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5 (I'd rather have the below in the CG. -gp)
8 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
9 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
26 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
30 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
33 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
35 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
36 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
37 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
38 next release candidate.
44 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
46 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
47 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
48 support for MacOS X 10.7.
50 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
51 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
52 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
53 next release candidate.
59 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
61 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
62 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
63 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
64 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
67 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
68 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
69 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
76 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
78 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
79 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
81 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
82 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
88 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
90 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
91 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
93 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
94 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
100 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
102 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
103 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
104 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
112 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
114 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
115 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
117 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
118 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
124 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
126 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
127 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
129 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
130 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
136 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
138 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
139 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
141 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
142 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
148 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
150 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
151 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
153 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
154 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
160 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
162 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
163 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
164 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
169 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
171 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
172 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
173 usual number of bugs.
175 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
176 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
181 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
183 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
184 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
185 usual number of bugs.
187 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
188 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
194 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
196 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
197 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
198 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
199 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
201 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
202 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
207 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
210 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
211 it much more flexible and easier to control.
214 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
219 A full list of new features is given in:
222 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/changes/index.html}
225 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
227 Main development team:
229 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
230 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
231 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
232 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
233 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
235 Programming contributors:
237 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
238 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
239 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
240 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
241 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
242 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
246 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
248 Documentation contributors:
250 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
251 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
255 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
256 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
258 Binaries support contributors:
262 Translation contributors:
264 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
265 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
272 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
274 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
275 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
276 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
277 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
280 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
281 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
282 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
289 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
291 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
292 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
294 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
295 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
301 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
303 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
304 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
306 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
307 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
313 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
315 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
316 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
318 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
319 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
325 @subsubheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
327 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
328 article in the May 2011 issue titled
329 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
330 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
331 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
332 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
333 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
338 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
340 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
341 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
343 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
344 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
350 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
352 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
353 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
354 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
355 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
358 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
359 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
360 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
367 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
369 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
370 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
371 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
372 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
375 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
376 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
377 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
384 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
386 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
387 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
388 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
389 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
392 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
393 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
394 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
401 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
403 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
404 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
406 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
407 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
413 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
415 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
416 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
417 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
418 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
419 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
425 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
427 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
428 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
429 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
430 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
433 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
434 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
435 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
442 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
444 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
445 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
447 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
448 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
453 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
455 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
456 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
458 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
459 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
464 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
466 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
467 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
469 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
470 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
476 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
478 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
479 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
481 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
482 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
483 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
489 @subsubheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
491 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
492 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
493 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
500 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
502 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
503 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
504 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
505 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
508 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
509 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
510 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
517 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
519 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
520 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
521 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
529 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
531 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
532 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
533 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
541 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
543 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
544 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
545 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
546 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
547 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
553 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
555 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
556 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
557 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
558 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
561 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
562 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
563 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
570 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
572 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
573 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
574 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
583 @subsubheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
585 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
586 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
587 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
588 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
591 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
592 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
593 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
594 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
600 @subsubheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
602 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
603 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
604 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
605 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
608 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
609 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
610 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
611 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
617 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
619 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
620 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
621 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
624 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
625 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
626 at all confident about the quality of this release.
632 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
634 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
635 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
636 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
639 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
640 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
641 at all confident about the quality of this release.
647 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
649 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
650 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
651 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
654 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
655 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
656 at all confident about the quality of this release.
662 @subsubheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
664 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
665 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
666 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
667 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
670 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
671 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
672 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
673 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
682 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
684 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
685 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
686 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
687 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
688 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
689 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
690 read on to find out what for!
693 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
694 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
701 @subsubheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
703 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
704 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
705 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
706 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
709 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
710 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
711 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
712 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
719 @subsubheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
721 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
722 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
723 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
724 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
727 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
728 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
729 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
730 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
737 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
739 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
740 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
741 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
744 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
745 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
746 at all confident about the quality of this release.
751 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
753 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
754 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
755 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
756 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
757 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
761 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
762 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
769 @subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
771 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
772 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
773 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
774 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
777 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
778 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
779 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
780 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
782 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
784 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
785 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
786 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
792 @subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
794 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
795 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
796 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
797 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
800 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
801 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
802 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
803 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
804 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
805 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
811 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
813 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
814 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
815 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
824 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
826 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
827 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
828 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
835 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
837 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
838 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
839 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
840 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
841 the bug report of the report!
