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5 (I'd rather have the below in the CG. -gp)
8 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
9 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
26 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
30 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
33 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
34 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
35 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
36 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
41 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
43 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
44 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
45 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
46 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
47 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
52 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
54 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
55 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
56 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
57 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
58 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
63 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
65 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
66 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
67 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
68 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
69 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
74 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
76 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
77 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
78 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
79 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
80 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
85 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
87 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
88 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
89 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
90 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
91 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
92 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
97 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
99 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
100 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
101 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
102 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
103 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
108 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
110 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
111 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
112 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
113 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
114 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
119 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
121 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
122 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
123 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
124 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
125 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
130 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
132 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
133 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
134 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
135 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
136 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
141 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
143 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
144 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
145 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
146 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
147 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
152 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
154 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
155 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
156 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
157 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
158 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
163 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
165 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
166 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
167 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
168 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
169 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
175 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
177 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
178 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
179 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
183 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
185 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
186 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
187 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
188 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
189 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
194 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
196 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
197 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
198 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
199 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
200 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
205 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
207 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
208 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
209 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
210 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
215 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
217 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
218 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
219 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
220 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
225 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
227 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
228 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
229 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
230 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
235 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
237 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
238 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
239 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
240 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
246 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
248 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
249 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
250 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
251 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
256 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
258 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
259 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
260 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
261 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
263 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
264 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
268 Support for kievan square notation
270 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
272 Music functions have become quite more versatile
275 A full list of new features is given in:
278 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
281 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
283 Main development team:
285 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
286 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
287 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
288 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
289 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
292 Programming contributors:
294 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
295 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
296 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
297 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
299 Documentation contributors:
301 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
305 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
310 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
312 Translation contributors:
314 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
319 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
321 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
322 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
323 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
325 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
326 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
327 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
329 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
330 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
336 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
338 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
339 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
341 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
342 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
343 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
350 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
352 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
353 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
354 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
355 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
356 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
357 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
360 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
361 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
366 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
368 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
369 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
370 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
371 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
372 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
378 @subsubheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
380 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
381 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
382 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
383 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
386 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
387 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
388 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
395 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
397 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
398 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
400 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
401 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
402 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
409 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
411 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
412 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
413 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
414 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
415 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
421 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
423 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
424 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
425 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
426 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
429 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
430 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
431 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
438 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
440 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
441 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
442 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
443 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
444 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
445 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
448 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
449 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
456 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
458 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
459 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
460 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
461 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
464 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
465 candidate will be required.
471 @subsubheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
473 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
474 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
475 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
476 working on open source software.
478 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
479 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
485 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
487 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
488 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
489 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
490 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
493 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
494 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
495 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
502 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
504 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
505 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
506 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
507 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
510 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
511 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
512 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
519 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
521 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
522 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
523 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
524 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
527 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
528 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
535 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
537 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
538 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
540 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
541 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
542 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
549 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
551 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
552 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
554 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
555 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
556 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
563 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
565 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
566 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
568 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
569 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
570 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
577 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
579 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
580 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
581 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
582 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
585 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
586 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
593 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
595 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
596 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
598 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
599 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
600 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
607 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
609 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
610 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
612 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
613 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
614 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
621 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
623 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
624 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
625 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
626 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
629 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
630 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
631 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
638 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
640 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
641 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
643 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
644 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
645 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
652 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
654 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
655 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
657 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
658 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
659 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
666 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
668 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
669 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
671 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
672 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
673 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
680 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
682 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
683 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
684 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
685 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
686 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
689 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
690 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
697 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
699 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
700 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
702 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
703 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
704 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
707 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
713 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
715 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
716 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
718 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
719 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
720 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
727 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
729 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
730 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
732 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
733 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
734 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
741 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
743 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
744 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
746 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
747 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
748 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
755 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
757 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
758 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
760 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
761 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
762 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
769 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
771 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
772 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
774 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
775 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
776 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
783 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
785 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
786 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
788 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
789 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
790 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
797 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
799 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
800 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
802 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
803 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
804 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
811 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
813 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
814 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
816 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
817 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
818 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
825 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
827 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
828 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
830 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
831 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
832 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
839 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
841 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
842 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
844 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
845 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
846 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
853 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
855 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
856 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
858 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
859 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
860 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
867 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
869 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
870 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
872 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
873 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
874 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
881 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
883 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
890 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
892 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
893 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
894 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
895 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
898 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
899 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
900 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
907 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
909 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
910 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
912 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
913 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
914 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
915 not the next release candidate.
921 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
923 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
924 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
926 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
927 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
928 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
929 next release candidate.
935 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
937 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
938 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
939 support for MacOS X 10.7.
941 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
942 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
943 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
944 next release candidate.
