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 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
33 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
34 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
35 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
38 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
39 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
40 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
41 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
42 see the Changes document for more information.
46 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
48 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
49 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
50 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
55 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
57 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
58 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
59 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
60 so this release is intended for developers only.
64 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
66 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
67 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
68 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
73 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
75 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
76 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
81 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
83 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
84 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
85 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
91 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
93 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
94 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
95 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
96 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
97 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
99 What are you waiting for? Come
100 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
101 LilyPond Report 17} now!
105 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
107 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
108 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
109 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
113 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
115 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
116 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
117 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
118 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
119 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
124 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
126 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
127 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
128 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
132 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
134 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
135 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
136 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
137 critical regressions against earlier versions.
141 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
143 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
144 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
145 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
146 and English names for feta filenames.
152 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
154 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
155 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
156 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
157 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
160 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
161 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
162 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
168 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
170 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
171 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
172 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
173 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
175 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
176 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
181 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
183 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
184 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
190 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
192 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
193 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
194 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
201 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
203 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
204 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
205 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
206 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
208 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
209 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
210 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
218 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
220 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
221 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
222 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
223 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
224 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
225 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
226 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
227 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
233 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
235 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
236 its team, its world, its community.
237 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
238 to read the full issue...
243 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
245 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
246 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
247 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
252 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
254 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
255 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
261 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
263 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
265 @uref{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
272 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
274 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
275 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
276 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
277 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
278 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
280 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
281 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
290 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
292 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
293 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
294 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
295 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
296 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
297 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
305 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
307 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
308 documentation and translations.
314 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 – Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
316 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
317 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
318 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
319 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
320 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
328 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
330 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
331 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
332 (teaching) has been added.
341 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
343 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
344 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
345 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
351 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
353 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
354 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
355 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
356 translations of the documentation.
362 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
364 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
365 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
366 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
367 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
368 deceased since then. All the development team express their
369 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
370 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
371 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
372 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
381 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
383 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
384 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
385 markup command names have been made.
393 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
395 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
396 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
397 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
398 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
399 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
407 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
409 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
410 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
418 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
420 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
421 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
422 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
430 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
432 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
440 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
442 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
443 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
444 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
453 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
455 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
456 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
457 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
458 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
466 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
468 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
469 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
478 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
480 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
481 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
486 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
488 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
489 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
494 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
496 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
504 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
506 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
507 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
508 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
516 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
518 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
519 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
524 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
526 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
527 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
532 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
534 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
535 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
536 regression tests maintenance for developers.
544 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
546 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
547 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
556 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
558 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
559 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
560 report, new translations of the site and publications.
561 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
562 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
563 announce releases and special events.
568 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
570 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
571 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
572 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
577 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
579 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
580 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
581 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
582 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
583 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
593 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
595 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
596 names has been added to the MusicXML
605 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
607 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
612 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
614 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
615 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
616 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
625 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
627 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
636 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
638 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
639 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
640 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
641 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
642 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
643 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
649 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
651 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
652 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
653 updates to the MusicXML converter.
661 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
663 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
664 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
669 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
671 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
672 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
673 Grand Documentation Project.
681 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
683 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
685 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
686 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
692 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
694 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
702 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
704 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
705 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
713 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
715 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
716 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
717 for the translations.
725 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
727 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
728 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
729 and lots of updates for the translations.
731 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
732 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
738 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
740 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
741 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
742 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
743 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
748 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
749 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
750 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
759 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
761 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
762 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
770 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
772 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
773 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
775 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
776 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
782 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
783 This has lots of bugfixes.
785 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
786 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
792 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
793 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des
794 LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
795 sind auf deutsch übersetzt — sie sind erhältlich für
797 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
802 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
803 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
812 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
813 This release has some documentation updates.
822 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
823 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont
824 désormais traduits, et disponibles en ligne — @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
825 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
826 2.11}. Les traductions sont également incluses dans la @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
831 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
832 This release fixes many bugs.
834 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
835 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
842 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
843 This release fixes many bugs.
845 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
846 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
853 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
854 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
855 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
864 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
865 This release fixes still more bugs.
874 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
875 This release fixes many bugs.
876 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
877 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
884 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
885 This release will stretch piano staves on a
886 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
887 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
889 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
890 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
897 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
898 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
899 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
908 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
909 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
910 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
919 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
920 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
921 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
930 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
931 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
941 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
942 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
951 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
952 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
953 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
954 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
963 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
964 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
965 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
966 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
967 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
968 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
977 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
978 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
979 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
989 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
990 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and —in 2.11.9&mdash
991 further improvements in the regression test suite
1000 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
1001 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1005 @ref{Old downloads}.
