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5 (I'd rather have the below in the CG. -gp)
8 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
9 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
26 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
30 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
32 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
33 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
34 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
35 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
38 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
39 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
40 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
47 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
49 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
50 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
52 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
53 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
59 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
61 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
62 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
64 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
65 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
71 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
73 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
74 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
76 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
77 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
83 @subsubheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
85 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
86 article in the May 2011 issue titled
87 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
88 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
89 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
90 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
91 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
96 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
98 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
99 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
101 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
102 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
108 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
110 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
111 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
112 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
113 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
116 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
117 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
118 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
125 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
127 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
128 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
129 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
130 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
133 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
134 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
135 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
142 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
144 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
145 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
146 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
147 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
150 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
151 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
152 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
159 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
161 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
162 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
164 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
165 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
171 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
173 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
174 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
175 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
176 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
177 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
183 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
185 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
186 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
187 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
188 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
191 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
192 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
193 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
200 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
202 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
203 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
205 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
206 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
211 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
213 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
214 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
216 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
217 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
222 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
224 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
225 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
227 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
228 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
234 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
236 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
237 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
239 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
240 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
241 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
247 @subsubheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
249 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
250 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
251 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
258 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
260 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
261 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
262 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
263 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
266 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
267 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
268 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
275 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
277 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
278 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
279 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
287 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
289 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
290 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
291 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
299 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
301 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
302 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
303 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
304 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
305 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
311 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
313 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
314 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
315 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
316 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
319 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
320 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
321 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
328 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
330 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
331 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
332 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
341 @subsubheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
343 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
344 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
345 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
346 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
349 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
350 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
351 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
352 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
358 @subsubheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
360 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
361 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
362 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
363 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
366 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
367 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
368 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
369 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
375 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
377 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
378 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
379 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
382 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
383 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
384 at all confident about the quality of this release.
390 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
392 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
393 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
394 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
397 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
398 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
399 at all confident about the quality of this release.
405 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
407 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
408 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
409 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
412 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
413 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
414 at all confident about the quality of this release.
420 @subsubheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
422 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
423 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
424 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
425 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
428 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
429 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
430 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
431 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
440 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
442 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
443 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
444 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
445 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
446 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
447 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
448 read on to find out what for!
451 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
452 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
459 @subsubheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
461 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
462 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
463 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
464 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
467 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
468 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
469 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
470 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
477 @subsubheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
479 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
480 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
481 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
482 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
485 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
486 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
487 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
488 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
495 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
497 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
498 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
499 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
502 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
503 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
504 at all confident about the quality of this release.
509 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
511 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
512 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
513 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
514 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
515 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
519 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
520 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
527 @subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
529 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
530 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
531 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
532 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
535 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
536 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
537 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
538 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
540 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
542 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
543 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
544 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
550 @subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
552 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
553 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
554 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
555 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
558 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
559 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
560 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
561 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
562 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
563 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
569 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
571 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
572 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
573 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
582 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
584 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
585 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
586 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
593 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
595 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
596 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
597 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
598 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
599 the bug report of the report!
602 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
603 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
609 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
611 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
612 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
613 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
620 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
622 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
623 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
624 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
631 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
633 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
634 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
635 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
636 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
640 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
641 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
649 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
651 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
652 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
653 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
656 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
657 caution and expect breakage.
662 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
664 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
665 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
666 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
669 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
670 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
671 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
672 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
677 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
679 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
680 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
681 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
687 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
689 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
690 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
691 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
692 improvements to the new website.
694 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
695 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
697 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
698 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
700 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
706 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
708 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
709 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
710 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
715 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
717 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
718 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
719 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
725 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
727 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
728 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
729 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
735 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
737 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
738 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
739 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
744 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
746 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
747 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
748 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
753 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
755 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
756 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
757 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
760 This release should be of particular interest to package
761 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
762 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
763 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
769 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
771 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
772 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
773 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
774 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
777 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
778 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
785 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
787 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
788 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
789 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
792 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
793 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
794 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
795 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
796 see the Changes document for more information.
800 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
802 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
803 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
804 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
809 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
811 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
812 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
813 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
814 so this release is intended for developers only.