844 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
845 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
851 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
853 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
854 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
855 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
862 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
864 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
865 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
866 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
873 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
875 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
876 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
877 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
878 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
882 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
883 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
891 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
893 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
894 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
895 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
898 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
899 caution and expect breakage.
904 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
906 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
907 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
908 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
911 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
912 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
913 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
914 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
919 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
921 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
922 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
923 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
929 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
931 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
932 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
933 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
934 improvements to the new website.
936 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
937 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
939 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
940 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
942 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
948 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
950 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
951 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
952 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
957 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
959 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
960 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
961 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
967 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
969 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
970 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
971 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
977 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
979 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
980 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
981 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
986 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
988 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
989 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
990 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
995 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
997 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
998 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
999 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1002 This release should be of particular interest to package
1003 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
1004 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
1005 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
1011 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
1013 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1014 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
1015 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
1016 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
1019 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
1020 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
1027 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
1029 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
1030 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1031 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1034 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
1035 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
1036 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
1037 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
1038 see the Changes document for more information.
1042 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
1044 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
1045 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
1046 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1051 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
1053 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
1054 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
1055 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
1056 so this release is intended for developers only.
1060 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
1062 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
1063 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
1064 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1069 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
1071 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
1072 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
1077 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
1079 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
1080 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
1081 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
1087 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
1089 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
1090 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
1091 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
1092 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
1093 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
1095 What are you waiting for? Come
1096 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
1097 LilyPond Report 17} now!
1102 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
1104 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
1105 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
1106 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
1110 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
1112 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
1113 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
1114 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
1115 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
1116 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
1121 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
1123 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
1124 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
1125 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
1129 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
1131 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
1132 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
1133 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
1134 critical regressions against earlier versions.
1138 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
1140 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
1141 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
1142 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
1143 and English names for feta filenames.
1149 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
1151 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
1152 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
1153 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
1154 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
1157 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
1158 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
1159 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
1165 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
1167 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
1168 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
1169 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
1170 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
1172 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
1173 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
1178 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
1180 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
1181 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
1187 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
1189 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
1190 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1191 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
1198 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
1200 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
1201 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
1202 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
1203 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
1205 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
1206 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
1207 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
1215 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
1217 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
1218 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
1219 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
1220 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
1221 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
1222 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
1223 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
1224 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
1230 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
1232 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
1233 its team, its world, its community.
1234 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
1235 to read the full issue...
1240 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
1242 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
1243 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1244 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
1249 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
1251 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
1252 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
1258 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
1260 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1262 @uref{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
1269 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
1271 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
1272 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
1273 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
1274 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
1275 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
1277 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
1278 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
1280 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
1282 @ref{Old downloads}.
1287 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
1289 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
1290 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
1291 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
1292 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
1293 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
1294 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
1297 @ref{Old downloads}.
1302 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
1304 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
1305 documentation and translations.
1306 @ref{Old downloads}.
1311 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 – Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
1313 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
1314 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
1315 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
1316 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
1317 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
1319 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
1320 @ref{Old downloads}.
1325 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
1327 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
1328 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
1329 (teaching) has been added.
1331 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
1333 @ref{Old downloads}.
1338 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
1340 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
1341 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
1342 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
1343 @ref{Old downloads}.
1348 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
1350 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
1351 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
1352 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
1353 translations of the documentation.
1354 @ref{Old downloads}.
1359 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
1361 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
1362 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
1363 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
1364 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
1365 deceased since then. All the development team express their
1366 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
1367 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
1368 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
1369 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
1371 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
1373 @ref{Old downloads}.
1378 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
1380 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
1381 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
1382 markup command names have been made.
1385 @ref{Old downloads}.
1390 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
1392 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
1393 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
1394 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
1395 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
1396 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
1399 @ref{Old downloads}.
1404 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
1406 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
1407 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
1409 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
1410 @ref{Old downloads}.
1415 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
1417 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
1418 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
1419 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
1421 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
1422 @ref{Old downloads}.
1427 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
1429 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
1431 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
1432 @ref{Old downloads}.
1437 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
1439 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
1440 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
1441 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
1443 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
1445 @ref{Old downloads}.
1450 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
1452 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
1453 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
1454 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
1455 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
1457 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
1458 @ref{Old downloads}.
