1 @c -*- coding: utf-8; mode: texinfo; -*-
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
31 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
33 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
34 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
35 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
39 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
41 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
42 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
43 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
44 critical regressions against earlier versions.
48 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
50 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
51 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
52 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
53 and English names for feta filenames.
59 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
61 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
62 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
63 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
64 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
67 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
68 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
69 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
75 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
77 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
78 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
79 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
80 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
82 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
83 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
88 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
90 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
91 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
97 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
99 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
100 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
101 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
108 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
110 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
111 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
112 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
113 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
115 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
116 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
117 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
125 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
127 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
128 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
129 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
130 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
131 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
132 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
133 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
134 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
140 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
142 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
143 its team, its world, its community.
144 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
145 to read the full issue...
150 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
152 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
153 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
154 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
159 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
161 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
162 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
168 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
170 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
172 @uref{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
179 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
181 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
182 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
183 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
184 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
185 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
187 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
188 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
197 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
199 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
200 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
201 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
202 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
203 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
204 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
212 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
214 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
215 documentation and translations.
221 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 – Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
223 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
224 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
225 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
226 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
227 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
235 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
237 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
238 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
239 (teaching) has been added.
248 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
250 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
251 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
252 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
258 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
260 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
261 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
262 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
263 translations of the documentation.
269 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
271 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
272 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
273 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
274 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
275 deceased since then. All the development team express their
276 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
277 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
278 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
279 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
288 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
290 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
291 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
292 markup command names have been made.
300 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
302 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
303 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
304 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
305 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
306 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
314 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
316 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
317 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
325 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
327 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
328 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
329 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
337 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
339 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
347 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
349 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
350 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
351 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
360 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
362 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
363 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
364 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
365 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
373 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
375 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
376 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
385 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
387 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
388 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
393 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
395 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
396 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
401 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
403 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
411 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
413 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
414 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
415 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
423 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
425 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
426 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
431 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
433 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
434 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
439 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
441 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
442 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
443 regression tests maintenance for developers.
451 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
453 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
454 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
463 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
465 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
466 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
467 report, new translations of the site and publications.
468 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
469 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
470 announce releases and special events.
475 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
477 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
478 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
479 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
484 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
486 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
487 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
488 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
489 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
490 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
500 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
502 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
503 names has been added to the MusicXML
512 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
514 Lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
519 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
521 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
522 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
523 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
532 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
534 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
543 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
545 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
546 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
547 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
548 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
549 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
550 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
556 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
558 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
559 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
560 updates to the MusicXML converter.
568 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
570 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
571 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
576 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
578 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
579 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
580 Grand Documentation Project.
588 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
590 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
592 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
593 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
599 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
601 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
609 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
611 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
612 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
620 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
622 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
623 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
624 for the translations.
632 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
634 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
635 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
636 and lots of updates for the translations.
638 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
639 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
645 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
647 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
648 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
649 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
650 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
655 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
656 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
657 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
666 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
668 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
669 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
677 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
679 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
680 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
682 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
683 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
689 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
690 This has lots of bugfixes.
692 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
693 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
699 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
700 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des
701 LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
702 sind auf deutsch übersetzt — sie sind erhältlich für
704 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
709 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
710 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
719 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
720 This release has some documentation updates.
729 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
730 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont
731 désormais traduits, et disponibles en ligne — @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
732 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
733 2.11}. Les traductions sont également incluses dans la @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
738 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
739 This release fixes many bugs.
741 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
742 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
749 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
750 This release fixes many bugs.
752 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
753 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
760 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
761 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
762 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
771 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
772 This release fixes still more bugs.
781 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
782 This release fixes many bugs.
783 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
784 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
791 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
792 This release will stretch piano staves on a
793 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
794 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
796 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
797 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
804 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
805 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
806 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
815 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
816 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
817 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
826 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
827 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
828 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
837 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
838 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
848 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
849 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
858 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
859 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
860 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
861 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
870 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
871 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
872 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
873 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
874 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
875 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
884 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
885 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
886 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
896 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
897 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and —in 2.11.9&mdash
898 further improvements in the regression test suite
907 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
908 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
917 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
918 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
923 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
924 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
929 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
930 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
939 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
940 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
941 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
950 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
951 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
960 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
961 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
971 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
972 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
981 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
982 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
983 within a system as well as between systems.
