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5 (I'd rather have the below in the CG. -gp)
8 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
9 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
26 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
31 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
33 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
34 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
35 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
36 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
37 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
43 @subsubheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
45 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
46 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
47 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
48 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
51 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
52 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
53 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
60 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
62 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
63 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
65 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
66 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
67 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
74 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
76 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
77 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
78 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
79 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
80 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
86 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
88 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
89 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
90 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
91 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
94 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
95 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
96 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
103 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
105 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
106 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
107 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
108 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
109 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
110 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
113 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
114 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
121 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
123 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
124 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
125 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
126 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
129 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
130 candidate will be required.
136 @subsubheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
138 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
139 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
140 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
141 working on open source software.
143 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
144 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
150 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
152 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
153 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
154 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
155 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
158 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
159 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
160 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
167 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
169 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
170 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
171 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
172 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
175 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
176 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
177 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
184 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
186 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
187 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
188 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
189 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
192 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
193 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
200 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
202 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
203 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
205 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
206 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
207 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
214 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
216 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
217 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
219 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
220 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
221 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
228 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
230 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
231 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
233 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
234 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
235 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
242 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
244 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
245 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
246 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
247 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
250 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
251 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
258 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
260 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
261 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
263 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
264 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
265 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
272 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
274 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
275 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
277 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
278 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
279 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
286 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
288 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
289 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
290 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
291 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
294 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
295 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
296 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
303 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
305 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
306 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
308 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
309 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
310 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
317 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
319 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
320 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
322 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
323 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
324 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
331 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
333 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
334 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
336 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
337 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
338 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
345 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
347 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
348 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
349 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
350 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
351 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
354 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
355 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
362 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
364 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
365 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
367 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
368 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
369 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
372 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
378 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
380 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
381 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
383 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
384 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
385 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
392 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
394 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
395 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
397 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
398 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
399 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
406 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
408 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
409 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
411 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
412 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
413 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
420 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
422 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
423 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
425 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
426 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
427 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
434 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
436 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
437 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
439 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
440 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
441 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
448 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
450 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
451 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
453 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
454 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
455 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
462 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
464 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
465 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
467 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
468 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
469 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
476 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
478 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
479 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
481 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
482 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
483 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
490 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
492 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
493 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
495 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
496 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
497 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
504 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
506 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
507 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
509 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
510 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
511 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
518 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
520 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
521 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
523 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
524 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
525 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
532 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
534 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
535 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
537 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
538 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
539 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
546 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
548 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
555 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
557 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
558 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
559 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
560 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
563 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
564 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
565 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
572 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
574 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
575 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
577 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
578 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
579 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
580 not the next release candidate.
586 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
588 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
589 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
591 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
592 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
593 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
594 next release candidate.
600 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
602 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
603 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
604 support for MacOS X 10.7.
606 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
607 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
608 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
609 next release candidate.
615 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
617 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
618 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
619 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
620 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
623 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
624 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
625 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
632 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
634 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
635 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
637 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
638 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
644 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
646 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
647 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
649 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
650 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
656 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
658 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
659 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
660 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
668 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
670 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
671 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
673 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
674 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
680 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
682 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
683 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
685 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
686 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
692 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
694 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
695 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
697 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
698 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
704 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
706 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
707 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
709 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
710 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
716 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
718 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
719 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
720 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
725 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
727 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
728 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
729 usual number of bugs.
731 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
732 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
737 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
739 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
740 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
741 usual number of bugs.
743 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
744 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
750 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
752 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
753 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
754 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
755 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
757 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
758 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
763 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
766 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
767 it much more flexible and easier to control.