1010 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
1011 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
1016 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
1017 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
1022 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
1023 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1027 @ref{Old downloads}.
1032 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
1033 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
1034 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
1038 @ref{Old downloads}.
1043 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
1044 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1048 @ref{Old downloads}.
1053 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
1054 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
1059 @ref{Old downloads}.
1064 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
1065 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1069 @ref{Old downloads}.
1074 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
1075 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
1076 within a system as well as between systems.
1080 @ref{Old downloads}.
1085 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1086 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
1087 test results} and several website build improvements.
1091 @ref{Old downloads}.
1096 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1097 This release fixes several bugs.
1100 @ref{Old downloads}.
1105 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1106 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
1111 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
1112 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en
1113 français est maintenant disponible en ligne. @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1114 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1120 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1121 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
1125 @ref{Old downloads}.
1130 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1131 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1134 @ref{Old downloads}.
1139 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
1140 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
1144 @ref{Old downloads}.
1149 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
1150 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1153 @ref{Old downloads}.
1158 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
1159 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1164 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1165 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{announce-v2.10.html,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1170 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1171 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
1172 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
1177 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
1178 This release has many more bugfixes.
1181 @ref{Old downloads}.
1186 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
1187 This release has many more bugfixes.
1190 @ref{Old downloads}.
1195 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
1196 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
1201 @ref{Old downloads}.
1206 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
1207 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
1208 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
1209 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
1210 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
1211 (@ref{Publications}).
1216 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
1217 This release has further bugfixes.
1220 @ref{Old downloads}.
1225 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
1226 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
1227 available for x86/64.
1230 @ref{Old downloads}.
1235 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
1236 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
1237 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1238 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
1239 @ref{Old downloads})
1244 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
1245 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
1246 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1251 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
1252 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1257 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
1258 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1263 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
1264 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1269 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
1270 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
1271 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1276 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
1277 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
1278 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
1279 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1284 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
1285 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
1290 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
1291 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
1292 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
1297 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
1298 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
1299 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
1300 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
1301 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1306 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
1307 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
1308 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1313 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
1314 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
1315 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
1316 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1321 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
1322 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
1323 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
1324 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1329 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1330 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
1332 @ref{Old downloads})
1337 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1338 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
1340 @ref{Old downloads})
1345 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
1346 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
1347 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1349 @ref{Old downloads})
1354 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1355 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
1356 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1357 (@ref{Old downloads})
1362 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1363 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
1364 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
1365 glory} what features are broken in the development release
1370 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
1371 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
1372 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
1373 the development releases even better
1378 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
1380 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
1381 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
1382 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1387 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
1388 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
1389 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
1390 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
1391 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
1392 esthetics}. Happy reading!
1397 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
1398 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
1399 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
1401 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1406 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1407 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
1408 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
1409 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
1410 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1415 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1416 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
1417 (@ref{Old downloads})
1422 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
1423 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
1424 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
1425 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
1426 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
1427 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1432 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
1433 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
1434 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
1435 (@ref{Publications})
1440 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1441 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
1442 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1447 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1448 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
1449 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
1450 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1455 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
1456 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
1457 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
1462 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
1463 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @uref{announce-v2.8.html,release
1464 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1469 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
1470 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
1471 released. (@ref{Changes},
1472 @ref{Old downloads})
1477 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
1478 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
1479 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
1480 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
1481 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
1482 multi-measure rests.
1484 @ref{Old downloads})
1489 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
1490 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
1492 @ref{Old downloads})
1497 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
1498 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
1499 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
1500 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
1501 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1502 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
1503 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
1504 @ref{Old downloads})
1509 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
1510 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
1511 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
1512 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
1513 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
1514 @ref{Old downloads})
1519 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
1520 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
1521 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
1522 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
1523 the endings and the middle
1524 part. (@ref{Changes},
1525 @ref{Old downloads})
1530 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
1531 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
1532 parenthesized, for example,
1535 c4 -\parenthesize -.