818 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
820 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
821 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
822 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
827 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
829 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
830 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
835 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
837 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
838 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
839 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
845 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
847 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
848 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
849 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
850 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
851 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
853 What are you waiting for? Come
854 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
855 LilyPond Report 17} now!
860 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
862 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
863 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
864 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
868 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
870 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
871 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
872 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
873 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
874 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
879 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
881 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
882 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
883 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
887 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
889 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
890 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
891 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
892 critical regressions against earlier versions.
896 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
898 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
899 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
900 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
901 and English names for feta filenames.
907 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
909 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
910 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
911 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
912 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
915 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
916 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
917 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
923 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
925 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
926 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
927 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
928 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
930 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
931 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
936 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
938 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
939 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
945 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
947 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
948 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
949 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
956 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
958 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
959 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
960 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
961 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
963 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
964 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
965 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
973 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
975 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
976 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
977 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
978 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
979 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
980 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
981 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
982 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
988 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
990 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
991 its team, its world, its community.
992 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
993 to read the full issue...
998 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
1000 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
1001 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1002 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
1007 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
1009 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
1010 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
1016 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
1018 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1020 @uref{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
1027 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
1029 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
1030 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
1031 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
1032 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
1033 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
1035 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
1036 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
1038 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
1040 @ref{Old downloads}.
1045 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
1047 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
1048 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
1049 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
1050 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
1051 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
1052 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
1055 @ref{Old downloads}.
1060 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
1062 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
1063 documentation and translations.
1064 @ref{Old downloads}.
1069 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 – Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
1071 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
1072 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
1073 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
1074 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
1075 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
1077 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
1078 @ref{Old downloads}.
1083 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
1085 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
1086 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
1087 (teaching) has been added.
1089 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
1091 @ref{Old downloads}.
1096 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
1098 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
1099 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
1100 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
1101 @ref{Old downloads}.
1106 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
1108 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
1109 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
1110 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
1111 translations of the documentation.
1112 @ref{Old downloads}.
1117 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
1119 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
1120 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
1121 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
1122 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
1123 deceased since then. All the development team express their
1124 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
1125 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
1126 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
1127 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
1129 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
1131 @ref{Old downloads}.
1136 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
1138 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
1139 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
1140 markup command names have been made.
1143 @ref{Old downloads}.
1148 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
1150 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
1151 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
1152 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
1153 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
1154 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
1157 @ref{Old downloads}.
1162 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
1164 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
1165 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
1167 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
1168 @ref{Old downloads}.
1173 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
1175 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
1176 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
1177 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
1179 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
1180 @ref{Old downloads}.
1185 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
1187 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
1189 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
1190 @ref{Old downloads}.
1195 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
1197 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
1198 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
1199 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
1201 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
1203 @ref{Old downloads}.
1208 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
1210 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
1211 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
1212 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
1213 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
1215 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
1216 @ref{Old downloads}.
1221 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
1223 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
1224 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
1227 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
1228 @ref{Old downloads}.
1233 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
1235 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1236 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
1241 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
1243 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1244 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
1249 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
1251 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
1253 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
1254 @ref{Old downloads}.
1259 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
1261 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
1262 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
1263 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
1265 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
1266 @ref{Old downloads}.
1271 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
1273 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1274 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
1279 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
1281 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
1282 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
1287 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
1289 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
1290 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
1291 regression tests maintenance for developers.
1293 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
1294 @ref{Old downloads}.
1299 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
1301 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
1302 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
1304 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
1306 @ref{Old downloads}.
1311 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
1313 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
1314 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
1315 report, new translations of the site and publications.
1316 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
1317 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
1318 announce releases and special events.
1323 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
1325 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
1326 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1327 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
1332 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
1334 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
1335 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
1336 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
1337 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
1338 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
1341 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
1343 @ref{Old downloads}.
1348 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
1350 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
1351 names has been added to the MusicXML
1354 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
1355 @ref{Old downloads}.
1360 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
1362 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
1367 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
1369 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
1370 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
1371 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
1374 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
1375 @ref{Old downloads}.
1380 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
1382 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
1385 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
1386 @ref{Old downloads}.
