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30 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.45 released @emph{July 09, 2016}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
33 2.19.45. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
34 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
35 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
36 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
42 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.44 released @emph{June 21, 2016}
44 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
45 2.19.44. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
46 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
47 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
48 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
54 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.43 released @emph{June 8, 2016}
56 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
57 2.19.43. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
58 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
59 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
60 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
66 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.42 released @emph{May 15, 2016}
68 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
69 2.19.42. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
70 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
71 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
72 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
78 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.41 released @emph{May 1, 2016}
80 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
81 2.19.41. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
82 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
83 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
84 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
90 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.40 released @emph{April 17, 2016}
92 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
93 2.19.40. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
94 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
95 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
96 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
102 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.39 released @emph{March 27, 2016}
104 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
105 2.19.39. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
106 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
107 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
108 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
114 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.38 released @emph{March 13, 2016}
116 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
117 2.19.38. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
118 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
119 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
120 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
126 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.37 released @emph{February 28, 2016}
128 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
129 2.19.37. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
130 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
131 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
132 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
138 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.36 released @emph{January 31, 2016}
140 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
141 2.19.36. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
142 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
143 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
144 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
150 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.35 released @emph{January 02, 2016}
152 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
153 2.19.35. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
154 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
155 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
156 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
162 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.34 released @emph{December 22, 2015}
164 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
165 2.19.34. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
166 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
167 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
168 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
174 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.33 released @emph{December 6, 2015}
176 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
177 2.19.33. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
178 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
179 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
180 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
186 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.32 released @emph{November 22, 2015}
188 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
189 2.19.32. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
190 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
191 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
192 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
198 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.31 released @emph{November 8, 2015}
200 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
201 2.19.31. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
202 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
203 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
204 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
210 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.30 released @emph{October 25, 2015}
212 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
213 2.19.30. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
214 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
215 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
216 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
222 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.29 released @emph{October 18, 2015}
224 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
225 2.19.29. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
226 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
227 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
228 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
234 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.28 released @emph{September 27, 2015}
236 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
237 2.19.28. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
238 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
239 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
240 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
246 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.27 released @emph{September 12, 2015}
248 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
249 2.19.27. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
250 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
251 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
252 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
258 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.26 released @emph{August 27, 2015}
260 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
261 2.19.26. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
262 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
263 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
264 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
270 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.25 released @emph{August 9, 2015}
272 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
273 2.19.25. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
274 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
275 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
276 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
282 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.24 released @emph{July 26, 2015}
284 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
285 2.19.24. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
286 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
287 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
288 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
294 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.23 released @emph{July 12, 2015}
296 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
297 2.19.23. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
298 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
299 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
300 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
306 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.22 released @emph{June 28, 2015}
308 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
309 2.19.22. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
310 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
311 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
312 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
318 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.21 released @emph{May 24, 2015}
320 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
321 2.19.21. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
322 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
323 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
324 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
330 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.20 released @emph{May 10, 2015}
332 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
333 2.19.20. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
334 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
335 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
336 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
342 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.19 released @emph{April 26, 2015}
344 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
345 2.19.19. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
346 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
347 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
348 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
354 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.18 released @emph{April 5, 2015}
356 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
357 2.19.18. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
358 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
359 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
360 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
366 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.17 released @emph{March 15, 2015}
368 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
369 2.19.17. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
370 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
371 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
372 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
378 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.16 released @emph{February 28, 2015}
380 At long last, we are very happy to announce the release of LilyPond
381 2.19.16. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
382 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
383 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
384 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
387 We would like to acknowledge and thank Masamichi Hosoda for making this
388 release possible with his work on updating GUB, the build tool.
393 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.15 released @emph{September 28, 2014}
395 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.15. This
396 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
397 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
398 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
399 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
405 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.14 released @emph{September 14, 2014}
407 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.14. This
408 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
409 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
410 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
411 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
417 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.13 released @emph{August 31, 2014}
419 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.13. This
420 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
421 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
422 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
423 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
429 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.12 released @emph{August 17, 2014}
431 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.12. This
432 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
433 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
434 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
435 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
441 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.11 released @emph{August 3, 2014}
443 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.11. This
444 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
445 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
446 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
447 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
453 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.10 released @emph{July 13, 2014}
455 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.10. This
456 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
457 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
458 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
459 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
465 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.9 released @emph{June 29, 2014}
467 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.9. This
468 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
469 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
470 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
471 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
477 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.8 released @emph{June 15, 2014}
479 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.8. This
480 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
481 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
482 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
483 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
489 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.7 released @emph{May 25, 2014}
491 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.7. This
492 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
493 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
494 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
495 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
501 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.6 released @emph{May 11, 2014}
503 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.6. This
504 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
505 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
506 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
507 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
513 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.5 released @emph{April 20, 2014}
515 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.5. This
516 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
517 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
518 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
519 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
524 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.4 released @emph{April 6, 2014}
526 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.4. This
527 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
528 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
529 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
530 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
535 @subheading LilyPond production named BEST EDITION 2014 @emph{March 11, 2014}
537 We are thrilled that the edition of the songs of Oskar
538 Fried (1871-1941), published recently by our fellow contributors Urs Liska
539 and Janek Warchoł [1], received the "Musikeditionspreis BEST EDITION
540 2014" of the German Music Publishers' Association [2]. The ceremony
541 took place at the Frankfurt Musikmesse.
543 We congratulate Janek and Urs for gaining such public recognition of
544 typographical and editorial excellence of their work. We are also delighted
545 to inform you that they intend to make their work available under a Free
546 license as soon as the publisher expenses are covered. Please support this
547 initiative by buying the printed volume through the publisher [3].
