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5 (I'd rather have the below in the CG. -gp)
8 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
9 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
26 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
30 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
32 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
33 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
34 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
35 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
36 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
37 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
38 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
39 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
44 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
46 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
47 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
48 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
49 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
50 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
51 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
52 latest version, see @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
53 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
59 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
61 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
62 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
63 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
64 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
65 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
70 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
72 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
73 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
74 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
75 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
76 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
81 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
83 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
84 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
85 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
86 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
87 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
92 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
94 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
95 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
96 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
97 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
98 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
103 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
105 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
106 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
107 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
108 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
109 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
114 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
116 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
117 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
118 some 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 require
120 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
125 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
127 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
128 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
129 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
130 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
131 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
136 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
138 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
139 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
140 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
141 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
142 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
144 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
145 with positioning text.
150 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
152 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
153 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
154 some 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 require
156 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
161 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
163 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
164 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
165 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
166 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
167 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
172 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
174 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
175 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
176 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
177 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
178 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
183 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
185 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
186 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
187 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
188 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
189 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
194 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
196 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
197 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
198 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
199 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
200 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
205 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
207 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
208 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
209 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
210 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
211 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
216 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
218 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
219 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
220 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
221 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
222 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
227 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
229 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
230 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
231 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
232 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
233 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
234 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
239 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
241 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
242 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
243 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
244 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
245 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
250 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
252 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
253 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
254 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
255 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
256 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
261 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
263 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
264 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
265 some work 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 require
267 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
272 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
274 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
275 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
276 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
277 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
278 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
283 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
285 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
286 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
287 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
288 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
289 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
294 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
296 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
297 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
298 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
299 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
300 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
305 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
307 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
308 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
309 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
310 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
311 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
317 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
319 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
320 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
321 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
325 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
327 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
328 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
329 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
330 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
331 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
336 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
338 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
339 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
340 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
341 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
342 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
347 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
349 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
350 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
351 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
352 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
357 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
359 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
360 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
361 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
362 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
367 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
369 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
370 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
371 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
372 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
377 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
379 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
380 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
381 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
382 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
388 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
390 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
391 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
392 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
393 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
398 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
400 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
401 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
402 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
403 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
405 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
406 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
410 Support for kievan square notation
412 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
414 Music functions have become quite more versatile
417 A full list of new features is given in:
420 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
423 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
425 Main development team:
427 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
428 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
429 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
430 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
431 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
434 Programming contributors:
436 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
437 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
438 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
439 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
441 Documentation contributors:
443 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
447 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
452 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
454 Translation contributors:
456 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
461 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
463 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
464 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
465 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
467 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
468 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
469 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
471 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
472 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
478 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
480 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
481 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
483 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
484 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
485 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
492 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
494 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
495 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
496 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
497 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
498 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
499 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
502 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
503 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
508 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
510 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
511 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
512 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
513 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
514 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
520 @subsubheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
522 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
523 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
524 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
525 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
528 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
529 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
530 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
537 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
539 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
540 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
542 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
543 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
544 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
551 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
553 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
554 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
555 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
556 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
557 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
563 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
565 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
566 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
567 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
568 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
571 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
572 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
573 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
580 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
582 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
583 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
584 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
585 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
586 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
587 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
590 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
591 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
598 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
600 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
601 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
602 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
603 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
606 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
607 candidate will be required.
613 @subsubheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
615 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
616 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
617 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
618 working on open source software.
620 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
621 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
627 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
629 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
630 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
631 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
632 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
635 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
636 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
637 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
644 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
646 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
647 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
648 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
649 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
652 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
653 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
654 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
661 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
663 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
664 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
665 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
666 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
669 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
670 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
677 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
679 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
680 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
682 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
683 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
684 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
691 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
693 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
694 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
696 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
697 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
698 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
705 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
707 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
708 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
710 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
711 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
712 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
719 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
721 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
722 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
723 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
724 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
727 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
728 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
735 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
737 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
738 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
740 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
741 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
742 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
749 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
751 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
752 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
754 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
755 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
756 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
763 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
765 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
766 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
767 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
768 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
771 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
772 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
773 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
780 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
782 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
783 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
785 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
786 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
787 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
794 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
796 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
797 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
799 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
800 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
801 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
808 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
810 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
811 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
813 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
814 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
815 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
822 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
824 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
825 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
826 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
827 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
828 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
831 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
832 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
839 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
841 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
842 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
844 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
845 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
846 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
849 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
855 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
857 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
858 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
860 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
861 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
862 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
869 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
871 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
872 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
874 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
875 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
876 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
883 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
885 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
886 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
888 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
889 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
890 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
897 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
899 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
900 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
902 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
903 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
904 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
911 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
913 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. 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 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
927 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
928 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
930 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
931 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
932 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
939 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
941 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
942 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
944 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
945 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
946 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
953 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
955 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
956 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
958 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
959 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
960 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
967 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
969 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
970 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
972 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
973 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
974 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
981 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
983 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
984 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
986 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
987 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
988 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
995 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
997 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
998 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1000 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1001 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1002 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1009 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1011 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1012 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1014 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1015 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1016 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1023 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1025 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1026 Critical regression.
