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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 2.18.1 @emph{February 16, 2014}
32 We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
33 The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
34 over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
35 and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
36 enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
38 To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
39 stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
44 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
46 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
47 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
48 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
49 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
50 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
55 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
57 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
58 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
59 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
60 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
61 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
66 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
68 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
69 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
70 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
71 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
72 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
77 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
79 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
80 a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
81 developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
82 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
83 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
84 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
85 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
86 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
91 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
93 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
94 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
95 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
96 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
97 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
98 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
99 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
100 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
105 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
107 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
108 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
109 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
110 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
111 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
112 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
113 latest version, see @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
114 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
120 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
122 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
123 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
124 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
125 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
126 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
131 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
133 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
134 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
135 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
136 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
137 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
142 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
144 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
145 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
146 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
147 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
148 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
153 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
155 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
156 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
157 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
158 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
159 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
164 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
166 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
167 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
168 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
169 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
170 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
175 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
177 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
178 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
179 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
180 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
181 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
186 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
188 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
189 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
190 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
191 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
192 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
197 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
199 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
200 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
201 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
202 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
203 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
205 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
206 with positioning text.
211 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
213 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
214 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
215 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
216 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
217 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
222 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
224 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
225 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
226 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
227 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
228 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
233 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
235 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
236 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
237 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
238 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
239 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
244 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
246 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
247 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
248 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
249 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
250 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
255 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
257 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
258 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
259 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
260 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
261 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
266 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
268 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
269 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
270 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
271 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
272 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
277 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
279 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
280 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
281 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
282 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
283 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
288 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
290 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
291 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
292 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
293 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
294 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
295 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
300 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
302 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
303 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
304 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
305 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
306 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
311 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
313 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
314 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
315 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
316 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
317 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
322 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
324 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
325 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
326 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
327 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
328 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
333 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
335 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
336 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
337 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
338 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
339 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
344 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
346 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
347 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
348 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
349 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
350 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
355 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
357 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
358 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
359 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
360 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
361 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
366 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
368 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
369 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
370 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
371 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
372 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
378 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
380 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
381 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
382 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
386 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
388 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
389 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
390 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
391 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
392 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
397 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
399 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
400 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
401 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
402 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
403 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
408 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
410 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
411 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
412 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
413 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
418 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
420 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
421 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
422 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
423 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
428 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
430 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
431 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
432 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
433 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
438 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
440 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
441 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
442 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
443 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
449 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
451 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
452 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
453 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
454 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
459 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
461 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
462 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
463 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
464 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
466 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
467 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
471 Support for kievan square notation
473 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
475 Music functions have become quite more versatile
478 A full list of new features is given in:
481 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
484 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
486 Main development team:
488 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
489 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
490 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
491 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
492 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
495 Programming contributors:
497 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
498 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
499 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
500 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
502 Documentation contributors:
504 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
508 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
513 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
515 Translation contributors:
517 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
522 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
524 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
525 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
526 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
528 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
529 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
530 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
532 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
533 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
539 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
541 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
542 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
544 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
545 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
546 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
553 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
555 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
556 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
557 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
558 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
559 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
560 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
563 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
564 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
569 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
571 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
572 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
573 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
574 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
575 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
581 @subsubheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
583 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
584 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
585 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
586 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
589 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
590 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
591 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
598 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
600 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
601 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
603 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
604 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
605 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
612 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
614 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
615 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
616 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
617 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
618 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
624 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
626 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
627 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
628 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
629 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
632 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
633 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
634 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
641 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
643 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
644 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
645 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
646 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
647 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
648 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
651 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
652 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
659 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
661 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
662 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
663 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
664 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
667 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
668 candidate will be required.
674 @subsubheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
676 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
677 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
678 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
679 working on open source software.
681 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
682 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
688 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
690 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
691 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
692 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
693 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
696 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
697 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
698 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
705 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
707 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
708 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
709 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
710 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
713 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
714 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
715 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
722 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
724 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
725 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
726 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
727 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
730 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
731 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
738 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
740 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
741 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
743 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
744 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
745 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
752 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
754 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
755 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
757 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
758 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
759 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
766 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
768 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
769 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
771 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
772 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
773 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
780 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
782 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
783 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
784 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
785 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
788 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
789 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
796 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
798 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
799 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
801 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
802 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
803 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
810 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
812 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
813 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
815 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
816 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
817 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
824 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
826 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
827 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
828 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
829 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
832 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
833 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
834 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
841 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
843 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
844 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
846 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
847 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
848 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
855 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
857 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
858 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
860 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
861 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
862 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
869 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
871 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
872 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
874 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
875 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
876 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
883 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
885 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
886 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
887 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
888 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
889 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
892 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
893 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
900 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
902 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
903 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
905 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
906 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
907 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
910 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
916 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
918 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
919 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
921 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
922 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
923 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
930 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
932 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
933 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
935 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
936 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
937 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
944 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
946 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
947 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
949 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
950 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
951 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
958 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
960 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
961 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
963 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
964 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
965 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
972 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
974 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
975 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
977 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
978 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
979 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
986 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
988 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
989 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
991 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
992 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
993 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1000 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
1002 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
1003 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1005 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1006 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1007 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1014 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
1016 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
1017 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1019 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1020 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1021 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1028 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
1030 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
1031 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1033 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1034 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1035 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1042 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
1044 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
1045 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1047 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1048 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1049 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1056 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
1058 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
1059 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1061 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1062 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1063 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1070 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1072 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1073 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1075 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1076 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1077 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1084 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1086 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1087 Critical regression.