1536 <d \parenthesize fis a>
1540 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
1541 @ref{Old downloads})
1546 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
1547 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
1548 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
1558 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
1559 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
1560 vector. (@ref{Changes},
1561 @ref{Old downloads})
1566 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
1567 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
1568 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
1569 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
1570 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
1571 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
1572 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
1574 @ref{Old downloads})
1579 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
1580 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
1581 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
1582 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
1583 @ref{Old downloads})
1588 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
1589 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
1590 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
1591 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
1592 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
1593 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
1594 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
1595 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1596 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1597 @ref{Old downloads})
1602 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
1603 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
1604 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
1605 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
1606 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
1607 @ref{Old downloads})
1612 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
1614 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
1615 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
1616 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
1621 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
1622 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
1623 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
1624 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
1625 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
1630 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1631 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
1632 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
1634 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
1636 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
1638 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
1644 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1645 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
1646 (feature sponsored by Andrea
1647 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
1648 @ref{Old downloads})
1653 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
1654 Linux Journal publishes an article on
1655 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
1656 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
1657 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
1660 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
1661 “GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
1662 alternatives seem second-rate.”
1663 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
1668 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
1669 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
1670 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
1671 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
1672 page. Let us know how you fare!
1677 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
1678 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
1679 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
1680 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
1681 The important occasion for this release is our new build
1682 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
1683 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
1684 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
1685 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
1687 @ref{Old downloads})
1692 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
1693 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
1694 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
1695 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
1696 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
1697 @ref{Old downloads})
1702 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
1703 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
1704 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
1705 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
1706 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
1707 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
1708 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
1709 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
1710 functions. (@ref{Changes},
1711 @ref{Old downloads})
1716 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
1717 This release has the following new features:
1720 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
1721 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
1722 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1724 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
1725 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
1726 and Bertalan Fodor).
1728 Generic music functions may now also be used on
1729 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
1732 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
1733 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
1734 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
1738 @ref{Old downloads})
1743 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
1744 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
1745 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
1746 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
1747 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
1748 van den Borre and Bertalan
1749 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
1750 @ref{Old downloads})
1755 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
1756 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
1757 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
1758 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
1764 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
1765 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
1766 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
1767 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
1768 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
1770 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
1771 @ref{Old downloads})
1776 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
1777 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
1778 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
1783 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
1784 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
1785 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
1786 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
1787 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
1788 etc. (@ref{Changes},
1789 @ref{Old downloads})
1794 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
1795 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
1796 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
1797 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
1798 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
1799 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
1800 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1801 @ref{Old downloads})
1806 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
1807 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
1808 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
1809 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
1810 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1811 @ref{Old downloads})
1816 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
1817 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
1818 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
1819 @ref{Old downloads})
1824 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
1825 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
1826 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
1827 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
1828 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
1829 properties. (@ref{Changes},
1830 @ref{Old downloads})
1835 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
1836 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
1837 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
1838 that compute said property, i.e.
1841 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
1842 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
1845 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
1846 @ref{Old downloads})
1851 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
1852 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
1853 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
1854 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
1855 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
1856 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
1857 also provides advanced tweakability for power
1858 users. (@ref{Changes},
1859 @ref{Old downloads})
1864 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
1865 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
1866 series. (@ref{Changes},
1867 @ref{Old downloads})
1872 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
1873 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
1874 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
1875 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
1876 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
1877 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
1878 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
1879 sponsored by Nicolas
1880 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1881 @ref{Old downloads})
1886 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
1887 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
1888 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1889 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
1890 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
1891 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
1892 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1893 @ref{Old downloads})
1898 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
1899 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
1900 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
1901 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
1902 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1903 @ref{Old downloads})
1908 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
1909 This is mainly a bugfix
1910 release. (@ref{Changes},
1911 @ref{Old downloads})
1916 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
1917 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
1918 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
1919 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
1920 la gravure musicale}.