549 [1] @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/category/fried-songs}@*
550 [2] @uref{http://www.best-edition.de}@*
551 [3] @uref{http://www.sound-rel.de}@*
557 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.3 released @emph{March 2, 2014}
559 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.3. This
560 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
561 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
562 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
563 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
568 @subheading LilyPond 2.18.1 @emph{February 16, 2014}
570 We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
571 The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
572 over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
573 and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
574 enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
576 To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
577 stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
582 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
584 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
585 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
586 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
587 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
588 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
593 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
595 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
596 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
597 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
598 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
599 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
604 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
606 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
607 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
608 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
609 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
610 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
615 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
617 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
618 a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
619 developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
620 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
621 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
622 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
623 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
624 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
629 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
631 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
632 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
633 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
634 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
635 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
636 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
637 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
638 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
643 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
645 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
646 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
647 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
648 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
649 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
650 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
651 latest version, see @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
652 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
658 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
660 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
661 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
662 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
663 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
664 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
669 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
671 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
672 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
673 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
674 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
675 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
680 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
682 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
683 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
684 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
685 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
686 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
691 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
693 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
694 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
695 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
696 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
697 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
702 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
704 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
705 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
706 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
707 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
708 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
713 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
715 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
716 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
717 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
718 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
719 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
724 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
726 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
727 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
728 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
729 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
730 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
735 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
737 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
738 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
739 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
740 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
741 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
743 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
744 with positioning text.
749 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
751 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
752 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
753 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
754 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
755 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
760 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
762 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
763 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
764 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
765 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
766 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
771 @subheading LilyPond blog. @emph{June 2, 2013}
773 Janek Warchoł has created a LilyPond blog. You can find it at
774 @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/, lilypondblog.org}!
779 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
781 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
782 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
783 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
784 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
785 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
790 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
792 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
793 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
794 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
795 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
796 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
801 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
803 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
804 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
805 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
806 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
807 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
812 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
814 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
815 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
816 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
817 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
818 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
823 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
825 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
826 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
827 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
828 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
829 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
834 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
836 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
837 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
838 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
839 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
840 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
841 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
846 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
848 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
849 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
850 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
851 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
852 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
857 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
859 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
860 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
861 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
862 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
863 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
868 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
870 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
871 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
872 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
873 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
874 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
879 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
881 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
882 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
883 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
884 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
885 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
890 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.2 released! @emph{January 4, 2013}
892 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.2. This release is mainly
893 to correct a problem with lilypond-book running on Windows. We recommend that
894 only people requiring this functionality upgrade to this version.
899 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
901 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
902 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
903 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
904 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
905 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
910 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
912 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
913 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
914 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
915 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
916 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
921 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
923 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
924 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
925 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
926 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
927 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
933 @subheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012}
935 The @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, October
936 issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}} focuses on the
937 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?LilyPond-meeting-in-Waltrop,
938 meeting of LilyPond developers and users} in Waltrop, Germany last
939 August. Of course, there are also some musings on LilyPond
940 triggered by the release of 2.16.0 and 2.17.0 occuring from that
943 There are also two monthly financial reports from David Kastrup
944 whose work on LilyPond is
945 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding,
946 solely paid for} by financial contributions from other developer
947 and users (thank you!), and a report about experiences from
948 @uref{http://scorio.com, a web-based music typesetting service}
949 using LilyPond internally.
951 Come @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, read
952 LilyPond Report 28} now; comments and contributions are warmly
957 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
959 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
960 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
961 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
965 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
967 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
968 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
969 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
970 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
971 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
976 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
978 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
979 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
980 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
981 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
982 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
987 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
989 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
990 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
991 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
992 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
997 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
999 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
1000 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1001 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1002 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1007 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
1009 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
1010 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1011 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1012 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1017 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
1019 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
1020 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1021 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1022 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1028 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
1030 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
1031 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1032 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1033 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1038 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
1040 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
1041 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1042 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1043 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1045 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
1046 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
1050 Support for kievan square notation
1052 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
1054 Music functions have become quite more versatile
1057 A full list of new features is given in:
1060 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1063 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
1065 Main development team:
1067 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
1068 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
1069 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
1070 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
1071 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
1074 Programming contributors:
1076 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
1077 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
1078 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
1079 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
1081 Documentation contributors:
1083 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
1087 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
1092 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
1094 Translation contributors:
1096 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
1101 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
1103 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
1104 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
1105 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
1107 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
1108 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
1109 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1111 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
1112 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
1118 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
1120 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
1121 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1123 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1124 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1125 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1132 @subheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
1134 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
1135 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
1136 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
1137 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
1138 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
1139 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
1142 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
1143 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
1148 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
1150 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
1151 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1152 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1153 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1154 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1160 @subheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
1162 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
1163 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1164 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1165 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1168 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1169 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1170 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1177 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
1179 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
1180 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1182 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1183 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1184 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1191 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
1193 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
1194 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1195 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1196 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1197 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1203 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
1205 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1206 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1207 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1208 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1211 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1212 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1213 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1220 @subheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
1222 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
1223 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
1224 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
1225 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
1226 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
1227 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
1230 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
1231 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
1238 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
1240 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1241 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1242 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1243 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1246 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
1247 candidate will be required.
1253 @subheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
1255 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
1256 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
1257 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
1258 working on open source software.
1260 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
1261 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
1267 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
1269 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1270 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1271 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1272 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1275 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1276 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1277 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1284 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
1286 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1287 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1288 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1289 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1292 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1293 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1294 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1301 @subheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
1303 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
1304 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
1305 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
1306 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
1309 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
1310 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
1317 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
1319 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
1320 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1322 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1323 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1324 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1331 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
1333 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
1334 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1336 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1337 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1338 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1345 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
1347 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
1348 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1350 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1351 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1352 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1359 @subheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
1361 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
1362 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
1363 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
1364 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
1367 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
1368 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
1375 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
1377 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
1378 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1380 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1381 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1382 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1389 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
1391 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
1392 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1394 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1395 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1396 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1403 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
1405 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1406 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1407 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1408 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1411 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1412 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1413 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1420 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
1422 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
1423 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1425 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1426 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1427 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1434 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
1436 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
1437 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1439 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1440 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1441 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1448 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
1450 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
1451 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1453 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1454 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1455 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1462 @subheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
1464 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
1465 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
1466 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
1467 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
1468 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
1471 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
1472 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
1479 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
1481 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
1482 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1484 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1485 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1486 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1489 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
1495 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
1497 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
1498 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1500 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1501 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1502 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1509 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
1511 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
1512 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1514 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1515 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1516 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1523 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
1525 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
1526 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1528 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1529 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1530 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1537 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
1539 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
1540 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1542 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1543 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1544 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1551 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
1553 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
1554 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1556 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1557 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1558 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1565 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
1567 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
1568 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1570 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1571 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1572 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1579 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
1581 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
1582 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1584 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1585 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1586 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1593 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
1595 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
1596 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1598 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1599 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1600 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1607 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
1609 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
1610 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1612 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1613 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1614 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1621 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
1623 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
1624 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1626 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1627 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1628 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1635 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
1637 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
1638 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1640 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1641 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1642 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1649 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1651 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1652 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1654 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1655 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1656 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1663 @subheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1665 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1666 Critical regression.