1032 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1034 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1035 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1036 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1037 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1040 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1041 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1042 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1049 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1051 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
1052 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1054 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1055 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1056 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1057 not the next release candidate.
1063 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1065 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1066 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1068 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1069 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1070 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1071 next release candidate.
1077 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1079 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1080 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1081 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1083 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1084 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1085 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1086 next release candidate.
1092 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1094 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1095 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1096 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1097 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1100 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1101 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1102 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1109 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1111 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
1112 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1114 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1115 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1121 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1123 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1124 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1126 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1127 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1133 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1135 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1136 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1137 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1145 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1147 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1148 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1150 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1151 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1157 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1159 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1160 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1162 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1163 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1169 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1171 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1172 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1174 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1175 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1181 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1183 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1184 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1186 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1187 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1193 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1195 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1196 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1197 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1202 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1204 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1205 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1206 usual number of bugs.
1208 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1209 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1214 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1216 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1217 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1218 usual number of bugs.
1220 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1221 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1227 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1229 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1230 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1231 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1232 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1234 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1235 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1240 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1243 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1244 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1247 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1252 A full list of new features is given in:
1255 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1258 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1260 Main development team:
1262 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1263 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1264 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1265 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1266 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1268 Programming contributors:
1270 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1271 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1272 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1273 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1274 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1275 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1279 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1281 Documentation contributors:
1283 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1284 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
1288 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
1289 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
1291 Binaries support contributors:
1295 Translation contributors:
1297 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
1298 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
1305 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
1307 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1308 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1309 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1310 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1313 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1314 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1315 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1322 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
1324 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
1325 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1327 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1328 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1334 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
1336 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
1337 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1339 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1340 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1346 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
1348 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
1349 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1351 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1352 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1358 @subsubheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
1360 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
1361 article in the May 2011 issue titled
1362 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
1363 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
1364 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
1365 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
1366 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
1371 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
1373 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
1374 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1376 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1377 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1383 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
1385 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1386 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1387 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1388 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1391 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1392 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1393 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1400 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
1402 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1403 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1404 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1405 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1408 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1409 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1410 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1417 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
1419 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1420 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1421 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1422 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1425 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1426 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1427 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1434 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
1436 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
1437 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1439 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
1440 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1446 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
1448 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
1449 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1450 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1451 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1452 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1458 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
1460 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1461 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1462 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1463 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1466 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1467 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1468 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1475 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
1477 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
1478 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1480 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1481 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1486 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
1488 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
1489 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1491 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1492 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1497 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
1499 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
1500 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1502 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1503 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1509 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
1511 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
1512 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1514 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
1515 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
1516 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
1522 @subsubheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
1524 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
1525 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
1526 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
1533 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
1535 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1536 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1537 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1538 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1541 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1542 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1543 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1550 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
1552 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
1553 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1554 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1562 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
1564 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
1565 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1566 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1574 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
1576 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
1577 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1578 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1579 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1580 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1586 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
1588 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1589 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1590 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1591 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1594 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1595 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1596 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1603 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
1605 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
1606 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1607 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1616 @subsubheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
1618 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
1619 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1620 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1621 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1624 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1625 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1626 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1627 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1633 @subsubheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
1635 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
1636 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1637 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1638 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1641 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1642 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1643 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1644 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1650 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
1652 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
1653 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1654 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1657 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1658 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1659 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1665 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
1667 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
1668 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1669 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1672 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1673 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1674 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1680 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
1682 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
1683 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1684 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1687 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1688 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1689 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1695 @subsubheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
1697 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
1698 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1699 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1700 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1703 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1704 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1705 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
1706 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1715 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
1717 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
1718 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
1719 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
1720 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
1721 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
1722 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
1723 read on to find out what for!
1726 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
1727 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
1734 @subsubheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
1736 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
1737 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1738 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1739 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1742 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1743 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1744 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
1745 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1752 @subsubheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
1754 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
1755 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1756 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1757 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1760 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1761 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1762 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
1763 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1770 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
1772 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
1773 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1774 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1777 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
1778 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1779 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1784 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
1786 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1787 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
1788 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
1789 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
1790 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
1794 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
1795 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
1802 @subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
1804 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
1805 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1806 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1807 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1810 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
1811 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1812 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1813 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
1815 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
1817 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
1818 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
1819 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1825 @subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
1827 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
1828 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1829 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1830 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1833 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
1834 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1835 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1836 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
1837 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
1838 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1844 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
1846 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
1847 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1848 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1857 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
1859 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
1860 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1861 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1868 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
1870 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1871 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
1872 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
1873 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
1874 the bug report of the report!