1093 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1095 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1096 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1097 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1098 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1101 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1102 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1103 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1110 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1112 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
1113 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1115 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1116 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1117 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1118 not the next release candidate.
1124 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1126 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1127 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1129 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1130 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1131 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1132 next release candidate.
1138 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1140 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1141 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1142 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1144 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1145 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1146 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1147 next release candidate.
1153 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1155 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1156 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1157 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1158 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1161 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1162 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1163 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1170 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1172 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
1173 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1175 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1176 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1182 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1184 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1185 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1187 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1188 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1194 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1196 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1197 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1198 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1206 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1208 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1209 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1211 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1212 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1218 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1220 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1221 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1223 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1224 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1230 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1232 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1233 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1235 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1236 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1242 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1244 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1245 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1247 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1248 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1254 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1256 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1257 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1258 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1263 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1265 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1266 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1267 usual number of bugs.
1269 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1270 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1275 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1277 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1278 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1279 usual number of bugs.
1281 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1282 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1288 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1290 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1291 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1292 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1293 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1295 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1296 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1301 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1304 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1305 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1308 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1313 A full list of new features is given in:
1316 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1319 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1321 Main development team:
1323 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1324 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1325 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1326 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1327 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1329 Programming contributors:
1331 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1332 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1333 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1334 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1335 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1336 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1340 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1342 Documentation contributors:
1344 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1345 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
1349 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
1350 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
1352 Binaries support contributors:
1356 Translation contributors:
1358 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
1359 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
1366 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
1368 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1369 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1370 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1371 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1374 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1375 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1376 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1383 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
1385 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
1386 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1388 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1389 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1395 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
1397 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
1398 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1400 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1401 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1407 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
1409 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
1410 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1412 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1413 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1419 @subsubheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
1421 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
1422 article in the May 2011 issue titled
1423 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
1424 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
1425 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
1426 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
1427 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
1432 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
1434 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
1435 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1437 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1438 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1444 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
1446 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth 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 April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1461 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
1463 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1464 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1465 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1466 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1469 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1470 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1471 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1478 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
1480 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1481 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1482 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1483 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1486 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1487 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1488 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1495 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
1497 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
1498 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1500 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
1501 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1507 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
1509 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
1510 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1511 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1512 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1513 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1519 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
1521 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1522 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1523 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1524 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1527 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1528 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1529 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1536 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
1538 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
1539 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1541 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1542 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1547 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
1549 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
1550 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1552 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1553 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1558 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
1560 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
1561 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1563 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1564 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1570 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
1572 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
1573 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1575 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
1576 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
1577 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
1583 @subsubheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
1585 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
1586 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
1587 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
1594 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
1596 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1597 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1598 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1599 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1602 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1603 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1604 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1611 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
1613 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
1614 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1615 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1623 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
1625 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
1626 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1627 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1635 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
1637 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
1638 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1639 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1640 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1641 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1647 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
1649 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1650 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1651 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1652 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1655 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1656 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1657 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1664 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
1666 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
1667 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1668 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1677 @subsubheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
1679 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
1680 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1681 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1682 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1685 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1686 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1687 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1688 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1694 @subsubheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
1696 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
1697 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1698 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1699 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1702 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1703 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1704 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1705 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1711 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
1713 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
1714 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1715 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1718 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1719 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1720 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1726 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
1728 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
1729 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1730 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1733 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1734 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1735 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1741 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
1743 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
1744 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1745 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1748 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1749 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1750 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1756 @subsubheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
1758 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
1759 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1760 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1761 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1764 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1765 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1766 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
1767 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1776 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
1778 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
1779 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
1780 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
1781 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
1782 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
1783 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
1784 read on to find out what for!
