
2254 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}.
2259 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
2260 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
2261 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
2262 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
2263 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
2265 and check out the changes in
2266 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2271 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
2272 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
2273 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
2274 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
2275 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
2276 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
2279 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}.
2284 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
2285 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
2286 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
2287 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
2288 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
2289 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
2290 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
2291 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
2292 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
2296 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}.
2301 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
2302 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
2303 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
2304 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
2305 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
2306 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
2308 and check out the changes in
2309 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2314 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
2315 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
2316 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
2317 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
2318 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
2319 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
2320 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
2321 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
2322 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
2325 and check out the changes in
2326 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2331 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
2332 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
2333 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
2334 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
2335 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
2336 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
2339 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
2342 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
2343 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
2344 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
2345 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
2346 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
2349 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}.
2354 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
2355 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
2356 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
2362 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
2363 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
2364 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
2366 and check out the changes in
2367 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2372 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
2373 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @uref{announce-v2.4.html,released!}
2374 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
2375 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
2376 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
2383 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2384 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
2385 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
2386 some problems with the conversion scripts.
2388 and check out the changes in
2389 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2394 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2395 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for Lilypond 2.4.
2396 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
2397 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
2398 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
2400 and check out the changes in
2401 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2406 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
2407 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
2408 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
2409 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
2411 and check out the changes in
2412 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2417 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
2418 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
2419 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
2420 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2422 and check out the changes in
2423 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2428 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
2429 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
2430 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
2431 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
2435 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}.
2440 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
2441 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
2442 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
2443 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
2447 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}.
2452 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
2453 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
2454 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
2455 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
2456 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
2457 in the documentation.
2459 and check out the changes in
2460 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2465 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
2466 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
2467 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
2468 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
2469 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
2474 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
2475 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
2477 and check out the changes
2478 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2483 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
2484 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
2485 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
2486 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
2487 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
2488 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
2489 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
2492 and check out the changes in
2493 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2498 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
2499 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
2500 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
2501 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
2502 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
2503 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
2504 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
2505 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
2506 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
2507 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
2508 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
2509 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
2510 will hold users back in switching.
2512 and check out the changes in
2513 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2518 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
2519 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
2520 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
2521 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
2522 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
2523 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
2524 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
2526 and check out the changes in
2527 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2532 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
2533 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
2534 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
2535 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
2536 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
2537 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
2541 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}.
2546 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2547 LilyPond now has a Documentation
2548 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
2549 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
2550 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
2551 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
2552 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
2553 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
2554 chapter of the user manual.
2555 A lot of cheers for Graham!
2560 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2561 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
2562 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
2563 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
2564 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
2565 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
2566 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
2570 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}.
2575 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
2576 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
2577 disappearing metronome mark.
2579 and check out the changes in
2580 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}.
2585 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
2586 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
2587 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
2588 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
2589 `doubleSlurs' property.
2591 and check out the changes in
2592 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2597 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
2598 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
2599 annoying bugs fixed.
2602 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}.
2607 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
2608 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
2609 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
2610 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
2611 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
2612 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
2613 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
2616 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
2617 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
2619 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
2620 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
2625 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}.
2630 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
2631 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
2632 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
2633 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
2634 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
2635 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
2636 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
2637 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
2638 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
2639 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
2640 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
2643 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}.
2648 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
2649 Lilypond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
2650 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
2651 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
2652 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
2655 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}.
2660 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
2661 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
2662 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
2663 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
2664 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
2665 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
2666 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
2667 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
2668 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
2669 beat within the measure.
2671 and check out the changes in
2672 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2677 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
2678 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
2682 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}.
2687 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
2688 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
2694 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
2695 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
2696 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
2697 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
2698 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
2700 and check out the changes
2701 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2706 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
2707 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
2711 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}.
2716 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
2717 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
2718 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
2719 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
2720 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
2721 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
2722 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
2723 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}
2725 @ref{Old downloads}.
2730 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
2731 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
2732 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
2733 @ref{Old downloads}.
2738 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
2739 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
2740 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
2741 @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}
2743 @ref{Old downloads}.
2748 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
2749 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
2750 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
2751 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}
2753 @ref{Old downloads}.
2758 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
2759 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
2760 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}
2761 or head straight to the
2762 @ref{Old downloads}.
2767 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
2768 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
2769 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
2770 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
2771 @ref{Old downloads}.
2776 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
2777 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
2778 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
2779 @ref{Old downloads}.
2784 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
2785 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
2787 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
2788 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
2789 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
2790 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
2791 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
2796 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
2797 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
2798 @ref{Old downloads}.
2803 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
2804 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
2805 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
2811 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
2812 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
2813 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
2814 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
2815 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
2816 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
2817 @ref{Old downloads}.
2822 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
2823 A French article on the new LilyPond
2824 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
2829 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
2830 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
2831 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
2837 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
2838 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
2839 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
2840 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
2841 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
2842 the @uref{announce-v2.2.html,announcement} or skip to the
2843 @ref{Old downloads}.