1877 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
1878 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
1884 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
1886 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
1887 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1888 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1895 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
1897 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
1898 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1899 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1906 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
1908 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1909 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
1910 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
1911 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
1915 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
1916 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
1924 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
1926 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
1927 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1928 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1931 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
1932 caution and expect breakage.
1937 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
1939 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
1940 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1941 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1944 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
1945 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
1946 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
1947 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
1952 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
1954 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
1955 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1956 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1962 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
1964 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
1965 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
1966 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
1967 improvements to the new website.
1969 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
1970 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
1972 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
1973 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
1975 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
1981 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
1983 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
1984 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1985 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1990 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
1992 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
1993 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1994 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2000 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2002 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2003 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2004 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2010 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2012 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2013 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2014 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2019 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2021 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2022 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2023 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2028 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2030 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2031 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2032 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2035 This release should be of particular interest to package
2036 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2037 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2038 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2044 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2046 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2047 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2048 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2049 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2052 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2053 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2060 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2062 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2063 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2064 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2067 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2068 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2069 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2070 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2071 see the Changes document for more information.
2075 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2077 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2078 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2079 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2084 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2086 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2087 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2088 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2089 so this release is intended for developers only.
2093 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2095 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2096 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2097 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2102 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2104 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2105 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2110 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2112 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2113 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2114 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2120 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2122 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2123 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2124 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2125 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2126 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2128 What are you waiting for? Come
2129 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2130 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2135 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2137 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2138 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2139 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2143 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2145 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2146 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2147 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2148 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2149 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2154 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2156 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2157 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2158 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2162 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2164 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2165 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2166 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2167 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2171 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2173 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2174 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2175 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2176 and English names for feta filenames.
2182 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2184 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2185 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2186 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2187 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2190 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2191 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2192 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2198 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2200 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2201 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2202 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2203 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2205 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2206 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2211 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2213 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2214 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2220 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2222 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2223 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2224 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2231 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2233 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2234 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2235 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2236 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2238 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2239 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2240 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2248 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2250 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2251 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2252 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2253 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2254 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2255 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2256 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2257 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2263 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2265 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2266 its team, its world, its community.
2267 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2268 to read the full issue...
2273 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2275 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2276 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2277 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2282 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2284 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2285 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
2291 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
2293 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2295 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
2302 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
2304 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
2305 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
2306 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
2307 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
2308 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
2310 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
2311 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
2313 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
2315 @ref{Old downloads}.
2320 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
2322 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
2323 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
2324 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
2325 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
2326 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
2327 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
2330 @ref{Old downloads}.
2335 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
2337 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
2338 documentation and translations.
2339 @ref{Old downloads}.
2344 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
2346 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
2347 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
2348 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
2349 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
2350 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
2352 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
2353 @ref{Old downloads}.
2358 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
2360 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
2361 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
2362 (teaching) has been added.
2364 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
2366 @ref{Old downloads}.
2371 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
2373 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
2374 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
2375 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
2376 @ref{Old downloads}.
2381 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
2383 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
2384 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
2385 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
2386 translations of the documentation.
2387 @ref{Old downloads}.
2392 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
2394 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
2395 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
2396 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
2397 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
2398 deceased since then. All the development team express their
2399 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
2400 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
2401 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
2402 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
2404 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
2406 @ref{Old downloads}.
2411 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
2413 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
2414 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
2415 markup command names have been made.
2418 @ref{Old downloads}.
2423 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
2425 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
2426 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
2427 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
2428 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
2429 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
2432 @ref{Old downloads}.
2437 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
2439 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
2440 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
2442 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
2443 @ref{Old downloads}.
2448 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
2450 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
2451 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
2452 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
2454 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
2455 @ref{Old downloads}.
2460 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
2462 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
2464 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
2465 @ref{Old downloads}.
2470 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
2472 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
2473 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
2474 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
2476 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
2478 @ref{Old downloads}.
2483 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
2485 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
2486 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
2487 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
2488 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
2490 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
2491 @ref{Old downloads}.
2496 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
2498 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
2499 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
2502 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
2503 @ref{Old downloads}.
2508 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
2510 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2511 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
2516 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
2518 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2519 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
2524 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
2526 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
2528 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
2529 @ref{Old downloads}.
2534 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2536 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
2537 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
2538 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
2540 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
2541 @ref{Old downloads}.
2546 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2548 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2549 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
2554 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
2556 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
2557 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
2562 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
2564 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
2565 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
2566 regression tests maintenance for developers.