992 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
993 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
994 test results} and several website build improvements.
1003 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1004 This release fixes several bugs.
1007 @ref{Old downloads}.
1012 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1013 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
1018 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
1019 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en
1020 français est maintenant disponible en ligne. @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1021 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1027 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1028 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
1032 @ref{Old downloads}.
1037 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1038 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1041 @ref{Old downloads}.
1046 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
1047 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
1051 @ref{Old downloads}.
1056 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
1057 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1060 @ref{Old downloads}.
1065 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
1066 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1071 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1072 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{announce-v2.10.html,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1077 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1078 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
1079 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
1084 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
1085 This release has many more bugfixes.
1088 @ref{Old downloads}.
1093 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
1094 This release has many more bugfixes.
1097 @ref{Old downloads}.
1102 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
1103 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
1108 @ref{Old downloads}.
1113 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
1114 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
1115 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
1116 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
1117 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
1118 (@ref{Publications}).
1123 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
1124 This release has further bugfixes.
1127 @ref{Old downloads}.
1132 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
1133 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
1134 available for x86/64.
1137 @ref{Old downloads}.
1142 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
1143 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
1144 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1145 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
1146 @ref{Old downloads})
1151 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
1152 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
1153 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1158 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
1159 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1164 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
1165 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1170 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
1171 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1176 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
1177 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
1178 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1183 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
1184 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
1185 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
1186 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1191 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
1192 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
1197 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
1198 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
1199 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
1204 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
1205 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
1206 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
1207 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
1208 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1213 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
1214 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
1215 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1220 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
1221 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
1222 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
1223 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1228 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
1229 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
1230 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
1231 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1236 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1237 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
1239 @ref{Old downloads})
1244 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1245 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
1247 @ref{Old downloads})
1252 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
1253 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
1254 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1256 @ref{Old downloads})
1261 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1262 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
1263 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1264 (@ref{Old downloads})
1269 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1270 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
1271 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
1272 glory} what features are broken in the development release
1277 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
1278 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
1279 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
1280 the development releases even better
1285 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
1287 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
1288 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
1289 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1294 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
1295 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
1296 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
1297 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
1298 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
1299 esthetics}. Happy reading!
1304 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
1305 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
1306 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
1308 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1313 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1314 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
1315 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
1316 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
1317 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1322 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1323 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
1324 (@ref{Old downloads})
1329 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
1330 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
1331 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
1332 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
1333 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
1334 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1339 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
1340 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
1341 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
1342 (@ref{Publications})
1347 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1348 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
1349 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1354 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1355 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
1356 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
1357 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1362 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
1363 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
1364 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
1369 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
1370 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @uref{announce-v2.8.html,release
1371 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1376 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
1377 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
1378 released. (@ref{Changes},
1379 @ref{Old downloads})
1384 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
1385 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
1386 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
1387 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
1388 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
1389 multi-measure rests.
1391 @ref{Old downloads})
1396 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
1397 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
1399 @ref{Old downloads})
1404 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
1405 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
1406 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
1407 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
1408 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1409 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
1410 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
1411 @ref{Old downloads})
1416 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
1417 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
1418 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
1419 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
1420 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
1421 @ref{Old downloads})
1426 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
1427 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
1428 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
1429 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
1430 the endings and the middle
1431 part. (@ref{Changes},
1432 @ref{Old downloads})
1437 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
1438 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
1439 parenthesized, for example,
1442 c4 -\parenthesize -.
1443 <d \parenthesize fis a>
1447 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
1448 @ref{Old downloads})
1453 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
1454 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
1455 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
1465 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
1466 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
1467 vector. (@ref{Changes},
1468 @ref{Old downloads})
1473 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
1474 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
1475 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
1476 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
1477 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
1478 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
1479 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
1481 @ref{Old downloads})
1486 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
1487 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
1488 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
1489 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
1490 @ref{Old downloads})
1495 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
1496 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
1497 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
1498 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
1499 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
1500 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
1501 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
1502 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1503 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1504 @ref{Old downloads})
1509 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
1510 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
1511 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
1512 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
1513 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
1514 @ref{Old downloads})
1519 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
1521 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
1522 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
1523 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
1528 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
1529 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
1530 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
1531 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
1532 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
1537 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1538 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
1539 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
1541 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
1543 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
1545 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
1551 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1552 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
1553 (feature sponsored by Andrea
1554 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
1555 @ref{Old downloads})
1560 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
1561 Linux Journal publishes an article on
1562 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
1563 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
1564 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
1567 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
1568 “GNU Lilypond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
1569 alternatives seem second-rate.”