770 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
775 A full list of new features is given in:
778 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
781 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
783 Main development team:
785 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
786 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
787 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
788 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
789 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
791 Programming contributors:
793 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
794 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
795 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
796 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
797 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
798 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
802 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
804 Documentation contributors:
806 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
807 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
811 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
812 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
814 Binaries support contributors:
818 Translation contributors:
820 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
821 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
828 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
830 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
831 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
832 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
833 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
836 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
837 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
838 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
845 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
847 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
848 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
850 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
851 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
857 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
859 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
860 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
862 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
863 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
869 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
871 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
872 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
874 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
875 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
881 @subsubheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
883 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
884 article in the May 2011 issue titled
885 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
886 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
887 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
888 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
889 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
894 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
896 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
897 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
899 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
900 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
906 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
908 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
909 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
910 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
911 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
914 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
915 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
916 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
923 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
925 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
926 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
927 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
928 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
931 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
932 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
933 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
940 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
942 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
943 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
944 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
945 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
948 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
949 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
950 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
957 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
959 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
960 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
962 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
963 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
969 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
971 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
972 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
973 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
974 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
975 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
981 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
983 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
984 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
985 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
986 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
989 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
990 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
991 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
998 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
1000 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
1001 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1003 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1004 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1009 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
1011 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
1012 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1014 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1015 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1020 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
1022 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
1023 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1025 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1026 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1032 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
1034 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
1035 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1037 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
1038 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
1039 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
1045 @subsubheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
1047 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
1048 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
1049 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
1056 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
1058 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1059 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1060 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1061 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1064 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1065 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1066 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1073 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
1075 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
1076 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1077 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1085 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
1087 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
1088 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1089 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1097 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
1099 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
1100 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1101 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1102 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1103 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1109 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
1111 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1112 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1113 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1114 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1117 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1118 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1119 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1126 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
1128 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
1129 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1130 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1139 @subsubheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
1141 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
1142 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1143 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1144 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1147 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1148 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1149 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1150 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1156 @subsubheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
1158 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
1159 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1160 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1161 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1164 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1165 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1166 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1167 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1173 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
1175 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
1176 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1177 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1180 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1181 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1182 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1188 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
1190 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
1191 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1192 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1195 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1196 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1197 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1203 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
1205 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
1206 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1207 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1210 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1211 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1212 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1218 @subsubheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
1220 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
1221 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1222 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1223 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1226 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1227 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1228 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
1229 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1238 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
1240 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
1241 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
1242 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
1243 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
1244 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
1245 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
1246 read on to find out what for!
1249 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
1250 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
1257 @subsubheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
1259 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
1260 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1261 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1262 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1265 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1266 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1267 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
1268 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1275 @subsubheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
1277 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
1278 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1279 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1280 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1283 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1284 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1285 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
1286 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1293 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
1295 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
1296 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1297 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1300 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
1301 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1302 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1307 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
1309 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1310 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
1311 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
1312 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
1313 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
1317 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
1318 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
1325 @subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
1327 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
1328 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1329 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1330 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1333 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
1334 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1335 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1336 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
1338 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
1340 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
1341 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
1342 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1348 @subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
1350 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
1351 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1352 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1353 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1356 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
1357 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1358 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1359 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
1360 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
1361 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1367 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
1369 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
1370 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1371 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1380 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
1382 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
1383 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1384 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1391 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
1393 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1394 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
1395 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
1396 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
1397 the bug report of the report!
1400 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
1401 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
1407 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
1409 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
1410 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1411 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1418 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
1420 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
1421 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1422 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1429 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
1431 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1432 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
1433 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
1434 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
1438 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
1439 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
1447 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
1449 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
1450 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1451 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1454 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
1455 caution and expect breakage.
1460 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
1462 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
1463 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1464 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1467 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
1468 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
1469 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
1470 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
1475 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
1477 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
1478 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1479 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1485 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
1487 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
1488 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
1489 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
1490 improvements to the new website.
1492 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
1493 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
1495 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
1496 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
1498 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
1504 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
1506 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
1507 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1508 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1513 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
1515 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
1516 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1517 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1523 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
1525 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
1526 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1527 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1533 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
1535 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
1536 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1537 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1542 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
1544 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
1545 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1546 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1551 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
1553 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
1554 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1555 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1558 This release should be of particular interest to package
1559 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
1560 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
1561 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
1567 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
1569 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1570 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
1571 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
1572 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
1575 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
1576 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
1583 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
1585 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
1586 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1587 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1590 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
1591 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
1592 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
1593 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
1594 see the Changes document for more information.
1598 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
1600 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
1601 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
1602 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1607 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
1609 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
1610 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
1611 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
1612 so this release is intended for developers only.
1616 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
1618 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
1619 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
1620 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1625 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
1627 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
1628 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
1633 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
1635 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
1636 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
1637 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
1643 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
1645 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
1646 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
1647 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
1648 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
1649 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
1651 What are you waiting for? Come
1652 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
1653 LilyPond Report 17} now!
1658 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
1660 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
1661 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
1662 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
1666 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
1668 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
1669 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
1670 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
1671 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
1672 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
1677 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
1679 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
1680 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
1681 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
1685 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
1687 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
1688 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
1689 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
1690 critical regressions against earlier versions.