2568 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
2569 @ref{Old downloads}.
2574 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
2576 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
2577 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
2579 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
2581 @ref{Old downloads}.
2586 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
2588 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
2589 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
2590 report, new translations of the site and publications.
2591 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
2592 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
2593 announce releases and special events.
2598 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
2600 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
2601 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2602 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
2607 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
2609 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
2610 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
2611 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
2612 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
2613 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
2616 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
2618 @ref{Old downloads}.
2623 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
2625 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
2626 names has been added to the MusicXML
2629 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
2630 @ref{Old downloads}.
2635 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
2637 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
2642 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
2644 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
2645 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
2646 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
2649 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
2650 @ref{Old downloads}.
2655 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
2657 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
2660 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
2661 @ref{Old downloads}.
2666 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2668 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
2669 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
2670 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
2671 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
2672 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
2673 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
2679 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2681 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
2682 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
2683 updates to the MusicXML converter.
2685 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
2686 @ref{Old downloads}.
2691 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
2693 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
2694 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
2699 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
2701 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
2702 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
2703 Grand Documentation Project.
2705 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
2706 @ref{Old downloads}.
2711 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
2713 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
2715 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
2716 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
2717 @ref{Old downloads}.
2722 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
2724 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
2726 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
2727 @ref{Old downloads}.
2732 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
2734 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
2735 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
2737 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
2738 @ref{Old downloads}.
2743 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
2745 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
2746 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
2747 for the translations.
2749 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
2750 @ref{Old downloads}.
2755 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
2757 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
2758 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
2759 and lots of updates for the translations.
2761 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
2762 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
2763 @ref{Old downloads}.
2768 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
2770 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
2771 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
2772 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
2773 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
2778 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
2779 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
2780 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
2781 spacing engine code.
2783 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
2784 @ref{Old downloads}.
2789 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
2791 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
2792 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
2794 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
2795 @ref{Old downloads}.
2800 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
2802 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
2803 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
2805 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
2806 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
2807 @ref{Old downloads}.
2812 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
2813 This has lots of bugfixes.
2815 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
2816 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
2817 @ref{Old downloads}.
2822 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
2823 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
2824 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
2825 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
2830 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
2831 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
2833 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
2835 @ref{Old downloads}.
2840 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
2841 This release has some documentation updates.
2843 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
2845 @ref{Old downloads}.
2850 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
2851 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
2852 disponibles en ligne ---
2853 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
2854 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
2855 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
2856 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
2861 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
2862 This release fixes many bugs.
2864 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
2865 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
2867 @ref{Old downloads}.
2872 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
2873 This release fixes many bugs.
2875 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
2876 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
2878 @ref{Old downloads}.
2883 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
2884 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
2885 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
2887 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
2889 @ref{Old downloads}.
2894 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
2895 This release fixes still more bugs.
2897 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
2899 @ref{Old downloads}.
2904 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
2905 This release fixes many bugs.
2906 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
2907 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
2909 @ref{Old downloads})
2914 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
2915 This release will stretch piano staves on a
2916 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
2917 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
2919 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
2920 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
2922 @ref{Old downloads}.
2927 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
2928 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
2929 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
2931 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
2938 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2939 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
2940 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
2942 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
2944 @ref{Old downloads}.
2949 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2950 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
2951 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
2953 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
2955 @ref{Old downloads}.
2960 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2961 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
2964 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
2966 @ref{Old downloads}.
2971 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
2972 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
2974 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
2976 @ref{Old downloads}.
2981 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
2982 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
2983 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
2984 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
2986 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
2988 @ref{Old downloads}.
2993 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
2994 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
2995 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
2996 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
2997 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
2998 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3000 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3002 @ref{Old downloads}.
3007 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3008 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3009 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3012 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3014 @ref{Old downloads}.
3019 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3020 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3021 further improvements in the regression test suite
3025 @ref{Old downloads}.
3030 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3031 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3035 @ref{Old downloads}.
3040 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3041 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3046 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3047 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3052 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3053 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3057 @ref{Old downloads}.
3062 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3063 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3064 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3068 @ref{Old downloads}.
3073 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3074 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3078 @ref{Old downloads}.
3083 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3084 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3089 @ref{Old downloads}.
3094 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3095 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3099 @ref{Old downloads}.
3104 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3105 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3106 within a system as well as between systems.
3110 @ref{Old downloads}.
3115 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3116 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3117 test results} and several website build improvements.
3121 @ref{Old downloads}.
3126 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3127 This release fixes several bugs.
3130 @ref{Old downloads}.
3135 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3136 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3141 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3142 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3143 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3144 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3145 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3150 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3151 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3155 @ref{Old downloads}.
3160 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3161 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3164 @ref{Old downloads}.
3169 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3170 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3174 @ref{Old downloads}.