1570 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
1575 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
1576 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
1577 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
1578 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
1579 page. Let us know how you fare!
1584 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
1585 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
1586 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
1587 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
1588 The important occasion for this release is our new build
1589 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
1590 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
1591 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
1592 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
1594 @ref{Old downloads})
1599 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
1600 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
1601 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
1602 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
1603 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
1604 @ref{Old downloads})
1609 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
1610 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
1611 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
1612 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
1613 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
1614 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
1615 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
1616 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
1617 functions. (@ref{Changes},
1618 @ref{Old downloads})
1623 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
1624 This release has the following new features:
1627 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
1628 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
1629 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1631 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
1632 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
1633 and Bertalan Fodor).
1635 Generic music functions may now also be used on
1636 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
1639 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
1640 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
1641 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
1645 @ref{Old downloads})
1650 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
1651 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
1652 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
1653 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
1654 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
1655 van den Borre and Bertalan
1656 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
1657 @ref{Old downloads})
1662 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
1663 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
1664 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
1665 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
1671 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
1672 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
1673 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
1674 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
1675 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
1677 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
1678 @ref{Old downloads})
1683 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
1684 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
1685 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
1690 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
1691 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
1692 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
1693 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
1694 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
1695 etc. (@ref{Changes},
1696 @ref{Old downloads})
1701 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
1702 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
1703 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
1704 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
1705 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
1706 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
1707 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1708 @ref{Old downloads})
1713 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
1714 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
1715 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
1716 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
1717 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1718 @ref{Old downloads})
1723 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
1724 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
1725 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
1726 @ref{Old downloads})
1731 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
1732 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
1733 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
1734 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
1735 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
1736 properties. (@ref{Changes},
1737 @ref{Old downloads})
1742 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
1743 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
1744 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
1745 that compute said property, i.e.
1748 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
1749 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
1752 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
1753 @ref{Old downloads})
1758 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
1759 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
1760 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
1761 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
1762 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
1763 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
1764 also provides advanced tweakability for power
1765 users. (@ref{Changes},
1766 @ref{Old downloads})
1771 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
1772 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
1773 series. (@ref{Changes},
1774 @ref{Old downloads})
1779 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
1780 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
1781 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
1782 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
1783 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
1784 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
1785 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
1786 sponsored by Nicolas
1787 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1788 @ref{Old downloads})
1793 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
1794 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
1795 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1796 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
1797 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
1798 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
1799 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1800 @ref{Old downloads})
1805 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
1806 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
1807 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
1808 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
1809 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1810 @ref{Old downloads})
1815 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
1816 This is mainly a bugfix
1817 release. (@ref{Changes},
1818 @ref{Old downloads})
1823 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
1824 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
1825 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
1826 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
1827 la gravure musicale}.
1832 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
1833 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
1834 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
1835 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
1836 @ref{Old downloads})
1841 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
1842 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
1843 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
1844 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
1845 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
1846 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
1851 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
1852 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
1853 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
1854 Baca, and Vicente Solsona
1855 Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
1856 @ref{Old downloads})
1861 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
1862 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
1863 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
1864 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
1865 signs. (@ref{Changes},
1866 @ref{Old downloads})
1871 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
1872 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
1873 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
1874 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
1875 @ref{Old downloads})
1880 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
1881 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
1882 for a note is proportional to the time it
1883 takes. (@ref{Changes},
1884 @ref{Old downloads})
1889 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
1890 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
1891 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
1896 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
1897 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
1898 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
1899 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
1901 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
1902 @ref{Old downloads})
1907 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
1908 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
1909 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
1910 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
1912 @ref{Old downloads})
1917 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
1918 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
1919 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
1920 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
1921 @ref{Old downloads})
1926 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
1927 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
1929 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
1930 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
1931 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
1932 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
1933 (@uref{announce-v2.6.html,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
1938 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
1939 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
1940 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
1941 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
1946 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
1947 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
1948 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
1949 @ref{Old downloads})
1954 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
1955 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
1956 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
1957 @ref{Old downloads})
1962 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
1963 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
1964 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
1965 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
1966 (@ref{Old downloads})
1971 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
1972 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
1973 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
1974 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
1979 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
1980 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
1981 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
1982 better help functionality.
