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5 (I'd rather have the below in the CG. -gp)
8 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
9 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
26 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
31 @subsubheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
33 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
34 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
35 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
36 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
39 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
40 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
41 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
42 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
48 @subsubheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
50 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
51 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
52 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
53 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
56 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
57 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
58 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
59 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
65 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
67 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
68 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
69 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
72 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
73 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
74 at all confident about the quality of this release.
80 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
82 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
83 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
84 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
87 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
88 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
89 at all confident about the quality of this release.
95 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
97 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
98 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
99 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
102 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
103 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
104 at all confident about the quality of this release.
110 @subsubheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
112 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
113 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
114 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
115 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
118 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
119 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
120 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
121 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
130 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
132 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
133 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
134 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
135 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
136 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
137 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
138 read on to find out what for!
141 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
142 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
149 @subsubheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
151 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
152 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
153 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
154 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
157 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
158 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
159 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
160 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
167 @subsubheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
169 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
170 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
171 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
172 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
175 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
176 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
177 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
178 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
185 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
187 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
188 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
189 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
192 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
193 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
194 at all confident about the quality of this release.
199 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
201 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
202 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
203 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
204 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
205 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
209 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
210 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
217 @subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
219 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
220 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
221 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
222 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
225 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
226 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
227 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
228 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
230 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
232 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
233 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
234 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
240 @subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
242 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
243 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
244 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
245 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
248 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
249 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
250 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
251 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
252 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
253 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
259 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
261 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
262 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
263 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
272 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
274 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
275 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
276 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
283 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
285 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
286 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
287 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
288 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
289 the bug report of the report!
292 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
293 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
299 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
301 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
302 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
303 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
310 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
312 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
313 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
314 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
321 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
323 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
324 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
325 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
326 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
330 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
331 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
339 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
341 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
342 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
343 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
346 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
347 caution and expect breakage.
352 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
354 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
355 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
356 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
359 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
360 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
361 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
362 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
367 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
369 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
370 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
371 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
377 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
379 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
380 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
381 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
382 improvements to the new website.
384 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
385 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
387 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
388 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
390 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
396 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
398 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
399 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
400 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
405 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
407 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
408 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
409 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
415 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
417 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
418 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
419 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
425 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
427 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
428 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
429 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
434 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
436 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
437 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
438 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
443 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
445 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
446 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
447 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
450 This release should be of particular interest to package
451 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
452 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
453 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
459 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
461 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
462 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
463 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
464 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
467 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
468 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
475 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
477 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
478 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
479 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
482 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
483 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
484 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
485 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
486 see the Changes document for more information.
490 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
492 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
493 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
494 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
499 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
501 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
502 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
503 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
504 so this release is intended for developers only.
508 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
510 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
511 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
512 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
517 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
519 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
520 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
525 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
527 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
528 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
529 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
535 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
537 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
538 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
539 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
540 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
541 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
543 What are you waiting for? Come
544 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
545 LilyPond Report 17} now!
550 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
552 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
553 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
554 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
558 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
560 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
561 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
562 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
563 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
564 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
569 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
571 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
572 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
573 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
577 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
579 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
580 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
581 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
582 critical regressions against earlier versions.
586 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
588 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
589 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
590 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
591 and English names for feta filenames.
597 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
599 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
600 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
601 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
602 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
605 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
606 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
607 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
613 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
615 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
616 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
617 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
618 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
620 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
621 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
626 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
628 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
629 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
635 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
637 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
638 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
639 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
646 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
648 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
649 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
650 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
651 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
653 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
654 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
655 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
663 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
665 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
666 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
667 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
668 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
669 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
670 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
671 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
672 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
678 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
680 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
681 its team, its world, its community.
682 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
683 to read the full issue...
688 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
690 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
691 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
692 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
697 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
699 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
700 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
706 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
708 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
710 @uref{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
717 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
719 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
720 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
721 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
722 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
723 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
725 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
726 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
735 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
737 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
738 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
739 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
740 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
741 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
742 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
750 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
752 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
753 documentation and translations.
759 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 – Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
761 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
762 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
763 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
764 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
765 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
773 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
775 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
776 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
777 (teaching) has been added.
786 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
788 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
789 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
790 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
796 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
798 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
799 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
800 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
801 translations of the documentation.