3179 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3180 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3183 @ref{Old downloads}.
3188 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3189 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3194 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3195 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3196 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3201 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3202 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3203 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3208 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3209 This release has many more bugfixes.
3212 @ref{Old downloads}.
3217 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3218 This release has many more bugfixes.
3221 @ref{Old downloads}.
3226 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3227 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3232 @ref{Old downloads}.
3237 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3238 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3239 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3240 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3241 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3242 (@ref{Publications}).
3247 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3248 This release has further bugfixes.
3251 @ref{Old downloads}.
3256 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3257 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3258 available for x86/64.
3261 @ref{Old downloads}.
3266 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3267 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3268 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3269 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3270 @ref{Old downloads})
3275 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3276 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3277 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3282 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3283 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3288 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
3289 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3294 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
3295 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3300 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
3301 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
3302 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3307 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
3308 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
3309 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
3310 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3315 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
3316 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3321 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
3322 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
3323 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
3328 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
3329 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
3330 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
3331 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
3332 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3337 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
3338 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
3339 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3344 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
3345 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
3346 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
3347 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3352 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
3353 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
3354 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
3355 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3360 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3361 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
3363 @ref{Old downloads})
3368 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3369 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
3371 @ref{Old downloads})
3376 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
3377 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
3378 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3380 @ref{Old downloads})
3385 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3386 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
3387 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3388 (@ref{Old downloads})
3393 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3394 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
3395 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
3396 glory} what features are broken in the development release
3401 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
3402 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
3403 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
3404 the development releases even better
3409 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
3411 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
3412 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
3413 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3418 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
3419 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
3420 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
3421 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
3422 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
3423 esthetics}. Happy reading!
3428 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
3429 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
3430 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
3432 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3437 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3438 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
3439 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
3440 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
3441 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3446 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3447 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
3448 (@ref{Old downloads})
3453 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
3454 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
3455 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
3456 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
3457 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
3458 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3463 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
3464 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
3465 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
3466 (@ref{Publications})
3471 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3472 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
3473 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3478 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3479 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
3480 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
3481 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3486 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
3487 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
3488 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
3493 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
3494 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
3495 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3500 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
3501 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
3502 released. (@ref{Changes},
3503 @ref{Old downloads})
3508 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
3509 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
3510 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
3511 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
3512 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
3513 multi-measure rests.
3515 @ref{Old downloads})
3520 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
3521 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
3523 @ref{Old downloads})
3528 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
3529 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
3530 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
3531 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
3532 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3533 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
3534 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
3535 @ref{Old downloads})
3540 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
3541 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
3542 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
3543 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
3544 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
3545 @ref{Old downloads})
3550 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
3551 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
3552 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
3553 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
3554 the endings and the middle
3555 part. (@ref{Changes},
3556 @ref{Old downloads})
3561 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
3562 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
3563 parenthesized, for example,
3566 c4 -\parenthesize -.
3567 <d \parenthesize fis a>
3571 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
3572 @ref{Old downloads})
3577 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
3578 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
3579 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
3589 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
3590 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
3591 vector. (@ref{Changes},
3592 @ref{Old downloads})
3597 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
3598 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
3599 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
3600 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
3601 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
3602 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
3603 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
3605 @ref{Old downloads})
3610 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
3611 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
3612 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
3613 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
3614 @ref{Old downloads})
3619 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
3620 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
3621 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
3622 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
3623 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
3624 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
3625 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
3626 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3627 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3628 @ref{Old downloads})
3633 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
3634 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
3635 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
3636 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
3637 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
3638 @ref{Old downloads})
3643 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
3645 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
3646 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
3647 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
3652 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
3653 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
3654 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
3655 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
3656 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
3661 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3662 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
3663 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
3665 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
3667 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
3669 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
3675 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3676 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
3677 (feature sponsored by Andrea
3678 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
3679 @ref{Old downloads})
3684 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
3685 Linux Journal publishes an article on
3686 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
3687 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
3688 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
3691 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
3692 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
3693 alternatives seem second-rate.}
3694 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
3699 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
3700 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
3701 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
3702 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
3703 page. Let us know how you fare!
3708 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
3709 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
3710 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
3711 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
3712 The important occasion for this release is our new build
3713 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
3714 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
3715 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
3716 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
3718 @ref{Old downloads})
3723 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
3724 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
3725 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
3726 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
3727 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
3728 @ref{Old downloads})
3733 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
3734 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
3735 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
3736 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
3737 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
3738 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
3739 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
3740 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
3741 functions. (@ref{Changes},
3742 @ref{Old downloads})
3747 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
3748 This release has the following new features:
3751 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
3752 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
3753 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3755 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
3756 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
3757 and Bertalan Fodor).