1787 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
1788 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
1795 @subsubheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
1797 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
1798 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1799 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1800 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1803 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1804 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1805 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
1806 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1813 @subsubheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
1815 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
1816 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1817 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1818 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1821 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1822 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1823 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
1824 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1831 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
1833 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
1834 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1835 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1838 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
1839 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1840 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1845 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
1847 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1848 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
1849 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
1850 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
1851 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
1855 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
1856 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
1863 @subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
1865 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
1866 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1867 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1868 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1871 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
1872 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1873 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1874 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
1876 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
1878 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
1879 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
1880 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1886 @subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
1888 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
1889 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1890 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1891 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1894 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
1895 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1896 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1897 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
1898 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
1899 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1905 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
1907 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
1908 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1909 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1918 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
1920 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
1921 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1922 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1929 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
1931 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1932 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
1933 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
1934 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
1935 the bug report of the report!
1938 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
1939 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
1945 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
1947 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
1948 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1949 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1956 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
1958 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
1959 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1960 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1967 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
1969 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1970 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
1971 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
1972 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
1976 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
1977 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
1985 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
1987 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
1988 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1989 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1992 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
1993 caution and expect breakage.
1998 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
2000 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
2001 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2002 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2005 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
2006 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
2007 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
2008 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
2013 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
2015 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
2016 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2017 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2023 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
2025 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
2026 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
2027 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
2028 improvements to the new website.
2030 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
2031 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
2033 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
2034 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
2036 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
2042 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
2044 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
2045 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2046 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2051 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
2053 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
2054 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2055 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2061 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2063 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2064 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2065 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2071 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2073 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2074 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2075 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2080 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2082 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2083 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2084 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2089 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2091 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2092 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2093 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2096 This release should be of particular interest to package
2097 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2098 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2099 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2105 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2107 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2108 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2109 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2110 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2113 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2114 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2121 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2123 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2124 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2125 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2128 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2129 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2130 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2131 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2132 see the Changes document for more information.
2136 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2138 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2139 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2140 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2145 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2147 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2148 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2149 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2150 so this release is intended for developers only.
2154 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2156 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2157 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2158 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2163 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2165 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2166 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2171 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2173 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2174 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2175 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2181 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2183 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2184 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2185 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2186 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2187 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2189 What are you waiting for? Come
2190 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2191 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2196 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2198 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2199 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2200 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2204 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2206 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2207 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2208 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2209 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2210 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2215 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2217 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2218 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2219 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2223 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2225 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2226 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2227 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2228 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2232 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2234 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2235 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2236 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2237 and English names for feta filenames.
2243 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2245 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2246 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2247 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2248 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2251 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2252 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2253 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2259 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2261 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2262 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2263 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2264 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2266 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2267 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2272 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2274 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2275 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2281 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2283 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2284 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2285 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2292 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2294 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2295 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2296 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2297 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2299 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2300 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2301 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2309 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2311 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2312 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2313 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2314 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2315 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2316 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2317 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2318 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2324 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2326 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2327 its team, its world, its community.
2328 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2329 to read the full issue...
2334 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2336 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2337 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2338 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2343 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2345 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2346 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
2352 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
2354 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2356 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
2363 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
2365 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
2366 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
2367 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
2368 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
2369 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
2371 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
2372 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
2374 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
2376 @ref{Old downloads}.
2381 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
2383 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
2384 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
2385 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
2386 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
2387 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
2388 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
2391 @ref{Old downloads}.
2396 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
2398 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
2399 documentation and translations.
2400 @ref{Old downloads}.
2405 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
2407 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
2408 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
2409 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
2410 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
2411 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
2413 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
2414 @ref{Old downloads}.
2419 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
2421 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
2422 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
2423 (teaching) has been added.
2425 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
2427 @ref{Old downloads}.
2432 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
2434 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
2435 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
2436 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
2437 @ref{Old downloads}.
2442 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
2444 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
2445 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
2446 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
2447 translations of the documentation.
2448 @ref{Old downloads}.
2453 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
2455 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
2456 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
2457 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
2458 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
2459 deceased since then. All the development team express their
2460 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
2461 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
2462 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
2463 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
2465 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
2467 @ref{Old downloads}.
2472 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
2474 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
2475 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
2476 markup command names have been made.
2479 @ref{Old downloads}.
2484 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
2486 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
2487 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
2488 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
2489 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
2490 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
2493 @ref{Old downloads}.
2498 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
2500 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
2501 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
2503 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
2504 @ref{Old downloads}.
2509 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
2511 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
2512 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
2513 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
2515 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
2516 @ref{Old downloads}.
2521 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
2523 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
2525 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
2526 @ref{Old downloads}.
2531 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
2533 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
2534 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
2535 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
2537 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
2539 @ref{Old downloads}.
2544 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
2546 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
2547 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
2548 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
2549 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
2551 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
2552 @ref{Old downloads}.
2557 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
2559 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
2560 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
2563 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
2564 @ref{Old downloads}.
2569 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
2571 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2572 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
2577 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
2579 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2580 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
2585 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
2587 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
2589 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
2590 @ref{Old downloads}.