1672 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1674 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1675 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1676 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1677 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1680 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1681 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1682 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1689 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1691 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
1692 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1694 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1695 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1696 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1697 not the next release candidate.
1703 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1705 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1706 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1708 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1709 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1710 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1711 next release candidate.
1717 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1719 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1720 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1721 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1723 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1724 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1725 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1726 next release candidate.
1732 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1734 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1735 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1736 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1737 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1740 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1741 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1742 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1749 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1751 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
1752 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1754 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1755 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1761 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1763 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1764 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1766 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1767 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1773 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1775 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1776 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1777 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1785 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1787 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1788 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1790 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1791 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1797 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1799 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1800 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1802 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1803 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1809 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1811 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1812 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1814 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1815 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1821 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1823 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1824 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1826 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1827 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1833 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1835 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1836 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1837 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1842 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1844 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1845 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1846 usual number of bugs.
1848 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1849 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1854 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1856 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1857 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1858 usual number of bugs.
1860 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1861 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1867 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1869 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1870 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1871 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1872 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1874 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1875 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1880 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1883 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1884 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1887 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1892 A full list of new features is given in:
1895 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1898 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1900 Main development team:
1902 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1903 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1904 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1905 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1906 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1908 Programming contributors:
1910 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1911 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1912 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1913 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1914 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1915 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1919 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1921 Documentation contributors:
1923 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1924 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
1928 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
1929 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
1931 Binaries support contributors:
1935 Translation contributors:
1937 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
1938 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
1945 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
1947 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1948 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1949 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1950 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1953 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1954 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1955 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1962 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
1964 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
1965 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1967 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1968 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1974 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
1976 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
1977 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1979 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1980 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1986 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
1988 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
1989 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1991 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1992 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1998 @subheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
2000 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
2001 article in the May 2011 issue titled
2002 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/content/download/61706/482546/version/1/file/088-090_projects.pdf,
2003 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
2004 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
2005 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
2006 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
2011 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
2013 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
2014 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2016 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2017 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2023 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
2025 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
2026 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2027 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2028 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2031 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2032 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2033 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2040 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
2042 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
2043 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2044 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2045 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2048 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2049 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2050 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2057 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
2059 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
2060 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2061 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2062 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2065 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2066 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2067 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2074 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
2076 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
2077 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2079 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
2080 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2086 @subheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
2088 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
2089 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2090 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2091 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2092 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2098 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
2100 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
2101 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2102 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2103 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2106 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2107 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2108 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2115 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
2117 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
2118 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2120 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2121 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2126 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
2128 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
2129 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2131 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2132 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2137 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
2139 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
2140 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2142 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2143 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2149 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
2151 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
2152 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2154 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
2155 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
2156 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
2162 @subheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
2164 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
2165 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
2166 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
2173 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
2175 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
2176 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2177 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2178 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2181 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2182 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2183 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2190 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
2192 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
2193 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2194 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2202 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
2204 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
2205 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2206 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2214 @subheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
2216 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
2217 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2218 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2219 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2220 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2226 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
2228 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
2229 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2230 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2231 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2234 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2235 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2236 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2243 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
2245 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
2246 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2247 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2256 @subheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
2258 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
2259 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2260 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2261 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2264 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2265 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2266 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2267 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2273 @subheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
2275 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
2276 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2277 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2278 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2281 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2282 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2283 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2284 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2290 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
2292 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
2293 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2294 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2297 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2298 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2299 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2305 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
2307 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
2308 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2309 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2312 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2313 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2314 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2320 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
2322 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
2323 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2324 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2327 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2328 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2329 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2335 @subheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
2337 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
2338 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2339 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2340 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2343 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2344 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2345 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
2346 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2355 @subheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
2357 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
2358 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
2359 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
2360 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
2361 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
2362 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
2363 read on to find out what for!
2366 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
2367 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
2374 @subheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
2376 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
2377 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2378 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2379 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2382 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2383 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2384 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
2385 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2392 @subheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
2394 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
2395 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2396 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2397 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2400 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2401 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2402 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
2403 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2410 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
2412 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
2413 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2414 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2417 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
2418 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2419 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2424 @subheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
2426 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2427 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
2428 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
2429 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
2430 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
2434 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
2435 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
2442 @subheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
2444 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
2445 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2446 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2447 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2450 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
2451 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2452 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2453 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
2455 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
2457 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
2458 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
2459 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2465 @subheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
2467 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
2468 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2469 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2470 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2473 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
2474 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2475 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2476 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
2477 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
2478 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2484 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
2486 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
2487 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2488 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2497 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
2499 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
2500 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2501 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2508 @subheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
2510 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2511 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
2512 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
2513 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
2514 the bug report of the report!
2517 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
2518 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
2524 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
2526 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
2527 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2528 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2535 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
2537 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
2538 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2539 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2546 @subheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
2548 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2549 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
2550 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
2551 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
2555 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
2556 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
2564 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
2566 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
2567 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2568 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2571 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
2572 caution and expect breakage.
2577 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
2579 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
2580 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2581 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2584 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
2585 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
2586 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
2587 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
2592 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
2594 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
2595 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2596 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2602 @subheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
2604 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
2605 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
2606 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
2607 improvements to the new website.
2609 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
2610 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
2612 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
2613 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
2615 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
2621 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
2623 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
2624 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2625 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2630 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
2632 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
2633 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2634 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2640 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2642 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2643 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2644 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2650 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2652 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2653 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2654 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2659 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2661 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2662 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2663 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2668 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2670 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2671 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2672 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2675 This release should be of particular interest to package
2676 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2677 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2678 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2684 @subheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2686 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2687 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2688 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2689 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2692 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2693 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2700 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2702 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2703 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2704 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2707 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2708 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2709 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2710 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2711 see the Changes document for more information.