3759 Generic music functions may now also be used on
3760 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
3763 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
3764 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
3765 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
3769 @ref{Old downloads})
3774 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
3775 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
3776 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
3777 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
3778 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
3779 van den Borre and Bertalan
3780 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
3781 @ref{Old downloads})
3786 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
3787 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
3788 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
3789 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
3795 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
3796 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
3797 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
3798 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
3799 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
3801 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
3802 @ref{Old downloads})
3807 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
3808 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
3809 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
3814 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
3815 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
3816 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
3817 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
3818 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
3819 etc. (@ref{Changes},
3820 @ref{Old downloads})
3825 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
3826 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
3827 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
3828 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3829 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3830 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3831 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3832 @ref{Old downloads})
3837 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
3838 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3839 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3840 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3841 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3842 @ref{Old downloads})
3847 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
3848 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
3849 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
3850 @ref{Old downloads})
3855 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
3856 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
3857 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
3858 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
3859 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
3860 properties. (@ref{Changes},
3861 @ref{Old downloads})
3866 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
3867 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
3868 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
3869 that compute said property, i.e.
3872 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
3873 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
3876 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
3877 @ref{Old downloads})
3882 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
3883 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
3884 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
3885 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
3886 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
3887 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
3888 also provides advanced tweakability for power
3889 users. (@ref{Changes},
3890 @ref{Old downloads})
3895 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
3896 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
3897 series. (@ref{Changes},
3898 @ref{Old downloads})
3903 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
3904 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
3905 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
3906 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
3907 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
3908 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
3909 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
3910 sponsored by Nicolas
3911 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3912 @ref{Old downloads})
3917 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
3918 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
3919 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3920 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
3921 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
3922 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
3923 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3924 @ref{Old downloads})
3929 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
3930 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
3931 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
3932 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
3933 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3934 @ref{Old downloads})
3939 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
3940 This is mainly a bugfix
3941 release. (@ref{Changes},
3942 @ref{Old downloads})
3947 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
3948 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
3949 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
3950 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
3951 la gravure musicale}.
3956 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
3957 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
3958 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
3959 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
3960 @ref{Old downloads})
3965 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
3966 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
3967 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
3968 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
3969 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
3970 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
3975 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
3976 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
3977 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
3978 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
3979 @ref{Old downloads})
3984 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
3985 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
3986 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
3987 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
3988 signs. (@ref{Changes},
3989 @ref{Old downloads})
3994 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
3995 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
3996 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
3997 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
3998 @ref{Old downloads})
4003 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4004 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4005 for a note is proportional to the time it
4006 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4007 @ref{Old downloads})
4012 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4013 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4014 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4019 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4020 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4021 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4022 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4024 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4025 @ref{Old downloads})
4030 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4031 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4032 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4033 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4035 @ref{Old downloads})
4040 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4041 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4042 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4043 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4044 @ref{Old downloads})
4049 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4050 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4052 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4053 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4054 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4055 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4056 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4061 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4062 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4063 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4064 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4069 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4070 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4071 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4072 @ref{Old downloads})
4077 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4078 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4079 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4080 @ref{Old downloads})
4085 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4086 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4087 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4088 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4089 (@ref{Old downloads})
4094 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4095 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4096 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4097 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4102 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4103 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4104 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4105 better help functionality.
4106 (@ref{Old downloads})
4111 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4112 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4113 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4114 compile them directly from
4115 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4120 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4121 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4122 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4127 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4128 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4129 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4130 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4135 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4136 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4137 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4138 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4139 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4144 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4145 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4146 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4151 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4152 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4157 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4158 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4159 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4164 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4165 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4166 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4167 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4168 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4173 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4174 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4175 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4176 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4177 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4178 @ref{Old downloads})
4183 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4185 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4186 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4188 (@ref{Old downloads})
4193 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4194 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4195 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4196 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4197 signatures like 5/8.
4199 @ref{Old downloads})
4204 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
4205 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4206 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4207 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4208 More details are in the
4210 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4215 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
4216 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4217 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4218 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4219 Scheme code. Take a look at
4221 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4226 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
4227 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4228 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4229 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4234 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
4235 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4236 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4237 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4242 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
4243 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4244 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4250 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
4251 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4252 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4253 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4254 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4255 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4260 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4261 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4262 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4263 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4264 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4265 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4267 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4272 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4273 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4274 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4280 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4281 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
4282 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4283 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4284 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
4290 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4291 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
4292 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}.
4293 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4294 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4299 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
4300 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
4301 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
4302 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
4303 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
4308 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
4309 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
4310 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
4311 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
4312 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
4314 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4319 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
4320 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
4321 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
4322 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
4323 @ref{Old downloads}!
4328 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
4329 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
4330 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
4331 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
4337 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
4338 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
4339 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
4345 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
4346 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
4347 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
4348 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
4350 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
4352 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
4357 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
4358 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
4359 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
4360 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
4361 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
4362 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
4363 font code by Werner.