2595 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2597 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
2598 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
2599 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
2601 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
2602 @ref{Old downloads}.
2607 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2609 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2610 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
2615 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
2617 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
2618 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
2623 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
2625 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
2626 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
2627 regression tests maintenance for developers.
2629 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
2630 @ref{Old downloads}.
2635 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
2637 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
2638 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
2640 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
2642 @ref{Old downloads}.
2647 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
2649 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
2650 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
2651 report, new translations of the site and publications.
2652 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
2653 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
2654 announce releases and special events.
2659 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
2661 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
2662 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2663 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
2668 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
2670 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
2671 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
2672 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
2673 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
2674 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
2677 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
2679 @ref{Old downloads}.
2684 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
2686 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
2687 names has been added to the MusicXML
2690 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
2691 @ref{Old downloads}.
2696 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
2698 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
2703 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
2705 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
2706 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
2707 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
2710 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
2711 @ref{Old downloads}.
2716 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
2718 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
2721 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
2722 @ref{Old downloads}.
2727 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2729 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
2730 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
2731 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
2732 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
2733 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
2734 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
2740 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2742 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
2743 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
2744 updates to the MusicXML converter.
2746 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
2747 @ref{Old downloads}.
2752 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
2754 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
2755 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
2760 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
2762 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
2763 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
2764 Grand Documentation Project.
2766 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
2767 @ref{Old downloads}.
2772 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
2774 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
2776 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
2777 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
2778 @ref{Old downloads}.
2783 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
2785 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
2787 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
2788 @ref{Old downloads}.
2793 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
2795 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
2796 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
2798 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
2799 @ref{Old downloads}.
2804 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
2806 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
2807 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
2808 for the translations.
2810 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
2811 @ref{Old downloads}.
2816 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
2818 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
2819 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
2820 and lots of updates for the translations.
2822 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
2823 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
2824 @ref{Old downloads}.
2829 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
2831 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
2832 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
2833 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
2834 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
2839 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
2840 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
2841 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
2842 spacing engine code.
2844 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
2845 @ref{Old downloads}.
2850 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
2852 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
2853 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
2855 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
2856 @ref{Old downloads}.
2861 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
2863 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
2864 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
2866 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
2867 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
2868 @ref{Old downloads}.
2873 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
2874 This has lots of bugfixes.
2876 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
2877 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
2878 @ref{Old downloads}.
2883 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
2884 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
2885 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
2886 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
2891 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
2892 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
2894 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
2896 @ref{Old downloads}.
2901 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
2902 This release has some documentation updates.
2904 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
2906 @ref{Old downloads}.
2911 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
2912 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
2913 disponibles en ligne ---
2914 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
2915 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
2916 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
2917 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
2922 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
2923 This release fixes many bugs.
2925 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
2926 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
2928 @ref{Old downloads}.
2933 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
2934 This release fixes many bugs.
2936 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
2937 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
2939 @ref{Old downloads}.
2944 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
2945 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
2946 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
2948 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
2950 @ref{Old downloads}.
2955 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
2956 This release fixes still more bugs.
2958 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
2960 @ref{Old downloads}.
2965 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
2966 This release fixes many bugs.
2967 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
2968 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
2970 @ref{Old downloads})
2975 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
2976 This release will stretch piano staves on a
2977 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
2978 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
2980 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
2981 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
2983 @ref{Old downloads}.
2988 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
2989 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
2990 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
2992 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
2999 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3000 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
3001 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
3003 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
3005 @ref{Old downloads}.
3010 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3011 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
3012 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
3014 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
3016 @ref{Old downloads}.
3021 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3022 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
3025 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
3027 @ref{Old downloads}.
3032 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
3033 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
3035 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
3037 @ref{Old downloads}.
3042 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
3043 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
3044 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
3045 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
3047 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
3049 @ref{Old downloads}.
3054 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3055 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
3056 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
3057 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
3058 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
3059 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3061 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3063 @ref{Old downloads}.
3068 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3069 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3070 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3073 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3075 @ref{Old downloads}.
3080 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3081 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3082 further improvements in the regression test suite
3086 @ref{Old downloads}.
3091 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3092 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3096 @ref{Old downloads}.
3101 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3102 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3107 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3108 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3113 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3114 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3118 @ref{Old downloads}.
3123 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3124 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3125 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3129 @ref{Old downloads}.
3134 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3135 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3139 @ref{Old downloads}.
3144 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3145 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3150 @ref{Old downloads}.
3155 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3156 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3160 @ref{Old downloads}.
3165 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3166 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3167 within a system as well as between systems.
3171 @ref{Old downloads}.
3176 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3177 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3178 test results} and several website build improvements.
3182 @ref{Old downloads}.
3187 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3188 This release fixes several bugs.
3191 @ref{Old downloads}.
3196 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3197 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3202 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3203 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3204 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3205 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3206 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3211 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3212 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3216 @ref{Old downloads}.