950 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
952 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
953 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
954 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
955 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
958 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
959 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
960 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
967 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
969 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
970 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
972 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
973 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
979 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
981 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
982 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
984 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
985 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
991 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
993 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
994 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
995 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1003 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1005 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1006 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1008 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1009 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1015 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1017 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1018 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1020 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1021 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1027 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1029 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1030 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1032 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1033 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1039 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1041 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1042 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1044 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1045 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1051 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1053 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1054 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1055 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1060 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1062 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1063 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1064 usual number of bugs.
1066 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1067 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1072 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1074 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1075 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1076 usual number of bugs.
1078 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1079 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1085 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1087 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1088 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1089 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1090 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1092 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1093 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1098 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1101 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1102 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1105 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1110 A full list of new features is given in:
1113 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1116 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1118 Main development team:
1120 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1121 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1122 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1123 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1124 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1126 Programming contributors:
1128 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1129 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1130 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1131 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1132 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1133 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1137 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1139 Documentation contributors:
1141 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1142 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
1146 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
1147 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
1149 Binaries support contributors:
1153 Translation contributors:
1155 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
1156 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
1163 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
1165 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1166 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1167 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1168 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1171 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1172 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1173 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1180 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
1182 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
1183 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1185 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1186 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1192 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
1194 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
1195 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1197 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1198 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1204 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
1206 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
1207 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1209 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1210 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1216 @subsubheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
1218 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
1219 article in the May 2011 issue titled
1220 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
1221 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
1222 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
1223 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
1224 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
1229 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
1231 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
1232 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1234 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1235 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1241 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
1243 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1244 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1245 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1246 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1249 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1250 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1251 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1258 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
1260 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1261 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1262 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1263 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1266 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1267 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1268 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1275 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
1277 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1278 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1279 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1280 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1283 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1284 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1285 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1292 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
1294 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
1295 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1297 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
1298 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1304 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
1306 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
1307 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1308 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1309 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1310 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1316 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
1318 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1319 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1320 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1321 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1324 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1325 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1326 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1333 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
1335 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
1336 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1338 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1339 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1344 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
1346 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
1347 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1349 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1350 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1355 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
1357 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
1358 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1360 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1361 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1367 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
1369 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
1370 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1372 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
1373 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
1374 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
1380 @subsubheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
1382 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
1383 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
1384 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
1391 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
1393 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1394 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1395 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1396 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1399 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1400 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1401 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1408 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
1410 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
1411 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1412 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1420 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
1422 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
1423 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1424 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1432 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
1434 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
1435 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1436 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1437 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1438 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1444 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
1446 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1447 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1448 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1449 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1452 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1453 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1454 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1461 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
1463 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
1464 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1465 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1474 @subsubheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
1476 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
1477 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1478 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1479 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1482 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1483 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1484 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1485 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1491 @subsubheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
1493 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
1494 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1495 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1496 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1499 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1500 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1501 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1502 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1508 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
1510 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
1511 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1512 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1515 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1516 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1517 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1523 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
1525 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
1526 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1527 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1530 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1531 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1532 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1538 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
1540 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
1541 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1542 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1545 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1546 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1547 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1553 @subsubheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
1555 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
1556 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1557 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1558 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1561 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1562 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1563 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
1564 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1573 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
1575 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
1576 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
1577 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
1578 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
1579 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
1580 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
1581 read on to find out what for!
1584 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
1585 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
1592 @subsubheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
1594 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
1595 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1596 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1597 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1600 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1601 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1602 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
1603 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1610 @subsubheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
1612 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
1613 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1614 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1615 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1618 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1619 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1620 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
1621 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1628 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
1630 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
1631 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1632 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1635 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
1636 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1637 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1642 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
1644 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1645 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
1646 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
1647 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
1648 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
1652 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
1653 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
1660 @subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
1662 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
1663 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1664 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1665 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1668 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
1669 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1670 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1671 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
1673 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
1675 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
1676 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
1677 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1683 @subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
1685 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
1686 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1687 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1688 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1691 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
1692 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1693 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1694 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
1695 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
1696 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1702 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
1704 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
1705 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1706 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1715 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
1717 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
1718 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1719 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1726 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
1728 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1729 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
1730 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
1731 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
1732 the bug report of the report!
1735 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
1736 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
1742 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
1744 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
1745 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1746 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1753 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
1755 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
1756 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1757 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1764 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
1766 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1767 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
1768 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
1769 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
1773 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
1774 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
1782 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
1784 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
1785 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1786 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1789 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
1790 caution and expect breakage.
1795 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
1797 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
1798 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1799 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1802 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
1803 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
1804 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
1805 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
1810 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
1812 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
1813 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1814 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1820 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
1822 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
1823 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
1824 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
1825 improvements to the new website.