2715 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2717 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2718 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2719 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2724 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2726 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2727 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2728 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2729 so this release is intended for developers only.
2733 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2735 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2736 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2737 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2742 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2744 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2745 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2750 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2752 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2753 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2754 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2760 @subheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2762 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2763 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2764 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2765 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2766 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2768 What are you waiting for? Come
2769 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2770 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2775 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2777 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2778 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2779 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2783 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2785 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2786 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2787 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2788 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2789 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2794 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2796 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2797 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2798 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2802 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2804 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2805 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2806 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2807 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2811 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2813 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2814 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2815 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2816 and English names for feta filenames.
2822 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2824 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2825 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2826 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2827 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2830 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2831 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2832 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2838 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2840 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2841 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2842 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2843 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2845 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2846 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2851 @subheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2853 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2854 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2860 @subheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2862 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2863 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2864 Read @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2871 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2873 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2874 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2875 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2876 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2878 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2879 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2880 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2888 @subheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2890 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2891 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2892 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2893 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2894 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2895 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2896 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2897 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2903 @subheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2905 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2906 its team, its world, its community.
2907 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2908 to read the full issue...
2913 @subheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2915 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2916 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2917 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2922 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2924 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2925 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
2931 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
2933 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2935 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
2942 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
2944 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
2945 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
2946 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
2947 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
2948 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
2950 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
2951 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
2953 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
2955 @ref{Old downloads}.
2960 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
2962 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
2963 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
2964 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
2965 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
2966 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
2967 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
2970 @ref{Old downloads}.
2975 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
2977 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
2978 documentation and translations.
2979 @ref{Old downloads}.
2984 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
2986 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
2987 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
2988 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
2989 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
2990 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
2992 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
2993 @ref{Old downloads}.
2998 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
3000 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
3001 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
3002 (teaching) has been added.
3004 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
3006 @ref{Old downloads}.
3011 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
3013 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
3014 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
3015 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
3016 @ref{Old downloads}.
3021 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
3023 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
3024 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
3025 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
3026 translations of the documentation.
3027 @ref{Old downloads}.
3032 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
3034 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
3035 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
3036 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
3037 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
3038 deceased since then. All the development team express their
3039 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
3040 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
3041 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
3042 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
3044 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
3046 @ref{Old downloads}.
3051 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
3053 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
3054 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
3055 markup command names have been made.
3058 @ref{Old downloads}.
3063 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
3065 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
3066 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
3067 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
3068 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
3069 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
3072 @ref{Old downloads}.
3077 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
3079 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
3080 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
3082 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
3083 @ref{Old downloads}.
3088 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
3090 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
3091 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
3092 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
3094 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
3095 @ref{Old downloads}.
3100 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
3102 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
3104 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
3105 @ref{Old downloads}.
3110 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
3112 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
3113 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
3114 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
3116 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
3118 @ref{Old downloads}.
3123 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
3125 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
3126 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
3127 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
3128 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
3130 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
3131 @ref{Old downloads}.
3136 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
3138 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
3139 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
3142 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
3143 @ref{Old downloads}.
3148 @subheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
3150 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3151 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123759/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
3156 @subheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
3158 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3159 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123754/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
3164 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
3166 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
3168 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
3169 @ref{Old downloads}.
3174 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3176 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
3177 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
3178 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
3180 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
3181 @ref{Old downloads}.
3186 @subheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3188 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3189 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123750/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
3194 @subheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
3196 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
3197 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123743/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
3202 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
3204 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
3205 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
3206 regression tests maintenance for developers.
3208 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
3209 @ref{Old downloads}.
3214 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
3216 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
3217 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
3219 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
3221 @ref{Old downloads}.
3226 @subheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
3228 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
3229 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
3230 report, new translations of the site and publications.
3231 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
3232 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
3233 announce releases and special events.
3238 @subheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
3240 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
3241 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3242 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123946/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
3247 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
3249 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
3250 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
3251 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
3252 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
3253 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
3256 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
3258 @ref{Old downloads}.
3263 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
3265 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
3266 names has been added to the MusicXML
3269 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
3270 @ref{Old downloads}.
3275 @subheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
3277 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
3282 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
3284 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
3285 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
3286 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
3289 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
3290 @ref{Old downloads}.
3295 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
3297 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
3300 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
3301 @ref{Old downloads}.
3306 @subheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3308 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
3309 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
3310 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
3311 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
3312 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
3313 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
3319 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3321 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
3322 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
3323 updates to the MusicXML converter.
3325 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
3326 @ref{Old downloads}.
3331 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
3333 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
3334 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
3339 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
3341 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
3342 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
3343 Grand Documentation Project.
3345 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
3346 @ref{Old downloads}.
3351 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
3353 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
3355 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
3356 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
3357 @ref{Old downloads}.
3362 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
3364 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
3366 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
3367 @ref{Old downloads}.
3372 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
3374 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
3375 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
3377 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
3378 @ref{Old downloads}.
3383 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
3385 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
3386 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
3387 for the translations.
3389 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
3390 @ref{Old downloads}.
3395 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
3397 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
3398 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
3399 and lots of updates for the translations.
3401 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
3402 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
3403 @ref{Old downloads}.
3408 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
3410 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
3411 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
3412 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/freebsd-64/,the installer} and
3413 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
3418 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
3419 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
3420 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
3421 spacing engine code.
3423 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
3424 @ref{Old downloads}.
3429 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
3431 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
3432 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
3434 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
3435 @ref{Old downloads}.
3440 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
3442 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
3443 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
3445 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
3446 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
3447 @ref{Old downloads}.
3452 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
3453 This has lots of bugfixes.
3455 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
3456 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
3457 @ref{Old downloads}.
3462 @subheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
3463 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
3464 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
3465 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
3470 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
3471 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
3473 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
3475 @ref{Old downloads}.
3480 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
3481 This release has some documentation updates.
3483 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
3485 @ref{Old downloads}.
3490 @subheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
3491 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
3492 disponibles en ligne ---
3493 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
3494 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
3495 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
3496 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
3501 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
3502 This release fixes many bugs.
3504 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
3505 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
3507 @ref{Old downloads}.
3512 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
3513 This release fixes many bugs.
3515 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
3516 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
3518 @ref{Old downloads}.