1463 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
1465 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
1466 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
1469 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
1470 @ref{Old downloads}.
1475 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
1477 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1478 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
1483 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
1485 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1486 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
1491 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
1493 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
1495 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
1496 @ref{Old downloads}.
1501 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
1503 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
1504 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
1505 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
1507 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
1508 @ref{Old downloads}.
1513 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
1515 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1516 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
1521 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
1523 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
1524 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
1529 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
1531 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
1532 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
1533 regression tests maintenance for developers.
1535 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
1536 @ref{Old downloads}.
1541 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
1543 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
1544 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
1546 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
1548 @ref{Old downloads}.
1553 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
1555 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
1556 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
1557 report, new translations of the site and publications.
1558 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
1559 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
1560 announce releases and special events.
1565 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
1567 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
1568 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1569 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
1574 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
1576 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
1577 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
1578 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
1579 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
1580 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
1583 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
1585 @ref{Old downloads}.
1590 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
1592 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
1593 names has been added to the MusicXML
1596 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
1597 @ref{Old downloads}.
1602 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
1604 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
1609 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
1611 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
1612 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
1613 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
1616 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
1617 @ref{Old downloads}.
1622 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
1624 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
1627 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
1628 @ref{Old downloads}.
1633 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
1635 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
1636 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
1637 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
1638 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
1639 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
1640 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
1646 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
1648 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
1649 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
1650 updates to the MusicXML converter.
1652 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
1653 @ref{Old downloads}.
1658 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
1660 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
1661 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
1666 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
1668 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
1669 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
1670 Grand Documentation Project.
1672 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
1673 @ref{Old downloads}.
1678 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
1680 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
1682 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
1683 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
1684 @ref{Old downloads}.
1689 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
1691 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
1693 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
1694 @ref{Old downloads}.
1699 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
1701 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
1702 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
1704 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
1705 @ref{Old downloads}.
1710 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
1712 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
1713 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
1714 for the translations.
1716 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
1717 @ref{Old downloads}.
1722 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
1724 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
1725 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
1726 and lots of updates for the translations.
1728 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
1729 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
1730 @ref{Old downloads}.
1735 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
1737 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
1738 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
1739 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
1740 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
1745 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
1746 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
1747 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
1748 spacing engine code.
1750 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
1751 @ref{Old downloads}.
1756 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
1758 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
1759 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
1761 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
1762 @ref{Old downloads}.
1767 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
1769 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
1770 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
1772 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
1773 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
1774 @ref{Old downloads}.
1779 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
1780 This has lots of bugfixes.
1782 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
1783 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
1784 @ref{Old downloads}.
1789 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
1790 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des
1791 LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
1792 sind auf deutsch übersetzt — sie sind erhältlich für
1794 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
1799 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
1800 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
1802 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
1804 @ref{Old downloads}.
1809 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
1810 This release has some documentation updates.
1812 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
1814 @ref{Old downloads}.
1819 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
1820 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont
1821 désormais traduits, et disponibles en ligne — @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
1822 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
1823 2.11}. Les traductions sont également incluses dans la @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
1828 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
1829 This release fixes many bugs.
1831 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
1832 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
1834 @ref{Old downloads}.
1839 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
1840 This release fixes many bugs.
1842 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
1843 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
1845 @ref{Old downloads}.
1850 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
1851 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
1852 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
1854 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
1856 @ref{Old downloads}.
1861 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
1862 This release fixes still more bugs.
1864 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
1866 @ref{Old downloads}.
1871 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
1872 This release fixes many bugs.
1873 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
1874 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
1876 @ref{Old downloads})
1881 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
1882 This release will stretch piano staves on a
1883 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
1884 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
1886 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
1887 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
1889 @ref{Old downloads}.
1894 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
1895 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
1896 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
1898 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
1905 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1906 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
1907 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
1909 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
1911 @ref{Old downloads}.
1916 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1917 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
1918 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
1920 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
1922 @ref{Old downloads}.
1927 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1928 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
1931 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
1933 @ref{Old downloads}.
1938 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
1939 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
1941 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
1943 @ref{Old downloads}.
1948 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
1949 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
1950 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
1951 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
1953 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
1955 @ref{Old downloads}.
1960 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
1961 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
1962 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
1963 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
1964 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
1965 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
1967 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
1969 @ref{Old downloads}.