1983 (@ref{Old downloads})
1988 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
1989 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
1990 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
1991 compile them directly from
1992 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
1997 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
1998 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
1999 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
2004 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
2005 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
2006 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
2007 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
2012 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
2013 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
2014 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
2015 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
2016 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
2021 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2022 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
2023 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
2028 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2029 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
2034 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
2035 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
2036 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
2041 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
2042 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
2043 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
2044 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
2045 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
2050 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
2051 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
2052 now possible to start and stop the StaffSymbol, during a piece of
2053 music, by doing \stopStaff \startStaff. This can be used to produce
2055 staves. (@ref{Changes},
2056 @ref{Old downloads})
2061 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
2063 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
2064 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
2066 (@ref{Old downloads})
2071 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
2072 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
2073 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
2074 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
2075 signatures like 5/8.
2077 @ref{Old downloads})
2082 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
2083 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
2084 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
2085 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
2086 More details are in the
2088 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
2093 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
2094 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
2095 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
2096 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
2097 Scheme code. Take a look at
2099 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
2104 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
2105 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
2106 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
2107 place. @ref{Old downloads}
2112 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
2113 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
2114 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
2115 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
2120 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
2121 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
2122 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
2128 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
2129 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
2130 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
2131 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
2132 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2133 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2138 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2139 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
2140 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
2141 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
2142 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
2143 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
2145 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2150 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2151 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
2152 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
2158 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2159 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
2160 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
2161 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
2162 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
2168 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2169 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
2170 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}.
2171 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2172 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2177 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
2178 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,Lilypond Snippet
2179 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of Lilypond code
2180 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
2181 contribute creative ideas for using Lilypond.
2186 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
2187 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
2188 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
2189 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
2190 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
2192 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2197 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
2198 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
2199 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
2200 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
2201 @ref{Old downloads}!
2206 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
2207 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
2208 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
2209 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
2215 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
2216 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
2217 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
2223 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
2224 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
2225 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
2226 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
2228 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
2230 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
2235 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
2236 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
2237 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
2238 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
2239 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
2240 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
2241 font code by Werner.
2243 and check out the changes in
2244 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2249 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
2250 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
2251 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
2252 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
2253 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
2254 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
2255 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
2256 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
2257 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
2258 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
2261 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}.
2266 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
2267 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
2268 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
2269 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
2270 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
2272 and check out the changes in
2273 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2278 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
2279 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
2280 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
2281 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
2282 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
2283 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
2286 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}.
2291 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
2292 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
2293 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
2294 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
2295 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
2296 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
2297 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
2298 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
2299 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
2303 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}.
2308 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
2309 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
2310 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
2311 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
2312 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
2313 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
2315 and check out the changes in
2316 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2321 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
2322 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
2323 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
2324 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
2325 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
2326 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
2327 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
2328 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
2329 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
2332 and check out the changes in
2333 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2338 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
2339 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
2340 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
2341 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
2342 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
2343 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
2346 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
2349 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
2350 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
2351 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
2352 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
2353 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
2356 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}.
2361 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
2362 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
2363 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
2369 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
2370 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
2371 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
2373 and check out the changes in
2374 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2379 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
2380 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @uref{announce-v2.4.html,released!}
2381 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
2382 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
2383 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
2390 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2391 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
2392 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
2393 some problems with the conversion scripts.
2395 and check out the changes in
2396 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2401 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2402 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for Lilypond 2.4.
2403 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
2404 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
2405 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
2407 and check out the changes in
2408 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2413 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
2414 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
2415 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
2416 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
2418 and check out the changes in
2419 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2424 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
2425 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
2426 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
2427 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2429 and check out the changes in
2430 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2435 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
2436 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
2437 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
2438 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
2442 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}.
2447 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
2448 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
2449 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
2450 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
2454 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}.