1827 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
1828 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
1830 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
1831 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
1833 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
1839 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
1841 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
1842 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1843 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1848 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
1850 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
1851 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1852 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1858 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
1860 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
1861 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1862 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1868 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
1870 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
1871 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1872 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1877 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
1879 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
1880 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1881 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1886 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
1888 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
1889 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1890 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1893 This release should be of particular interest to package
1894 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
1895 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
1896 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
1902 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
1904 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1905 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
1906 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
1907 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
1910 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
1911 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
1918 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
1920 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
1921 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1922 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1925 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
1926 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
1927 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
1928 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
1929 see the Changes document for more information.
1933 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
1935 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
1936 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
1937 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1942 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
1944 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
1945 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
1946 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
1947 so this release is intended for developers only.
1951 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
1953 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
1954 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
1955 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1960 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
1962 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
1963 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
1968 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
1970 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
1971 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
1972 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
1978 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
1980 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
1981 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
1982 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
1983 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
1984 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
1986 What are you waiting for? Come
1987 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
1988 LilyPond Report 17} now!
1993 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
1995 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
1996 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
1997 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2001 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2003 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2004 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2005 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2006 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2007 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2012 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2014 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2015 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2016 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2020 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2022 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2023 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2024 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2025 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2029 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2031 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2032 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2033 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2034 and English names for feta filenames.
2040 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2042 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2043 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2044 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2045 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2048 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2049 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2050 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2056 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2058 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2059 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2060 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2061 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2063 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2064 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2069 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2071 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2072 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2078 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2080 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2081 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2082 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2089 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2091 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2092 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2093 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2094 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2096 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2097 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2098 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2106 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2108 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2109 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2110 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2111 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2112 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2113 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2114 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2115 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2121 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2123 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2124 its team, its world, its community.
2125 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2126 to read the full issue...
2131 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2133 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2134 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2135 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2140 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2142 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2143 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
2149 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
2151 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2153 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
2160 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
2162 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
2163 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
2164 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
2165 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
2166 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
2168 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
2169 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
2171 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
2173 @ref{Old downloads}.
2178 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
2180 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
2181 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
2182 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
2183 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
2184 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
2185 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
2188 @ref{Old downloads}.
2193 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
2195 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
2196 documentation and translations.
2197 @ref{Old downloads}.
2202 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
2204 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
2205 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
2206 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
2207 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
2208 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
2210 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
2211 @ref{Old downloads}.
2216 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
2218 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
2219 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
2220 (teaching) has been added.
2222 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
2224 @ref{Old downloads}.
2229 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
2231 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
2232 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
2233 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
2234 @ref{Old downloads}.
2239 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
2241 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
2242 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
2243 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
2244 translations of the documentation.
2245 @ref{Old downloads}.
2250 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
2252 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
2253 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
2254 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
2255 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
2256 deceased since then. All the development team express their
2257 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
2258 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
2259 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
2260 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
2262 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
2264 @ref{Old downloads}.
2269 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
2271 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
2272 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
2273 markup command names have been made.
2276 @ref{Old downloads}.
2281 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
2283 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
2284 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
2285 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
2286 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
2287 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
2290 @ref{Old downloads}.
2295 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
2297 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
2298 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
2300 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
2301 @ref{Old downloads}.
2306 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
2308 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
2309 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
2310 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
2312 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
2313 @ref{Old downloads}.
2318 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
2320 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
2322 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
2323 @ref{Old downloads}.
2328 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
2330 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
2331 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
2332 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
2334 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
2336 @ref{Old downloads}.
2341 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
2343 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
2344 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
2345 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
2346 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
2348 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
2349 @ref{Old downloads}.
2354 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
2356 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
2357 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
2360 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
2361 @ref{Old downloads}.
2366 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
2368 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2369 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
2374 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
2376 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2377 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
2382 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
2384 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
2386 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
2387 @ref{Old downloads}.
2392 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2394 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
2395 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
2396 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
2398 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
2399 @ref{Old downloads}.
2404 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2406 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2407 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
2412 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
2414 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
2415 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
2420 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
2422 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
2423 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
2424 regression tests maintenance for developers.
2426 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
2427 @ref{Old downloads}.
2432 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
2434 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
2435 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
2437 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
2439 @ref{Old downloads}.
2444 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
2446 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
2447 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
2448 report, new translations of the site and publications.
2449 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
2450 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
2451 announce releases and special events.
2456 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
2458 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
2459 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2460 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
2465 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
2467 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
2468 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
2469 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
2470 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
2471 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
2474 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
2476 @ref{Old downloads}.
2481 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
2483 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
2484 names has been added to the MusicXML
2487 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
2488 @ref{Old downloads}.
2493 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
2495 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
2500 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
2502 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
2503 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
2504 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
2507 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
2508 @ref{Old downloads}.