1391 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
1393 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
1394 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
1395 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
1396 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
1397 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
1398 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
1404 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
1406 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
1407 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
1408 updates to the MusicXML converter.
1410 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
1411 @ref{Old downloads}.
1416 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
1418 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
1419 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
1424 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
1426 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
1427 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
1428 Grand Documentation Project.
1430 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
1431 @ref{Old downloads}.
1436 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
1438 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
1440 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
1441 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
1442 @ref{Old downloads}.
1447 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
1449 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
1451 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
1452 @ref{Old downloads}.
1457 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
1459 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
1460 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
1462 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
1463 @ref{Old downloads}.
1468 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
1470 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
1471 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
1472 for the translations.
1474 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
1475 @ref{Old downloads}.
1480 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
1482 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
1483 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
1484 and lots of updates for the translations.
1486 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
1487 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
1488 @ref{Old downloads}.
1493 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
1495 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
1496 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
1497 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
1498 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
1503 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
1504 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
1505 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
1506 spacing engine code.
1508 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
1509 @ref{Old downloads}.
1514 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
1516 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
1517 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
1519 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
1520 @ref{Old downloads}.
1525 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
1527 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
1528 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
1530 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
1531 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
1532 @ref{Old downloads}.
1537 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
1538 This has lots of bugfixes.
1540 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
1541 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
1542 @ref{Old downloads}.
1547 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
1548 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des
1549 LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
1550 sind auf deutsch übersetzt — sie sind erhältlich für
1552 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
1557 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
1558 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
1560 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
1562 @ref{Old downloads}.
1567 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
1568 This release has some documentation updates.
1570 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
1572 @ref{Old downloads}.
1577 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
1578 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont
1579 désormais traduits, et disponibles en ligne — @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
1580 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
1581 2.11}. Les traductions sont également incluses dans la @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
1586 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
1587 This release fixes many bugs.
1589 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
1590 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
1592 @ref{Old downloads}.
1597 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
1598 This release fixes many bugs.
1600 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
1601 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
1603 @ref{Old downloads}.
1608 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
1609 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
1610 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
1612 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
1614 @ref{Old downloads}.
1619 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
1620 This release fixes still more bugs.
1622 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
1624 @ref{Old downloads}.
1629 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
1630 This release fixes many bugs.
1631 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
1632 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
1634 @ref{Old downloads})
1639 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
1640 This release will stretch piano staves on a
1641 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
1642 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
1644 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
1645 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
1647 @ref{Old downloads}.
1652 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
1653 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
1654 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
1656 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
1663 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1664 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
1665 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
1667 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
1669 @ref{Old downloads}.
1674 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1675 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
1676 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
1678 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
1680 @ref{Old downloads}.
1685 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1686 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
1689 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
1691 @ref{Old downloads}.
1696 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
1697 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
1699 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
1701 @ref{Old downloads}.
1706 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
1707 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
1708 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
1709 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
1711 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
1713 @ref{Old downloads}.
1718 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
1719 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
1720 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
1721 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
1722 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
1723 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
1725 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
1727 @ref{Old downloads}.
1732 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
1733 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
1734 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
1737 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
1739 @ref{Old downloads}.
1744 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
1745 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and —in 2.11.9&mdash
1746 further improvements in the regression test suite
1750 @ref{Old downloads}.
1755 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
1756 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1760 @ref{Old downloads}.
1765 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
1766 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
1771 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
1772 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
1777 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
1778 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1782 @ref{Old downloads}.
1787 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
1788 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
1789 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
1793 @ref{Old downloads}.
1798 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
1799 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1803 @ref{Old downloads}.
1808 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
1809 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
1814 @ref{Old downloads}.
1819 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
1820 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1824 @ref{Old downloads}.
1829 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
1830 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
1831 within a system as well as between systems.
1835 @ref{Old downloads}.
1840 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1841 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
1842 test results} and several website build improvements.
1846 @ref{Old downloads}.
1851 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1852 This release fixes several bugs.
1855 @ref{Old downloads}.