807 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
809 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
810 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
811 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
812 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
813 deceased since then. All the development team express their
814 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
815 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
816 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
817 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
826 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
828 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
829 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
830 markup command names have been made.
838 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
840 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
841 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
842 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
843 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
844 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
852 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
854 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
855 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
863 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
865 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
866 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
867 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
875 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
877 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
885 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
887 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
888 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
889 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
898 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
900 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
901 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
902 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
903 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
911 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
913 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
914 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
923 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
925 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
926 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
931 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
933 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
934 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
939 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
941 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
949 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
951 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
952 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
953 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
961 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
963 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
964 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
969 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
971 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
972 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
977 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
979 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
980 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
981 regression tests maintenance for developers.
989 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
991 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
992 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
1001 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
1003 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
1004 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
1005 report, new translations of the site and publications.
1006 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
1007 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
1008 announce releases and special events.
1013 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
1015 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
1016 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1017 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
1022 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
1024 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
1025 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
1026 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
1027 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
1028 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
1031 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
1033 @ref{Old downloads}.
1038 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
1040 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
1041 names has been added to the MusicXML
1044 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
1045 @ref{Old downloads}.
1050 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
1052 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
1057 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
1059 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
1060 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
1061 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
1064 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
1065 @ref{Old downloads}.
1070 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
1072 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
1075 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
1076 @ref{Old downloads}.
1081 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
1083 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
1084 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
1085 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
1086 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
1087 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
1088 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
1094 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
1096 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
1097 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
1098 updates to the MusicXML converter.
1100 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
1101 @ref{Old downloads}.
1106 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
1108 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
1109 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
1114 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
1116 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
1117 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
1118 Grand Documentation Project.
1120 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
1121 @ref{Old downloads}.
1126 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
1128 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
1130 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
1131 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
1132 @ref{Old downloads}.
1137 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
1139 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
1141 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
1142 @ref{Old downloads}.
1147 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
1149 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
1150 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
1152 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
1153 @ref{Old downloads}.
1158 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
1160 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
1161 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
1162 for the translations.
1164 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
1165 @ref{Old downloads}.
1170 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
1172 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
1173 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
1174 and lots of updates for the translations.
1176 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
1177 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
1178 @ref{Old downloads}.
1183 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
1185 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
1186 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
1187 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
1188 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
1193 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
1194 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
1195 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
1196 spacing engine code.
1198 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
1199 @ref{Old downloads}.
1204 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
1206 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
1207 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
1209 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
1210 @ref{Old downloads}.
1215 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
1217 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
1218 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
1220 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
1221 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
1222 @ref{Old downloads}.
1227 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
1228 This has lots of bugfixes.
1230 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
1231 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
1232 @ref{Old downloads}.
1237 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
1238 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des
1239 LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
1240 sind auf deutsch übersetzt — sie sind erhältlich für
1242 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
1247 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
1248 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
1250 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
1252 @ref{Old downloads}.
1257 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
1258 This release has some documentation updates.
1260 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
1262 @ref{Old downloads}.
1267 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
1268 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont
1269 désormais traduits, et disponibles en ligne — @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
1270 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
1271 2.11}. Les traductions sont également incluses dans la @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
1276 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
1277 This release fixes many bugs.
1279 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
1280 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
1282 @ref{Old downloads}.
1287 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
1288 This release fixes many bugs.
1290 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
1291 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
1293 @ref{Old downloads}.
1298 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
1299 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
1300 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
1302 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
1304 @ref{Old downloads}.
1309 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
1310 This release fixes still more bugs.
1312 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
1314 @ref{Old downloads}.
1319 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
1320 This release fixes many bugs.
1321 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
1322 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
1324 @ref{Old downloads})
1329 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
1330 This release will stretch piano staves on a
1331 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
1332 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
1334 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
1335 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
1337 @ref{Old downloads}.
1342 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
1343 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
1344 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
1346 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
1353 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1354 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
1355 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
1357 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
1359 @ref{Old downloads}.
1364 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1365 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
1366 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
1368 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
1370 @ref{Old downloads}.
1375 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1376 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
1379 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
1381 @ref{Old downloads}.
1386 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
1387 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
1389 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
1391 @ref{Old downloads}.
1396 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
1397 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
1398 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
1399 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
1401 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
1403 @ref{Old downloads}.