1925 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
1926 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
1927 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
1928 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
1929 @ref{Old downloads})
1934 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
1935 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
1936 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
1937 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
1938 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
1939 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
1944 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
1945 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
1946 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
1947 Baca, and Vicente Solsona
1948 Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
1949 @ref{Old downloads})
1954 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
1955 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
1956 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
1957 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
1958 signs. (@ref{Changes},
1959 @ref{Old downloads})
1964 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
1965 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
1966 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
1967 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
1968 @ref{Old downloads})
1973 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
1974 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
1975 for a note is proportional to the time it
1976 takes. (@ref{Changes},
1977 @ref{Old downloads})
1982 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
1983 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
1984 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
1989 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
1990 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
1991 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
1992 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
1994 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
1995 @ref{Old downloads})
2000 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
2001 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
2002 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
2003 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
2005 @ref{Old downloads})
2010 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
2011 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
2012 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
2013 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
2014 @ref{Old downloads})
2019 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
2020 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
2022 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
2023 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
2024 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
2025 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
2026 (@uref{announce-v2.6.html,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
2031 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
2032 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
2033 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
2034 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
2039 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
2040 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
2041 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
2042 @ref{Old downloads})
2047 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
2048 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
2049 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
2050 @ref{Old downloads})
2055 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
2056 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
2057 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
2058 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
2059 (@ref{Old downloads})
2064 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
2065 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
2066 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
2067 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
2072 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
2073 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
2074 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
2075 better help functionality.
2076 (@ref{Old downloads})
2081 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
2082 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
2083 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
2084 compile them directly from
2085 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
2090 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
2091 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
2092 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
2097 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
2098 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
2099 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
2100 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
2105 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
2106 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
2107 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
2108 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
2109 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
2114 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2115 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
2116 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
2121 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2122 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
2127 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
2128 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
2129 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
2134 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
2135 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
2136 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
2137 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
2138 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
2143 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
2144 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
2145 now possible to start and stop the StaffSymbol, during a piece of
2146 music, by doing \stopStaff \startStaff. This can be used to produce
2148 staves. (@ref{Changes},
2149 @ref{Old downloads})
2154 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
2156 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
2157 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
2159 (@ref{Old downloads})
2164 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
2165 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
2166 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
2167 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
2168 signatures like 5/8.
2170 @ref{Old downloads})
2175 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
2176 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
2177 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
2178 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
2179 More details are in the
2181 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
2186 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
2187 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
2188 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
2189 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
2190 Scheme code. Take a look at
2192 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
2197 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
2198 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
2199 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
2200 place. @ref{Old downloads}
2205 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
2206 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
2207 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
2208 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
2213 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
2214 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
2215 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
2221 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
2222 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
2223 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
2224 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
2225 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2226 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2231 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2232 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
2233 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
2234 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
2235 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
2236 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
2238 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2243 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2244 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
2245 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
2251 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2252 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
2253 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
2254 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
2255 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
2261 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2262 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
2263 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}.
2264 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2265 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2270 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
2271 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
2272 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
2273 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
2274 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
2279 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
2280 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
2281 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
2282 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
2283 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
2285 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2290 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
2291 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
2292 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
2293 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
2294 @ref{Old downloads}!
2299 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
2300 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
2301 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
2302 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
2308 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
2309 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
2310 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
2316 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
2317 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
2318 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
2319 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
2321 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
2323 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
2328 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
2329 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
2330 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
2331 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
2332 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
2333 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
2334 font code by Werner.
2336 and check out the changes in
2337 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2342 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
2343 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
2344 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
2345 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
2346 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
2347 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
2348 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
2349 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
2350 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
2351 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
2354 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}.
2359 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
2360 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
2361 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
2362 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
2363 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
2365 and check out the changes in
2366 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2371 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
2372 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
2373 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
2374 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
2375 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
2376 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
2379 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}.
2384 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
2385 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
2386 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
2387 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
2388 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
2389 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
2390 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
2391 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
2392 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
2396 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}.
2401 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
2402 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
2403 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
2404 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
2405 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
2406 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
2408 and check out the changes in
2409 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2414 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
2415 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
2416 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
2417 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
2418 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
2419 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
2420 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
2421 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
2422 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
2425 and check out the changes in
2426 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2431 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
2432 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
2433 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
2434 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
2435 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
2436 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
2439 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
2442 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
2443 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
2444 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
2445 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
2446 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
2449 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}.
2454 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
2455 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
2456 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
2462 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
2463 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
2464 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
2466 and check out the changes in
2467 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2472 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
2473 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @uref{announce-v2.4.html,released!}
2474 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
2475 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
2476 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
2483 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2484 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
2485 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
2486 some problems with the conversion scripts.