3221 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3222 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3225 @ref{Old downloads}.
3230 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3231 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3235 @ref{Old downloads}.
3240 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3241 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3244 @ref{Old downloads}.
3249 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3250 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3255 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3256 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3257 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3262 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3263 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3264 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3269 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3270 This release has many more bugfixes.
3273 @ref{Old downloads}.
3278 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3279 This release has many more bugfixes.
3282 @ref{Old downloads}.
3287 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3288 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3293 @ref{Old downloads}.
3298 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3299 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3300 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3301 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3302 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3303 (@ref{Publications}).
3308 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3309 This release has further bugfixes.
3312 @ref{Old downloads}.
3317 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3318 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3319 available for x86/64.
3322 @ref{Old downloads}.
3327 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3328 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3329 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3330 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3331 @ref{Old downloads})
3336 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3337 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3338 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3343 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3344 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3349 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
3350 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3355 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
3356 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3361 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
3362 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
3363 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3368 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
3369 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
3370 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
3371 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3376 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
3377 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3382 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
3383 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
3384 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
3389 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
3390 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
3391 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
3392 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
3393 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3398 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
3399 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
3400 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3405 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
3406 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
3407 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
3408 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3413 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
3414 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
3415 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
3416 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3421 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3422 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
3424 @ref{Old downloads})
3429 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3430 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
3432 @ref{Old downloads})
3437 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
3438 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
3439 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3441 @ref{Old downloads})
3446 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3447 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
3448 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3449 (@ref{Old downloads})
3454 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3455 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
3456 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
3457 glory} what features are broken in the development release
3462 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
3463 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
3464 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
3465 the development releases even better
3470 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
3472 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
3473 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
3474 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3479 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
3480 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
3481 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
3482 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
3483 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
3484 esthetics}. Happy reading!
3489 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
3490 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
3491 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
3493 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3498 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3499 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
3500 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
3501 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
3502 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3507 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3508 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
3509 (@ref{Old downloads})
3514 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
3515 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
3516 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
3517 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
3518 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
3519 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3524 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
3525 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
3526 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
3527 (@ref{Publications})
3532 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3533 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
3534 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3539 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3540 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
3541 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
3542 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3547 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
3548 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
3549 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
3554 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
3555 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
3556 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3561 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
3562 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
3563 released. (@ref{Changes},
3564 @ref{Old downloads})
3569 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
3570 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
3571 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
3572 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
3573 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
3574 multi-measure rests.
3576 @ref{Old downloads})
3581 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
3582 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
3584 @ref{Old downloads})
3589 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
3590 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
3591 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
3592 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
3593 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3594 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
3595 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
3596 @ref{Old downloads})
3601 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
3602 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
3603 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
3604 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
3605 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
3606 @ref{Old downloads})
3611 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
3612 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
3613 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
3614 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
3615 the endings and the middle
3616 part. (@ref{Changes},
3617 @ref{Old downloads})
3622 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
3623 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
3624 parenthesized, for example,
3627 c4 -\parenthesize -.
3628 <d \parenthesize fis a>
3632 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
3633 @ref{Old downloads})
3638 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
3639 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
3640 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
3650 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
3651 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
3652 vector. (@ref{Changes},
3653 @ref{Old downloads})
3658 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
3659 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
3660 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
3661 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
3662 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
3663 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
3664 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
3666 @ref{Old downloads})
3671 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
3672 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
3673 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
3674 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
3675 @ref{Old downloads})
3680 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
3681 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
3682 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
3683 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
3684 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
3685 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
3686 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
3687 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3688 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3689 @ref{Old downloads})
3694 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
3695 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
3696 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
3697 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
3698 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
3699 @ref{Old downloads})
3704 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
3706 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
3707 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
3708 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
3713 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
3714 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
3715 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
3716 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
3717 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
3722 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3723 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
3724 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
3726 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
3728 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
3730 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
3736 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3737 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
3738 (feature sponsored by Andrea
3739 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
3740 @ref{Old downloads})
3745 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
3746 Linux Journal publishes an article on
3747 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
3748 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
3749 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
3752 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
3753 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
3754 alternatives seem second-rate.}
3755 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
3760 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
3761 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
3762 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
3763 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
3764 page. Let us know how you fare!
3769 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
3770 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
3771 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
3772 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
3773 The important occasion for this release is our new build
3774 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
3775 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
3776 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
3777 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
3779 @ref{Old downloads})
3784 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
3785 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
3786 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
3787 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
3788 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
3789 @ref{Old downloads})
3794 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
3795 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
3796 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
3797 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
3798 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
3799 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
3800 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
3801 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
3802 functions. (@ref{Changes},
3803 @ref{Old downloads})
3808 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
3809 This release has the following new features:
3812 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
3813 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
3814 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3816 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
3817 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
3818 and Bertalan Fodor).
