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30 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.33 released @emph{December 6, 2015}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
33 2.19.33. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
34 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
35 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
36 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
42 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.32 released @emph{November 22, 2015}
44 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
45 2.19.32. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
46 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
47 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
48 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
54 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.31 released @emph{November 8, 2015}
56 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
57 2.19.31. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
58 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
59 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
60 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
66 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.30 released @emph{October 25, 2015}
68 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
69 2.19.30. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
70 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
71 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
72 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
78 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.29 released @emph{October 18, 2015}
80 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
81 2.19.29. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
82 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
83 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
84 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
90 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.28 released @emph{September 27, 2015}
92 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
93 2.19.28. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
94 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
95 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
96 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
102 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.27 released @emph{September 12, 2015}
104 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
105 2.19.27. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
106 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
107 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
108 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
114 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.26 released @emph{August 27, 2015}
116 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
117 2.19.26. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
118 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
119 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
120 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
126 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.25 released @emph{August 9, 2015}
128 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
129 2.19.25. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
130 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
131 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
132 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
138 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.24 released @emph{July 26, 2015}
140 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
141 2.19.24. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
142 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
143 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
144 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
150 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.23 released @emph{July 12, 2015}
152 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
153 2.19.23. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
154 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
155 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
156 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
162 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.22 released @emph{June 28, 2015}
164 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
165 2.19.22. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
166 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
167 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
168 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
174 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.21 released @emph{May 24, 2015}
176 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
177 2.19.21. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
178 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
179 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
180 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
186 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.20 released @emph{May 10, 2015}
188 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
189 2.19.20. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
190 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
191 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
192 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
198 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.19 released @emph{April 26, 2015}
200 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
201 2.19.19. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
202 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
203 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
204 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
210 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.18 released @emph{April 5, 2015}
212 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
213 2.19.18. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
214 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
215 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
216 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
222 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.17 released @emph{March 15, 2015}
224 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
225 2.19.17. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
226 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
227 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
228 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
234 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.16 released @emph{February 28, 2015}
236 At long last, we are very happy to announce the release of LilyPond
237 2.19.16. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
238 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
239 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
240 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
243 We would like to acknowledge and thank Masamichi Hosoda for making this
244 release possible with his work on updating GUB, the build tool.
249 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.15 released @emph{September 28, 2014}
251 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.15. This
252 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
253 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
254 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
255 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
261 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.14 released @emph{September 14, 2014}
263 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.14. This
264 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
265 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
266 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
267 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
273 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.13 released @emph{August 31, 2014}
275 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.13. This
276 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
277 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
278 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
279 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
285 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.12 released @emph{August 17, 2014}
287 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.12. This
288 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
289 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
290 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
291 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
297 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.11 released @emph{August 3, 2014}
299 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.11. This
300 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
301 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
302 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
303 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
309 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.10 released @emph{July 13, 2014}
311 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.10. This
312 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
313 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
314 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
315 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
321 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.9 released @emph{June 29, 2014}
323 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.9. This
324 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
325 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
326 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
327 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
333 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.8 released @emph{June 15, 2014}
335 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.8. This
336 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
337 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
338 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
339 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
345 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.7 released @emph{May 25, 2014}
347 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.7. This
348 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
349 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
350 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
351 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
357 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.6 released @emph{May 11, 2014}
359 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.6. This
360 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
361 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
362 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
363 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
369 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.5 released @emph{April 20, 2014}
371 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.5. This
372 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
373 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
374 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
375 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
380 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.4 released @emph{April 6, 2014}
382 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.4. This
383 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
384 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
385 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
386 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
391 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.3 released @emph{March 2, 2014}
393 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.3. This
394 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
395 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
396 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
397 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
402 @subheading LilyPond 2.18.1 @emph{February 16, 2014}
404 We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
405 The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
406 over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
407 and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
408 enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
410 To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
411 stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
416 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
418 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
419 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
420 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
421 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
422 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
427 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
429 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
430 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
431 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
432 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
433 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
438 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
440 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
441 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
442 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
443 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
444 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
449 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
451 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
452 a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
453 developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
454 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
455 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
456 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
457 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
458 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
463 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
465 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
466 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
467 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
468 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
469 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
470 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
471 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
472 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
477 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
479 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
480 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
481 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
482 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
483 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
484 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
485 latest version, see @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
486 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
492 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
494 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
495 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
496 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
497 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
498 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
503 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
505 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
506 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
507 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
508 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
509 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
514 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
516 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
517 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
518 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
519 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
520 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
525 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
527 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
528 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
529 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
530 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
531 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
536 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
538 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
539 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
540 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
541 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
542 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
547 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
549 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
550 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
551 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
552 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
553 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
558 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
560 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
561 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
562 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
563 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
564 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
569 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
571 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
572 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
573 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
574 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
575 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
577 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
578 with positioning text.