1408 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
1409 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
1410 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
1411 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
1412 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
1413 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
1415 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
1417 @ref{Old downloads}.
1422 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
1423 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
1424 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
1427 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
1429 @ref{Old downloads}.
1434 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
1435 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and —in 2.11.9&mdash
1436 further improvements in the regression test suite
1440 @ref{Old downloads}.
1445 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
1446 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1450 @ref{Old downloads}.
1455 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
1456 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
1461 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
1462 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
1467 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
1468 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1472 @ref{Old downloads}.
1477 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
1478 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
1479 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
1483 @ref{Old downloads}.
1488 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
1489 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1493 @ref{Old downloads}.
1498 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
1499 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
1504 @ref{Old downloads}.
1509 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
1510 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1514 @ref{Old downloads}.
1519 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
1520 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
1521 within a system as well as between systems.
1525 @ref{Old downloads}.
1530 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1531 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
1532 test results} and several website build improvements.
1536 @ref{Old downloads}.
1541 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1542 This release fixes several bugs.
1545 @ref{Old downloads}.
1550 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1551 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
1556 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
1557 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en
1558 français est maintenant disponible en ligne. @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1559 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1565 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1566 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
1570 @ref{Old downloads}.
1575 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1576 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1579 @ref{Old downloads}.
1584 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
1585 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
1589 @ref{Old downloads}.
1594 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
1595 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1598 @ref{Old downloads}.
1603 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
1604 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1609 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1610 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{announce-v2.10.html,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1615 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1616 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
1617 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
1622 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
1623 This release has many more bugfixes.
1626 @ref{Old downloads}.
1631 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
1632 This release has many more bugfixes.
1635 @ref{Old downloads}.
1640 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
1641 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
1646 @ref{Old downloads}.
1651 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
1652 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
1653 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
1654 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
1655 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
1656 (@ref{Publications}).
1661 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
1662 This release has further bugfixes.
1665 @ref{Old downloads}.
1670 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
1671 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
1672 available for x86/64.
1675 @ref{Old downloads}.
1680 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
1681 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
1682 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1683 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
1684 @ref{Old downloads})
1689 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
1690 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
1691 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1696 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
1697 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1702 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
1703 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1708 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
1709 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1714 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
1715 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
1716 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1721 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
1722 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
1723 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
1724 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1729 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
1730 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
1735 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
1736 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
1737 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
1742 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
1743 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
1744 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
1745 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
1746 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1751 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
1752 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
1753 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1758 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
1759 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
1760 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
1761 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1766 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
1767 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
1768 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
1769 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1774 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1775 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
1777 @ref{Old downloads})
1782 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1783 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
1785 @ref{Old downloads})
1790 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
1791 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
1792 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1794 @ref{Old downloads})
1799 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1800 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
1801 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1802 (@ref{Old downloads})
1807 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1808 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
1809 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
1810 glory} what features are broken in the development release
1815 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
1816 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
1817 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
1818 the development releases even better
1823 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
1825 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
1826 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
1827 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1832 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
1833 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
1834 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
1835 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
1836 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
1837 esthetics}. Happy reading!
1842 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
1843 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
1844 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
1846 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1851 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1852 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
1853 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
1854 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
1855 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1860 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1861 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
1862 (@ref{Old downloads})
1867 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
1868 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
1869 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
1870 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
1871 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
1872 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1877 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
1878 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
1879 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
1880 (@ref{Publications})
1885 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1886 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
1887 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1892 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1893 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
1894 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
1895 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1900 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
1901 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
1902 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
1907 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
1908 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @uref{announce-v2.8.html,release
1909 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1914 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
1915 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
1916 released. (@ref{Changes},
1917 @ref{Old downloads})
1922 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
1923 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
1924 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
1925 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
1926 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
1927 multi-measure rests.
1929 @ref{Old downloads})
1934 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
1935 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
1937 @ref{Old downloads})
1942 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
1943 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
1944 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
1945 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
1946 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1947 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
1948 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
1949 @ref{Old downloads})
1954 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
1955 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
1956 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
1957 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
1958 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
1959 @ref{Old downloads})
1964 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
1965 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
1966 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
1967 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
1968 the endings and the middle
1969 part. (@ref{Changes},
1970 @ref{Old downloads})
1975 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
1976 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
1977 parenthesized, for example,
1980 c4 -\parenthesize -.