1860 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1861 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
1866 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
1867 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en
1868 français est maintenant disponible en ligne. @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1869 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1875 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1876 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
1880 @ref{Old downloads}.
1885 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1886 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1889 @ref{Old downloads}.
1894 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
1895 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
1899 @ref{Old downloads}.
1904 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
1905 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1908 @ref{Old downloads}.
1913 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
1914 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1919 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1920 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{announce-v2.10.html,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1925 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1926 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
1927 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
1932 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
1933 This release has many more bugfixes.
1936 @ref{Old downloads}.
1941 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
1942 This release has many more bugfixes.
1945 @ref{Old downloads}.
1950 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
1951 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
1956 @ref{Old downloads}.
1961 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
1962 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
1963 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
1964 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
1965 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
1966 (@ref{Publications}).
1971 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
1972 This release has further bugfixes.
1975 @ref{Old downloads}.
1980 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
1981 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
1982 available for x86/64.
1985 @ref{Old downloads}.
1990 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
1991 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
1992 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1993 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
1994 @ref{Old downloads})
1999 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
2000 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
2001 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2006 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
2007 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
2012 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
2013 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
2018 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
2019 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
2024 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
2025 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
2026 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2031 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
2032 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
2033 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
2034 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2039 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
2040 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
2045 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
2046 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
2047 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
2052 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
2053 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
2054 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
2055 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
2056 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2061 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
2062 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
2063 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2068 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
2069 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
2070 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
2071 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2076 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
2077 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
2078 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
2079 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2084 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
2085 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
2087 @ref{Old downloads})
2092 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
2093 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
2095 @ref{Old downloads})
2100 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
2101 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
2102 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
2104 @ref{Old downloads})
2109 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
2110 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
2111 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
2112 (@ref{Old downloads})
2117 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
2118 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
2119 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
2120 glory} what features are broken in the development release
2125 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
2126 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
2127 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
2128 the development releases even better
2133 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
2135 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
2136 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
2137 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2142 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
2143 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
2144 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
2145 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
2146 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
2147 esthetics}. Happy reading!
2152 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
2153 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
2154 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
2156 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2161 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
2162 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
2163 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
2164 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
2165 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2170 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
2171 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
2172 (@ref{Old downloads})
2177 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
2178 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
2179 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
2180 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
2181 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
2182 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2187 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
2188 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
2189 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
2190 (@ref{Publications})
2195 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
2196 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
2197 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2202 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
2203 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
2204 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
2205 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2210 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
2211 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
2212 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
2217 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
2218 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @uref{announce-v2.8.html,release
2219 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2224 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
2225 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
2226 released. (@ref{Changes},
2227 @ref{Old downloads})
2232 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
2233 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
2234 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
2235 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
2236 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
2237 multi-measure rests.
2239 @ref{Old downloads})
2244 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
2245 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
2247 @ref{Old downloads})
2252 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
2253 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
2254 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
2255 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
2256 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
2257 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
2258 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
2259 @ref{Old downloads})
2264 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
2265 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
2266 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
2267 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
2268 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
2269 @ref{Old downloads})
2274 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
2275 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
2276 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
2277 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
2278 the endings and the middle
2279 part. (@ref{Changes},
2280 @ref{Old downloads})
2285 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
2286 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
2287 parenthesized, for example,
2290 c4 -\parenthesize -.
2291 <d \parenthesize fis a>
2295 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
2296 @ref{Old downloads})
2301 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
2302 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
2303 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
2313 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
2314 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
2315 vector. (@ref{Changes},
2316 @ref{Old downloads})
2321 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
2322 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
2323 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
2324 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
2325 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
2326 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
2327 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
2329 @ref{Old downloads})
2334 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
2335 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
2336 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
2337 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
2338 @ref{Old downloads})
2343 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
2344 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
2345 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
2346 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
2347 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
2348 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
2349 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
2350 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
2351 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
2352 @ref{Old downloads})
2357 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
2358 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
2359 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
2360 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
2361 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
2362 @ref{Old downloads})
2367 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
2369 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
2370 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
2371 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
2376 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
2377 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
2378 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
2379 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
2380 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
2385 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
2386 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
2387 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
2389 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
2391 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
2393 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
2399 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
2400 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
2401 (feature sponsored by Andrea
2402 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
2403 @ref{Old downloads})
2408 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
2409 Linux Journal publishes an article on
2410 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
2411 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
2412 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
2415 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
2416 “GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
2417 alternatives seem second-rate.”