3820 Generic music functions may now also be used on
3821 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
3824 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
3825 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
3826 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
3830 @ref{Old downloads})
3835 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
3836 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
3837 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
3838 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
3839 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
3840 van den Borre and Bertalan
3841 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
3842 @ref{Old downloads})
3847 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
3848 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
3849 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
3850 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
3856 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
3857 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
3858 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
3859 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
3860 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
3862 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
3863 @ref{Old downloads})
3868 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
3869 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
3870 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
3875 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
3876 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
3877 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
3878 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
3879 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
3880 etc. (@ref{Changes},
3881 @ref{Old downloads})
3886 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
3887 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
3888 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
3889 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3890 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3891 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3892 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3893 @ref{Old downloads})
3898 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
3899 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3900 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3901 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3902 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3903 @ref{Old downloads})
3908 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
3909 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
3910 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
3911 @ref{Old downloads})
3916 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
3917 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
3918 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
3919 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
3920 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
3921 properties. (@ref{Changes},
3922 @ref{Old downloads})
3927 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
3928 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
3929 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
3930 that compute said property, i.e.
3933 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
3934 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
3937 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
3938 @ref{Old downloads})
3943 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
3944 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
3945 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
3946 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
3947 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
3948 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
3949 also provides advanced tweakability for power
3950 users. (@ref{Changes},
3951 @ref{Old downloads})
3956 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
3957 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
3958 series. (@ref{Changes},
3959 @ref{Old downloads})
3964 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
3965 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
3966 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
3967 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
3968 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
3969 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
3970 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
3971 sponsored by Nicolas
3972 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3973 @ref{Old downloads})
3978 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
3979 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
3980 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3981 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
3982 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
3983 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
3984 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3985 @ref{Old downloads})
3990 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
3991 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
3992 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
3993 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
3994 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3995 @ref{Old downloads})
4000 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
4001 This is mainly a bugfix
4002 release. (@ref{Changes},
4003 @ref{Old downloads})
4008 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
4009 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
4010 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
4011 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
4012 la gravure musicale}.
4017 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
4018 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
4019 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
4020 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
4021 @ref{Old downloads})
4026 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
4027 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
4028 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
4029 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
4030 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
4031 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
4036 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
4037 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
4038 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
4039 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
4040 @ref{Old downloads})
4045 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
4046 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
4047 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
4048 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
4049 signs. (@ref{Changes},
4050 @ref{Old downloads})
4055 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
4056 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
4057 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
4058 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
4059 @ref{Old downloads})
4064 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4065 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4066 for a note is proportional to the time it
4067 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4068 @ref{Old downloads})
4073 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4074 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4075 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4080 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4081 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4082 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4083 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4085 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4086 @ref{Old downloads})
4091 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4092 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4093 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4094 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4096 @ref{Old downloads})
4101 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4102 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4103 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4104 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4105 @ref{Old downloads})
4110 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4111 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4113 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4114 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4115 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4116 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4117 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4122 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4123 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4124 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4125 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4130 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4131 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4132 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4133 @ref{Old downloads})
4138 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4139 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4140 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4141 @ref{Old downloads})
4146 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4147 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4148 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4149 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4150 (@ref{Old downloads})
4155 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4156 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4157 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4158 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4163 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4164 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4165 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4166 better help functionality.
4167 (@ref{Old downloads})
4172 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4173 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4174 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4175 compile them directly from
4176 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4181 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4182 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4183 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4188 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4189 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4190 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4191 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4196 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4197 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4198 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4199 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4200 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4205 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4206 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4207 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4212 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4213 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4218 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4219 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4220 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4225 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4226 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4227 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4228 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4229 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4234 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4235 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4236 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4237 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4238 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4239 @ref{Old downloads})
4244 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4246 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4247 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4249 (@ref{Old downloads})
4254 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4255 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4256 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4257 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4258 signatures like 5/8.
4260 @ref{Old downloads})
4265 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
4266 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4267 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4268 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4269 More details are in the
4271 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4276 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
4277 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4278 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4279 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4280 Scheme code. Take a look at
4282 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4287 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
4288 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4289 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4290 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4295 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
4296 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4297 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4298 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4303 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
4304 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4305 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4311 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
4312 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4313 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4314 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4315 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4316 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4321 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4322 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4323 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4324 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4325 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4326 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4328 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4333 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4334 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4335 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4341 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4342 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
4343 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4344 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4345 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
4351 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4352 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
4353 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}.
4354 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4355 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4360 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
4361 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
4362 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
4363 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
4364 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
4369 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
4370 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
4371 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
4372 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
4373 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
4375 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4380 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
4381 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
4382 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
4383 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
4384 @ref{Old downloads}!