1694 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
1696 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
1697 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
1698 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
1699 and English names for feta filenames.
1705 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
1707 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
1708 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
1709 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
1710 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
1713 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
1714 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
1715 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
1721 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
1723 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
1724 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
1725 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
1726 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
1728 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
1729 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
1734 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
1736 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
1737 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
1743 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
1745 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
1746 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1747 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
1754 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
1756 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
1757 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
1758 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
1759 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
1761 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
1762 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
1763 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
1771 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
1773 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
1774 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
1775 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
1776 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
1777 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
1778 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
1779 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
1780 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
1786 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
1788 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
1789 its team, its world, its community.
1790 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
1791 to read the full issue...
1796 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
1798 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
1799 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1800 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
1805 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
1807 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
1808 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
1814 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
1816 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1818 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
1825 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
1827 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
1828 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
1829 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
1830 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
1831 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
1833 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
1834 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
1836 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
1838 @ref{Old downloads}.
1843 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
1845 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
1846 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
1847 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
1848 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
1849 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
1850 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
1853 @ref{Old downloads}.
1858 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
1860 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
1861 documentation and translations.
1862 @ref{Old downloads}.
1867 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
1869 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
1870 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
1871 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
1872 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
1873 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
1875 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
1876 @ref{Old downloads}.
1881 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
1883 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
1884 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
1885 (teaching) has been added.
1887 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
1889 @ref{Old downloads}.
1894 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
1896 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
1897 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
1898 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
1899 @ref{Old downloads}.
1904 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
1906 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
1907 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
1908 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
1909 translations of the documentation.
1910 @ref{Old downloads}.
1915 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
1917 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
1918 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
1919 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
1920 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
1921 deceased since then. All the development team express their
1922 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
1923 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
1924 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
1925 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
1927 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
1929 @ref{Old downloads}.
1934 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
1936 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
1937 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
1938 markup command names have been made.
1941 @ref{Old downloads}.
1946 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
1948 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
1949 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
1950 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
1951 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
1952 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
1955 @ref{Old downloads}.
1960 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
1962 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
1963 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
1965 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
1966 @ref{Old downloads}.
1971 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
1973 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
1974 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
1975 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
1977 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
1978 @ref{Old downloads}.
1983 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
1985 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
1987 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
1988 @ref{Old downloads}.
1993 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
1995 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
1996 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
1997 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
1999 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
2001 @ref{Old downloads}.
2006 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
2008 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
2009 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
2010 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
2011 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
2013 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
2014 @ref{Old downloads}.
2019 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
2021 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
2022 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
2025 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
2026 @ref{Old downloads}.
2031 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
2033 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2034 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
2039 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
2041 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2042 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
2047 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
2049 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
2051 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
2052 @ref{Old downloads}.
2057 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2059 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
2060 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
2061 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
2063 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
2064 @ref{Old downloads}.
2069 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2071 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2072 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
2077 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
2079 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
2080 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
2085 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
2087 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
2088 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
2089 regression tests maintenance for developers.
2091 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
2092 @ref{Old downloads}.
2097 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
2099 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
2100 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
2102 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
2104 @ref{Old downloads}.
2109 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
2111 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
2112 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
2113 report, new translations of the site and publications.
2114 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
2115 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
2116 announce releases and special events.
2121 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
2123 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
2124 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2125 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
2130 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
2132 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
2133 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
2134 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
2135 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
2136 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
2139 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
2141 @ref{Old downloads}.
2146 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
2148 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
2149 names has been added to the MusicXML
2152 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
2153 @ref{Old downloads}.
2158 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
2160 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
2165 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
2167 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
2168 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
2169 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
2172 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
2173 @ref{Old downloads}.
2178 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
2180 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
2183 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
2184 @ref{Old downloads}.
2189 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2191 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
2192 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
2193 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
2194 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
2195 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
2196 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
2202 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2204 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
2205 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
2206 updates to the MusicXML converter.
2208 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
2209 @ref{Old downloads}.
2214 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
2216 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
2217 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
2222 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
2224 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
2225 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
2226 Grand Documentation Project.
2228 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
2229 @ref{Old downloads}.
2234 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
2236 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
2238 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
2239 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
2240 @ref{Old downloads}.