1974 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
1975 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
1976 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
1979 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
1981 @ref{Old downloads}.
1986 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
1987 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and —in 2.11.9&mdash
1988 further improvements in the regression test suite
1992 @ref{Old downloads}.
1997 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
1998 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2002 @ref{Old downloads}.
2007 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
2008 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
2013 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
2014 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
2019 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
2020 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2024 @ref{Old downloads}.
2029 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
2030 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
2031 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
2035 @ref{Old downloads}.
2040 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
2041 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2045 @ref{Old downloads}.
2050 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
2051 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
2056 @ref{Old downloads}.
2061 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
2062 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2066 @ref{Old downloads}.
2071 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
2072 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
2073 within a system as well as between systems.
2077 @ref{Old downloads}.
2082 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2083 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
2084 test results} and several website build improvements.
2088 @ref{Old downloads}.
2093 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2094 This release fixes several bugs.
2097 @ref{Old downloads}.
2102 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2103 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
2108 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
2109 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en
2110 français est maintenant disponible en ligne. @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
2111 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
2117 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
2118 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
2122 @ref{Old downloads}.
2127 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
2128 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2131 @ref{Old downloads}.
2136 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
2137 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
2141 @ref{Old downloads}.
2146 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
2147 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2150 @ref{Old downloads}.
2155 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
2156 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2161 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
2162 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{announce-v2.10.html,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2167 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
2168 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
2169 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
2174 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
2175 This release has many more bugfixes.
2178 @ref{Old downloads}.
2183 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
2184 This release has many more bugfixes.
2187 @ref{Old downloads}.
2192 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
2193 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
2198 @ref{Old downloads}.
2203 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
2204 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
2205 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
2206 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
2207 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
2208 (@ref{Publications}).
2213 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
2214 This release has further bugfixes.
2217 @ref{Old downloads}.
2222 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
2223 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
2224 available for x86/64.
2227 @ref{Old downloads}.
2232 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
2233 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
2234 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
2235 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
2236 @ref{Old downloads})
2241 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
2242 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
2243 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2248 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
2249 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
2254 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
2255 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
2260 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
2261 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
2266 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
2267 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
2268 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2273 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
2274 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
2275 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
2276 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2281 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
2282 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
2287 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
2288 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
2289 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
2294 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
2295 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
2296 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
2297 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
2298 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2303 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
2304 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
2305 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2310 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
2311 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
2312 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
2313 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2318 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
2319 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
2320 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
2321 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2326 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
2327 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
2329 @ref{Old downloads})
2334 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
2335 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
2337 @ref{Old downloads})
2342 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
2343 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
2344 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
2346 @ref{Old downloads})
2351 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
2352 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
2353 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
2354 (@ref{Old downloads})
2359 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
2360 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
2361 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
2362 glory} what features are broken in the development release
2367 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
2368 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
2369 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
2370 the development releases even better
2375 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
2377 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
2378 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
2379 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2384 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
2385 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
2386 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
2387 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
2388 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
2389 esthetics}. Happy reading!
2394 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
2395 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
2396 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
2398 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2403 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
2404 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
2405 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
2406 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
2407 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2412 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
2413 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
2414 (@ref{Old downloads})
2419 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
2420 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
2421 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
2422 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
2423 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
2424 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2429 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
2430 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
2431 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
2432 (@ref{Publications})
2437 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
2438 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
2439 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2444 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
2445 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
2446 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
2447 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2452 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
2453 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
2454 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
2459 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
2460 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @uref{announce-v2.8.html,release
2461 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2466 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
2467 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
2468 released. (@ref{Changes},
2469 @ref{Old downloads})
2474 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
2475 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
2476 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
2477 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
2478 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
2479 multi-measure rests.
2481 @ref{Old downloads})
2486 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
2487 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
2489 @ref{Old downloads})
2494 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
2495 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
2496 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
2497 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
2498 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
2499 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
2500 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
2501 @ref{Old downloads})
2506 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
2507 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
2508 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
2509 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
2510 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
2511 @ref{Old downloads})
2516 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
2517 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
2518 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
2519 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
2520 the endings and the middle
2521 part. (@ref{Changes},
2522 @ref{Old downloads})
2527 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
2528 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
2529 parenthesized, for example,
2532 c4 -\parenthesize -.