583 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
585 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
586 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
587 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
588 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
589 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
594 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
596 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
597 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
598 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
599 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
600 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
605 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
607 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
608 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
609 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
610 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
611 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
616 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
618 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
619 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
620 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
621 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
622 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
627 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
629 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
630 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
631 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
632 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
633 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
638 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
640 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
641 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
642 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
643 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
644 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
649 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
651 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
652 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
653 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
654 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
655 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
660 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
662 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
663 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
664 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
665 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
666 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
667 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
672 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
674 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
675 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
676 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
677 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
678 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
683 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
685 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
686 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
687 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
688 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
689 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
694 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
696 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
697 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
698 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
699 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
700 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
705 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
707 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
708 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
709 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
710 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
711 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
716 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
718 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
719 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
720 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
721 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
722 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
727 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
729 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
730 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
731 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
732 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
733 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
738 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
740 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
741 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
742 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
743 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
744 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
750 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
752 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
753 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
754 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
758 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
760 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
761 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
762 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
763 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
764 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
769 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
771 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
772 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
773 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
774 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
775 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
780 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
782 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
783 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
784 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
785 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
790 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
792 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
793 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
794 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
795 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
800 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
802 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
803 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
804 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
805 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
810 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
812 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
813 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
814 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
815 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
821 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
823 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
824 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
825 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
826 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
831 @subheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
833 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
834 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
835 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
836 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
838 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
839 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
843 Support for kievan square notation
845 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
847 Music functions have become quite more versatile
850 A full list of new features is given in:
853 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
856 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
858 Main development team:
860 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
861 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
862 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
863 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
864 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
867 Programming contributors:
869 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
870 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
871 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
872 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
874 Documentation contributors:
876 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
880 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
885 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
887 Translation contributors:
889 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
894 @subheading Lilypond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
896 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
897 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
898 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
900 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
901 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
902 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
904 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
905 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
911 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
913 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
914 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
916 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
917 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
918 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
925 @subheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
927 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
928 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
929 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
930 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
931 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
932 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
935 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
936 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
941 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
943 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
944 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
945 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
946 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
947 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
953 @subheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
955 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
956 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
957 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
958 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
961 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
962 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
963 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
970 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
972 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
973 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
975 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
976 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
977 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
984 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
986 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
987 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
988 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
989 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
990 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
996 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
998 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
999 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1000 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1001 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1004 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1005 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1006 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1013 @subheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
1015 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
1016 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
1017 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
1018 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
1019 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
1020 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
1023 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
1024 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
1031 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
1033 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1034 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1035 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1036 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1039 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
1040 candidate will be required.
1046 @subheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
1048 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
1049 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
1050 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
1051 working on open source software.
1053 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
1054 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
1060 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
1062 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1063 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1064 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1065 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1068 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1069 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1070 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1077 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
1079 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1080 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1081 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1082 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1085 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1086 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1087 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1094 @subheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
1096 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
1097 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
1098 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
1099 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
1102 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
1103 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
1110 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
1112 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
1113 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1115 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1116 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1117 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1124 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
1126 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
1127 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1129 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1130 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1131 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1138 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
1140 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
1141 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1143 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1144 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1145 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1152 @subheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
1154 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
1155 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
1156 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
1157 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
1160 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
1161 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
1168 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
1170 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
1171 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1173 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1174 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1175 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1182 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
1184 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
1185 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1187 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1188 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1189 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1196 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
1198 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1199 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1200 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1201 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1204 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1205 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1206 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1213 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
1215 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
1216 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1218 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1219 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1220 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1227 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
1229 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
1230 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1232 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1233 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1234 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1241 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
1243 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
1244 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1246 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1247 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1248 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1255 @subheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
1257 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
1258 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
1259 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
1260 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
1261 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
1264 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
1265 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
1272 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
1274 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
1275 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1277 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1278 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1279 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1282 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
1288 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
1290 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
1291 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1293 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1294 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1295 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1302 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
1304 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
1305 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1307 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1308 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1309 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1316 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
1318 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
1319 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1321 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1322 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1323 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1330 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
1332 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
1333 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1335 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1336 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1337 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1344 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
1346 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
1347 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1349 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1350 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1351 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1358 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
1360 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
1361 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1363 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1364 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1365 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1372 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
1374 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
1375 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1377 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1378 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1379 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1386 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
1388 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
1389 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1391 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1392 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1393 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1400 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
1402 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
1403 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1405 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1406 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1407 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1414 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
1416 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
1417 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1419 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1420 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1421 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1428 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
1430 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
1431 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1433 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1434 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1435 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1442 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1444 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1445 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1447 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1448 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1449 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1456 @subheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1458 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1459 Critical regression.
1465 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1467 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1468 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1469 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1470 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1473 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1474 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1475 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1482 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1484 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
1485 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1487 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1488 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1489 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1490 not the next release candidate.
1496 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1498 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1499 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1501 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1502 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1503 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1504 next release candidate.
1510 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1512 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1513 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1514 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1516 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1517 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1518 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1519 next release candidate.
1525 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1527 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1528 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1529 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1530 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1533 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1534 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1535 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1542 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1544 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
1545 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1547 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1548 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1554 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1556 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1557 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1559 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1560 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1566 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1568 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1569 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1570 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1578 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1580 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1581 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1583 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1584 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1590 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1592 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1593 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1595 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1596 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1602 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1604 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1605 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1607 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1608 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1614 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1616 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1617 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1619 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1620 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1626 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1628 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1629 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1630 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1635 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1637 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1638 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1639 usual number of bugs.
1641 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1642 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1647 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1649 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1650 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1651 usual number of bugs.