1981 <d \parenthesize fis a>
1985 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
1986 @ref{Old downloads})
1991 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
1992 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
1993 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
2003 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
2004 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
2005 vector. (@ref{Changes},
2006 @ref{Old downloads})
2011 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
2012 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
2013 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
2014 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
2015 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
2016 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
2017 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
2019 @ref{Old downloads})
2024 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
2025 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
2026 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
2027 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
2028 @ref{Old downloads})
2033 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
2034 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
2035 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
2036 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
2037 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
2038 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
2039 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
2040 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
2041 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
2042 @ref{Old downloads})
2047 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
2048 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
2049 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
2050 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
2051 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
2052 @ref{Old downloads})
2057 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
2059 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
2060 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
2061 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
2066 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
2067 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
2068 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
2069 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
2070 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
2075 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
2076 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
2077 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
2079 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
2081 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
2083 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
2089 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
2090 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
2091 (feature sponsored by Andrea
2092 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
2093 @ref{Old downloads})
2098 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
2099 Linux Journal publishes an article on
2100 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
2101 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
2102 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
2105 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
2106 “GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
2107 alternatives seem second-rate.”
2108 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
2113 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
2114 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
2115 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
2116 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
2117 page. Let us know how you fare!
2122 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
2123 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
2124 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
2125 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
2126 The important occasion for this release is our new build
2127 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
2128 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
2129 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
2130 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
2132 @ref{Old downloads})
2137 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
2138 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
2139 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
2140 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
2141 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
2142 @ref{Old downloads})
2147 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
2148 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
2149 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
2150 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
2151 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
2152 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
2153 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
2154 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
2155 functions. (@ref{Changes},
2156 @ref{Old downloads})
2161 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
2162 This release has the following new features:
2165 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
2166 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
2167 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
2169 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
2170 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
2171 and Bertalan Fodor).
2173 Generic music functions may now also be used on
2174 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
2177 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
2178 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
2179 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
2183 @ref{Old downloads})
2188 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
2189 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
2190 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
2191 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
2192 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
2193 van den Borre and Bertalan
2194 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
2195 @ref{Old downloads})
2200 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
2201 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
2202 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
2203 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
2209 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
2210 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
2211 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
2212 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
2213 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
2215 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
2216 @ref{Old downloads})
2221 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
2222 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
2223 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
2228 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
2229 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
2230 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
2231 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
2232 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
2233 etc. (@ref{Changes},
2234 @ref{Old downloads})
2239 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
2240 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
2241 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
2242 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
2243 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
2244 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
2245 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2246 @ref{Old downloads})
2251 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
2252 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
2253 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
2254 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
2255 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2256 @ref{Old downloads})
2261 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
2262 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
2263 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
2264 @ref{Old downloads})
2269 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
2270 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
2271 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
2272 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
2273 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
2274 properties. (@ref{Changes},
2275 @ref{Old downloads})
2280 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
2281 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
2282 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
2283 that compute said property, i.e.
2286 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
2287 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
2290 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
2291 @ref{Old downloads})
2296 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
2297 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
2298 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
2299 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
2300 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
2301 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
2302 also provides advanced tweakability for power
2303 users. (@ref{Changes},
2304 @ref{Old downloads})
2309 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
2310 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
2311 series. (@ref{Changes},
2312 @ref{Old downloads})
2317 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
2318 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
2319 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
2320 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
2321 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
2322 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
2323 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
2324 sponsored by Nicolas
2325 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
2326 @ref{Old downloads})
2331 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
2332 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
2333 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
2334 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
2335 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
2336 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
2337 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2338 @ref{Old downloads})
2343 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
2344 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
2345 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
2346 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
2347 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
2348 @ref{Old downloads})
2353 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
2354 This is mainly a bugfix
2355 release. (@ref{Changes},
2356 @ref{Old downloads})
2361 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
2362 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
2363 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
2364 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
2365 la gravure musicale}.