2459 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
2460 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
2461 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
2462 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
2463 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
2464 in the documentation.
2466 and check out the changes in
2467 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2472 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
2473 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
2474 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
2475 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
2476 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
2481 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
2482 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
2484 and check out the changes
2485 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2490 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
2491 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
2492 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
2493 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
2494 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
2495 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
2496 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
2499 and check out the changes in
2500 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2505 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
2506 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
2507 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
2508 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
2509 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
2510 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
2511 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
2512 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
2513 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
2514 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
2515 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
2516 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
2517 will hold users back in switching.
2519 and check out the changes in
2520 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2525 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
2526 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
2527 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
2528 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
2529 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
2530 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
2531 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
2533 and check out the changes in
2534 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2539 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
2540 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
2541 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
2542 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
2543 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
2544 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
2548 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}.
2553 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2554 LilyPond now has a Documentation
2555 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
2556 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
2557 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
2558 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
2559 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
2560 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
2561 chapter of the user manual.
2562 A lot of cheers for Graham!
2567 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2568 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
2569 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
2570 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
2571 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
2572 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
2573 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
2577 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}.
2582 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
2583 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
2584 disappearing metronome mark.
2586 and check out the changes in
2587 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}.
2592 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
2593 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
2594 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
2595 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
2596 `doubleSlurs' property.
2598 and check out the changes in
2599 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2604 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
2605 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
2606 annoying bugs fixed.
2609 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}.
2614 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
2615 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
2616 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
2617 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
2618 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
2619 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
2620 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
2623 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
2624 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
2626 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
2627 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
2632 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}.
2637 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
2638 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
2639 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
2640 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
2641 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
2642 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
2643 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
2644 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
2645 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
2646 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
2647 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
2650 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}.
2655 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
2656 Lilypond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
2657 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
2658 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
2659 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
2662 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}.
2667 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
2668 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
2669 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
2670 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
2671 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
2672 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
2673 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
2674 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
2675 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
2676 beat within the measure.
2678 and check out the changes in
2679 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2684 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
2685 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
2689 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}.
2694 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
2695 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
2701 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
2702 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
2703 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
2704 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
2705 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
2707 and check out the changes
2708 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2713 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
2714 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
2718 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}.
2723 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
2724 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
2725 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
2726 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
2727 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
2728 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
2729 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
2730 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}
2732 @ref{Old downloads}.
2737 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
2738 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
2739 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
2740 @ref{Old downloads}.
2745 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
2746 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
2747 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
2748 @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}
2750 @ref{Old downloads}.
2755 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
2756 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
2757 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
2758 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}
2760 @ref{Old downloads}.
2765 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
2766 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
2767 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}
2768 or head straight to the
2769 @ref{Old downloads}.
2774 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
2775 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
2776 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
2777 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
2778 @ref{Old downloads}.
2783 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
2784 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
2785 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
2786 @ref{Old downloads}.
2791 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
2792 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
2794 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
2795 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
2796 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
2797 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
2798 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
2803 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
2804 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
2805 @ref{Old downloads}.
2810 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
2811 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
2812 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
2818 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
2819 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
2820 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
2821 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
2822 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
2823 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
2824 @ref{Old downloads}.
2829 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
2830 A French article on the new LilyPond
2831 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
2836 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
2837 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
2838 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
2844 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
2845 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
2846 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
2847 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
2848 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
2849 the @uref{announce-v2.2.html,announcement} or skip to the
2850 @ref{Old downloads}.
2855 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
2856 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
2857 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
2858 documentation polish. This should be the final release
2859 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
2861 @ref{Old downloads}.
2866 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
2867 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
2869 @ref{Old downloads}.
2874 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
2875 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
2876 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
2877 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
2884 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
2885 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
2886 @ref{Old downloads}.
2891 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
2892 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
2899 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
2900 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
2901 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
2902 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
2904 @ref{Old downloads}.
2909 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
2910 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
2911 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
2912 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
2915 @ref{Old downloads}.
2920 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
2922 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
2923 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
2929 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
2930 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
2932 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
2933 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
2934 authors of LilyPond.
2939 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
2940 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
2941 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
2944 @ref{Old downloads}.