2513 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
2515 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
2518 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
2519 @ref{Old downloads}.
2524 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2526 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
2527 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
2528 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
2529 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
2530 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
2531 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
2537 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2539 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
2540 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
2541 updates to the MusicXML converter.
2543 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
2544 @ref{Old downloads}.
2549 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
2551 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
2552 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
2557 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
2559 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
2560 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
2561 Grand Documentation Project.
2563 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
2564 @ref{Old downloads}.
2569 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
2571 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
2573 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
2574 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
2575 @ref{Old downloads}.
2580 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
2582 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
2584 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
2585 @ref{Old downloads}.
2590 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
2592 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
2593 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
2595 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
2596 @ref{Old downloads}.
2601 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
2603 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
2604 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
2605 for the translations.
2607 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
2608 @ref{Old downloads}.
2613 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
2615 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
2616 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
2617 and lots of updates for the translations.
2619 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
2620 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
2621 @ref{Old downloads}.
2626 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
2628 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
2629 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
2630 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
2631 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
2636 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
2637 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
2638 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
2639 spacing engine code.
2641 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
2642 @ref{Old downloads}.
2647 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
2649 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
2650 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
2652 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
2653 @ref{Old downloads}.
2658 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
2660 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
2661 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
2663 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
2664 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
2665 @ref{Old downloads}.
2670 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
2671 This has lots of bugfixes.
2673 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
2674 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
2675 @ref{Old downloads}.
2680 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
2681 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
2682 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
2683 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
2688 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
2689 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
2691 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
2693 @ref{Old downloads}.
2698 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
2699 This release has some documentation updates.
2701 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
2703 @ref{Old downloads}.
2708 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
2709 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
2710 disponibles en ligne ---
2711 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
2712 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
2713 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
2714 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
2719 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
2720 This release fixes many bugs.
2722 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
2723 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
2725 @ref{Old downloads}.
2730 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
2731 This release fixes many bugs.
2733 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
2734 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
2736 @ref{Old downloads}.
2741 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
2742 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
2743 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
2745 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
2747 @ref{Old downloads}.
2752 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
2753 This release fixes still more bugs.
2755 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
2757 @ref{Old downloads}.
2762 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
2763 This release fixes many bugs.
2764 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
2765 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
2767 @ref{Old downloads})
2772 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
2773 This release will stretch piano staves on a
2774 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
2775 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
2777 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
2778 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
2780 @ref{Old downloads}.
2785 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
2786 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
2787 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
2789 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
2796 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2797 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
2798 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
2800 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
2802 @ref{Old downloads}.
2807 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2808 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
2809 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
2811 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
2813 @ref{Old downloads}.
2818 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2819 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
2822 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
2824 @ref{Old downloads}.
2829 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
2830 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
2832 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
2834 @ref{Old downloads}.
2839 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
2840 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
2841 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
2842 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
2844 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
2846 @ref{Old downloads}.
2851 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
2852 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
2853 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
2854 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
2855 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
2856 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
2858 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
2860 @ref{Old downloads}.
2865 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
2866 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
2867 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
2870 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
2872 @ref{Old downloads}.
2877 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
2878 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
2879 further improvements in the regression test suite
2883 @ref{Old downloads}.
2888 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
2889 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2893 @ref{Old downloads}.
2898 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
2899 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
2904 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
2905 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
2910 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
2911 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2915 @ref{Old downloads}.
2920 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
2921 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
2922 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
2926 @ref{Old downloads}.
2931 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
2932 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2936 @ref{Old downloads}.
2941 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
2942 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
2947 @ref{Old downloads}.
2952 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
2953 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2957 @ref{Old downloads}.
2962 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
2963 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
2964 within a system as well as between systems.
2968 @ref{Old downloads}.
2973 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2974 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
2975 test results} and several website build improvements.
2979 @ref{Old downloads}.
2984 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2985 This release fixes several bugs.
2988 @ref{Old downloads}.
2993 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2994 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
2999 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3000 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3001 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3002 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3003 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3008 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3009 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3013 @ref{Old downloads}.
3018 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3019 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3022 @ref{Old downloads}.
3027 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3028 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3032 @ref{Old downloads}.
3037 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3038 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3041 @ref{Old downloads}.
3046 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3047 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3052 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3053 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3054 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3059 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3060 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3061 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3066 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3067 This release has many more bugfixes.
3070 @ref{Old downloads}.
3075 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3076 This release has many more bugfixes.
3079 @ref{Old downloads}.
3084 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3085 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3090 @ref{Old downloads}.
3095 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3096 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3097 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3098 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3099 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3100 (@ref{Publications}).
3105 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3106 This release has further bugfixes.
3109 @ref{Old downloads}.
3114 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3115 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3116 available for x86/64.