3523 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
3524 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
3525 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
3527 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
3529 @ref{Old downloads}.
3534 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
3535 This release fixes still more bugs.
3537 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
3539 @ref{Old downloads}.
3544 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
3545 This release fixes many bugs.
3546 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
3547 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
3549 @ref{Old downloads})
3554 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
3555 This release will stretch piano staves on a
3556 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
3557 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
3559 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
3560 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
3562 @ref{Old downloads}.
3567 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
3568 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
3569 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
3571 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
3578 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3579 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
3580 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
3582 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
3584 @ref{Old downloads}.
3589 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3590 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
3591 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
3593 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
3595 @ref{Old downloads}.
3600 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3601 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
3604 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
3606 @ref{Old downloads}.
3611 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
3612 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
3614 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
3616 @ref{Old downloads}.
3621 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
3622 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
3623 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
3624 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
3626 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
3628 @ref{Old downloads}.
3633 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3634 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
3635 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
3636 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
3637 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
3638 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3640 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3642 @ref{Old downloads}.
3647 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3648 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3649 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3652 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3654 @ref{Old downloads}.
3659 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3660 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3661 further improvements in the regression test suite
3665 @ref{Old downloads}.
3670 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3671 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3675 @ref{Old downloads}.
3680 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3681 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3686 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3687 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3692 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3693 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3697 @ref{Old downloads}.
3702 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3703 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3704 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3708 @ref{Old downloads}.
3713 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3714 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3718 @ref{Old downloads}.
3723 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3724 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3729 @ref{Old downloads}.
3734 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3735 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3739 @ref{Old downloads}.
3744 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3745 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3746 within a system as well as between systems.
3750 @ref{Old downloads}.
3755 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3756 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3757 test results} and several website build improvements.
3761 @ref{Old downloads}.
3766 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3767 This release fixes several bugs.
3770 @ref{Old downloads}.
3775 @subheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3776 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3781 @subheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3782 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3783 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3784 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3785 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3790 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3791 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3795 @ref{Old downloads}.
3800 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3801 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3804 @ref{Old downloads}.
3809 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3810 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3814 @ref{Old downloads}.
3819 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3820 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3823 @ref{Old downloads}.
3828 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3829 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3834 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3835 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3836 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3841 @subheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3842 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3843 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3848 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3849 This release has many more bugfixes.
3852 @ref{Old downloads}.
3857 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3858 This release has many more bugfixes.
3861 @ref{Old downloads}.
3866 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3867 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3872 @ref{Old downloads}.
3877 @subheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3878 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3879 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3880 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3881 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3882 (@ref{Publications}).
3887 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3888 This release has further bugfixes.
3891 @ref{Old downloads}.
3896 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3897 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3898 available for x86/64.
3901 @ref{Old downloads}.
3906 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3907 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3908 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3909 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3910 @ref{Old downloads})
3915 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3916 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3917 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3922 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3923 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3928 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
3929 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3934 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
3935 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3940 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
3941 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
3942 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3947 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
3948 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
3949 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
3950 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3955 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
3956 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3961 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
3962 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
3963 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
3968 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
3969 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
3970 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
3971 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
3972 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3977 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
3978 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
3979 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3984 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
3985 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
3986 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
3987 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3992 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
3993 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
3994 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
3995 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4000 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
4001 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
4003 @ref{Old downloads})
4008 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
4009 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
4011 @ref{Old downloads})
4016 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
4017 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
4018 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
4020 @ref{Old downloads})
4025 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
4026 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
4027 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
4028 (@ref{Old downloads})
4033 @subheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
4034 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
4035 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
4036 glory} what features are broken in the development release
4041 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
4042 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
4043 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
4044 the development releases even better
4049 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
4051 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
4052 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
4053 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4058 @subheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
4059 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
4060 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
4061 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
4062 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
4063 esthetics}. Happy reading!
4068 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
4069 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
4070 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
4072 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4077 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
4078 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
4079 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
4080 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
4081 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4086 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
4087 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
4088 (@ref{Old downloads})
4093 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
4094 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
4095 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
4096 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
4097 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
4098 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4103 @subheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
4104 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
4105 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
4106 (@ref{Publications})
4111 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4112 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
4113 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4118 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4119 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
4120 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
4121 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4126 @subheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
4127 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
4128 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
4133 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
4134 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
4135 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4140 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
4141 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
4142 released. (@ref{Changes},
4143 @ref{Old downloads})
4148 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
4149 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
4150 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
4151 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
4152 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
4153 multi-measure rests.
4155 @ref{Old downloads})
4160 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
4161 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
4163 @ref{Old downloads})
4168 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
4169 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
4170 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
4171 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
4172 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4173 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
4174 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
4175 @ref{Old downloads})
4180 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
4181 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
4182 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
4183 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
4184 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
4185 @ref{Old downloads})
4190 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
4191 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
4192 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
4193 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
4194 the endings and the middle
4195 part. (@ref{Changes},
4196 @ref{Old downloads})
4201 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
4202 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
4203 parenthesized, for example,
4206 c4 -\parenthesize -.
4207 <d \parenthesize fis a>
4211 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
4212 @ref{Old downloads})
4217 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
4218 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
4219 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
4229 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
4230 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
4231 vector. (@ref{Changes},
4232 @ref{Old downloads})
4237 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
4238 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
4239 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
4240 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
4241 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
4242 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
4243 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
4245 @ref{Old downloads})
4250 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
4251 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
4252 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
4253 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
4254 @ref{Old downloads})
4259 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
4260 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
4261 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
4262 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
4263 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
4264 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
4265 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
4266 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4267 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4268 @ref{Old downloads})
4273 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
4274 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
4275 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
4276 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
4277 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
4278 @ref{Old downloads})
4283 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
4285 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
4286 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
4287 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
4292 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
4293 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
4294 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
4295 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
4296 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
4301 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4302 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
4303 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
4305 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/linux-x86/,
4307 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/darwin-ppc/,
4309 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/mingw/,
4315 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4316 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
4317 (feature sponsored by Andrea
4318 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
4319 @ref{Old downloads})
4324 @subheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
4325 Linux Journal publishes an article on
4326 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
4327 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
4328 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
4331 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
4332 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
4333 alternatives seem second-rate.}
4334 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
4339 @subheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
4340 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
4341 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
4342 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
4343 page. Let us know how you fare!