2949 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
2950 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
2951 experimental support for producing titles with
2957 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
2958 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
2959 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
2960 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
2962 @ref{Old downloads}.
2967 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
2968 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
2969 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
2970 of lyrics related bugs. See the
2972 @ref{Old downloads}.
2977 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
2978 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
2979 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
2980 produce cue notes. More information in the
2987 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
2988 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
2989 for altering accidental rules.
2995 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
2996 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
2997 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
2998 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
2999 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
3000 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
3001 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
3002 More information in the
3009 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
3010 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
3011 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
3012 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
3019 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
3020 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
3021 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
3022 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
3023 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
3030 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
3031 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
3032 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
3033 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
3034 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
3035 More information in the
3042 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
3043 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
3044 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
3045 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
3046 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
3047 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
3048 More information in the
3055 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
3056 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
3057 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
3058 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
3066 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
3067 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
3068 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
3069 @code{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
3076 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
3077 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
3078 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
3079 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
3080 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
3089 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
3090 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
3091 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
3094 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3099 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
3101 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
3102 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
3103 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
3106 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3111 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3112 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
3113 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
3114 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
3115 access, but only HTTP downloads.
3120 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3121 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
3122 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
3123 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
3124 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
3130 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
3131 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
3132 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
3134 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3139 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
3140 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
3141 available for Windows! For downloading, go
3142 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
3147 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
3148 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
3149 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
3150 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
3152 More information in the
3153 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3158 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
3159 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
3160 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
3162 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3167 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
3168 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
3169 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
3170 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
3172 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3177 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
3178 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
3179 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
3180 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
3181 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
3182 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
3183 individual music expressions.
3184 More information in the
3185 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3190 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
3191 An update to the stable branch,
3192 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
3193 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
3198 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
3199 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
3200 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
3201 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
3202 More information in the
3203 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3208 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
3209 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to
3210 improve the layout of lyrics. More
3212 @uref{@@DOC@@v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
3213 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3218 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
3219 in LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric
3220 alignment is completely revamped, and now matches my Edition
3221 Peters version of the Schubert song Sängers Morgen. More
3223 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3228 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
3229 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and linethickness
3230 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
3231 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
3232 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3237 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
3238 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
3239 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
3240 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
3241 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
3242 to implement this are welcome!) See the
3243 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3248 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
3249 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
3250 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
3251 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
3253 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3258 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
3259 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
3260 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
3261 Han-Wen's absence. See the
3262 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3267 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3268 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
3270 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3275 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3276 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
3278 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
3279 thanks to Heikki Junes.
3284 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
3285 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
3286 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
3287 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
3292 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
3293 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
3300 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
3301 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
3303 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
3304 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
3309 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
3310 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
3311 contains minor bugfixes.
3312 See the @ref{Changes}
3313 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
3318 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
3319 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
3320 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
3321 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
3327 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3328 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
3329 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
3330 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
3331 @uref{announce-v2.0.html,here}, or go to the
3332 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
3337 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3338 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
3339 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
3340 the @ref{Changes} and
3341 download @uref{install/,here}.
3346 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
3347 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
3348 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3349 the @ref{Changes} and
3350 download @uref{install/,here}.
3355 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
3356 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
3357 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3358 the @ref{Changes} and
3359 download @uref{install/,here}.
3364 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
3365 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
3366 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
3372 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
3373 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
3374 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
3380 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
3381 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
3382 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
3383 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
3384 will be available in a few weeks.
3390 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
3391 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
3392 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
3398 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
3399 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
3400 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
3406 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3407 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
3408 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
3409 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
3415 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3416 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
3417 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
3422 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3423 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
3424 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
3425 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
3426 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3431 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
3432 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
3433 @ref{Changes} and get it
3434 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3439 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
3440 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
3441 @ref{Changes} and get it
3442 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3447 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3448 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
3449 @ref{Changes} and get it
3450 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3455 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3456 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
3457 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
3462 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
3463 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
3464 read the @ref{Changes}.
3469 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
3470 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
3471 has been updated to 1.8.
3472 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
3477 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3478 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
3479 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
3484 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3485 New website went live!
3490 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
3491 Announced new website.
3496 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
3497 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
3502 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
3503 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
3504 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
3510 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
3511 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
3512 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.