2533 <d \parenthesize fis a>
2537 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
2538 @ref{Old downloads})
2543 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
2544 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
2545 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
2555 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
2556 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
2557 vector. (@ref{Changes},
2558 @ref{Old downloads})
2563 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
2564 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
2565 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
2566 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
2567 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
2568 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
2569 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
2571 @ref{Old downloads})
2576 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
2577 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
2578 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
2579 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
2580 @ref{Old downloads})
2585 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
2586 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
2587 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
2588 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
2589 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
2590 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
2591 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
2592 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
2593 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
2594 @ref{Old downloads})
2599 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
2600 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
2601 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
2602 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
2603 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
2604 @ref{Old downloads})
2609 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
2611 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
2612 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
2613 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
2618 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
2619 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
2620 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
2621 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
2622 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
2627 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
2628 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
2629 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
2631 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
2633 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
2635 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
2641 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
2642 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
2643 (feature sponsored by Andrea
2644 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
2645 @ref{Old downloads})
2650 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
2651 Linux Journal publishes an article on
2652 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
2653 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
2654 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
2657 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
2658 “GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
2659 alternatives seem second-rate.”
2660 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
2665 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
2666 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
2667 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
2668 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
2669 page. Let us know how you fare!
2674 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
2675 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
2676 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
2677 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
2678 The important occasion for this release is our new build
2679 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
2680 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
2681 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
2682 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
2684 @ref{Old downloads})
2689 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
2690 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
2691 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
2692 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
2693 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
2694 @ref{Old downloads})
2699 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
2700 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
2701 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
2702 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
2703 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
2704 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
2705 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
2706 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
2707 functions. (@ref{Changes},
2708 @ref{Old downloads})
2713 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
2714 This release has the following new features:
2717 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
2718 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
2719 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
2721 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
2722 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
2723 and Bertalan Fodor).
2725 Generic music functions may now also be used on
2726 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
2729 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
2730 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
2731 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
2735 @ref{Old downloads})
2740 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
2741 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
2742 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
2743 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
2744 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
2745 van den Borre and Bertalan
2746 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
2747 @ref{Old downloads})
2752 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
2753 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
2754 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
2755 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
2761 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
2762 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
2763 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
2764 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
2765 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
2767 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
2768 @ref{Old downloads})
2773 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
2774 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
2775 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
2780 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
2781 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
2782 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
2783 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
2784 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
2785 etc. (@ref{Changes},
2786 @ref{Old downloads})
2791 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
2792 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
2793 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
2794 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
2795 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
2796 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
2797 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2798 @ref{Old downloads})
2803 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
2804 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
2805 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
2806 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
2807 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2808 @ref{Old downloads})
2813 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
2814 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
2815 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
2816 @ref{Old downloads})
2821 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
2822 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
2823 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
2824 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
2825 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
2826 properties. (@ref{Changes},
2827 @ref{Old downloads})
2832 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
2833 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
2834 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
2835 that compute said property, i.e.
2838 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
2839 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
2842 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
2843 @ref{Old downloads})
2848 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
2849 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
2850 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
2851 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
2852 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
2853 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
2854 also provides advanced tweakability for power
2855 users. (@ref{Changes},
2856 @ref{Old downloads})
2861 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
2862 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
2863 series. (@ref{Changes},
2864 @ref{Old downloads})
2869 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
2870 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
2871 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
2872 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
2873 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
2874 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
2875 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
2876 sponsored by Nicolas
2877 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
2878 @ref{Old downloads})
2883 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
2884 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
2885 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
2886 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
2887 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
2888 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
2889 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2890 @ref{Old downloads})
2895 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
2896 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
2897 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
2898 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
2899 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
2900 @ref{Old downloads})
2905 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
2906 This is mainly a bugfix
2907 release. (@ref{Changes},
2908 @ref{Old downloads})
2913 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
2914 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
2915 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
2916 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
2917 la gravure musicale}.