4389 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
4390 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
4391 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
4392 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
4398 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
4399 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
4400 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
4406 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
4407 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
4408 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
4409 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
4411 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
4413 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
4418 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
4419 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
4420 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
4421 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
4422 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
4423 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
4424 font code by Werner.
4426 and check out the changes in
4427 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4432 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
4433 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
4434 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
4435 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
4436 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
4437 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
4438 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
4439 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
4440 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
4441 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
4444 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}.
4449 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
4450 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
4451 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
4452 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
4453 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
4455 and check out the changes in
4456 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4461 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
4462 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
4463 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
4464 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
4465 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
4466 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
4469 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}.
4474 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
4475 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
4476 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
4477 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
4478 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
4479 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
4480 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
4481 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
4482 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
4486 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}.
4491 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
4492 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
4493 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
4494 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
4495 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
4496 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
4498 and check out the changes in
4499 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4504 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
4505 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
4506 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
4507 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
4508 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
4509 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
4510 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
4511 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
4512 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
4515 and check out the changes in
4516 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4521 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
4522 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
4523 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
4524 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
4525 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
4526 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
4529 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
4532 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
4533 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
4534 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
4535 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
4536 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
4539 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}.
4544 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
4545 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
4546 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
4552 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
4553 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
4554 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
4556 and check out the changes in
4557 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4562 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
4563 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
4564 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
4565 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
4566 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
4573 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4574 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
4575 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
4576 some problems with the conversion scripts.
4578 and check out the changes in
4579 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4584 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4585 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4586 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
4587 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
4588 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
4590 and check out the changes in
4591 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4596 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
4597 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
4598 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
4599 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
4601 and check out the changes in
4602 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4607 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
4608 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
4609 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
4610 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4612 and check out the changes in
4613 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4618 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
4619 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
4620 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
4621 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
4625 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}.
4630 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
4631 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
4632 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
4633 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
4637 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}.
4642 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
4643 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
4644 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
4645 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
4646 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
4647 in the documentation.
4649 and check out the changes in
4650 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4655 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
4656 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
4657 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
4658 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
4659 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
4664 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
4665 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
4667 and check out the changes
4668 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4673 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
4674 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
4675 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
4676 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
4677 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
4678 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
4679 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
4682 and check out the changes in
4683 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4688 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
4689 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
4690 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
4691 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
4692 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
4693 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
4694 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
4695 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
4696 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
4697 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
4698 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
4699 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
4700 will hold users back in switching.
4702 and check out the changes in
4703 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4708 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
4709 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
4710 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
4711 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
4712 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
4713 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
4714 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
4716 and check out the changes in
4717 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4722 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
4723 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
4724 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
4725 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
4726 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
4727 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
4731 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}.
4736 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4737 LilyPond now has a Documentation
4738 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
4739 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
4740 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
4741 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
4742 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
4743 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
4744 chapter of the user manual.
4745 A lot of cheers for Graham!
4750 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4751 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
4752 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
4753 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
4754 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
4755 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
4756 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
4760 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}.
4765 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
4766 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
4767 disappearing metronome mark.
4769 and check out the changes in
4770 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}.
4775 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
4776 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
4777 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
4778 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
4779 `doubleSlurs' property.
4781 and check out the changes in
4782 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4787 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
4788 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
4789 annoying bugs fixed.
4792 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}.
4797 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
4798 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
4799 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
4800 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
4801 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
4802 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
4803 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
4806 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
4807 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
4809 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
4810 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
4815 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}.
4820 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
4821 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
4822 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
4823 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
4824 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
4825 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
4826 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
4827 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
4828 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
4829 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
4830 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
4833 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}.
4838 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
4839 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
4840 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
4841 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
4842 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
4845 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}.
4850 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
4851 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
4852 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
4853 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
4854 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
4855 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
4856 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
4857 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
4858 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
4859 beat within the measure.
4861 and check out the changes in
4862 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4867 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
4868 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
4872 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}.
4877 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
4878 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
4884 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4885 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
4886 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
4887 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
4888 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
4890 and check out the changes
4891 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4896 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4897 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
4901 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}.
4906 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
4907 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
4908 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
4909 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
4910 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
4911 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
4912 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
4913 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}
4915 @ref{Old downloads}.
4920 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
4921 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
4922 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
4923 @ref{Old downloads}.
4928 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
4929 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
4930 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
4931 @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}
4933 @ref{Old downloads}.
4938 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4939 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
4940 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
4941 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}
4943 @ref{Old downloads}.
4948 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4949 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
4950 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}
4951 or head straight to the
4952 @ref{Old downloads}.
4957 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
4958 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
4959 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
4960 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4961 @ref{Old downloads}.
4966 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
4967 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
4968 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4969 @ref{Old downloads}.
4974 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
4975 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
4977 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
4978 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
4979 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
4980 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
4981 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
4986 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
4987 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
4988 @ref{Old downloads}.