4348 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
4349 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
4350 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
4351 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
4352 The important occasion for this release is our new build
4353 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
4354 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
4355 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
4356 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
4358 @ref{Old downloads})
4363 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
4364 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
4365 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
4366 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
4367 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
4368 @ref{Old downloads})
4373 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
4374 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
4375 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
4376 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
4377 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
4378 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
4379 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
4380 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
4381 functions. (@ref{Changes},
4382 @ref{Old downloads})
4387 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
4388 This release has the following new features:
4391 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
4392 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
4393 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4395 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
4396 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
4397 and Bertalan Fodor).
4399 Generic music functions may now also be used on
4400 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
4403 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
4404 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
4405 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
4409 @ref{Old downloads})
4414 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
4415 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
4416 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
4417 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
4418 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
4419 van den Borre and Bertalan
4420 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
4421 @ref{Old downloads})
4426 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
4427 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
4428 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
4429 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
4435 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
4436 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
4437 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
4438 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
4439 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
4441 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
4442 @ref{Old downloads})
4447 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
4448 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
4449 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
4454 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
4455 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
4456 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
4457 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
4458 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
4459 etc. (@ref{Changes},
4460 @ref{Old downloads})
4465 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
4466 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
4467 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
4468 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4469 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4470 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4471 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4472 @ref{Old downloads})
4477 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
4478 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4479 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4480 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4481 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4482 @ref{Old downloads})
4487 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
4488 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
4489 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
4490 @ref{Old downloads})
4495 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
4496 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
4497 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
4498 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
4499 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
4500 properties. (@ref{Changes},
4501 @ref{Old downloads})
4506 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
4507 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
4508 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
4509 that compute said property, i.e.
4512 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
4513 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
4516 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
4517 @ref{Old downloads})
4522 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
4523 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
4524 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
4525 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
4526 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
4527 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
4528 also provides advanced tweakability for power
4529 users. (@ref{Changes},
4530 @ref{Old downloads})
4535 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
4536 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
4537 series. (@ref{Changes},
4538 @ref{Old downloads})
4543 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
4544 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
4545 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
4546 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
4547 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
4548 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
4549 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
4550 sponsored by Nicolas
4551 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4552 @ref{Old downloads})
4557 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
4558 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
4559 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4560 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
4561 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
4562 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
4563 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4564 @ref{Old downloads})
4569 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
4570 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
4571 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
4572 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
4573 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4574 @ref{Old downloads})
4579 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
4580 This is mainly a bugfix
4581 release. (@ref{Changes},
4582 @ref{Old downloads})
4587 @subheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
4588 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
4589 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
4590 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
4591 la gravure musicale}.
4596 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
4597 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
4598 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
4599 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
4600 @ref{Old downloads})
4605 @subheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
4606 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
4607 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
4608 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
4609 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
4610 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
4615 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
4616 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
4617 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
4618 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
4619 @ref{Old downloads})
4624 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
4625 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
4626 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
4627 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
4628 signs. (@ref{Changes},
4629 @ref{Old downloads})
4634 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
4635 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
4636 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
4637 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
4638 @ref{Old downloads})
4643 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4644 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4645 for a note is proportional to the time it
4646 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4647 @ref{Old downloads})
4652 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4653 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4654 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4659 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4660 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4661 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4662 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4664 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4665 @ref{Old downloads})
4670 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4671 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4672 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4673 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4675 @ref{Old downloads})
4680 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4681 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4682 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4683 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4684 @ref{Old downloads})
4689 @subheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4690 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4692 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4693 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4694 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4695 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4696 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4701 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4702 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4703 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4704 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4709 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4710 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4711 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4712 @ref{Old downloads})
4717 @subheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4718 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4719 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4720 @ref{Old downloads})
4725 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4726 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4727 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4728 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4729 (@ref{Old downloads})
4734 @subheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4735 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4736 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4737 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4742 @subheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4743 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4744 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4745 better help functionality.
4746 (@ref{Old downloads})
4751 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4752 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4753 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4754 compile them directly from
4755 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4760 @subheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4761 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4762 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4767 @subheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4768 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4769 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4770 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4775 @subheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4776 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4777 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4778 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4779 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4784 @subheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4785 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4786 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4791 @subheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4792 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4797 @subheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4798 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4799 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4804 @subheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4805 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4806 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4807 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4808 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4813 @subheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4814 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4815 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4816 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4817 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4818 @ref{Old downloads})
4823 @subheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4825 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4826 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4828 (@ref{Old downloads})
4833 @subheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4834 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4835 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4836 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4837 signatures like 5/8.
4839 @ref{Old downloads})
4844 @subheading April 18, 2005
4845 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4846 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4847 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4848 More details are in the
4850 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4855 @subheading April 15, 2005
4856 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4857 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4858 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4859 Scheme code. Take a look at
4861 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4866 @subheading April 6, 2005
4867 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4868 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4869 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4874 @subheading March 31, 2005
4875 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4876 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4877 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4882 @subheading March 20, 2005
4883 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4884 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4890 @subheading March 14, 2005
4891 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4892 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4893 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4894 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4895 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4900 @subheading March 7, 2005
4901 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4902 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4903 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4904 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4905 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4907 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4912 @subheading March 7, 2005
4913 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4914 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4920 @subheading February 28, 2005
4921 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install
4922 Ghostscript 8.15rc3. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4923 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4924 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
4930 @subheading February 28, 2005
4931 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
4932 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}.
4933 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4934 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4939 @subheading February 26, 2005
4940 The @uref{http://lsr.di.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
4941 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
4942 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
4943 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
4948 @subheading February 21, 2005
4949 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
4950 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
4951 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
4952 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
4954 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4959 @subheading February 4, 2005
4960 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
4961 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
4962 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
4963 @ref{Old downloads}!
4968 @subheading January 31, 2005
4969 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
4970 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
4971 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
4977 @subheading January 26, 2005
4978 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
4979 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
4985 @subheading January 16, 2005
4986 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
4987 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
4988 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
4990 @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,
4992 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
4997 @subheading January 11, 2005
4998 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
4999 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
5000 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
5001 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
5002 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
5003 font code by Werner.