2922 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
2923 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
2924 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
2925 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
2926 @ref{Old downloads})
2931 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
2932 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
2933 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
2934 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
2935 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
2936 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
2941 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
2942 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
2943 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
2944 Baca, and Vicente Solsona
2945 Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
2946 @ref{Old downloads})
2951 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
2952 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
2953 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
2954 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
2955 signs. (@ref{Changes},
2956 @ref{Old downloads})
2961 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
2962 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
2963 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
2964 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
2965 @ref{Old downloads})
2970 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
2971 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
2972 for a note is proportional to the time it
2973 takes. (@ref{Changes},
2974 @ref{Old downloads})
2979 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
2980 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
2981 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
2986 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
2987 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
2988 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
2989 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
2991 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
2992 @ref{Old downloads})
2997 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
2998 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
2999 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
3000 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
3002 @ref{Old downloads})
3007 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
3008 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
3009 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
3010 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
3011 @ref{Old downloads})
3016 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
3017 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
3019 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
3020 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
3021 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
3022 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
3023 (@uref{announce-v2.6.html,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
3028 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
3029 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
3030 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
3031 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
3036 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
3037 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
3038 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
3039 @ref{Old downloads})
3044 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
3045 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
3046 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
3047 @ref{Old downloads})
3052 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
3053 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
3054 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
3055 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
3056 (@ref{Old downloads})
3061 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
3062 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
3063 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
3064 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
3069 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
3070 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
3071 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
3072 better help functionality.
3073 (@ref{Old downloads})
3078 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
3079 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
3080 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
3081 compile them directly from
3082 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
3087 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
3088 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
3089 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
3094 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
3095 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
3096 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
3097 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
3102 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
3103 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
3104 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
3105 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
3106 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3111 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
3112 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
3113 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
3118 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
3119 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
3124 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
3125 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
3126 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
3131 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
3132 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
3133 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
3134 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
3135 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
3140 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
3141 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
3142 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
3143 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
3144 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
3145 @ref{Old downloads})
3150 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
3152 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
3153 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
3155 (@ref{Old downloads})
3160 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
3161 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
3162 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
3163 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
3164 signatures like 5/8.
3166 @ref{Old downloads})
3171 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
3172 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
3173 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
3174 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
3175 More details are in the
3177 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
3182 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
3183 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
3184 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
3185 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
3186 Scheme code. Take a look at
3188 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
3193 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
3194 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
3195 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
3196 place. @ref{Old downloads}
3201 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
3202 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
3203 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
3204 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
3209 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
3210 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
3211 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
3217 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
3218 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
3219 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
3220 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
3221 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
3222 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
3227 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
3228 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
3229 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
3230 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
3231 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
3232 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
3234 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
3239 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
3240 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
3241 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
3247 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
3248 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
3249 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
3250 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
3251 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
3257 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
3258 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
3259 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}.
3260 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
3261 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
3266 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
3267 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
3268 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
3269 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
3270 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
3275 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
3276 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
3277 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
3278 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
3279 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
3281 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
3286 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
3287 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
3288 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
3289 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
3290 @ref{Old downloads}!
3295 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
3296 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
3297 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
3298 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
3304 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
3305 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
3306 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
3312 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
3313 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
3314 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
3315 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
3317 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
3319 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
3324 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
3325 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
3326 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
3327 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
3328 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
3329 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
3330 font code by Werner.
3332 and check out the changes in
3333 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3338 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
3339 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
3340 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
3341 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
3342 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
3343 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
3344 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
3345 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
3346 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
3347 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
3350 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}.
3355 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
3356 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
3357 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
3358 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
3359 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
3361 and check out the changes in
3362 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3367 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
3368 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
3369 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
3370 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
3371 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
3372 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
3375 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}.
3380 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
3381 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
3382 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
3383 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
3384 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
3385 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
3386 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
3387 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
3388 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
3392 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}.
3397 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
3398 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
3399 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
3400 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
3401 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
3402 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
3404 and check out the changes in
3405 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3410 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
3411 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
3412 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
3413 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
3414 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
3415 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
3416 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
3417 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
3418 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
3421 and check out the changes in
3422 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3427 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
3428 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
3429 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
3430 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
3431 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
3432 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
3435 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
3438 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
3439 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
3440 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
3441 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
3442 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
3445 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}.
3450 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
3451 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
3452 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
3458 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
3459 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
3460 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
3462 and check out the changes in
3463 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3468 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
3469 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @uref{announce-v2.4.html,released!}
3470 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
3471 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
3472 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
3479 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
3480 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
3481 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
3482 some problems with the conversion scripts.
3484 and check out the changes in
3485 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3490 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
3491 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
3492 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
3493 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
3494 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
3496 and check out the changes in
3497 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3502 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
3503 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
3504 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
3505 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
3507 and check out the changes in
3508 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3513 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
3514 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
3515 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
3516 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
3518 and check out the changes in
3519 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3524 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
3525 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
3526 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
3527 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
3531 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}.