2418 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
2423 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
2424 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
2425 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
2426 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
2427 page. Let us know how you fare!
2432 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
2433 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
2434 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
2435 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
2436 The important occasion for this release is our new build
2437 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
2438 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
2439 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
2440 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
2442 @ref{Old downloads})
2447 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
2448 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
2449 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
2450 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
2451 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
2452 @ref{Old downloads})
2457 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
2458 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
2459 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
2460 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
2461 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
2462 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
2463 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
2464 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
2465 functions. (@ref{Changes},
2466 @ref{Old downloads})
2471 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
2472 This release has the following new features:
2475 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
2476 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
2477 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
2479 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
2480 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
2481 and Bertalan Fodor).
2483 Generic music functions may now also be used on
2484 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
2487 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
2488 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
2489 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
2493 @ref{Old downloads})
2498 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
2499 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
2500 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
2501 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
2502 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
2503 van den Borre and Bertalan
2504 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
2505 @ref{Old downloads})
2510 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
2511 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
2512 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
2513 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
2519 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
2520 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
2521 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
2522 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
2523 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
2525 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
2526 @ref{Old downloads})
2531 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
2532 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
2533 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
2538 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
2539 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
2540 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
2541 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
2542 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
2543 etc. (@ref{Changes},
2544 @ref{Old downloads})
2549 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
2550 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
2551 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
2552 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
2553 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
2554 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
2555 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2556 @ref{Old downloads})
2561 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
2562 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
2563 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
2564 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
2565 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2566 @ref{Old downloads})
2571 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
2572 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
2573 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
2574 @ref{Old downloads})
2579 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
2580 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
2581 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
2582 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
2583 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
2584 properties. (@ref{Changes},
2585 @ref{Old downloads})
2590 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
2591 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
2592 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
2593 that compute said property, i.e.
2596 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
2597 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
2600 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
2601 @ref{Old downloads})
2606 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
2607 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
2608 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
2609 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
2610 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
2611 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
2612 also provides advanced tweakability for power
2613 users. (@ref{Changes},
2614 @ref{Old downloads})
2619 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
2620 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
2621 series. (@ref{Changes},
2622 @ref{Old downloads})
2627 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
2628 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
2629 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
2630 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
2631 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
2632 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
2633 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
2634 sponsored by Nicolas
2635 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
2636 @ref{Old downloads})
2641 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
2642 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
2643 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
2644 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
2645 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
2646 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
2647 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2648 @ref{Old downloads})
2653 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
2654 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
2655 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
2656 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
2657 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
2658 @ref{Old downloads})
2663 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
2664 This is mainly a bugfix
2665 release. (@ref{Changes},
2666 @ref{Old downloads})
2671 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
2672 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
2673 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
2674 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
2675 la gravure musicale}.
2680 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
2681 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
2682 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
2683 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
2684 @ref{Old downloads})
2689 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
2690 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
2691 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
2692 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
2693 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
2694 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
2699 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
2700 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
2701 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
2702 Baca, and Vicente Solsona
2703 Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
2704 @ref{Old downloads})
2709 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
2710 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
2711 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
2712 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
2713 signs. (@ref{Changes},
2714 @ref{Old downloads})
2719 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
2720 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
2721 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
2722 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
2723 @ref{Old downloads})
2728 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
2729 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
2730 for a note is proportional to the time it
2731 takes. (@ref{Changes},
2732 @ref{Old downloads})
2737 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
2738 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
2739 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
2744 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
2745 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
2746 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
2747 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
2749 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
2750 @ref{Old downloads})
2755 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
2756 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
2757 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
2758 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
2760 @ref{Old downloads})
2765 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
2766 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
2767 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
2768 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
2769 @ref{Old downloads})
2774 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
2775 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
2777 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
2778 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
2779 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
2780 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
2781 (@uref{announce-v2.6.html,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
2786 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
2787 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
2788 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
2789 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
2794 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
2795 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
2796 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
2797 @ref{Old downloads})
2802 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
2803 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
2804 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
2805 @ref{Old downloads})
2810 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
2811 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
2812 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
2813 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
2814 (@ref{Old downloads})
2819 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
2820 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
2821 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
2822 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
2827 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
2828 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
2829 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
2830 better help functionality.