3119 @ref{Old downloads}.
3124 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3125 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3126 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3127 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3128 @ref{Old downloads})
3133 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3134 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3135 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3140 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3141 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3146 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
3147 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3152 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
3153 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3158 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
3159 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
3160 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3165 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
3166 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
3167 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
3168 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3173 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
3174 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3179 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
3180 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
3181 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
3186 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
3187 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
3188 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
3189 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
3190 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3195 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
3196 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
3197 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3202 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
3203 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
3204 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
3205 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3210 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
3211 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
3212 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
3213 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3218 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3219 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
3221 @ref{Old downloads})
3226 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3227 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
3229 @ref{Old downloads})
3234 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
3235 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
3236 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3238 @ref{Old downloads})
3243 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3244 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
3245 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3246 (@ref{Old downloads})
3251 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3252 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
3253 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
3254 glory} what features are broken in the development release
3259 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
3260 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
3261 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
3262 the development releases even better
3267 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
3269 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
3270 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
3271 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3276 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
3277 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
3278 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
3279 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
3280 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
3281 esthetics}. Happy reading!
3286 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
3287 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
3288 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
3290 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3295 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3296 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
3297 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
3298 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
3299 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3304 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3305 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
3306 (@ref{Old downloads})
3311 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
3312 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
3313 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
3314 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
3315 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
3316 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3321 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
3322 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
3323 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
3324 (@ref{Publications})
3329 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3330 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
3331 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3336 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3337 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
3338 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
3339 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3344 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
3345 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
3346 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
3351 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
3352 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
3353 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3358 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
3359 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
3360 released. (@ref{Changes},
3361 @ref{Old downloads})
3366 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
3367 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
3368 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
3369 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
3370 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
3371 multi-measure rests.
3373 @ref{Old downloads})
3378 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
3379 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
3381 @ref{Old downloads})
3386 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
3387 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
3388 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
3389 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
3390 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3391 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
3392 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
3393 @ref{Old downloads})
3398 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
3399 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
3400 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
3401 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
3402 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
3403 @ref{Old downloads})
3408 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
3409 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
3410 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
3411 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
3412 the endings and the middle
3413 part. (@ref{Changes},
3414 @ref{Old downloads})
3419 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
3420 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
3421 parenthesized, for example,
3424 c4 -\parenthesize -.
3425 <d \parenthesize fis a>
3429 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
3430 @ref{Old downloads})
3435 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
3436 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
3437 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
3447 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
3448 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
3449 vector. (@ref{Changes},
3450 @ref{Old downloads})
3455 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
3456 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
3457 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
3458 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
3459 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
3460 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
3461 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
3463 @ref{Old downloads})
3468 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
3469 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
3470 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
3471 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
3472 @ref{Old downloads})
3477 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
3478 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
3479 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
3480 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
3481 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
3482 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
3483 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
3484 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3485 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3486 @ref{Old downloads})
3491 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
3492 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
3493 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
3494 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
3495 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
3496 @ref{Old downloads})
3501 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
3503 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
3504 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
3505 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
3510 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
3511 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
3512 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
3513 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
3514 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
3519 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3520 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
3521 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
3523 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
3525 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
3527 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
3533 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3534 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
3535 (feature sponsored by Andrea
3536 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
3537 @ref{Old downloads})
3542 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
3543 Linux Journal publishes an article on
3544 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
3545 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
3546 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
3549 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
3550 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
3551 alternatives seem second-rate.}
3552 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
3557 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
3558 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
3559 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
3560 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
3561 page. Let us know how you fare!
3566 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
3567 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
3568 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
3569 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
3570 The important occasion for this release is our new build
3571 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
3572 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
3573 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
3574 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
3576 @ref{Old downloads})
3581 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
3582 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
3583 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
3584 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
3585 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
3586 @ref{Old downloads})
3591 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
3592 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
3593 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
3594 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
3595 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
3596 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
3597 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
3598 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
3599 functions. (@ref{Changes},
3600 @ref{Old downloads})
3605 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
3606 This release has the following new features:
3609 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
3610 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
3611 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3613 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
3614 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
3615 and Bertalan Fodor).
3617 Generic music functions may now also be used on
3618 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
3621 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
3622 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
3623 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
3627 @ref{Old downloads})
3632 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
3633 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
3634 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
3635 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
3636 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
3637 van den Borre and Bertalan
3638 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
3639 @ref{Old downloads})
3644 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
3645 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
3646 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
3647 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
3653 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
3654 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
3655 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
3656 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
3657 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
3659 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
3660 @ref{Old downloads})
3665 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
3666 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
3667 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
3672 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
3673 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
3674 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
3675 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
3676 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
3677 etc. (@ref{Changes},
3678 @ref{Old downloads})
3683 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
3684 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
3685 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
3686 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3687 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3688 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3689 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3690 @ref{Old downloads})
3695 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
3696 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3697 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3698 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3699 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3700 @ref{Old downloads})
3705 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
3706 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
3707 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
3708 @ref{Old downloads})
3713 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
3714 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
3715 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
3716 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
3717 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
3718 properties. (@ref{Changes},
3719 @ref{Old downloads})
3724 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
3725 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
3726 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
3727 that compute said property, i.e.