3536 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
3537 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
3538 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
3539 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
3543 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}.
3548 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
3549 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
3550 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
3551 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
3552 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
3553 in the documentation.
3555 and check out the changes in
3556 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3561 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
3562 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
3563 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
3564 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
3565 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
3570 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
3571 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
3573 and check out the changes
3574 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3579 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
3580 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
3581 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
3582 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
3583 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
3584 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
3585 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
3588 and check out the changes in
3589 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3594 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
3595 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
3596 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
3597 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
3598 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
3599 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
3600 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
3601 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
3602 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
3603 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
3604 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
3605 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
3606 will hold users back in switching.
3608 and check out the changes in
3609 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3614 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
3615 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
3616 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
3617 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
3618 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
3619 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
3620 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
3622 and check out the changes in
3623 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3628 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
3629 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
3630 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
3631 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
3632 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
3633 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
3637 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}.
3642 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
3643 LilyPond now has a Documentation
3644 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
3645 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
3646 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
3647 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
3648 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
3649 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
3650 chapter of the user manual.
3651 A lot of cheers for Graham!
3656 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
3657 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
3658 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
3659 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
3660 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
3661 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
3662 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
3666 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}.
3671 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
3672 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
3673 disappearing metronome mark.
3675 and check out the changes in
3676 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}.
3681 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
3682 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
3683 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
3684 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
3685 `doubleSlurs' property.
3687 and check out the changes in
3688 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3693 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
3694 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
3695 annoying bugs fixed.
3698 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}.
3703 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
3704 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
3705 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
3706 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
3707 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
3708 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
3709 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
3712 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
3713 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
3715 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
3716 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
3721 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}.
3726 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
3727 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
3728 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
3729 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
3730 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
3731 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
3732 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
3733 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
3734 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
3735 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
3736 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
3739 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}.
3744 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
3745 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
3746 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
3747 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
3748 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
3751 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}.
3756 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
3757 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
3758 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
3759 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
3760 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
3761 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
3762 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
3763 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
3764 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
3765 beat within the measure.
3767 and check out the changes in
3768 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3773 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
3774 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
3778 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}.
3783 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
3784 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
3790 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
3791 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
3792 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
3793 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
3794 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
3796 and check out the changes
3797 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3802 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
3803 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
3807 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}.
3812 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
3813 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
3814 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
3815 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
3816 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
3817 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
3818 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
3819 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}
3821 @ref{Old downloads}.
3826 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
3827 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
3828 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
3829 @ref{Old downloads}.
3834 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
3835 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
3836 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
3837 @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}
3839 @ref{Old downloads}.
3844 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
3845 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
3846 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
3847 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}
3849 @ref{Old downloads}.
3854 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
3855 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
3856 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}
3857 or head straight to the
3858 @ref{Old downloads}.
3863 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
3864 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
3865 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
3866 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
3867 @ref{Old downloads}.
3872 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
3873 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
3874 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
3875 @ref{Old downloads}.
3880 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
3881 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
3883 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
3884 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
3885 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
3886 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
3887 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
3892 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
3893 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
3894 @ref{Old downloads}.
3899 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
3900 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
3901 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
3907 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
3908 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
3909 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
3910 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
3911 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
3912 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
3913 @ref{Old downloads}.
3918 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
3919 A French article on the new LilyPond
3920 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
3925 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
3926 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
3927 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
3933 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
3934 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
3935 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
3936 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
3937 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
3938 the @uref{announce-v2.2.html,announcement} or skip to the
3939 @ref{Old downloads}.
3944 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
3945 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
3946 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
3947 documentation polish. This should be the final release
3948 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
3950 @ref{Old downloads}.
3955 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
3956 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
3958 @ref{Old downloads}.
3963 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
3964 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
3965 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
3966 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
3973 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
3974 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
3975 @ref{Old downloads}.
3980 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
3981 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
3988 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
3989 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
3990 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
3991 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
3993 @ref{Old downloads}.
3998 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
3999 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
4000 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
4001 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
4004 @ref{Old downloads}.
4009 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
4011 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
4012 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
4018 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
4019 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
4021 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
4022 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
4023 authors of LilyPond.