2848 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
2849 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
2850 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
2851 documentation polish. This should be the final release
2852 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
2854 @ref{Old downloads}.
2859 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
2860 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
2862 @ref{Old downloads}.
2867 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
2868 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
2869 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
2870 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
2877 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
2878 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
2879 @ref{Old downloads}.
2884 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
2885 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
2892 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
2893 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
2894 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
2895 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
2897 @ref{Old downloads}.
2902 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
2903 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
2904 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
2905 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
2908 @ref{Old downloads}.
2913 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
2915 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
2916 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
2922 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
2923 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
2925 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
2926 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
2927 authors of LilyPond.
2932 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
2933 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
2934 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
2937 @ref{Old downloads}.
2942 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
2943 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
2944 experimental support for producing titles with
2950 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
2951 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
2952 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
2953 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
2955 @ref{Old downloads}.
2960 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
2961 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
2962 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
2963 of lyrics related bugs. See the
2965 @ref{Old downloads}.
2970 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
2971 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
2972 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
2973 produce cue notes. More information in the
2980 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
2981 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
2982 for altering accidental rules.
2988 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
2989 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
2990 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
2991 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
2992 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
2993 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
2994 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
2995 More information in the
3002 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
3003 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
3004 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
3005 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
3012 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
3013 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
3014 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
3015 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
3016 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
3023 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
3024 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
3025 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
3026 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
3027 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
3028 More information in the
3035 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
3036 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
3037 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
3038 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
3039 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
3040 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
3041 More information in the
3048 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
3049 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
3050 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
3051 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
3059 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
3060 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
3061 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
3062 @code{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
3069 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
3070 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
3071 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
3072 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
3073 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
3082 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
3083 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
3084 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
3087 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3092 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
3094 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
3095 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
3096 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
3099 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3104 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3105 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
3106 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
3107 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
3108 access, but only HTTP downloads.
3113 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3114 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
3115 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
3116 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
3117 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
3123 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
3124 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
3125 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
3127 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3132 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
3133 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
3134 available for Windows! For downloading, go
3135 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
3140 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
3141 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
3142 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
3143 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
3145 More information in the
3146 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3151 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
3152 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
3153 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
3155 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3160 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
3161 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
3162 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
3163 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
3165 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3170 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
3171 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
3172 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
3173 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
3174 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
3175 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
3176 individual music expressions.
3177 More information in the
3178 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3183 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
3184 An update to the stable branch,
3185 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
3186 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
3191 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
3192 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
3193 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
3194 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
3195 More information in the
3196 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3201 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
3202 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to
3203 improve the layout of lyrics. More
3205 @uref{@@DOC@@v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
3206 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3211 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
3212 in LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric
3213 alignment is completely revamped, and now matches my Edition
3214 Peters version of the Schubert song Sängers Morgen. More
3216 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3221 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
3222 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and linethickness
3223 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
3224 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
3225 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3230 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
3231 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
3232 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
3233 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
3234 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
3235 to implement this are welcome!) See the
3236 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3241 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
3242 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
3243 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
3244 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
3246 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3251 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
3252 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
3253 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
3254 Han-Wen's absence. See the
3255 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3260 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3261 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
3263 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3268 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3269 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
3271 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
3272 thanks to Heikki Junes.
3277 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
3278 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
3279 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
3280 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
3285 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
3286 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
3293 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
3294 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
3296 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
3297 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
3302 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
3303 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
3304 contains minor bugfixes.
3305 See the @ref{Changes}
3306 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
3311 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
3312 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
3313 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
3314 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
3320 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3321 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
3322 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
3323 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
3324 @uref{announce-v2.0.html,here}, or go to the
3325 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
3330 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3331 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
3332 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
3333 the @ref{Changes} and
3334 download @uref{install/,here}.
3339 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
3340 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
3341 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3342 the @ref{Changes} and
3343 download @uref{install/,here}.
3348 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
3349 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
3350 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3351 the @ref{Changes} and
3352 download @uref{install/,here}.
3357 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
3358 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
3359 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
3365 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
3366 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
3367 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
3373 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
3374 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
3375 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
3376 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
3377 will be available in a few weeks.
3383 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
3384 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
3385 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
3391 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
3392 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
3393 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
3399 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3400 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
3401 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
3402 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
3408 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3409 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
3410 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
3415 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3416 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
3417 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
3418 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
3419 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3424 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
3425 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
3426 @ref{Changes} and get it
3427 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3432 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
3433 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
3434 @ref{Changes} and get it
3435 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3440 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3441 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
3442 @ref{Changes} and get it
3443 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3448 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3449 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
3450 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
3455 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
3456 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
3457 read the @ref{Changes}.
3462 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
3463 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
3464 has been updated to 1.8.
3465 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
3470 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3471 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
3472 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
3477 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3478 New website went live!
3483 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
3484 Announced new website.
3489 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
3490 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
3495 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
3496 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
3497 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
3503 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
3504 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
3505 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.