2245 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
2247 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
2249 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
2250 @ref{Old downloads}.
2255 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
2257 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
2258 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
2260 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
2261 @ref{Old downloads}.
2266 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
2268 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
2269 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
2270 for the translations.
2272 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
2273 @ref{Old downloads}.
2278 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
2280 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
2281 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
2282 and lots of updates for the translations.
2284 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
2285 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
2286 @ref{Old downloads}.
2291 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
2293 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
2294 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
2295 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
2296 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
2301 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
2302 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
2303 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
2304 spacing engine code.
2306 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
2307 @ref{Old downloads}.
2312 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
2314 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
2315 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
2317 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
2318 @ref{Old downloads}.
2323 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
2325 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
2326 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
2328 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
2329 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
2330 @ref{Old downloads}.
2335 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
2336 This has lots of bugfixes.
2338 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
2339 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
2340 @ref{Old downloads}.
2345 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
2346 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
2347 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
2348 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
2353 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
2354 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
2356 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
2358 @ref{Old downloads}.
2363 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
2364 This release has some documentation updates.
2366 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
2368 @ref{Old downloads}.
2373 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
2374 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
2375 disponibles en ligne ---
2376 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
2377 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
2378 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
2379 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
2384 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
2385 This release fixes many bugs.
2387 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
2388 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
2390 @ref{Old downloads}.
2395 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
2396 This release fixes many bugs.
2398 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
2399 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
2401 @ref{Old downloads}.
2406 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
2407 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
2408 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
2410 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
2412 @ref{Old downloads}.
2417 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
2418 This release fixes still more bugs.
2420 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
2422 @ref{Old downloads}.
2427 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
2428 This release fixes many bugs.
2429 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
2430 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
2432 @ref{Old downloads})
2437 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
2438 This release will stretch piano staves on a
2439 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
2440 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
2442 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
2443 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
2445 @ref{Old downloads}.
2450 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
2451 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
2452 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
2454 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
2461 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2462 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
2463 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
2465 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
2467 @ref{Old downloads}.
2472 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2473 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
2474 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
2476 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
2478 @ref{Old downloads}.
2483 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2484 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
2487 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
2489 @ref{Old downloads}.
2494 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
2495 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
2497 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
2499 @ref{Old downloads}.
2504 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
2505 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
2506 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
2507 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
2509 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
2511 @ref{Old downloads}.
2516 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
2517 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
2518 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
2519 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
2520 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
2521 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
2523 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
2525 @ref{Old downloads}.
2530 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
2531 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
2532 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
2535 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
2537 @ref{Old downloads}.
2542 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
2543 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
2544 further improvements in the regression test suite
2548 @ref{Old downloads}.
2553 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
2554 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2558 @ref{Old downloads}.
2563 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
2564 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
2569 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
2570 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
2575 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
2576 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2580 @ref{Old downloads}.
2585 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
2586 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
2587 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
2591 @ref{Old downloads}.
2596 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
2597 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2601 @ref{Old downloads}.
2606 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
2607 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
2612 @ref{Old downloads}.
2617 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
2618 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2622 @ref{Old downloads}.
2627 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
2628 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
2629 within a system as well as between systems.
2633 @ref{Old downloads}.
2638 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2639 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
2640 test results} and several website build improvements.
2644 @ref{Old downloads}.
2649 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2650 This release fixes several bugs.
2653 @ref{Old downloads}.
2658 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2659 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
2664 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
2665 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
2666 maintenant disponible en ligne.
2667 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
2668 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
2673 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
2674 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
2678 @ref{Old downloads}.
2683 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
2684 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2687 @ref{Old downloads}.
2692 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
2693 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
2697 @ref{Old downloads}.
2702 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
2703 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2706 @ref{Old downloads}.
2711 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
2712 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2717 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
2718 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2719 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2724 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
2725 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
2726 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
2731 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
2732 This release has many more bugfixes.
2735 @ref{Old downloads}.
2740 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
2741 This release has many more bugfixes.
2744 @ref{Old downloads}.
2749 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
2750 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
2755 @ref{Old downloads}.
2760 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
2761 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
2762 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
2763 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
2764 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
2765 (@ref{Publications}).
2770 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
2771 This release has further bugfixes.
2774 @ref{Old downloads}.
2779 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
2780 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
2781 available for x86/64.
2784 @ref{Old downloads}.