1653 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1654 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1660 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1662 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1663 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1664 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1665 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1667 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1668 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1673 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1676 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1677 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1680 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1685 A full list of new features is given in:
1688 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1691 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1693 Main development team:
1695 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1696 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1697 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1698 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1699 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1701 Programming contributors:
1703 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1704 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1705 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1706 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1707 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1708 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1712 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1714 Documentation contributors:
1716 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1717 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
1721 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
1722 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
1724 Binaries support contributors:
1728 Translation contributors:
1730 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
1731 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
1738 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
1740 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1741 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1742 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1743 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1746 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1747 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1748 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1755 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
1757 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
1758 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1760 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1761 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1767 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
1769 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
1770 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1772 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1773 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1779 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
1781 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
1782 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1784 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1785 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1791 @subheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
1793 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
1794 article in the May 2011 issue titled
1795 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
1796 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
1797 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
1798 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
1799 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
1804 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
1806 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
1807 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1809 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1810 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1816 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
1818 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1819 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1820 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1821 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1824 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1825 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1826 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1833 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
1835 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1836 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1837 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1838 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1841 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1842 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1843 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1850 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
1852 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1853 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1854 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1855 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1858 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1859 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1860 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1867 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
1869 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
1870 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1872 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
1873 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1879 @subheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
1881 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
1882 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1883 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1884 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1885 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1891 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
1893 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1894 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1895 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1896 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1899 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1900 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1901 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1908 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
1910 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
1911 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1913 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1914 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1919 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
1921 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
1922 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1924 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1925 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1930 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
1932 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
1933 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1935 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1936 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1942 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
1944 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
1945 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1947 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
1948 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
1949 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
1955 @subheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
1957 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
1958 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
1959 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
1966 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
1968 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1969 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1970 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1971 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1974 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1975 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1976 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1983 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
1985 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
1986 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1987 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1995 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
1997 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
1998 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1999 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2007 @subheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
2009 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
2010 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2011 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2012 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2013 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2019 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
2021 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
2022 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2023 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2024 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2027 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2028 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2029 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2036 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
2038 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
2039 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2040 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2049 @subheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
2051 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
2052 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2053 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2054 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2057 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2058 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2059 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2060 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2066 @subheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
2068 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
2069 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2070 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2071 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2074 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2075 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2076 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2077 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2083 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
2085 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
2086 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2087 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2090 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2091 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2092 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2098 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
2100 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
2101 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2102 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2105 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2106 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2107 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2113 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
2115 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
2116 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2117 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2120 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2121 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2122 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2128 @subheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
2130 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
2131 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2132 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2133 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2136 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2137 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2138 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
2139 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2148 @subheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
2150 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
2151 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
2152 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
2153 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
2154 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
2155 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
2156 read on to find out what for!
2159 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
2160 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
2167 @subheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
2169 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
2170 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2171 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2172 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2175 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2176 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2177 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
2178 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2185 @subheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
2187 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
2188 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2189 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2190 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2193 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2194 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2195 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
2196 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2203 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
2205 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
2206 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2207 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2210 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
2211 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2212 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2217 @subheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
2219 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2220 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
2221 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
2222 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
2223 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
2227 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
2228 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
2235 @subheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
2237 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
2238 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2239 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2240 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2243 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
2244 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2245 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2246 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
2248 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
2250 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
2251 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
2252 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2258 @subheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
2260 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
2261 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2262 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2263 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2266 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
2267 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2268 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2269 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
2270 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
2271 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2277 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
2279 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
2280 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2281 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2290 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
2292 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
2293 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2294 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2301 @subheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
2303 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2304 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
2305 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
2306 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
2307 the bug report of the report!
2310 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
2311 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
2317 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
2319 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
2320 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2321 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2328 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
2330 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
2331 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2332 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2339 @subheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
2341 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2342 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
2343 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
2344 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
2348 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
2349 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
2357 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
2359 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
2360 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2361 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2364 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
2365 caution and expect breakage.
2370 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
2372 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
2373 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2374 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2377 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
2378 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
2379 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
2380 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
2385 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
2387 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
2388 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2389 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2395 @subheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
2397 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
2398 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
2399 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
2400 improvements to the new website.
2402 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
2403 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
2405 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
2406 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
2408 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
2414 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
2416 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
2417 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2418 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2423 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
2425 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
2426 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2427 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2433 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2435 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2436 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2437 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2443 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2445 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2446 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2447 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2452 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2454 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2455 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2456 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2461 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2463 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2464 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2465 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2468 This release should be of particular interest to package
2469 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2470 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2471 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2477 @subheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2479 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2480 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2481 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2482 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2485 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2486 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2493 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2495 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2496 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2497 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2500 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2501 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2502 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2503 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2504 see the Changes document for more information.
2508 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2510 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2511 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2512 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2517 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2519 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2520 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2521 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2522 so this release is intended for developers only.
2526 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2528 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2529 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2530 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2535 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2537 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2538 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2543 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2545 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2546 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2547 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2553 @subheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2555 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2556 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2557 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2558 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2559 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2561 What are you waiting for? Come
2562 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2563 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2568 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2570 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2571 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2572 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2576 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2578 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2579 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2580 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2581 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2582 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2587 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2589 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2590 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2591 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2595 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2597 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2598 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2599 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2600 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2604 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2606 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2607 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2608 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2609 and English names for feta filenames.
2615 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2617 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2618 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2619 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2620 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2623 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2624 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2625 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2631 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2633 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2634 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2635 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2636 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2638 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2639 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2644 @subheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2646 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2647 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2653 @subheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2655 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2656 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2657 Read @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2664 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2666 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2667 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2668 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2669 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2671 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2672 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2673 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2681 @subheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2683 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2684 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2685 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2686 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2687 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2688 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2689 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2690 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2696 @subheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2698 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2699 its team, its world, its community.
2700 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2701 to read the full issue...
2706 @subheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2708 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2709 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2710 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2715 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2717 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2718 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
2724 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
2726 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2728 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
2735 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
2737 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
2738 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
2739 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
2740 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
2741 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
2743 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
2744 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
2746 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
2748 @ref{Old downloads}.
2753 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
2755 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
2756 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
2757 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
2758 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
2759 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
2760 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
2763 @ref{Old downloads}.
2768 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
2770 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
2771 documentation and translations.
2772 @ref{Old downloads}.
2777 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
2779 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
2780 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
2781 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
2782 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
2783 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
2785 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
2786 @ref{Old downloads}.
2791 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
2793 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
2794 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
2795 (teaching) has been added.
2797 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
2799 @ref{Old downloads}.
2804 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
2806 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
2807 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
2808 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
2809 @ref{Old downloads}.
2814 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
2816 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
2817 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
2818 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
2819 translations of the documentation.
2820 @ref{Old downloads}.