3730 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
3731 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
3734 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
3735 @ref{Old downloads})
3740 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
3741 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
3742 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
3743 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
3744 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
3745 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
3746 also provides advanced tweakability for power
3747 users. (@ref{Changes},
3748 @ref{Old downloads})
3753 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
3754 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
3755 series. (@ref{Changes},
3756 @ref{Old downloads})
3761 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
3762 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
3763 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
3764 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
3765 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
3766 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
3767 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
3768 sponsored by Nicolas
3769 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3770 @ref{Old downloads})
3775 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
3776 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
3777 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3778 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
3779 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
3780 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
3781 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3782 @ref{Old downloads})
3787 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
3788 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
3789 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
3790 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
3791 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3792 @ref{Old downloads})
3797 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
3798 This is mainly a bugfix
3799 release. (@ref{Changes},
3800 @ref{Old downloads})
3805 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
3806 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
3807 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
3808 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
3809 la gravure musicale}.
3814 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
3815 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
3816 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
3817 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
3818 @ref{Old downloads})
3823 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
3824 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
3825 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
3826 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
3827 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
3828 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
3833 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
3834 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
3835 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
3836 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
3837 @ref{Old downloads})
3842 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
3843 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
3844 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
3845 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
3846 signs. (@ref{Changes},
3847 @ref{Old downloads})
3852 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
3853 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
3854 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
3855 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
3856 @ref{Old downloads})
3861 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
3862 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
3863 for a note is proportional to the time it
3864 takes. (@ref{Changes},
3865 @ref{Old downloads})
3870 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
3871 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
3872 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
3877 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
3878 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
3879 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
3880 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
3882 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
3883 @ref{Old downloads})
3888 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
3889 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
3890 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
3891 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
3893 @ref{Old downloads})
3898 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
3899 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
3900 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
3901 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
3902 @ref{Old downloads})
3907 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
3908 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
3910 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
3911 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
3912 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
3913 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
3914 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
3919 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
3920 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
3921 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
3922 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
3927 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
3928 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
3929 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
3930 @ref{Old downloads})
3935 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
3936 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
3937 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
3938 @ref{Old downloads})
3943 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
3944 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
3945 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
3946 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
3947 (@ref{Old downloads})
3952 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
3953 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
3954 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
3955 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
3960 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
3961 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
3962 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
3963 better help functionality.
3964 (@ref{Old downloads})
3969 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
3970 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
3971 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
3972 compile them directly from
3973 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
3978 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
3979 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
3980 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
3985 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
3986 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
3987 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
3988 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
3993 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
3994 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
3995 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
3996 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
3997 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4002 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4003 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4004 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4009 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4010 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4015 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4016 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4017 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4022 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4023 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4024 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4025 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4026 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4031 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4032 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4033 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4034 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4035 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4036 @ref{Old downloads})
4041 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4043 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4044 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4046 (@ref{Old downloads})
4051 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4052 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4053 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4054 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4055 signatures like 5/8.
4057 @ref{Old downloads})
4062 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
4063 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4064 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4065 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4066 More details are in the
4068 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4073 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
4074 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4075 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4076 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4077 Scheme code. Take a look at
4079 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4084 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
4085 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4086 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4087 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4092 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
4093 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4094 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4095 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4100 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
4101 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4102 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4108 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
4109 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4110 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4111 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4112 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4113 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4118 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4119 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4120 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4121 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4122 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4123 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4125 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4130 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4131 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4132 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4138 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4139 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/Fedora-3/ghostscript-8.15rc3-0.i386.rpm,ESP
4140 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4141 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4142 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
4148 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4149 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
4150 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}.
4151 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4152 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4157 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
4158 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
4159 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
4160 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
4161 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
4166 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
4167 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
4168 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
4169 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
4170 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
4172 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4177 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
4178 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
4179 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
4180 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
4181 @ref{Old downloads}!
4186 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
4187 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
4188 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
4189 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
4195 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
4196 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
4197 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
4203 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
4204 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
4205 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
4206 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
4208 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
4210 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
4215 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
4216 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
4217 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
4218 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
4219 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
4220 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
4221 font code by Werner.