2370 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
2371 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
2372 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
2373 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
2374 @ref{Old downloads})
2379 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
2380 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
2381 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
2382 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
2383 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
2384 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
2389 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
2390 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
2391 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
2392 Baca, and Vicente Solsona
2393 Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
2394 @ref{Old downloads})
2399 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
2400 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
2401 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
2402 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
2403 signs. (@ref{Changes},
2404 @ref{Old downloads})
2409 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
2410 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
2411 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
2412 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
2413 @ref{Old downloads})
2418 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
2419 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
2420 for a note is proportional to the time it
2421 takes. (@ref{Changes},
2422 @ref{Old downloads})
2427 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
2428 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
2429 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
2434 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
2435 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
2436 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
2437 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
2439 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
2440 @ref{Old downloads})
2445 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
2446 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
2447 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
2448 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
2450 @ref{Old downloads})
2455 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
2456 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
2457 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
2458 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
2459 @ref{Old downloads})
2464 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
2465 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
2467 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
2468 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
2469 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
2470 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
2471 (@uref{announce-v2.6.html,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
2476 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
2477 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
2478 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
2479 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
2484 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
2485 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
2486 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
2487 @ref{Old downloads})
2492 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
2493 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
2494 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
2495 @ref{Old downloads})
2500 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
2501 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
2502 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
2503 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
2504 (@ref{Old downloads})
2509 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
2510 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
2511 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
2512 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
2517 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
2518 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
2519 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
2520 better help functionality.
2521 (@ref{Old downloads})
2526 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
2527 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
2528 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
2529 compile them directly from
2530 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
2535 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
2536 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
2537 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
2542 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
2543 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
2544 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
2545 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
2550 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
2551 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
2552 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
2553 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
2554 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
2559 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2560 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
2561 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
2566 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2567 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
2572 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
2573 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
2574 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
2579 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
2580 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
2581 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
2582 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
2583 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
2588 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
2589 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
2590 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
2591 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
2592 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
2593 @ref{Old downloads})
2598 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
2600 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
2601 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
2603 (@ref{Old downloads})
2608 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
2609 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
2610 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
2611 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
2612 signatures like 5/8.
2614 @ref{Old downloads})
2619 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
2620 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
2621 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
2622 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
2623 More details are in the
2625 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
2630 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
2631 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
2632 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
2633 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
2634 Scheme code. Take a look at
2636 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
2641 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
2642 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
2643 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
2644 place. @ref{Old downloads}
2649 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
2650 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
2651 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
2652 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
2657 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
2658 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
2659 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
2665 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
2666 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
2667 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
2668 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
2669 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2670 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2675 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2676 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
2677 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
2678 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
2679 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
2680 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
2682 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2687 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2688 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
2689 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
2695 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2696 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
2697 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
2698 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
2699 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
2705 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2706 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
2707 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}.
2708 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2709 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2714 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
2715 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
2716 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
2717 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
2718 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
2723 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
2724 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
2725 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
2726 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
2727 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
2729 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2734 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
2735 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
2736 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
2737 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
2738 @ref{Old downloads}!
2743 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
2744 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
2745 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
2746 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
2752 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
2753 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
2754 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
2760 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
2761 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
2762 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
2763 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
2765 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
2767 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
2772 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
2773 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
2774 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
2775 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
2776 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
2777 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
2778 font code by Werner.
2780 and check out the changes in
2781 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2786 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
2787 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
2788 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
2789 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
2790 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
2791 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
2792 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
2793 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
2794 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
2795 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
2798 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}.
2803 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
2804 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
2805 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
2806 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
2807 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
2809 and check out the changes in
2810 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2815 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
2816 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
2817 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
2818 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
2819 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
2820 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
2823 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}.
2828 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
2829 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
2830 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
2831 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
2832 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
2833 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
2834 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
2835 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
2836 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
2840 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}.
2845 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
2846 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
2847 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
2848 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
2849 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
2850 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
2852 and check out the changes in
2853 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2858 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
2859 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
2860 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
2861 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
2862 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
2863 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
2864 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
2865 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
2866 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
2869 and check out the changes in
2870 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2875 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
2876 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
2877 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
2878 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
2879 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
2880 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
2883 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
2886 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
2887 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
2888 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
2889 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
2890 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
2893 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}.
2898 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
2899 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
2900 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
2906 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
2907 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
2908 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
2910 and check out the changes in
2911 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2916 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
2917 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @uref{announce-v2.4.html,released!}
2918 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
2919 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
2920 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
2927 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2928 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
2929 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
2930 some problems with the conversion scripts.
2932 and check out the changes in
2933 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2938 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2939 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2940 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
2941 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
2942 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
2944 and check out the changes in
2945 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2950 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
2951 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
2952 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
2953 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
2955 and check out the changes in
2956 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2961 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
2962 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
2963 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
2964 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2966 and check out the changes in
2967 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2972 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
2973 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
2974 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
2975 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
2979 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}.