2825 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
2827 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
2828 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
2829 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
2830 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
2831 deceased since then. All the development team express their
2832 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
2833 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
2834 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
2835 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
2837 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
2839 @ref{Old downloads}.
2844 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
2846 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
2847 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
2848 markup command names have been made.
2851 @ref{Old downloads}.
2856 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
2858 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
2859 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
2860 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
2861 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
2862 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
2865 @ref{Old downloads}.
2870 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
2872 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
2873 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
2875 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
2876 @ref{Old downloads}.
2881 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
2883 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
2884 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
2885 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
2887 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
2888 @ref{Old downloads}.
2893 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
2895 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
2897 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
2898 @ref{Old downloads}.
2903 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
2905 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
2906 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
2907 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
2909 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
2911 @ref{Old downloads}.
2916 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
2918 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
2919 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
2920 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
2921 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
2923 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
2924 @ref{Old downloads}.
2929 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
2931 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
2932 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
2935 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
2936 @ref{Old downloads}.
2941 @subheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
2943 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2944 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
2949 @subheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
2951 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2952 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
2957 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
2959 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
2961 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
2962 @ref{Old downloads}.
2967 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2969 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
2970 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
2971 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
2973 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
2974 @ref{Old downloads}.
2979 @subheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2981 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2982 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
2987 @subheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
2989 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
2990 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
2995 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
2997 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
2998 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
2999 regression tests maintenance for developers.
3001 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
3002 @ref{Old downloads}.
3007 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
3009 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
3010 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
3012 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
3014 @ref{Old downloads}.
3019 @subheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
3021 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
3022 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
3023 report, new translations of the site and publications.
3024 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
3025 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
3026 announce releases and special events.
3031 @subheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
3033 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
3034 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3035 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
3040 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
3042 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
3043 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
3044 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
3045 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
3046 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
3049 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
3051 @ref{Old downloads}.
3056 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
3058 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
3059 names has been added to the MusicXML
3062 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
3063 @ref{Old downloads}.
3068 @subheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
3070 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
3075 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
3077 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
3078 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
3079 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
3082 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
3083 @ref{Old downloads}.
3088 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
3090 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
3093 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
3094 @ref{Old downloads}.
3099 @subheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3101 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
3102 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
3103 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
3104 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
3105 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
3106 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
3112 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3114 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
3115 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
3116 updates to the MusicXML converter.
3118 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
3119 @ref{Old downloads}.
3124 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
3126 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
3127 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
3132 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
3134 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
3135 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
3136 Grand Documentation Project.
3138 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
3139 @ref{Old downloads}.
3144 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
3146 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
3148 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
3149 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
3150 @ref{Old downloads}.
3155 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
3157 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
3159 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
3160 @ref{Old downloads}.
3165 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
3167 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
3168 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
3170 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
3171 @ref{Old downloads}.
3176 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
3178 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
3179 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
3180 for the translations.
3182 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
3183 @ref{Old downloads}.
3188 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
3190 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
3191 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
3192 and lots of updates for the translations.
3194 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
3195 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
3196 @ref{Old downloads}.
3201 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
3203 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
3204 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
3205 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
3206 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
3211 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
3212 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
3213 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
3214 spacing engine code.
3216 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
3217 @ref{Old downloads}.
3222 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
3224 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
3225 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
3227 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
3228 @ref{Old downloads}.
3233 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
3235 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
3236 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
3238 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
3239 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
3240 @ref{Old downloads}.
3245 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
3246 This has lots of bugfixes.
3248 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
3249 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
3250 @ref{Old downloads}.
3255 @subheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
3256 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
3257 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
3258 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
3263 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
3264 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
3266 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
3268 @ref{Old downloads}.
3273 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
3274 This release has some documentation updates.
3276 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
3278 @ref{Old downloads}.
3283 @subheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
3284 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
3285 disponibles en ligne ---
3286 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
3287 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
3288 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
3289 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
3294 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
3295 This release fixes many bugs.
3297 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
3298 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
3300 @ref{Old downloads}.
3305 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
3306 This release fixes many bugs.
3308 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
3309 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
3311 @ref{Old downloads}.
3316 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
3317 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
3318 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
3320 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
3322 @ref{Old downloads}.
3327 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
3328 This release fixes still more bugs.
3330 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
3332 @ref{Old downloads}.
3337 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
3338 This release fixes many bugs.
3339 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
3340 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
3342 @ref{Old downloads})
3347 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
3348 This release will stretch piano staves on a
3349 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
3350 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
3352 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
3353 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
3355 @ref{Old downloads}.
3360 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
3361 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
3362 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
3364 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
3371 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3372 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
3373 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
3375 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
3377 @ref{Old downloads}.
3382 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3383 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
3384 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
3386 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
3388 @ref{Old downloads}.
3393 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3394 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
3397 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
3399 @ref{Old downloads}.
3404 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
3405 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
3407 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
3409 @ref{Old downloads}.
3414 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
3415 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
3416 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
3417 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
3419 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
3421 @ref{Old downloads}.
3426 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3427 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
3428 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
3429 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
3430 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
3431 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3433 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3435 @ref{Old downloads}.
3440 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3441 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3442 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3445 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3447 @ref{Old downloads}.
3452 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3453 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3454 further improvements in the regression test suite
3458 @ref{Old downloads}.
3463 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3464 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3468 @ref{Old downloads}.
3473 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3474 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3479 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3480 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3485 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3486 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3490 @ref{Old downloads}.
3495 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3496 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3497 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3501 @ref{Old downloads}.
3506 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3507 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3511 @ref{Old downloads}.
3516 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3517 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3522 @ref{Old downloads}.
3527 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3528 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3532 @ref{Old downloads}.
3537 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3538 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3539 within a system as well as between systems.
3543 @ref{Old downloads}.
3548 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3549 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3550 test results} and several website build improvements.