4223 and check out the changes in
4224 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4229 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
4230 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
4231 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
4232 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
4233 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
4234 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
4235 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
4236 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
4237 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
4238 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
4241 changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3013&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4246 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
4247 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
4248 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
4249 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
4250 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
4252 and check out the changes in
4253 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4258 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
4259 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
4260 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
4261 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
4262 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
4263 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
4266 changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2974&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4271 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
4272 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
4273 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
4274 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
4275 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
4276 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
4277 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
4278 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
4279 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
4283 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2908&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4288 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
4289 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
4290 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
4291 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
4292 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
4293 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
4295 and check out the changes in
4296 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4301 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
4302 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
4303 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
4304 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
4305 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
4306 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
4307 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
4308 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
4309 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
4312 and check out the changes in
4313 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4318 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
4319 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
4320 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
4321 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
4322 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
4323 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
4326 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
4329 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
4330 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
4331 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
4332 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
4333 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
4336 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2837&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4341 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
4342 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
4343 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
4349 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
4350 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
4351 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
4353 and check out the changes in
4354 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4359 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
4360 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
4361 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
4362 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
4363 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
4370 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4371 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
4372 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
4373 some problems with the conversion scripts.
4375 and check out the changes in
4376 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4381 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4382 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4383 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
4384 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
4385 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
4387 and check out the changes in
4388 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4393 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
4394 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
4395 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
4396 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
4398 and check out the changes in
4399 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4404 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
4405 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
4406 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
4407 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4409 and check out the changes in
4410 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4415 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
4416 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
4417 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
4418 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
4422 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2709&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4427 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
4428 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
4429 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
4430 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
4434 out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2692&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4439 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
4440 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
4441 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
4442 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
4443 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
4444 in the documentation.
4446 and check out the changes in
4447 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4452 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
4453 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
4454 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
4455 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
4456 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
4461 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
4462 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
4464 and check out the changes
4465 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4470 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
4471 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
4472 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
4473 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
4474 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
4475 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
4476 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
4479 and check out the changes in
4480 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4485 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
4486 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
4487 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
4488 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
4489 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
4490 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
4491 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
4492 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
4493 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
4494 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
4495 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
4496 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
4497 will hold users back in switching.
4499 and check out the changes in
4500 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4505 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
4506 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
4507 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
4508 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
4509 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
4510 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
4511 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
4513 and check out the changes in
4514 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4519 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
4520 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
4521 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
4522 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
4523 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
4524 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
4528 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2534&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4533 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4534 LilyPond now has a Documentation
4535 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
4536 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
4537 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
4538 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
4539 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
4540 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
4541 chapter of the user manual.
4542 A lot of cheers for Graham!
4547 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4548 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
4549 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
4550 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
4551 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
4552 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
4553 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
4557 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2520&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4562 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
4563 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
4564 disappearing metronome mark.
4566 and check out the changes in
4567 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.33&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4572 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
4573 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
4574 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
4575 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
4576 `doubleSlurs' property.
4578 and check out the changes in
4579 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4584 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
4585 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
4586 annoying bugs fixed.
4589 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2449&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4594 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
4595 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
4596 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
4597 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
4598 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
4599 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
4600 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
4603 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
4604 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
4606 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
4607 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
4612 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2435&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4617 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
4618 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
4619 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
4620 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
4621 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
4622 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
4623 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
4624 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
4625 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
4626 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
4627 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
4630 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2416&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4635 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
4636 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
4637 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
4638 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
4639 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
4642 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2395&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4647 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
4648 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
4649 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
4650 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
4651 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
4652 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
4653 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
4654 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
4655 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
4656 beat within the measure.
4658 and check out the changes in
4659 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4664 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
4665 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
4669 out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.28&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4674 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
4675 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
4681 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4682 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
4683 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
4684 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
4685 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
4687 and check out the changes
4688 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4693 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4694 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
4698 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.23&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4703 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
4704 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
4705 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
4706 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
4707 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
4708 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
4709 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
4710 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2293&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
4712 @ref{Old downloads}.
4717 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
4718 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
4719 bugs that were reported over the past month. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.16&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog} for a full description and
4720 @ref{Old downloads}.
4725 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
4726 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
4727 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
4728 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2242&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
4730 @ref{Old downloads}.
4735 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4736 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
4737 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
4738 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2207&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
4740 @ref{Old downloads}.
4745 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4746 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
4747 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.9,ChangeLog}
4748 or head straight to the
4749 @ref{Old downloads}.
4754 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
4755 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
4756 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
4757 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4758 @ref{Old downloads}.
4763 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
4764 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
4765 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4766 @ref{Old downloads}.
4771 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
4772 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
4774 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
4775 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
4776 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
4777 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
4778 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
4783 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
4784 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
4785 @ref{Old downloads}.
4790 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
4791 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
4792 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
4798 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
4799 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
4800 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
4801 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
4802 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
4803 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
4804 @ref{Old downloads}.