2789 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
2790 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
2791 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
2792 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
2793 @ref{Old downloads})
2798 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
2799 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
2800 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2805 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
2806 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
2811 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
2812 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
2817 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
2818 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
2823 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
2824 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
2825 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2830 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
2831 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
2832 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
2833 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2838 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
2839 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
2844 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
2845 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
2846 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
2851 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
2852 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
2853 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
2854 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
2855 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2860 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
2861 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
2862 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2867 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
2868 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
2869 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
2870 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2875 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
2876 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
2877 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
2878 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2883 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
2884 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
2886 @ref{Old downloads})
2891 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
2892 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
2894 @ref{Old downloads})
2899 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
2900 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
2901 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
2903 @ref{Old downloads})
2908 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
2909 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
2910 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
2911 (@ref{Old downloads})
2916 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
2917 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
2918 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
2919 glory} what features are broken in the development release
2924 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
2925 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
2926 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
2927 the development releases even better
2932 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
2934 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
2935 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
2936 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2941 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
2942 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
2943 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
2944 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
2945 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
2946 esthetics}. Happy reading!
2951 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
2952 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
2953 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
2955 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2960 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
2961 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
2962 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
2963 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
2964 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2969 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
2970 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
2971 (@ref{Old downloads})
2976 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
2977 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
2978 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
2979 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
2980 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
2981 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2986 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
2987 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
2988 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
2989 (@ref{Publications})
2994 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
2995 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
2996 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3001 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3002 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
3003 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
3004 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3009 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
3010 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
3011 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
3016 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
3017 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
3018 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3023 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
3024 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
3025 released. (@ref{Changes},
3026 @ref{Old downloads})
3031 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
3032 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
3033 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
3034 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
3035 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
3036 multi-measure rests.
3038 @ref{Old downloads})
3043 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
3044 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
3046 @ref{Old downloads})
3051 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
3052 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
3053 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
3054 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
3055 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3056 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
3057 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
3058 @ref{Old downloads})
3063 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
3064 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
3065 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
3066 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
3067 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
3068 @ref{Old downloads})
3073 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
3074 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
3075 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
3076 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
3077 the endings and the middle
3078 part. (@ref{Changes},
3079 @ref{Old downloads})
3084 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
3085 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
3086 parenthesized, for example,
3089 c4 -\parenthesize -.
3090 <d \parenthesize fis a>
3094 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
3095 @ref{Old downloads})
3100 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
3101 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
3102 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
3112 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
3113 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
3114 vector. (@ref{Changes},
3115 @ref{Old downloads})
3120 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
3121 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
3122 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
3123 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
3124 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
3125 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
3126 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
3128 @ref{Old downloads})
3133 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
3134 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
3135 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
3136 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
3137 @ref{Old downloads})
3142 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
3143 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
3144 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
3145 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
3146 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
3147 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
3148 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
3149 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3150 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3151 @ref{Old downloads})
3156 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
3157 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
3158 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
3159 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
3160 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
3161 @ref{Old downloads})
3166 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
3168 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
3169 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
3170 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
3175 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
3176 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
3177 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
3178 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
3179 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
3184 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3185 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
3186 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
3188 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
3190 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
3192 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
3198 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3199 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
3200 (feature sponsored by Andrea
3201 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
3202 @ref{Old downloads})
3207 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
3208 Linux Journal publishes an article on
3209 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
3210 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
3211 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
3214 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
3215 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
3216 alternatives seem second-rate.}
3217 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
3222 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
3223 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
3224 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
3225 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
3226 page. Let us know how you fare!
3231 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
3232 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
3233 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
3234 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
3235 The important occasion for this release is our new build
3236 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
3237 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
3238 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
3239 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
3241 @ref{Old downloads})
3246 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
3247 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
3248 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
3249 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
3250 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
3251 @ref{Old downloads})
3256 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
3257 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
3258 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
3259 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
3260 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
3261 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
3262 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
3263 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
3264 functions. (@ref{Changes},
3265 @ref{Old downloads})
3270 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
3271 This release has the following new features:
3274 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
3275 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
3276 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3278 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
3279 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
3280 and Bertalan Fodor).