3554 @ref{Old downloads}.
3559 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3560 This release fixes several bugs.
3563 @ref{Old downloads}.
3568 @subheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3569 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3574 @subheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3575 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3576 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3577 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3578 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3583 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3584 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3588 @ref{Old downloads}.
3593 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3594 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3597 @ref{Old downloads}.
3602 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3603 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3607 @ref{Old downloads}.
3612 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3613 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3616 @ref{Old downloads}.
3621 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3622 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3627 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3628 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3629 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3634 @subheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3635 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3636 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3641 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3642 This release has many more bugfixes.
3645 @ref{Old downloads}.
3650 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3651 This release has many more bugfixes.
3654 @ref{Old downloads}.
3659 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3660 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3665 @ref{Old downloads}.
3670 @subheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3671 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3672 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3673 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3674 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3675 (@ref{Publications}).
3680 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3681 This release has further bugfixes.
3684 @ref{Old downloads}.
3689 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3690 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3691 available for x86/64.
3694 @ref{Old downloads}.
3699 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3700 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3701 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3702 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3703 @ref{Old downloads})
3708 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3709 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3710 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3715 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3716 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3721 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
3722 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3727 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
3728 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3733 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
3734 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
3735 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3740 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
3741 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
3742 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
3743 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3748 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
3749 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3754 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
3755 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
3756 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
3761 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
3762 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
3763 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
3764 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
3765 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3770 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
3771 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
3772 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3777 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
3778 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
3779 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
3780 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3785 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
3786 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
3787 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
3788 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3793 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3794 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
3796 @ref{Old downloads})
3801 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3802 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
3804 @ref{Old downloads})
3809 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
3810 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
3811 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3813 @ref{Old downloads})
3818 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3819 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
3820 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3821 (@ref{Old downloads})
3826 @subheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3827 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
3828 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
3829 glory} what features are broken in the development release
3834 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
3835 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
3836 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
3837 the development releases even better
3842 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
3844 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
3845 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
3846 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3851 @subheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
3852 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
3853 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
3854 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
3855 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
3856 esthetics}. Happy reading!
3861 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
3862 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
3863 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
3865 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3870 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3871 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
3872 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
3873 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
3874 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3879 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3880 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
3881 (@ref{Old downloads})
3886 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
3887 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
3888 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
3889 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
3890 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
3891 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3896 @subheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
3897 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
3898 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
3899 (@ref{Publications})
3904 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3905 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
3906 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3911 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3912 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
3913 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
3914 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3919 @subheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
3920 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
3921 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
3926 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
3927 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
3928 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3933 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
3934 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
3935 released. (@ref{Changes},
3936 @ref{Old downloads})
3941 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
3942 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
3943 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
3944 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
3945 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
3946 multi-measure rests.
3948 @ref{Old downloads})
3953 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
3954 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
3956 @ref{Old downloads})
3961 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
3962 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
3963 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
3964 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
3965 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3966 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
3967 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
3968 @ref{Old downloads})
3973 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
3974 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
3975 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
3976 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
3977 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
3978 @ref{Old downloads})
3983 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
3984 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
3985 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
3986 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
3987 the endings and the middle
3988 part. (@ref{Changes},
3989 @ref{Old downloads})
3994 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
3995 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
3996 parenthesized, for example,
3999 c4 -\parenthesize -.
4000 <d \parenthesize fis a>
4004 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
4005 @ref{Old downloads})
4010 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
4011 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
4012 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
4022 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
4023 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
4024 vector. (@ref{Changes},
4025 @ref{Old downloads})
4030 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
4031 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
4032 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
4033 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
4034 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
4035 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
4036 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
4038 @ref{Old downloads})
4043 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
4044 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
4045 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
4046 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
4047 @ref{Old downloads})
4052 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
4053 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
4054 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
4055 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
4056 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
4057 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
4058 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
4059 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4060 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4061 @ref{Old downloads})
4066 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
4067 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
4068 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
4069 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
4070 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
4071 @ref{Old downloads})
4076 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
4078 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
4079 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
4080 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
4085 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
4086 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
4087 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
4088 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
4089 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
4094 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4095 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
4096 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
4098 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
4100 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
4102 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
4108 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4109 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
4110 (feature sponsored by Andrea
4111 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
4112 @ref{Old downloads})
4117 @subheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
4118 Linux Journal publishes an article on
4119 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
4120 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
4121 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
4124 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
4125 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
4126 alternatives seem second-rate.}
4127 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
4132 @subheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
4133 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
4134 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
4135 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
4136 page. Let us know how you fare!
4141 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
4142 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
4143 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
4144 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
4145 The important occasion for this release is our new build
4146 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
4147 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
4148 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
4149 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
4151 @ref{Old downloads})
4156 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
4157 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
4158 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
4159 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
4160 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
4161 @ref{Old downloads})
4166 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
4167 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
4168 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
4169 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
4170 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
4171 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
4172 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
4173 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
4174 functions. (@ref{Changes},
4175 @ref{Old downloads})
4180 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
4181 This release has the following new features:
4184 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
4185 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
4186 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4188 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
4189 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
4190 and Bertalan Fodor).
4192 Generic music functions may now also be used on
4193 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
4196 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
4197 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
4198 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
4202 @ref{Old downloads})
4207 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
4208 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
4209 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
4210 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
4211 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
4212 van den Borre and Bertalan
4213 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
4214 @ref{Old downloads})
4219 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
4220 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
4221 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
4222 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
4228 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
4229 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
4230 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
4231 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
4232 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
4234 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
4235 @ref{Old downloads})
4240 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
4241 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
4242 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
4247 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
4248 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
4249 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
4250 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
4251 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
4252 etc. (@ref{Changes},
4253 @ref{Old downloads})
4258 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
4259 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
4260 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
4261 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4262 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4263 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4264 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4265 @ref{Old downloads})
4270 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
4271 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4272 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4273 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4274 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4275 @ref{Old downloads})
4280 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
4281 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
4282 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
4283 @ref{Old downloads})
4288 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
4289 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
4290 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
4291 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
4292 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
4293 properties. (@ref{Changes},
4294 @ref{Old downloads})
4299 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
4300 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
4301 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
4302 that compute said property, i.e.