4993 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
4994 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
4995 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
5001 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
5002 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
5003 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
5004 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
5005 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
5006 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
5007 @ref{Old downloads}.
5012 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
5013 A French article on the new LilyPond
5014 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
5019 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
5020 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
5021 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
5027 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
5028 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
5029 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
5030 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
5031 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
5032 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
5033 @ref{Old downloads}.
5038 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
5039 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
5040 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
5041 documentation polish. This should be the final release
5042 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
5044 @ref{Old downloads}.
5049 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
5050 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
5052 @ref{Old downloads}.
5057 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
5058 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
5059 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
5060 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5067 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
5068 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5069 @ref{Old downloads}.
5074 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
5075 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5082 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
5083 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5084 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5085 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5087 @ref{Old downloads}.
5092 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
5093 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5094 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5095 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5098 @ref{Old downloads}.
5103 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
5105 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5106 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5112 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
5113 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5115 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5116 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5117 authors of LilyPond.
5122 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
5123 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5124 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5127 @ref{Old downloads}.
5132 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
5133 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5134 experimental support for producing titles with
5140 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
5141 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5142 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5143 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5145 @ref{Old downloads}.
5150 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
5151 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5152 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5153 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5155 @ref{Old downloads}.
5160 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
5161 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5162 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5163 produce cue notes. More information in the
5170 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
5171 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5172 for altering accidental rules.
5178 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
5179 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5180 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5181 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5182 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5183 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5184 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5185 More information in the
5192 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
5193 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5194 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5195 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5202 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
5203 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5204 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5205 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5206 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5213 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
5214 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5215 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5216 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5217 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5218 More information in the
5225 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
5226 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5227 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5228 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5229 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5230 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5231 More information in the
5238 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
5239 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5240 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5241 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5249 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
5250 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5251 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5252 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5259 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
5260 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5261 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5262 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5263 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5272 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
5273 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5274 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5277 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5282 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
5284 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5285 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5286 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5289 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5294 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5295 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5296 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5297 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5298 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5303 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5304 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5305 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5306 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5307 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5313 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
5314 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5315 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5317 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5322 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
5323 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5324 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5325 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5330 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
5331 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5332 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5333 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5335 More information in the
5336 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5341 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
5342 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5343 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5345 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5350 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
5351 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
5352 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
5353 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
5355 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5360 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
5361 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
5362 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
5363 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
5364 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
5365 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
5366 individual music expressions.
5367 More information in the
5368 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5373 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
5374 An update to the stable branch,
5375 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
5376 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
5381 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
5382 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
5383 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
5384 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
5385 More information in the
5386 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5391 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
5392 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
5394 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
5395 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5400 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
5401 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
5402 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
5403 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
5404 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5409 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
5410 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
5411 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
5412 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
5413 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5418 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
5419 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
5420 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
5421 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
5422 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
5423 to implement this are welcome!) See the
5424 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5429 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
5430 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
5431 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
5432 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
5434 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5439 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
5440 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
5441 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
5442 Han-Wen's absence. See the
5443 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5448 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5449 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
5451 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5456 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5457 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
5459 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
5460 thanks to Heikki Junes.
5465 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
5466 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
5467 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
5468 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
5473 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
5474 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
5481 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
5482 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
5484 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
5485 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
5490 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
5491 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
5492 contains minor bugfixes.
5493 See the @ref{Changes}
5494 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
5499 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
5500 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
5501 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
5502 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
5508 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5509 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
5510 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
5511 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
5512 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
5513 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
5518 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5519 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
5520 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
5521 the @ref{Changes} and
5522 download @uref{install/,here}.
5527 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
5528 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
5529 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5530 the @ref{Changes} and
5531 download @uref{install/,here}.
5536 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
5537 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
5538 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5539 the @ref{Changes} and
5540 download @uref{install/,here}.
5545 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
5546 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
5547 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
5553 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
5554 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
5555 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
5561 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
5562 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
5563 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
5564 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
5565 will be available in a few weeks.
5571 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
5572 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
5573 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
5579 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
5580 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
5581 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
5587 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5588 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
5589 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
5590 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
5596 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5597 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
5598 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
5603 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5604 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
5605 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
5606 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
5607 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5612 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
5613 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
5614 @ref{Changes} and get it
5615 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5620 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
5621 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
5622 @ref{Changes} and get it
5623 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5628 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5629 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
5630 @ref{Changes} and get it
5631 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5636 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5637 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
5638 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
5643 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
5644 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
5645 read the @ref{Changes}.
5650 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
5651 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
5652 has been updated to 1.8.
5653 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
5658 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5659 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
5660 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
5665 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5666 New website went live!
5671 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
5672 Announced new website.
5677 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
5678 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
5683 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
5684 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
5685 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
5691 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
5692 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
5693 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.