4028 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
4029 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
4030 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
4033 @ref{Old downloads}.
4038 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
4039 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
4040 experimental support for producing titles with
4046 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
4047 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
4048 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
4049 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
4051 @ref{Old downloads}.
4056 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
4057 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
4058 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
4059 of lyrics related bugs. See the
4061 @ref{Old downloads}.
4066 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
4067 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
4068 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
4069 produce cue notes. More information in the
4076 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
4077 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
4078 for altering accidental rules.
4084 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
4085 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
4086 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
4087 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
4088 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
4089 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
4090 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
4091 More information in the
4098 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
4099 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
4100 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
4101 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
4108 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
4109 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
4110 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
4111 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
4112 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
4119 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
4120 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
4121 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
4122 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
4123 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
4124 More information in the
4131 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
4132 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
4133 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
4134 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
4135 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
4136 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
4137 More information in the
4144 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
4145 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
4146 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
4147 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
4155 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
4156 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
4157 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
4158 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
4165 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
4166 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
4167 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
4168 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
4169 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
4178 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
4179 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
4180 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
4183 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4188 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
4190 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
4191 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
4192 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
4195 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4200 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
4201 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
4202 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
4203 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
4204 access, but only HTTP downloads.
4209 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
4210 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
4211 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
4212 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
4213 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
4219 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
4220 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
4221 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
4223 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4228 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
4229 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
4230 available for Windows! For downloading, go
4231 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
4236 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
4237 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
4238 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
4239 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
4241 More information in the
4242 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4247 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
4248 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
4249 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
4251 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4256 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
4257 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
4258 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
4259 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
4261 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4266 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
4267 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
4268 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
4269 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
4270 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
4271 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
4272 individual music expressions.
4273 More information in the
4274 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4279 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
4280 An update to the stable branch,
4281 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
4282 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
4287 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
4288 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
4289 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
4290 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
4291 More information in the
4292 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4297 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
4298 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to
4299 improve the layout of lyrics. More
4301 @uref{@@DOC@@v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
4302 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4307 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
4308 in LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric
4309 alignment is completely revamped, and now matches my Edition
4310 Peters version of the Schubert song Sängers Morgen. More
4312 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4317 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
4318 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and linethickness
4319 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
4320 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
4321 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4326 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
4327 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
4328 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
4329 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
4330 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
4331 to implement this are welcome!) See the
4332 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4337 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
4338 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
4339 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
4340 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
4342 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4347 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
4348 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
4349 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
4350 Han-Wen's absence. See the
4351 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4356 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
4357 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
4359 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4364 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
4365 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
4367 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
4368 thanks to Heikki Junes.
4373 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
4374 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
4375 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
4376 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
4381 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
4382 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
4389 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
4390 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
4392 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
4393 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
4398 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
4399 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
4400 contains minor bugfixes.
4401 See the @ref{Changes}
4402 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
4407 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
4408 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
4409 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
4410 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
4416 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
4417 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
4418 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
4419 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
4420 @uref{announce-v2.0.html,here}, or go to the
4421 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
4426 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
4427 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
4428 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
4429 the @ref{Changes} and
4430 download @uref{install/,here}.
4435 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
4436 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
4437 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
4438 the @ref{Changes} and
4439 download @uref{install/,here}.
4444 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
4445 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
4446 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
4447 the @ref{Changes} and
4448 download @uref{install/,here}.
4453 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
4454 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
4455 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
4461 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
4462 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
4463 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
4469 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
4470 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
4471 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
4472 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
4473 will be available in a few weeks.
4479 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
4480 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
4481 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
4487 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
4488 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
4489 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
4495 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
4496 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
4497 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
4498 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
4504 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
4505 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
4506 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
4511 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
4512 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
4513 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
4514 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
4515 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4520 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
4521 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
4522 @ref{Changes} and get it
4523 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4528 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
4529 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
4530 @ref{Changes} and get it
4531 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4536 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
4537 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
4538 @ref{Changes} and get it
4539 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4544 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
4545 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
4546 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
4551 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
4552 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
4553 read the @ref{Changes}.
4558 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
4559 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
4560 has been updated to 1.8.
4561 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
4566 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
4567 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
4568 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
4573 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
4574 New website went live!
4579 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
4580 Announced new website.
4585 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
4586 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
4591 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
4592 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
4593 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
4599 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
4600 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
4601 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.