4305 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
4306 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
4309 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
4310 @ref{Old downloads})
4315 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
4316 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
4317 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
4318 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
4319 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
4320 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
4321 also provides advanced tweakability for power
4322 users. (@ref{Changes},
4323 @ref{Old downloads})
4328 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
4329 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
4330 series. (@ref{Changes},
4331 @ref{Old downloads})
4336 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
4337 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
4338 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
4339 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
4340 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
4341 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
4342 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
4343 sponsored by Nicolas
4344 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4345 @ref{Old downloads})
4350 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
4351 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
4352 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4353 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
4354 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
4355 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
4356 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4357 @ref{Old downloads})
4362 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
4363 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
4364 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
4365 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
4366 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4367 @ref{Old downloads})
4372 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
4373 This is mainly a bugfix
4374 release. (@ref{Changes},
4375 @ref{Old downloads})
4380 @subheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
4381 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
4382 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
4383 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
4384 la gravure musicale}.
4389 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
4390 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
4391 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
4392 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
4393 @ref{Old downloads})
4398 @subheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
4399 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
4400 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
4401 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
4402 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
4403 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
4408 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
4409 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
4410 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
4411 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
4412 @ref{Old downloads})
4417 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
4418 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
4419 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
4420 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
4421 signs. (@ref{Changes},
4422 @ref{Old downloads})
4427 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
4428 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
4429 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
4430 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
4431 @ref{Old downloads})
4436 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4437 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4438 for a note is proportional to the time it
4439 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4440 @ref{Old downloads})
4445 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4446 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4447 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4452 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4453 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4454 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4455 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4457 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4458 @ref{Old downloads})
4463 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4464 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4465 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4466 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4468 @ref{Old downloads})
4473 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4474 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4475 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4476 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4477 @ref{Old downloads})
4482 @subheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4483 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4485 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4486 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4487 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4488 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4489 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4494 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4495 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4496 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4497 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4502 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4503 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4504 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4505 @ref{Old downloads})
4510 @subheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4511 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4512 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4513 @ref{Old downloads})
4518 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4519 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4520 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4521 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4522 (@ref{Old downloads})
4527 @subheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4528 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4529 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4530 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4535 @subheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4536 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4537 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4538 better help functionality.
4539 (@ref{Old downloads})
4544 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4545 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4546 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4547 compile them directly from
4548 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4553 @subheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4554 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4555 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4560 @subheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4561 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4562 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4563 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4568 @subheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4569 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4570 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4571 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4572 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4577 @subheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4578 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4579 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4584 @subheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4585 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4590 @subheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4591 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4592 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4597 @subheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4598 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4599 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4600 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4601 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4606 @subheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4607 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4608 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4609 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4610 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4611 @ref{Old downloads})
4616 @subheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4618 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4619 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4621 (@ref{Old downloads})
4626 @subheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4627 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4628 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4629 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4630 signatures like 5/8.
4632 @ref{Old downloads})
4637 @subheading April 18, 2005
4638 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4639 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4640 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4641 More details are in the
4643 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4648 @subheading April 15, 2005
4649 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4650 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4651 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4652 Scheme code. Take a look at
4654 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4659 @subheading April 6, 2005
4660 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4661 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4662 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4667 @subheading March 31, 2005
4668 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4669 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4670 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4675 @subheading March 20, 2005
4676 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4677 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4683 @subheading March 14, 2005
4684 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4685 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4686 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4687 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4688 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4693 @subheading March 7, 2005
4694 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4695 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4696 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4697 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4698 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4700 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4705 @subheading March 7, 2005
4706 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4707 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4713 @subheading February 28, 2005
4714 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
4715 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4716 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4717 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
4723 @subheading February 28, 2005
4724 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
4725 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}.
4726 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4727 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4732 @subheading February 26, 2005
4733 The @uref{http://lsr.di.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
4734 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
4735 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
4736 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
4741 @subheading February 21, 2005
4742 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
4743 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
4744 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
4745 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
4747 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4752 @subheading February 4, 2005
4753 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
4754 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
4755 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
4756 @ref{Old downloads}!
4761 @subheading January 31, 2005
4762 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
4763 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
4764 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
4770 @subheading January 26, 2005
4771 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
4772 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
4778 @subheading January 16, 2005
4779 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
4780 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
4781 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
4783 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
4785 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
4790 @subheading January 11, 2005
4791 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
4792 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
4793 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
4794 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
4795 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
4796 font code by Werner.
4798 and check out the changes in
4799 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4804 @subheading January 02, 2005
4805 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
4806 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
4807 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
4808 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
4809 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
4810 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
4811 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
4812 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
4813 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
4816 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}.
4821 @subheading December 28, 2004
4822 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
4823 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
4824 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
4825 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
4827 and check out the changes in
4828 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4833 @subheading December 20, 2004
4834 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
4835 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
4836 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
4837 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
4838 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
4841 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}.
4846 @subheading December 3, 2004
4847 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
4848 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
4849 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
4850 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
4851 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
4852 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
4853 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
4854 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
4858 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}.
4863 @subheading November 26, 2004
4864 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
4865 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
4866 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
4867 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
4868 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
4870 and check out the changes in
4871 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4876 @subheading November 20, 2004
4877 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
4878 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
4879 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
4880 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
4881 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
4882 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
4883 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
4884 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
4887 and check out the changes in
4888 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4893 @subheading November 12, 2004
4894 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
4895 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
4896 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
4897 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
4898 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
4901 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
4904 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
4905 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
4906 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
4907 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
4908 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
4911 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}.