2831 (@ref{Old downloads})
2836 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
2837 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
2838 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
2839 compile them directly from
2840 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
2845 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
2846 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
2847 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
2852 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
2853 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
2854 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
2855 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
2860 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
2861 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
2862 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
2863 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
2864 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
2869 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2870 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
2871 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
2876 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2877 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
2882 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
2883 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
2884 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
2889 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
2890 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
2891 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
2892 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
2893 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
2898 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
2899 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
2900 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
2901 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
2902 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
2903 @ref{Old downloads})
2908 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
2910 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
2911 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
2913 (@ref{Old downloads})
2918 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
2919 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
2920 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
2921 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
2922 signatures like 5/8.
2924 @ref{Old downloads})
2929 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
2930 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
2931 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
2932 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
2933 More details are in the
2935 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
2940 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
2941 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
2942 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
2943 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
2944 Scheme code. Take a look at
2946 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
2951 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
2952 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
2953 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
2954 place. @ref{Old downloads}
2959 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
2960 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
2961 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
2962 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
2967 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
2968 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
2969 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
2975 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
2976 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
2977 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
2978 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
2979 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2980 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2985 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2986 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
2987 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
2988 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
2989 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
2990 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
2992 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2997 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2998 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
2999 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
3005 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
3006 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
3007 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
3008 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
3009 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
3015 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
3016 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
3017 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}.
3018 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
3019 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
3024 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
3025 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
3026 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
3027 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
3028 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
3033 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
3034 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
3035 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
3036 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
3037 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
3039 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
3044 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
3045 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
3046 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
3047 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
3048 @ref{Old downloads}!
3053 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
3054 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
3055 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
3056 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
3062 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
3063 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
3064 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
3070 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
3071 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
3072 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
3073 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
3075 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
3077 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
3082 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
3083 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
3084 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
3085 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
3086 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
3087 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
3088 font code by Werner.
3090 and check out the changes in
3091 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3096 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
3097 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
3098 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
3099 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
3100 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
3101 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
3102 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
3103 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
3104 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
3105 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
3108 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}.
3113 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
3114 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
3115 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
3116 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
3117 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
3119 and check out the changes in
3120 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3125 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
3126 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
3127 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
3128 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
3129 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
3130 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
3133 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}.
3138 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
3139 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
3140 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
3141 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
3142 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
3143 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
3144 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
3145 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
3146 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
3150 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}.
3155 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
3156 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
3157 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
3158 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
3159 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
3160 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
3162 and check out the changes in
3163 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3168 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
3169 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
3170 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
3171 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
3172 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
3173 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
3174 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
3175 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
3176 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
3179 and check out the changes in
3180 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3185 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
3186 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
3187 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
3188 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
3189 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
3190 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
3193 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
3196 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
3197 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
3198 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
3199 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
3200 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
3203 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}.
3208 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
3209 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
3210 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
3216 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
3217 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
3218 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
3220 and check out the changes in
3221 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3226 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
3227 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @uref{announce-v2.4.html,released!}
3228 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
3229 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
3230 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
3237 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
3238 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
3239 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
3240 some problems with the conversion scripts.
3242 and check out the changes in
3243 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3248 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
3249 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
3250 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
3251 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
3252 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
3254 and check out the changes in
3255 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3260 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
3261 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
3262 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
3263 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
3265 and check out the changes in
3266 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3271 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
3272 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
3273 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
3274 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
3276 and check out the changes in
3277 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3282 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
3283 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
3284 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
3285 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
3289 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}.
3294 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
3295 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
3296 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
3297 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
3301 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}.
3306 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
3307 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
3308 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
3309 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
3310 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
3311 in the documentation.