2984 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
2985 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
2986 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
2987 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
2991 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}.
2996 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
2997 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
2998 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
2999 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
3000 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
3001 in the documentation.
3003 and check out the changes in
3004 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3009 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
3010 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
3011 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
3012 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
3013 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
3018 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
3019 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
3021 and check out the changes
3022 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3027 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
3028 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
3029 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
3030 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
3031 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
3032 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
3033 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
3036 and check out the changes in
3037 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3042 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
3043 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
3044 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
3045 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
3046 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
3047 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
3048 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
3049 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
3050 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
3051 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
3052 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
3053 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
3054 will hold users back in switching.
3056 and check out the changes in
3057 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3062 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
3063 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
3064 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
3065 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
3066 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
3067 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
3068 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
3070 and check out the changes in
3071 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3076 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
3077 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
3078 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
3079 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
3080 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
3081 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
3085 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}.
3090 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
3091 LilyPond now has a Documentation
3092 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
3093 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
3094 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
3095 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
3096 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
3097 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
3098 chapter of the user manual.
3099 A lot of cheers for Graham!
3104 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
3105 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
3106 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
3107 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
3108 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
3109 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
3110 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
3114 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}.
3119 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
3120 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
3121 disappearing metronome mark.
3123 and check out the changes in
3124 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}.
3129 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
3130 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
3131 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
3132 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
3133 `doubleSlurs' property.
3135 and check out the changes in
3136 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3141 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
3142 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
3143 annoying bugs fixed.
3146 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}.
3151 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
3152 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
3153 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
3154 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
3155 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
3156 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
3157 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
3160 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
3161 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
3163 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
3164 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
3169 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}.
3174 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
3175 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
3176 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
3177 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
3178 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
3179 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
3180 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
3181 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
3182 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
3183 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
3184 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
3187 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}.
3192 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
3193 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
3194 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
3195 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
3196 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
3199 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}.
3204 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
3205 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
3206 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
3207 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
3208 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
3209 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
3210 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
3211 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
3212 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
3213 beat within the measure.
3215 and check out the changes in
3216 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3221 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
3222 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
3226 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}.
3231 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
3232 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
3238 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
3239 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
3240 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
3241 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
3242 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
3244 and check out the changes
3245 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3250 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
3251 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
3255 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}.
3260 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
3261 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
3262 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
3263 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
3264 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
3265 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
3266 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
3267 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}
3269 @ref{Old downloads}.
3274 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
3275 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
3276 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
3277 @ref{Old downloads}.
3282 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
3283 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
3284 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
3285 @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}
3287 @ref{Old downloads}.
3292 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
3293 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
3294 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
3295 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}
3297 @ref{Old downloads}.
3302 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
3303 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
3304 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}
3305 or head straight to the
3306 @ref{Old downloads}.
3311 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
3312 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
3313 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
3314 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
3315 @ref{Old downloads}.
3320 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
3321 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
3322 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
3323 @ref{Old downloads}.
3328 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
3329 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
3331 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
3332 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
3333 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
3334 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
3335 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
3340 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
3341 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
3342 @ref{Old downloads}.
3347 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
3348 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
3349 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
3355 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
3356 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
3357 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
3358 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
3359 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
3360 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
3361 @ref{Old downloads}.
3366 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
3367 A French article on the new LilyPond
3368 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
3373 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
3374 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
3375 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
3381 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
3382 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
3383 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
3384 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
3385 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
3386 the @uref{announce-v2.2.html,announcement} or skip to the
3387 @ref{Old downloads}.
3392 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
3393 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
3394 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
3395 documentation polish. This should be the final release
3396 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
3398 @ref{Old downloads}.
3403 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
3404 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
3406 @ref{Old downloads}.
3411 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
3412 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
3413 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
3414 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
3421 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
3422 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
3423 @ref{Old downloads}.
3428 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
3429 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
3436 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
3437 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
3438 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
3439 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
3441 @ref{Old downloads}.
3446 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
3447 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
3448 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
3449 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
3452 @ref{Old downloads}.
3457 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
3459 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
3460 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
3466 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
3467 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
3469 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
3470 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
3471 authors of LilyPond.