4916 @subheading November 11, 2004
4917 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
4918 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
4924 @subheading November 4, 2004
4925 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
4926 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
4928 and check out the changes in
4929 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4934 @subheading October 31, 2004
4935 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
4936 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
4937 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
4938 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
4945 @subheading October 29, 2004
4946 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
4947 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
4948 some problems with the conversion scripts.
4950 and check out the changes in
4951 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4956 @subheading October 29, 2004
4957 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4958 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
4959 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
4960 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
4962 and check out the changes in
4963 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4968 @subheading October 27, 2004
4969 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
4970 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
4971 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
4973 and check out the changes in
4974 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4979 @subheading October 24, 2004
4980 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
4981 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
4982 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4984 and check out the changes in
4985 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4990 @subheading October 10, 2004
4991 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
4992 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
4993 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
4997 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}.
5002 @subheading October 09, 2004
5003 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
5004 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
5005 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
5009 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}.
5014 @subheading October 02, 2004
5015 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
5016 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
5017 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
5018 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
5019 in the documentation.
5021 and check out the changes in
5022 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5027 @subheading September 29, 2004
5028 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
5029 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
5030 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
5031 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
5036 @subheading September 26, 2004
5037 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
5039 and check out the changes
5040 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5045 @subheading September 20, 2004
5046 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
5047 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
5048 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
5049 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
5050 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
5051 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
5054 and check out the changes in
5055 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5060 @subheading September 11, 2004
5061 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
5062 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
5063 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
5064 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
5065 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
5066 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
5067 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
5068 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
5069 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
5070 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
5071 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
5072 will hold users back in switching.
5074 and check out the changes in
5075 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5080 @subheading September 10, 2004
5081 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
5082 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
5083 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
5084 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
5085 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
5086 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
5088 and check out the changes in
5089 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5094 @subheading September 6, 2004
5095 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
5096 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
5097 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
5098 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
5099 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
5103 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}.
5108 @subheading August 29, 2004
5109 LilyPond now has a Documentation
5110 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
5111 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
5112 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
5113 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
5114 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
5115 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
5116 chapter of the user manual.
5117 A lot of cheers for Graham!
5122 @subheading August 29, 2004
5123 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
5124 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
5125 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
5126 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
5127 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
5128 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
5132 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}.
5137 @subheading August 24, 2004
5138 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
5139 disappearing metronome mark.
5141 and check out the changes in
5142 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}.
5147 @subheading August 23, 2004
5148 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
5149 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
5150 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
5151 `doubleSlurs' property.
5153 and check out the changes in
5154 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5159 @subheading August 3, 2004
5160 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
5161 annoying bugs fixed.
5164 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}.
5169 @subheading August 1, 2004
5170 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
5171 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
5172 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
5173 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
5174 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
5175 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
5178 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
5179 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
5181 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
5182 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
5187 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}.
5192 @subheading July 30, 2004
5193 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
5194 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
5195 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
5196 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
5197 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
5198 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
5199 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
5200 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
5201 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
5202 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
5205 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}.
5210 @subheading July 23, 2004
5211 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
5212 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
5213 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
5214 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
5217 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}.
5222 @subheading July 19, 2004
5223 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
5224 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
5225 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
5226 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
5227 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
5228 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
5229 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
5230 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
5231 beat within the measure.
5233 and check out the changes in
5234 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5239 @subheading July 15, 2004
5240 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
5244 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}.
5249 @subheading July 11, 2004
5250 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
5256 @subheading July 5, 2004
5257 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
5258 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
5259 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
5260 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
5262 and check out the changes
5263 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
5268 @subheading July 5, 2004
5269 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
5273 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}.
5278 @subheading June 25, 2004
5279 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
5280 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
5281 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
5282 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
5283 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
5284 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
5285 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}
5287 @ref{Old downloads}.
5292 @subheading June 20, 2004
5293 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
5294 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
5295 @ref{Old downloads}.
5300 @subheading June 13, 2004
5301 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
5302 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
5303 @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}
5305 @ref{Old downloads}.
5310 @subheading May 31, 2004
5311 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
5312 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
5313 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}
5315 @ref{Old downloads}.
5320 @subheading May 31, 2004
5321 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
5322 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}
5323 or head straight to the
5324 @ref{Old downloads}.
5329 @subheading May 26, 2004
5330 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
5331 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
5332 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5333 @ref{Old downloads}.
5338 @subheading May 9, 2004
5339 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
5340 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5341 @ref{Old downloads}.
5346 @subheading May 4, 2004
5347 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
5349 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
5350 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
5351 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
5352 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
5353 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
5358 @subheading May 3, 2004
5359 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
5360 @ref{Old downloads}.
5365 @subheading April 17, 2004
5366 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
5367 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
5373 @subheading April 12, 2004
5374 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
5375 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
5376 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
5377 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
5378 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
5379 @ref{Old downloads}.
5384 @subheading April 8, 2004
5385 A French article on the new LilyPond
5386 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
5391 @subheading April 8, 2004
5392 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
5393 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
5399 @subheading April 1, 2004
5400 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
5401 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
5402 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
5403 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
5404 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
5405 @ref{Old downloads}.
5410 @subheading March 31, 2004
5411 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
5412 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
5413 documentation polish. This should be the final release
5414 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
5416 @ref{Old downloads}.
5421 @subheading March 30, 2004
5422 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
5424 @ref{Old downloads}.
5429 @subheading March 28, 2004
5430 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
5431 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
5432 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5439 @subheading March 22, 2004
5440 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5441 @ref{Old downloads}.