2488 and check out the changes in
2489 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2494 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2495 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2496 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
2497 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
2498 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
2500 and check out the changes in
2501 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2506 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
2507 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
2508 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
2509 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
2511 and check out the changes in
2512 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2517 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
2518 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
2519 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
2520 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2522 and check out the changes in
2523 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2528 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
2529 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
2530 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
2531 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
2535 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}.
2540 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
2541 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
2542 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
2543 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
2547 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}.
2552 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
2553 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
2554 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
2555 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
2556 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
2557 in the documentation.
2559 and check out the changes in
2560 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2565 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
2566 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
2567 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
2568 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
2569 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
2574 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
2575 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
2577 and check out the changes
2578 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2583 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
2584 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
2585 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
2586 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
2587 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
2588 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
2589 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
2592 and check out the changes in
2593 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2598 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
2599 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
2600 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
2601 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
2602 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
2603 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
2604 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
2605 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
2606 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
2607 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
2608 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
2609 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
2610 will hold users back in switching.
2612 and check out the changes in
2613 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2618 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
2619 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
2620 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
2621 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
2622 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
2623 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
2624 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
2626 and check out the changes in
2627 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2632 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
2633 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
2634 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
2635 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
2636 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
2637 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
2641 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}.
2646 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2647 LilyPond now has a Documentation
2648 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
2649 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
2650 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
2651 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
2652 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
2653 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
2654 chapter of the user manual.
2655 A lot of cheers for Graham!
2660 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2661 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
2662 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
2663 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
2664 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
2665 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
2666 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
2670 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}.
2675 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
2676 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
2677 disappearing metronome mark.
2679 and check out the changes in
2680 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}.
2685 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
2686 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
2687 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
2688 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
2689 `doubleSlurs' property.
2691 and check out the changes in
2692 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2697 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
2698 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
2699 annoying bugs fixed.
2702 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}.
2707 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
2708 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
2709 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
2710 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
2711 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
2712 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
2713 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
2716 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
2717 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
2719 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
2720 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
2725 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}.
2730 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
2731 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
2732 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
2733 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
2734 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
2735 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
2736 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
2737 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
2738 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
2739 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
2740 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
2743 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}.
2748 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
2749 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
2750 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
2751 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
2752 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
2755 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}.
2760 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
2761 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
2762 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
2763 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
2764 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
2765 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
2766 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
2767 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
2768 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
2769 beat within the measure.
2771 and check out the changes in
2772 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2777 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
2778 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
2782 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}.
2787 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
2788 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
2794 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
2795 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
2796 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
2797 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
2798 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
2800 and check out the changes
2801 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2806 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
2807 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
2811 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}.
2816 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
2817 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
2818 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
2819 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
2820 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
2821 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
2822 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
2823 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}
2825 @ref{Old downloads}.
2830 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
2831 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
2832 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
2833 @ref{Old downloads}.
2838 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
2839 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
2840 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
2841 @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}
2843 @ref{Old downloads}.
2848 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
2849 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
2850 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
2851 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}
2853 @ref{Old downloads}.
2858 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
2859 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
2860 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}
2861 or head straight to the
2862 @ref{Old downloads}.
2867 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
2868 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
2869 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
2870 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
2871 @ref{Old downloads}.
2876 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
2877 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
2878 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
2879 @ref{Old downloads}.
2884 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
2885 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
2887 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
2888 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
2889 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
2890 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
2891 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
2896 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
2897 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
2898 @ref{Old downloads}.
2903 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
2904 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
2905 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
2911 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
2912 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
2913 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
2914 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
2915 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
2916 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
2917 @ref{Old downloads}.
2922 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
2923 A French article on the new LilyPond
2924 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
2929 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
2930 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
2931 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
2937 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
2938 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
2939 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
2940 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
2941 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
2942 the @uref{announce-v2.2.html,announcement} or skip to the
2943 @ref{Old downloads}.
2948 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
2949 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
2950 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
2951 documentation polish. This should be the final release
2952 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
2954 @ref{Old downloads}.
2959 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
2960 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
2962 @ref{Old downloads}.
2967 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
2968 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
2969 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
2970 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
2977 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
2978 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
2979 @ref{Old downloads}.
2984 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
2985 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
2992 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
2993 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
2994 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
2995 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
2997 @ref{Old downloads}.
3002 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
3003 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
3004 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
3005 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
3008 @ref{Old downloads}.
3013 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
3015 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
3016 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
3022 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
3023 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
3025 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
3026 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
3027 authors of LilyPond.