3476 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
3477 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
3478 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
3481 @ref{Old downloads}.
3486 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
3487 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
3488 experimental support for producing titles with
3494 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
3495 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
3496 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
3497 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
3499 @ref{Old downloads}.
3504 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
3505 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
3506 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
3507 of lyrics related bugs. See the
3509 @ref{Old downloads}.
3514 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
3515 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
3516 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
3517 produce cue notes. More information in the
3524 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
3525 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
3526 for altering accidental rules.
3532 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
3533 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
3534 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
3535 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
3536 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
3537 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
3538 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
3539 More information in the
3546 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
3547 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
3548 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
3549 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
3556 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
3557 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
3558 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
3559 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
3560 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
3567 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
3568 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
3569 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
3570 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
3571 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
3572 More information in the
3579 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
3580 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
3581 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
3582 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
3583 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
3584 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
3585 More information in the
3592 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
3593 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
3594 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
3595 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
3603 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
3604 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
3605 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
3606 @code{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
3613 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
3614 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
3615 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
3616 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
3617 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
3626 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
3627 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
3628 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
3631 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3636 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
3638 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
3639 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
3640 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
3643 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3648 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3649 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
3650 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
3651 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
3652 access, but only HTTP downloads.
3657 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3658 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
3659 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
3660 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
3661 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
3667 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
3668 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
3669 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
3671 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3676 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
3677 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
3678 available for Windows! For downloading, go
3679 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
3684 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
3685 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
3686 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
3687 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
3689 More information in the
3690 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3695 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
3696 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
3697 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
3699 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3704 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
3705 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
3706 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
3707 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
3709 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3714 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
3715 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
3716 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
3717 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
3718 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
3719 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
3720 individual music expressions.
3721 More information in the
3722 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3727 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
3728 An update to the stable branch,
3729 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
3730 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
3735 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
3736 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
3737 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
3738 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
3739 More information in the
3740 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3745 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
3746 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to
3747 improve the layout of lyrics. More
3749 @uref{@@DOC@@v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
3750 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3755 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
3756 in LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric
3757 alignment is completely revamped, and now matches my Edition
3758 Peters version of the Schubert song Sängers Morgen. More
3760 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3765 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
3766 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and linethickness
3767 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
3768 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
3769 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3774 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
3775 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
3776 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
3777 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
3778 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
3779 to implement this are welcome!) See the
3780 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3785 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
3786 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
3787 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
3788 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
3790 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3795 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
3796 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
3797 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
3798 Han-Wen's absence. See the
3799 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3804 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3805 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
3807 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3812 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3813 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
3815 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
3816 thanks to Heikki Junes.
3821 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
3822 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
3823 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
3824 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
3829 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
3830 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
3837 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
3838 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
3840 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
3841 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
3846 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
3847 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
3848 contains minor bugfixes.
3849 See the @ref{Changes}
3850 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
3855 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
3856 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
3857 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
3858 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
3864 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3865 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
3866 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
3867 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
3868 @uref{announce-v2.0.html,here}, or go to the
3869 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
3874 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3875 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
3876 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
3877 the @ref{Changes} and
3878 download @uref{install/,here}.
3883 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
3884 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
3885 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3886 the @ref{Changes} and
3887 download @uref{install/,here}.
3892 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
3893 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
3894 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3895 the @ref{Changes} and
3896 download @uref{install/,here}.
3901 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
3902 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
3903 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
3909 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
3910 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
3911 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
3917 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
3918 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
3919 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
3920 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
3921 will be available in a few weeks.
3927 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
3928 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
3929 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
3935 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
3936 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
3937 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
3943 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3944 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
3945 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
3946 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
3952 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3953 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
3954 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
3959 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3960 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
3961 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
3962 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
3963 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3968 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
3969 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
3970 @ref{Changes} and get it
3971 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3976 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
3977 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
3978 @ref{Changes} and get it
3979 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3984 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3985 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
3986 @ref{Changes} and get it
3987 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3992 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3993 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
3994 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
3999 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
4000 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
4001 read the @ref{Changes}.
4006 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
4007 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
4008 has been updated to 1.8.
4009 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
4014 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
4015 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
4016 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
4021 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
4022 New website went live!
4027 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
4028 Announced new website.
4033 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
4034 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
4039 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
4040 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
4041 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
4047 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
4048 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
4049 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.