5446 @subheading March 21, 2004
5447 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5454 @subheading March 20, 2004
5455 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5456 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5457 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5459 @ref{Old downloads}.
5464 @subheading March 15, 2004
5465 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5466 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5467 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5470 @ref{Old downloads}.
5475 @subheading March 14, 2004
5477 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5478 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5484 @subheading March 11, 2004
5485 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5487 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5488 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5489 authors of LilyPond.
5494 @subheading March 11, 2004
5495 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5496 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5499 @ref{Old downloads}.
5504 @subheading March 9, 2004
5505 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5506 experimental support for producing titles with
5512 @subheading February 29, 2004
5513 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5514 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5515 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5517 @ref{Old downloads}.
5522 @subheading February 24, 2004
5523 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5524 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5525 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5527 @ref{Old downloads}.
5532 @subheading February 23, 2004
5533 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5534 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5535 produce cue notes. More information in the
5542 @subheading February 18, 2004
5543 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5544 for altering accidental rules.
5550 @subheading February 16, 2004
5551 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5552 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5553 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5554 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5555 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5556 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5557 More information in the
5564 @subheading February 13, 2004
5565 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5566 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5567 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5574 @subheading February 12, 2004
5575 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5576 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5577 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5578 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5585 @subheading February 9, 2004
5586 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5587 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5588 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5589 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5590 More information in the
5597 @subheading February 5, 2004
5598 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5599 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5600 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5601 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5602 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5603 More information in the
5610 @subheading February 4, 2004
5611 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5612 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5613 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5621 @subheading February 2, 2004
5622 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5623 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5624 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5631 @subheading January 28, 2004
5632 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5633 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5634 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5635 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5644 @subheading January 26, 2004
5645 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5646 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5649 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5654 @subheading January 21, 2004
5656 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5657 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5658 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5661 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5666 @subheading January 20, 2004
5667 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5668 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5669 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5670 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5675 @subheading January 20, 2004
5676 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5677 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5678 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5679 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5685 @subheading January 19, 2004
5686 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5687 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5689 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5694 @subheading January 18, 2004
5695 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5696 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5697 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5702 @subheading January 17, 2004
5703 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5704 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5705 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5707 More information in the
5708 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5713 @subheading January 16, 2004
5714 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5715 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5717 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5722 @subheading January 13, 2004
5723 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
5724 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
5725 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
5727 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5732 @subheading January 9, 2004
5733 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
5734 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
5735 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
5736 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
5737 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
5738 individual music expressions.
5739 More information in the
5740 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5745 @subheading January 7, 2004
5746 An update to the stable branch,
5747 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
5748 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
5753 @subheading January 6, 2004
5754 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
5755 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
5756 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
5757 More information in the
5758 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5763 @subheading January 4, 2004
5764 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
5766 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
5767 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5772 @subheading January 2, 2004
5773 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
5774 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
5775 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
5776 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5781 @subheading December 30, 2003
5782 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
5783 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
5784 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
5785 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5790 @subheading December 23, 2003
5791 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
5792 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
5793 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
5794 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
5795 to implement this are welcome!) See the
5796 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5801 @subheading December 17, 2003
5802 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
5803 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
5804 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
5806 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5811 @subheading December 16, 2003
5812 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
5813 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
5814 Han-Wen's absence. See the
5815 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5820 @subheading October 11, 2003
5821 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
5823 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5828 @subheading October 11, 2003
5829 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
5831 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
5832 thanks to Heikki Junes.
5837 @subheading October 9, 2003
5838 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
5839 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
5840 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
5845 @subheading October 5, 2003
5846 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
5853 @subheading October 4, 2003
5854 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
5856 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
5857 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
5862 @subheading September 29, 2003
5863 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
5864 contains minor bugfixes.
5865 See the @ref{Changes}
5866 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
5871 @subheading September 27, 2003
5872 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
5873 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
5874 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
5880 @subheading September 24, 2003
5881 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
5882 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
5883 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
5884 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
5885 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
5890 @subheading September 24, 2003
5891 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
5892 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
5893 the @ref{Changes} and
5894 download @uref{install/,here}.
5899 @subheading September 23, 2003
5900 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
5901 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5902 the @ref{Changes} and
5903 download @uref{install/,here}.
5908 @subheading September 19, 2003
5909 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
5910 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5911 the @ref{Changes} and
5912 download @uref{install/,here}.
5917 @subheading September 17, 2003
5918 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
5919 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
5925 @subheading September 16, 2003
5926 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
5927 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
5933 @subheading September 10, 2003
5934 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
5935 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
5936 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
5937 will be available in a few weeks.
5943 @subheading September 9, 2003
5944 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
5945 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
5951 @subheading September 7, 2003
5952 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
5953 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
5959 @subheading August 31, 2003
5960 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
5961 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
5962 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
5968 @subheading August 31, 2003
5969 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
5970 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
5975 @subheading August 31, 2003
5976 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
5977 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
5978 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
5979 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5984 @subheading August 28, 2003
5985 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
5986 @ref{Changes} and get it
5987 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5992 @subheading August 26, 2003
5993 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
5994 @ref{Changes} and get it
5995 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6000 @subheading August 25, 2003
6001 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
6002 @ref{Changes} and get it
6003 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6008 @subheading August 25, 2003
6009 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
6010 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
6015 @subheading August 21, 2003
6016 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
6017 read the @ref{Changes}.
6022 @subheading August 18, 2003
6023 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
6024 has been updated to 1.8.
6025 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
6030 @subheading August 7, 2003
6031 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
6032 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
6037 @subheading August 7, 2003
6038 New website went live!
6043 @subheading August 6, 2003
6044 Announced new website.
6049 @subheading August 1, 2003
6050 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
6055 @subheading July 30, 2003
6056 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
6057 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
6063 @subheading July 29, 2003
6064 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
6065 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.