3313 and check out the changes in
3314 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3319 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
3320 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
3321 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
3322 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
3323 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
3328 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
3329 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
3331 and check out the changes
3332 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3337 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
3338 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
3339 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
3340 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
3341 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
3342 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
3343 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
3346 and check out the changes in
3347 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3352 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
3353 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
3354 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
3355 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
3356 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
3357 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
3358 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
3359 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
3360 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
3361 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
3362 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
3363 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
3364 will hold users back in switching.
3366 and check out the changes in
3367 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3372 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
3373 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
3374 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
3375 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
3376 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
3377 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
3378 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
3380 and check out the changes in
3381 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3386 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
3387 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
3388 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
3389 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
3390 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
3391 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
3395 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}.
3400 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
3401 LilyPond now has a Documentation
3402 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
3403 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
3404 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
3405 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
3406 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
3407 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
3408 chapter of the user manual.
3409 A lot of cheers for Graham!
3414 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
3415 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
3416 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
3417 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
3418 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
3419 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
3420 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
3424 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}.
3429 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
3430 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
3431 disappearing metronome mark.
3433 and check out the changes in
3434 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}.
3439 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
3440 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
3441 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
3442 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
3443 `doubleSlurs' property.
3445 and check out the changes in
3446 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3451 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
3452 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
3453 annoying bugs fixed.
3456 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}.
3461 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
3462 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
3463 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
3464 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
3465 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
3466 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
3467 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
3470 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
3471 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
3473 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
3474 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
3479 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}.
3484 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
3485 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
3486 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
3487 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
3488 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
3489 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
3490 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
3491 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
3492 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
3493 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
3494 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
3497 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}.
3502 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
3503 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
3504 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
3505 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
3506 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
3509 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}.
3514 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
3515 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
3516 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
3517 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
3518 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
3519 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
3520 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
3521 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
3522 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
3523 beat within the measure.
3525 and check out the changes in
3526 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3531 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
3532 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
3536 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}.
3541 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
3542 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
3548 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
3549 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
3550 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
3551 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
3552 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
3554 and check out the changes
3555 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3560 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
3561 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
3565 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}.
3570 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
3571 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
3572 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
3573 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
3574 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
3575 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
3576 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
3577 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}
3579 @ref{Old downloads}.
3584 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
3585 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
3586 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
3587 @ref{Old downloads}.
3592 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
3593 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
3594 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
3595 @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}
3597 @ref{Old downloads}.
3602 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
3603 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
3604 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
3605 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}
3607 @ref{Old downloads}.
3612 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
3613 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
3614 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}
3615 or head straight to the
3616 @ref{Old downloads}.
3621 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
3622 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
3623 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
3624 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
3625 @ref{Old downloads}.
3630 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
3631 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
3632 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
3633 @ref{Old downloads}.
3638 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
3639 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
3641 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
3642 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
3643 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
3644 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
3645 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
3650 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
3651 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
3652 @ref{Old downloads}.
3657 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
3658 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
3659 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
3665 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
3666 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
3667 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
3668 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
3669 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
3670 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
3671 @ref{Old downloads}.
3676 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
3677 A French article on the new LilyPond
3678 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
3683 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
3684 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
3685 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
3691 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
3692 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
3693 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
3694 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
3695 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
3696 the @uref{announce-v2.2.html,announcement} or skip to the
3697 @ref{Old downloads}.
3702 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
3703 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
3704 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
3705 documentation polish. This should be the final release
3706 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
3708 @ref{Old downloads}.
3713 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
3714 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
3716 @ref{Old downloads}.
3721 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
3722 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
3723 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
3724 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
3731 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
3732 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
3733 @ref{Old downloads}.
3738 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
3739 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
3746 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
3747 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
3748 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
3749 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
3751 @ref{Old downloads}.
3756 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
3757 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
3758 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
3759 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
3762 @ref{Old downloads}.
3767 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
3769 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
3770 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
3776 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
3777 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
3779 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
3780 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
3781 authors of LilyPond.
3786 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
3787 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
3788 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
3791 @ref{Old downloads}.
3796 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
3797 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
3798 experimental support for producing titles with
3804 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
3805 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
3806 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
3807 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
3809 @ref{Old downloads}.