3282 Generic music functions may now also be used on
3283 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
3286 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
3287 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
3288 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
3292 @ref{Old downloads})
3297 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
3298 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
3299 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
3300 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
3301 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
3302 van den Borre and Bertalan
3303 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
3304 @ref{Old downloads})
3309 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
3310 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
3311 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
3312 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
3318 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
3319 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
3320 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
3321 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
3322 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
3324 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
3325 @ref{Old downloads})
3330 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
3331 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
3332 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
3337 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
3338 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
3339 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
3340 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
3341 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
3342 etc. (@ref{Changes},
3343 @ref{Old downloads})
3348 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
3349 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
3350 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
3351 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3352 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3353 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3354 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3355 @ref{Old downloads})
3360 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
3361 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3362 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3363 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3364 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3365 @ref{Old downloads})
3370 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
3371 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
3372 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
3373 @ref{Old downloads})
3378 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
3379 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
3380 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
3381 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
3382 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
3383 properties. (@ref{Changes},
3384 @ref{Old downloads})
3389 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
3390 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
3391 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
3392 that compute said property, i.e.
3395 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
3396 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
3399 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
3400 @ref{Old downloads})
3405 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
3406 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
3407 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
3408 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
3409 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
3410 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
3411 also provides advanced tweakability for power
3412 users. (@ref{Changes},
3413 @ref{Old downloads})
3418 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
3419 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
3420 series. (@ref{Changes},
3421 @ref{Old downloads})
3426 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
3427 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
3428 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
3429 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
3430 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
3431 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
3432 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
3433 sponsored by Nicolas
3434 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3435 @ref{Old downloads})
3440 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
3441 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
3442 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3443 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
3444 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
3445 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
3446 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3447 @ref{Old downloads})
3452 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
3453 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
3454 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
3455 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
3456 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3457 @ref{Old downloads})
3462 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
3463 This is mainly a bugfix
3464 release. (@ref{Changes},
3465 @ref{Old downloads})
3470 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
3471 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
3472 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
3473 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
3474 la gravure musicale}.
3479 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
3480 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
3481 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
3482 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
3483 @ref{Old downloads})
3488 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
3489 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
3490 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
3491 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
3492 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
3493 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
3498 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
3499 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
3500 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
3501 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
3502 @ref{Old downloads})
3507 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
3508 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
3509 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
3510 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
3511 signs. (@ref{Changes},
3512 @ref{Old downloads})
3517 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
3518 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
3519 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
3520 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
3521 @ref{Old downloads})
3526 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
3527 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
3528 for a note is proportional to the time it
3529 takes. (@ref{Changes},
3530 @ref{Old downloads})
3535 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
3536 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
3537 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
3542 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
3543 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
3544 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
3545 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
3547 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
3548 @ref{Old downloads})
3553 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
3554 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
3555 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
3556 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
3558 @ref{Old downloads})
3563 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
3564 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
3565 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
3566 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
3567 @ref{Old downloads})
3572 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
3573 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
3575 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
3576 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
3577 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
3578 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
3579 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
3584 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
3585 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
3586 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
3587 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
3592 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
3593 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
3594 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
3595 @ref{Old downloads})
3600 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
3601 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
3602 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
3603 @ref{Old downloads})
3608 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
3609 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
3610 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
3611 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
3612 (@ref{Old downloads})
3617 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
3618 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
3619 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
3620 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
3625 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
3626 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
3627 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
3628 better help functionality.
3629 (@ref{Old downloads})
3634 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
3635 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
3636 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
3637 compile them directly from
3638 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
3643 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
3644 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
3645 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
3650 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
3651 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
3652 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
3653 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
3658 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
3659 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
3660 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
3661 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
3662 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3667 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
3668 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
3669 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
3674 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
3675 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
3680 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
3681 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
3682 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
3687 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
3688 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
3689 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
3690 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
3691 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
3696 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
3697 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
3698 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
3699 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
3700 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
3701 @ref{Old downloads})
3706 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
3708 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
3709 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
3711 (@ref{Old downloads})
3716 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
3717 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
3718 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
3719 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
3720 signatures like 5/8.
3722 @ref{Old downloads})
3727 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
3728 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
3729 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
3730 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
3731 More details are in the
3733 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
3738 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
3739 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
3740 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
3741 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
3742 Scheme code. Take a look at
3744 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
3749 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
3750 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
3751 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
3752 place. @ref{Old downloads}
3757 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
3758 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
3759 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
3760 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
3765 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
3766 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
3767 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
3773 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
3774 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
3775 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
3776 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
3777 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
3778 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
3783 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
3784 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
3785 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
3786 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
3787 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
3788 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
3790 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
3795 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
3796 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
3797 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
3803 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
3804 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
3805 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
3806 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
3807 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
3813 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
3814 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
3815 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}.