5005 and check out the changes in
5006 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5011 @subheading January 02, 2005
5012 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
5013 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
5014 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
5015 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
5016 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
5017 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
5018 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
5019 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
5020 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
5023 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5028 @subheading December 28, 2004
5029 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
5030 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
5031 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
5032 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
5034 and check out the changes in
5035 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5040 @subheading December 20, 2004
5041 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
5042 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
5043 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
5044 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
5045 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
5048 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5053 @subheading December 3, 2004
5054 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
5055 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
5056 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
5057 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
5058 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
5059 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
5060 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
5061 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
5065 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5070 @subheading November 26, 2004
5071 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
5072 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
5073 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
5074 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
5075 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
5077 and check out the changes in
5078 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5083 @subheading November 20, 2004
5084 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
5085 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
5086 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
5087 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
5088 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
5089 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
5090 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
5091 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
5094 and check out the changes in
5095 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5100 @subheading November 12, 2004
5101 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
5102 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
5103 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
5104 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
5105 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
5108 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
5111 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
5112 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
5113 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
5114 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
5115 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
5118 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5123 @subheading November 11, 2004
5124 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
5125 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
5131 @subheading November 4, 2004
5132 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
5133 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
5135 and check out the changes in
5136 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5141 @subheading October 31, 2004
5142 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
5143 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
5144 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
5145 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
5152 @subheading October 29, 2004
5153 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
5154 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
5155 some problems with the conversion scripts.
5157 and check out the changes in
5158 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5163 @subheading October 29, 2004
5164 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5165 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
5166 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
5167 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
5169 and check out the changes in
5170 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5175 @subheading October 27, 2004
5176 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
5177 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
5178 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
5180 and check out the changes in
5181 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5186 @subheading October 24, 2004
5187 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
5188 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
5189 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5191 and check out the changes in
5192 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5197 @subheading October 10, 2004
5198 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
5199 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
5200 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
5204 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5209 @subheading October 09, 2004
5210 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
5211 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
5212 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
5216 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5221 @subheading October 02, 2004
5222 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
5223 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
5224 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
5225 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
5226 in the documentation.
5228 and check out the changes in
5229 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5234 @subheading September 29, 2004
5235 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20040811160307/http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
5236 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
5237 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
5238 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
5243 @subheading September 26, 2004
5244 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
5246 and check out the changes
5247 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5252 @subheading September 20, 2004
5253 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
5254 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
5255 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
5256 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
5257 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
5258 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
5261 and check out the changes in
5262 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5267 @subheading September 11, 2004
5268 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
5269 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
5270 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
5271 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
5272 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
5273 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
5274 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
5275 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
5276 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
5277 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
5278 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
5279 will hold users back in switching.
5281 and check out the changes in
5282 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5287 @subheading September 10, 2004
5288 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
5289 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
5290 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
5291 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
5292 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
5293 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
5295 and check out the changes in
5296 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5301 @subheading September 6, 2004
5302 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
5303 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
5304 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
5305 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
5306 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
5310 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5315 @subheading August 29, 2004
5316 LilyPond now has a Documentation
5317 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
5318 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
5319 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
5320 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
5321 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
5322 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
5323 chapter of the user manual.
5324 A lot of cheers for Graham!
5329 @subheading August 29, 2004
5330 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
5331 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
5332 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
5333 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
5334 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
5335 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
5339 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5344 @subheading August 24, 2004
5345 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
5346 disappearing metronome mark.
5348 and check out the changes in
5349 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5354 @subheading August 23, 2004
5355 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
5356 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
5357 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
5358 `doubleSlurs' property.
5360 and check out the changes in
5361 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5366 @subheading August 3, 2004
5367 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
5368 annoying bugs fixed.
5371 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5376 @subheading August 1, 2004
5377 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
5378 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
5379 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
5380 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
5381 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
5382 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
5385 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
5386 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
5388 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
5389 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
5394 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5399 @subheading July 30, 2004
5400 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
5401 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
5402 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
5403 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
5404 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
5405 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
5406 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
5407 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
5408 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
5409 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
5412 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5417 @subheading July 23, 2004
5418 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
5419 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
5420 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
5421 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
5424 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5429 @subheading July 19, 2004
5430 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
5431 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
5432 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
5433 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
5434 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
5435 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
5436 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
5437 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
5438 beat within the measure.
5440 and check out the changes in
5441 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5446 @subheading July 15, 2004
5447 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
5451 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5456 @subheading July 11, 2004
5457 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
5463 @subheading July 5, 2004
5464 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
5465 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
5466 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
5467 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
5469 and check out the changes
5470 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5475 @subheading July 5, 2004
5476 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
5480 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5485 @subheading June 25, 2004
5486 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
5487 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
5488 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
5489 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
5490 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
5491 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
5492 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5494 @ref{Old downloads}.
5499 @subheading June 20, 2004
5500 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
5501 bugs that were reported over the past month. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog} for a full description and
5502 @ref{Old downloads}.
5507 @subheading June 13, 2004
5508 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
5509 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
5510 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5512 @ref{Old downloads}.
5517 @subheading May 31, 2004
5518 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
5519 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
5520 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5522 @ref{Old downloads}.
5527 @subheading May 31, 2004
5528 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
5529 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5530 or head straight to the
5531 @ref{Old downloads}.
5536 @subheading May 26, 2004
5537 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
5538 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
5539 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5540 @ref{Old downloads}.
5545 @subheading May 9, 2004
5546 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
5547 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5548 @ref{Old downloads}.
5553 @subheading May 4, 2004
5554 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
5556 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
5557 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
5558 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
5559 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
5560 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
5565 @subheading May 3, 2004
5566 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
5567 @ref{Old downloads}.
5572 @subheading April 17, 2004
5573 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
5574 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
5580 @subheading April 12, 2004
5581 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
5582 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
5583 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
5584 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
5585 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
5586 @ref{Old downloads}.
5591 @subheading April 8, 2004
5592 A French article on the new LilyPond
5593 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
5598 @subheading April 8, 2004
5599 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
5600 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
5606 @subheading April 1, 2004
5607 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
5608 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
5609 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
5610 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
5611 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
5612 @ref{Old downloads}.