4365 and check out the changes in
4366 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4371 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
4372 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
4373 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
4374 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
4375 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
4376 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
4377 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
4378 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
4379 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
4380 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
4383 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}.
4388 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
4389 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
4390 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
4391 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
4392 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
4394 and check out the changes in
4395 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4400 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
4401 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
4402 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
4403 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
4404 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
4405 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
4408 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}.
4413 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
4414 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
4415 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
4416 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
4417 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
4418 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
4419 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
4420 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
4421 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
4425 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}.
4430 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
4431 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
4432 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
4433 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
4434 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
4435 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
4437 and check out the changes in
4438 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4443 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
4444 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
4445 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
4446 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
4447 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
4448 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
4449 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
4450 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
4451 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
4454 and check out the changes in
4455 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4460 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
4461 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
4462 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
4463 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
4464 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
4465 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
4468 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
4471 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
4472 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
4473 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
4474 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
4475 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
4478 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}.
4483 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
4484 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
4485 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
4491 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
4492 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
4493 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
4495 and check out the changes in
4496 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4501 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
4502 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
4503 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
4504 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
4505 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
4512 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4513 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
4514 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
4515 some problems with the conversion scripts.
4517 and check out the changes in
4518 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4523 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4524 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4525 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
4526 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
4527 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
4529 and check out the changes in
4530 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4535 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
4536 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
4537 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
4538 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
4540 and check out the changes in
4541 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4546 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
4547 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
4548 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
4549 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4551 and check out the changes in
4552 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4557 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
4558 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
4559 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
4560 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
4564 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}.
4569 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
4570 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
4571 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
4572 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
4576 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}.
4581 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
4582 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
4583 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
4584 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
4585 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
4586 in the documentation.
4588 and check out the changes in
4589 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4594 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
4595 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
4596 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
4597 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
4598 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
4603 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
4604 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
4606 and check out the changes
4607 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4612 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
4613 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
4614 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
4615 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
4616 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
4617 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
4618 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
4621 and check out the changes in
4622 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4627 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
4628 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
4629 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
4630 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
4631 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
4632 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
4633 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
4634 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
4635 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
4636 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
4637 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
4638 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
4639 will hold users back in switching.
4641 and check out the changes in
4642 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4647 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
4648 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
4649 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
4650 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
4651 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
4652 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
4653 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
4655 and check out the changes in
4656 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4661 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
4662 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
4663 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
4664 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
4665 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
4666 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
4670 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}.
4675 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4676 LilyPond now has a Documentation
4677 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
4678 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
4679 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
4680 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
4681 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
4682 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
4683 chapter of the user manual.
4684 A lot of cheers for Graham!
4689 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4690 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
4691 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
4692 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
4693 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
4694 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
4695 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
4699 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}.
4704 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
4705 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
4706 disappearing metronome mark.
4708 and check out the changes in
4709 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}.
4714 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
4715 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
4716 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
4717 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
4718 `doubleSlurs' property.
4720 and check out the changes in
4721 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4726 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
4727 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
4728 annoying bugs fixed.
4731 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}.
4736 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
4737 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
4738 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
4739 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
4740 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
4741 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
4742 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
4745 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
4746 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
4748 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
4749 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
4754 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}.
4759 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
4760 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
4761 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
4762 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
4763 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
4764 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
4765 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
4766 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
4767 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
4768 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
4769 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
4772 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}.
4777 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
4778 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
4779 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
4780 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
4781 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
4784 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}.
4789 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
4790 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
4791 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
4792 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
4793 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
4794 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
4795 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
4796 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
4797 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
4798 beat within the measure.
4800 and check out the changes in
4801 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4806 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
4807 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
4811 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}.
4816 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
4817 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
4823 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4824 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
4825 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
4826 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
4827 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
4829 and check out the changes
4830 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4835 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4836 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
4840 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}.
4845 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
4846 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
4847 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
4848 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
4849 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
4850 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
4851 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
4852 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}
4854 @ref{Old downloads}.
4859 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
4860 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
4861 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
4862 @ref{Old downloads}.
4867 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
4868 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
4869 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
4870 @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}
4872 @ref{Old downloads}.
4877 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4878 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
4879 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
4880 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}
4882 @ref{Old downloads}.
4887 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4888 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
4889 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}
4890 or head straight to the
4891 @ref{Old downloads}.
4896 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
4897 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
4898 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
4899 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4900 @ref{Old downloads}.
4905 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
4906 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
4907 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4908 @ref{Old downloads}.
4913 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
4914 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
4916 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
4917 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
4918 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
4919 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
4920 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
4925 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
4926 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
4927 @ref{Old downloads}.