3814 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
3815 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
3816 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
3817 of lyrics related bugs. See the
3819 @ref{Old downloads}.
3824 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
3825 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
3826 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
3827 produce cue notes. More information in the
3834 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
3835 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
3836 for altering accidental rules.
3842 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
3843 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
3844 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
3845 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
3846 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
3847 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
3848 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
3849 More information in the
3856 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
3857 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
3858 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
3859 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
3866 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
3867 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
3868 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
3869 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
3870 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
3877 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
3878 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
3879 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
3880 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
3881 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
3882 More information in the
3889 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
3890 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
3891 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
3892 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
3893 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
3894 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
3895 More information in the
3902 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
3903 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
3904 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
3905 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
3913 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
3914 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
3915 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
3916 @code{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
3923 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
3924 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
3925 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
3926 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
3927 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
3936 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
3937 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
3938 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
3941 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3946 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
3948 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
3949 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
3950 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
3953 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3958 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3959 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
3960 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
3961 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
3962 access, but only HTTP downloads.
3967 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3968 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
3969 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
3970 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
3971 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
3977 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
3978 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
3979 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
3981 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3986 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
3987 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
3988 available for Windows! For downloading, go
3989 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
3994 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
3995 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
3996 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
3997 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
3999 More information in the
4000 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4005 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
4006 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
4007 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
4009 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4014 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
4015 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
4016 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
4017 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
4019 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4024 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
4025 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
4026 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
4027 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
4028 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
4029 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
4030 individual music expressions.
4031 More information in the
4032 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4037 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
4038 An update to the stable branch,
4039 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
4040 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
4045 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
4046 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
4047 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
4048 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
4049 More information in the
4050 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4055 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
4056 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to
4057 improve the layout of lyrics. More
4059 @uref{@@DOC@@v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
4060 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4065 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
4066 in LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric
4067 alignment is completely revamped, and now matches my Edition
4068 Peters version of the Schubert song Sängers Morgen. More
4070 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4075 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
4076 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and linethickness
4077 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
4078 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
4079 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4084 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
4085 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
4086 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
4087 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
4088 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
4089 to implement this are welcome!) See the
4090 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4095 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
4096 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
4097 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
4098 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
4100 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4105 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
4106 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
4107 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
4108 Han-Wen's absence. See the
4109 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4114 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
4115 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
4117 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4122 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
4123 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
4125 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
4126 thanks to Heikki Junes.
4131 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
4132 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
4133 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
4134 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
4139 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
4140 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
4147 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
4148 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
4150 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
4151 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
4156 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
4157 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
4158 contains minor bugfixes.
4159 See the @ref{Changes}
4160 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
4165 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
4166 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
4167 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
4168 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
4174 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
4175 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
4176 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
4177 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
4178 @uref{announce-v2.0.html,here}, or go to the
4179 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
4184 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
4185 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
4186 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
4187 the @ref{Changes} and
4188 download @uref{install/,here}.
4193 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
4194 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
4195 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
4196 the @ref{Changes} and
4197 download @uref{install/,here}.
4202 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
4203 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
4204 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
4205 the @ref{Changes} and
4206 download @uref{install/,here}.
4211 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
4212 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
4213 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
4219 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
4220 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
4221 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
4227 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
4228 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
4229 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
4230 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
4231 will be available in a few weeks.
4237 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
4238 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
4239 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
4245 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
4246 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
4247 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
4253 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
4254 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
4255 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
4256 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
4262 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
4263 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
4264 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
4269 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
4270 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
4271 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
4272 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
4273 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4278 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
4279 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
4280 @ref{Changes} and get it
4281 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4286 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
4287 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
4288 @ref{Changes} and get it
4289 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4294 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
4295 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
4296 @ref{Changes} and get it
4297 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4302 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
4303 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
4304 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
4309 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
4310 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
4311 read the @ref{Changes}.
4316 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
4317 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
4318 has been updated to 1.8.
4319 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
4324 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
4325 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
4326 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
4331 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
4332 New website went live!
4337 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
4338 Announced new website.
4343 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
4344 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
4349 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
4350 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
4351 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
4357 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
4358 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
4359 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.