5617 @subheading March 31, 2004
5618 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
5619 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
5620 documentation polish. This should be the final release
5621 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
5623 @ref{Old downloads}.
5628 @subheading March 30, 2004
5629 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
5631 @ref{Old downloads}.
5636 @subheading March 28, 2004
5637 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
5638 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
5639 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5646 @subheading March 22, 2004
5647 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5648 @ref{Old downloads}.
5653 @subheading March 21, 2004
5654 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5661 @subheading March 20, 2004
5662 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5663 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5664 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5666 @ref{Old downloads}.
5671 @subheading March 15, 2004
5672 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5673 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5674 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5677 @ref{Old downloads}.
5682 @subheading March 14, 2004
5684 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5685 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5691 @subheading March 11, 2004
5692 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5694 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5695 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5696 authors of LilyPond.
5701 @subheading March 11, 2004
5702 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5703 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5706 @ref{Old downloads}.
5711 @subheading March 9, 2004
5712 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5713 experimental support for producing titles with
5719 @subheading February 29, 2004
5720 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5721 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5722 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5724 @ref{Old downloads}.
5729 @subheading February 24, 2004
5730 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5731 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5732 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5734 @ref{Old downloads}.
5739 @subheading February 23, 2004
5740 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5741 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5742 produce cue notes. More information in the
5749 @subheading February 18, 2004
5750 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5751 for altering accidental rules.
5757 @subheading February 16, 2004
5758 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5759 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5760 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5761 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5762 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5763 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5764 More information in the
5771 @subheading February 13, 2004
5772 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5773 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5774 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5781 @subheading February 12, 2004
5782 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5783 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5784 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5785 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5792 @subheading February 9, 2004
5793 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5794 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5795 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5796 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5797 More information in the
5804 @subheading February 5, 2004
5805 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5806 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5807 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5808 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5809 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5810 More information in the
5817 @subheading February 4, 2004
5818 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5819 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5820 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5828 @subheading February 2, 2004
5829 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5830 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5831 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5838 @subheading January 28, 2004
5839 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5840 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5841 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5842 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5851 @subheading January 26, 2004
5852 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5853 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5856 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5861 @subheading January 21, 2004
5863 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5864 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5865 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5868 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5873 @subheading January 20, 2004
5874 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5875 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5876 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5877 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5882 @subheading January 20, 2004
5883 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5884 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5885 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5886 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5892 @subheading January 19, 2004
5893 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5894 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5896 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5901 @subheading January 18, 2004
5902 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5903 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5904 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20040204191423/http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5909 @subheading January 17, 2004
5910 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5911 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5912 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5914 More information in the
5915 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5920 @subheading January 16, 2004
5921 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5922 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5924 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5929 @subheading January 13, 2004
5930 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
5931 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
5932 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
5934 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5939 @subheading January 9, 2004
5940 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
5941 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
5942 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
5943 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
5944 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
5945 individual music expressions.
5946 More information in the
5947 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5952 @subheading January 7, 2004
5953 An update to the stable branch,
5954 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
5955 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
5960 @subheading January 6, 2004
5961 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
5962 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
5963 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
5964 More information in the
5965 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5970 @subheading January 4, 2004
5971 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
5973 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
5974 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5979 @subheading January 2, 2004
5980 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
5981 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
5982 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
5983 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5988 @subheading December 30, 2003
5989 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
5990 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
5991 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
5992 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5997 @subheading December 23, 2003
5998 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
5999 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
6000 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
6001 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
6002 to implement this are welcome!) See the
6003 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6008 @subheading December 17, 2003
6009 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
6010 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
6011 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
6013 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6018 @subheading December 16, 2003
6019 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
6020 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
6021 Han-Wen's absence. See the
6022 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6027 @subheading October 11, 2003
6028 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
6030 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6035 @subheading October 11, 2003
6036 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
6038 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
6039 thanks to Heikki Junes.
6044 @subheading October 9, 2003
6045 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
6046 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
6047 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
6052 @subheading October 5, 2003
6053 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
6060 @subheading October 4, 2003
6061 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
6063 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
6064 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
6069 @subheading September 29, 2003
6070 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
6071 contains minor bugfixes.
6072 See the @ref{Changes}
6073 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
6078 @subheading September 27, 2003
6079 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
6080 @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,
6081 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
6087 @subheading September 24, 2003
6088 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
6089 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
6090 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
6091 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
6092 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
6097 @subheading September 24, 2003
6098 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
6099 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
6100 the @ref{Changes} and
6101 download @uref{install/,here}.
6106 @subheading September 23, 2003
6107 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
6108 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6109 the @ref{Changes} and
6110 download @uref{install/,here}.
6115 @subheading September 19, 2003
6116 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
6117 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6118 the @ref{Changes} and
6119 download @uref{install/,here}.
6124 @subheading September 17, 2003
6125 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
6126 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
6132 @subheading September 16, 2003
6133 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
6134 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
6140 @subheading September 10, 2003
6141 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
6142 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
6143 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
6144 will be available in a few weeks.
6150 @subheading September 9, 2003
6151 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
6152 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
6158 @subheading September 7, 2003
6159 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
6160 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
6166 @subheading August 31, 2003
6167 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
6168 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
6169 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
6175 @subheading August 31, 2003
6176 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
6177 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
6182 @subheading August 31, 2003
6183 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
6184 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
6185 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
6186 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6191 @subheading August 28, 2003
6192 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
6193 @ref{Changes} and get it
6194 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6199 @subheading August 26, 2003
6200 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
6201 @ref{Changes} and get it
6202 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6207 @subheading August 25, 2003
6208 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
6209 @ref{Changes} and get it
6210 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6215 @subheading August 25, 2003
6216 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
6217 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
6222 @subheading August 21, 2003
6223 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
6224 read the @ref{Changes}.
6229 @subheading August 18, 2003
6230 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
6231 has been updated to 1.8.
6232 Download @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,here.}
6237 @subheading August 7, 2003
6238 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
6239 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
6244 @subheading August 7, 2003
6245 New website went live!
6250 @subheading August 6, 2003
6251 Announced new website.
6256 @subheading August 1, 2003
6257 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
6262 @subheading July 30, 2003
6263 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
6264 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
6270 @subheading July 29, 2003
6271 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
6272 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.