4932 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
4933 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
4934 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
4940 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
4941 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
4942 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
4943 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
4944 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
4945 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
4946 @ref{Old downloads}.
4951 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
4952 A French article on the new LilyPond
4953 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
4958 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
4959 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
4960 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
4966 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
4967 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
4968 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
4969 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
4970 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
4971 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
4972 @ref{Old downloads}.
4977 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
4978 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
4979 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
4980 documentation polish. This should be the final release
4981 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
4983 @ref{Old downloads}.
4988 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
4989 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
4991 @ref{Old downloads}.
4996 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
4997 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
4998 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
4999 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5006 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
5007 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5008 @ref{Old downloads}.
5013 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
5014 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5021 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
5022 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5023 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5024 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5026 @ref{Old downloads}.
5031 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
5032 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5033 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5034 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5037 @ref{Old downloads}.
5042 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
5044 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5045 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5051 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
5052 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5054 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5055 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5056 authors of LilyPond.
5061 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
5062 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5063 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5066 @ref{Old downloads}.
5071 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
5072 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5073 experimental support for producing titles with
5079 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
5080 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5081 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5082 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5084 @ref{Old downloads}.
5089 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
5090 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5091 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5092 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5094 @ref{Old downloads}.
5099 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
5100 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5101 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5102 produce cue notes. More information in the
5109 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
5110 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5111 for altering accidental rules.
5117 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
5118 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5119 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5120 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5121 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5122 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5123 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5124 More information in the
5131 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
5132 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5133 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5134 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5141 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
5142 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5143 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5144 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5145 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5152 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
5153 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5154 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5155 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5156 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5157 More information in the
5164 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
5165 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5166 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5167 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5168 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5169 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5170 More information in the
5177 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
5178 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5179 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5180 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5188 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
5189 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5190 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5191 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5198 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
5199 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5200 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5201 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5202 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5211 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
5212 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5213 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5216 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5221 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
5223 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5224 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5225 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5228 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5233 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5234 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5235 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5236 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5237 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5242 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5243 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5244 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5245 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5246 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5252 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
5253 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5254 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5256 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5261 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
5262 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5263 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5264 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5269 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
5270 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5271 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5272 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5274 More information in the
5275 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5280 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
5281 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5282 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5284 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5289 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
5290 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
5291 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
5292 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
5294 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5299 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
5300 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
5301 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
5302 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
5303 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
5304 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
5305 individual music expressions.
5306 More information in the
5307 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5312 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
5313 An update to the stable branch,
5314 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
5315 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
5320 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
5321 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
5322 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
5323 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
5324 More information in the
5325 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5330 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
5331 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
5333 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
5334 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5339 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
5340 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
5341 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
5342 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
5343 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5348 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
5349 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
5350 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
5351 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
5352 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5357 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
5358 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
5359 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
5360 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
5361 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
5362 to implement this are welcome!) See the
5363 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5368 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
5369 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
5370 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
5371 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
5373 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5378 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
5379 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
5380 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
5381 Han-Wen's absence. See the
5382 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5387 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5388 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
5390 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5395 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5396 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
5398 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
5399 thanks to Heikki Junes.
5404 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
5405 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
5406 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
5407 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
5412 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
5413 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
5420 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
5421 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
5423 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
5424 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
5429 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
5430 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
5431 contains minor bugfixes.
5432 See the @ref{Changes}
5433 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
5438 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
5439 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
5440 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
5441 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
5447 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5448 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
5449 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
5450 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
5451 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
5452 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
5457 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5458 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
5459 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
5460 the @ref{Changes} and
5461 download @uref{install/,here}.
5466 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
5467 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
5468 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5469 the @ref{Changes} and
5470 download @uref{install/,here}.
5475 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
5476 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
5477 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5478 the @ref{Changes} and
5479 download @uref{install/,here}.
5484 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
5485 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
5486 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
5492 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
5493 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
5494 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
5500 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
5501 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
5502 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
5503 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
5504 will be available in a few weeks.
5510 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
5511 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
5512 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
5518 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
5519 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
5520 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
5526 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5527 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
5528 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
5529 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
5535 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5536 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
5537 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
5542 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5543 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
5544 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
5545 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
5546 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5551 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
5552 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
5553 @ref{Changes} and get it
5554 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5559 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
5560 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
5561 @ref{Changes} and get it
5562 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5567 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5568 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
5569 @ref{Changes} and get it
5570 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5575 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5576 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
5577 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
5582 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
5583 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
5584 read the @ref{Changes}.
5589 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
5590 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
5591 has been updated to 1.8.
5592 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
5597 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5598 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
5599 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
5604 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5605 New website went live!
5610 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
5611 Announced new website.
5616 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
5617 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
5622 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
5623 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
5624 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
5630 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
5631 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
5632 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.