3032 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
3033 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
3034 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
3037 @ref{Old downloads}.
3042 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
3043 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
3044 experimental support for producing titles with
3050 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
3051 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
3052 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
3053 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
3055 @ref{Old downloads}.
3060 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
3061 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
3062 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
3063 of lyrics related bugs. See the
3065 @ref{Old downloads}.
3070 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
3071 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
3072 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
3073 produce cue notes. More information in the
3080 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
3081 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
3082 for altering accidental rules.
3088 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
3089 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
3090 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
3091 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
3092 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
3093 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
3094 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
3095 More information in the
3102 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
3103 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
3104 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
3105 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
3112 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
3113 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
3114 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
3115 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
3116 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
3123 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
3124 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
3125 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
3126 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
3127 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
3128 More information in the
3135 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
3136 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
3137 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
3138 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
3139 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
3140 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
3141 More information in the
3148 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
3149 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
3150 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
3151 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
3159 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
3160 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
3161 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
3162 @code{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
3169 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
3170 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
3171 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
3172 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
3173 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
3182 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
3183 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
3184 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
3187 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3192 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
3194 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
3195 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
3196 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
3199 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3204 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3205 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
3206 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
3207 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
3208 access, but only HTTP downloads.
3213 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3214 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
3215 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
3216 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
3217 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
3223 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
3224 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
3225 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
3227 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3232 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
3233 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
3234 available for Windows! For downloading, go
3235 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
3240 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
3241 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
3242 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
3243 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
3245 More information in the
3246 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3251 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
3252 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
3253 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
3255 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3260 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
3261 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
3262 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
3263 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
3265 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3270 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
3271 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
3272 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
3273 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
3274 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
3275 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
3276 individual music expressions.
3277 More information in the
3278 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3283 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
3284 An update to the stable branch,
3285 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
3286 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
3291 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
3292 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
3293 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
3294 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
3295 More information in the
3296 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3301 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
3302 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to
3303 improve the layout of lyrics. More
3305 @uref{@@DOC@@v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
3306 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3311 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
3312 in LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric
3313 alignment is completely revamped, and now matches my Edition
3314 Peters version of the Schubert song Sängers Morgen. More
3316 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3321 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
3322 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and linethickness
3323 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
3324 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
3325 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3330 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
3331 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
3332 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
3333 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
3334 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
3335 to implement this are welcome!) See the
3336 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3341 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
3342 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
3343 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
3344 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
3346 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3351 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
3352 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
3353 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
3354 Han-Wen's absence. See the
3355 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3360 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3361 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
3363 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3368 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3369 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
3371 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
3372 thanks to Heikki Junes.
3377 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
3378 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
3379 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
3380 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
3385 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
3386 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
3393 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
3394 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
3396 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
3397 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
3402 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
3403 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
3404 contains minor bugfixes.
3405 See the @ref{Changes}
3406 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
3411 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
3412 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
3413 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
3414 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
3420 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3421 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
3422 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
3423 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
3424 @uref{announce-v2.0.html,here}, or go to the
3425 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
3430 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3431 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
3432 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
3433 the @ref{Changes} and
3434 download @uref{install/,here}.
3439 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
3440 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
3441 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3442 the @ref{Changes} and
3443 download @uref{install/,here}.
3448 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
3449 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
3450 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3451 the @ref{Changes} and
3452 download @uref{install/,here}.
3457 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
3458 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
3459 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
3465 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
3466 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
3467 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
3473 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
3474 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
3475 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
3476 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
3477 will be available in a few weeks.
3483 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
3484 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
3485 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
3491 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
3492 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
3493 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
3499 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3500 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
3501 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
3502 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
3508 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3509 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
3510 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
3515 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3516 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
3517 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
3518 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
3519 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3524 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
3525 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
3526 @ref{Changes} and get it
3527 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3532 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
3533 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
3534 @ref{Changes} and get it
3535 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3540 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3541 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
3542 @ref{Changes} and get it
3543 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3548 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3549 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
3550 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
3555 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
3556 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
3557 read the @ref{Changes}.
3562 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
3563 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
3564 has been updated to 1.8.
3565 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
3570 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3571 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
3572 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
3577 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3578 New website went live!
3583 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
3584 Announced new website.
3589 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
3590 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
3595 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
3596 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
3597 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
3603 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
3604 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
3605 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.