3816 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
3817 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
3822 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
3823 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
3824 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
3825 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
3826 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
3831 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
3832 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
3833 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
3834 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
3835 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
3837 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
3842 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
3843 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
3844 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
3845 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
3846 @ref{Old downloads}!
3851 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
3852 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
3853 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
3854 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
3860 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
3861 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
3862 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
3868 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
3869 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
3870 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
3871 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
3873 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
3875 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
3880 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
3881 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
3882 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
3883 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
3884 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
3885 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
3886 font code by Werner.
3888 and check out the changes in
3889 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3894 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
3895 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
3896 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
3897 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
3898 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
3899 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
3900 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
3901 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
3902 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
3903 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
3906 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}.
3911 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
3912 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
3913 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
3914 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
3915 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
3917 and check out the changes in
3918 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3923 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
3924 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
3925 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
3926 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
3927 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
3928 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
3931 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}.
3936 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
3937 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
3938 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
3939 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
3940 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
3941 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
3942 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
3943 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
3944 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
3948 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}.
3953 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
3954 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
3955 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
3956 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
3957 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
3958 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
3960 and check out the changes in
3961 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3966 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
3967 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
3968 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
3969 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
3970 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
3971 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
3972 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
3973 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
3974 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
3977 and check out the changes in
3978 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3983 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
3984 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
3985 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
3986 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
3987 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
3988 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
3991 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
3994 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
3995 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
3996 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
3997 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
3998 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
4001 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}.
4006 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
4007 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
4008 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
4014 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
4015 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
4016 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
4018 and check out the changes in
4019 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4024 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
4025 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
4026 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
4027 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
4028 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
4035 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4036 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
4037 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
4038 some problems with the conversion scripts.
4040 and check out the changes in
4041 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4046 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4047 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4048 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
4049 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
4050 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
4052 and check out the changes in
4053 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4058 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
4059 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
4060 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
4061 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
4063 and check out the changes in
4064 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4069 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
4070 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
4071 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
4072 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4074 and check out the changes in
4075 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4080 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
4081 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
4082 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
4083 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
4087 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}.
4092 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
4093 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
4094 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
4095 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
4099 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}.
4104 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
4105 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
4106 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
4107 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
4108 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
4109 in the documentation.
4111 and check out the changes in
4112 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4117 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
4118 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
4119 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
4120 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
4121 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
4126 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
4127 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
4129 and check out the changes
4130 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4135 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
4136 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
4137 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
4138 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
4139 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
4140 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
4141 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
4144 and check out the changes in
4145 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4150 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
4151 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
4152 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
4153 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
4154 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
4155 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
4156 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
4157 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
4158 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
4159 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
4160 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
4161 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
4162 will hold users back in switching.
4164 and check out the changes in
4165 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4170 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
4171 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
4172 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
4173 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
4174 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
4175 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
4176 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
4178 and check out the changes in
4179 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4184 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
4185 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
4186 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
4187 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
4188 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
4189 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
4193 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}.
4198 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4199 LilyPond now has a Documentation
4200 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
4201 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
4202 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
4203 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
4204 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
4205 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
4206 chapter of the user manual.
4207 A lot of cheers for Graham!
4212 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4213 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
4214 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
4215 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
4216 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
4217 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
4218 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
4222 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}.
4227 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
4228 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
4229 disappearing metronome mark.
4231 and check out the changes in
4232 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}.
4237 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
4238 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
4239 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
4240 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
4241 `doubleSlurs' property.
4243 and check out the changes in
4244 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4249 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
4250 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
4251 annoying bugs fixed.
4254 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}.
4259 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
4260 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
4261 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
4262 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
4263 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
4264 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
4265 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
4268 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
4269 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
4271 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
4272 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
4277 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}.
4282 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
4283 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
4284 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
4285 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
4286 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
4287 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
4288 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
4289 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
4290 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
4291 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
4292 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
4295 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}.
4300 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
4301 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
4302 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
4303 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
4304 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
4307 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}.
4312 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
4313 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
4314 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
4315 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
4316 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
4317 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
4318 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
4319 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
4320 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
4321 beat within the measure.
4323 and check out the changes in
4324 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4329 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
4330 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
4334 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}.