4809 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
4810 A French article on the new LilyPond
4811 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
4816 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
4817 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
4818 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
4824 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
4825 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
4826 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
4827 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
4828 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
4829 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
4830 @ref{Old downloads}.
4835 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
4836 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
4837 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
4838 documentation polish. This should be the final release
4839 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
4841 @ref{Old downloads}.
4846 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
4847 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
4849 @ref{Old downloads}.
4854 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
4855 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
4856 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
4857 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
4864 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
4865 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
4866 @ref{Old downloads}.
4871 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
4872 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
4879 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
4880 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
4881 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
4882 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
4884 @ref{Old downloads}.
4889 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
4890 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
4891 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
4892 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
4895 @ref{Old downloads}.
4900 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
4902 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
4903 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
4909 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
4910 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
4912 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
4913 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
4914 authors of LilyPond.
4919 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
4920 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
4921 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
4924 @ref{Old downloads}.
4929 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
4930 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
4931 experimental support for producing titles with
4937 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
4938 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
4939 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
4940 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
4942 @ref{Old downloads}.
4947 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
4948 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
4949 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
4950 of lyrics related bugs. See the
4952 @ref{Old downloads}.
4957 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
4958 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
4959 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
4960 produce cue notes. More information in the
4967 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
4968 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
4969 for altering accidental rules.
4975 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
4976 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
4977 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
4978 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
4979 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
4980 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
4981 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
4982 More information in the
4989 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
4990 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
4991 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
4992 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
4999 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
5000 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5001 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5002 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5003 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5010 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
5011 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5012 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5013 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5014 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5015 More information in the
5022 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
5023 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5024 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5025 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5026 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5027 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5028 More information in the
5035 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
5036 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5037 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5038 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5046 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
5047 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5048 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5049 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5056 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
5057 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5058 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5059 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5060 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5069 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
5070 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5071 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5074 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5079 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
5081 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5082 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5083 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5086 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5091 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5092 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5093 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5094 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5095 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5100 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5101 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5102 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5103 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5104 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5110 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
5111 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5112 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5114 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5119 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
5120 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5121 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5122 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5127 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
5128 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5129 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5130 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5132 More information in the
5133 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5138 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
5139 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5140 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5142 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5147 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
5148 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
5149 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
5150 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
5152 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5157 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
5158 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
5159 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
5160 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
5161 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
5162 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
5163 individual music expressions.
5164 More information in the
5165 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5170 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
5171 An update to the stable branch,
5172 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
5173 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
5178 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
5179 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
5180 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
5181 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
5182 More information in the
5183 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5188 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
5189 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
5191 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
5192 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5197 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
5198 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
5199 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
5200 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
5201 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5206 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
5207 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
5208 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
5209 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
5210 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5215 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
5216 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
5217 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
5218 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
5219 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
5220 to implement this are welcome!) See the
5221 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5226 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
5227 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
5228 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
5229 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
5231 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5236 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
5237 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
5238 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
5239 Han-Wen's absence. See the
5240 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5245 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5246 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
5248 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5253 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5254 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
5256 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
5257 thanks to Heikki Junes.
5262 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
5263 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
5264 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
5265 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
5270 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
5271 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
5278 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
5279 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
5281 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
5282 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
5287 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
5288 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
5289 contains minor bugfixes.
5290 See the @ref{Changes}
5291 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
5296 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
5297 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
5298 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
5299 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
5305 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5306 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
5307 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
5308 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
5309 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
5310 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
5315 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5316 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
5317 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
5318 the @ref{Changes} and
5319 download @uref{install/,here}.
5324 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
5325 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
5326 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5327 the @ref{Changes} and
5328 download @uref{install/,here}.
5333 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
5334 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
5335 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5336 the @ref{Changes} and
5337 download @uref{install/,here}.
5342 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
5343 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
5344 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
5350 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
5351 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
5352 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
5358 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
5359 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
5360 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
5361 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
5362 will be available in a few weeks.
5368 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
5369 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
5370 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
5376 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
5377 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
5378 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
5384 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5385 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
5386 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
5387 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
5393 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5394 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
5395 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
5400 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5401 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
5402 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
5403 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
5404 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5409 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
5410 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
5411 @ref{Changes} and get it
5412 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5417 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
5418 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
5419 @ref{Changes} and get it
5420 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5425 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5426 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
5427 @ref{Changes} and get it
5428 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5433 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5434 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
5435 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
5440 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
5441 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
5442 read the @ref{Changes}.
5447 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
5448 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
5449 has been updated to 1.8.
5450 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
5455 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5456 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
5457 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
5462 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5463 New website went live!
5468 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
5469 Announced new website.
5474 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
5475 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
5480 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
5481 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
5482 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
5488 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
5489 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
5490 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.