4339 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
4340 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
4346 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4347 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
4348 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
4349 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
4350 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
4352 and check out the changes
4353 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4358 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4359 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
4363 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}.
4368 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
4369 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
4370 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
4371 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
4372 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
4373 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
4374 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
4375 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}
4377 @ref{Old downloads}.
4382 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
4383 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
4384 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
4385 @ref{Old downloads}.
4390 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
4391 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
4392 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
4393 @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}
4395 @ref{Old downloads}.
4400 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4401 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
4402 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
4403 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}
4405 @ref{Old downloads}.
4410 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4411 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
4412 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}
4413 or head straight to the
4414 @ref{Old downloads}.
4419 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
4420 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
4421 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
4422 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4423 @ref{Old downloads}.
4428 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
4429 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
4430 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4431 @ref{Old downloads}.
4436 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
4437 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
4439 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
4440 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
4441 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
4442 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
4443 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
4448 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
4449 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
4450 @ref{Old downloads}.
4455 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
4456 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
4457 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
4463 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
4464 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
4465 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
4466 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
4467 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
4468 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
4469 @ref{Old downloads}.
4474 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
4475 A French article on the new LilyPond
4476 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
4481 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
4482 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
4483 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
4489 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
4490 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
4491 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
4492 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
4493 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
4494 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
4495 @ref{Old downloads}.
4500 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
4501 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
4502 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
4503 documentation polish. This should be the final release
4504 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
4506 @ref{Old downloads}.
4511 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
4512 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
4514 @ref{Old downloads}.
4519 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
4520 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
4521 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
4522 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
4529 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
4530 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
4531 @ref{Old downloads}.
4536 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
4537 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
4544 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
4545 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
4546 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
4547 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
4549 @ref{Old downloads}.
4554 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
4555 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
4556 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
4557 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
4560 @ref{Old downloads}.
4565 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
4567 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
4568 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
4574 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
4575 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
4577 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
4578 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
4579 authors of LilyPond.
4584 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
4585 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
4586 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
4589 @ref{Old downloads}.
4594 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
4595 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
4596 experimental support for producing titles with
4602 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
4603 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
4604 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
4605 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
4607 @ref{Old downloads}.
4612 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
4613 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
4614 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
4615 of lyrics related bugs. See the
4617 @ref{Old downloads}.
4622 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
4623 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
4624 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
4625 produce cue notes. More information in the
4632 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
4633 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
4634 for altering accidental rules.
4640 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
4641 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
4642 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
4643 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
4644 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
4645 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
4646 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
4647 More information in the
4654 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
4655 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
4656 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
4657 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
4664 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
4665 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
4666 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
4667 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
4668 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
4675 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
4676 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
4677 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
4678 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
4679 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
4680 More information in the
4687 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
4688 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
4689 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
4690 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
4691 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
4692 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
4693 More information in the
4700 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
4701 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
4702 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
4703 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
4711 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
4712 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
4713 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
4714 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
4721 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
4722 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
4723 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
4724 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
4725 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
4734 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
4735 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
4736 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
4739 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4744 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
4746 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
4747 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
4748 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
4751 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4756 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
4757 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
4758 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
4759 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
4760 access, but only HTTP downloads.
4765 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
4766 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
4767 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
4768 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
4769 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
4775 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
4776 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
4777 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
4779 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4784 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
4785 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
4786 available for Windows! For downloading, go
4787 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
4792 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
4793 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
4794 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
4795 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
4797 More information in the
4798 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4803 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
4804 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
4805 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
4807 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4812 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
4813 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
4814 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
4815 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
4817 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4822 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
4823 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
4824 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
4825 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
4826 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
4827 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
4828 individual music expressions.
4829 More information in the
4830 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4835 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
4836 An update to the stable branch,
4837 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
4838 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
4843 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
4844 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
4845 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
4846 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
4847 More information in the
4848 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4853 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
4854 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
4856 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
4857 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4862 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
4863 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
4864 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
4865 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
4866 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4871 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
4872 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
4873 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
4874 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
4875 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4880 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
4881 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
4882 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
4883 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
4884 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
4885 to implement this are welcome!) See the
4886 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4891 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
4892 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
4893 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
4894 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
4896 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4901 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
4902 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
4903 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
4904 Han-Wen's absence. See the
4905 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4910 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
4911 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
4913 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4918 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
4919 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
4921 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
4922 thanks to Heikki Junes.
4927 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
4928 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
4929 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
4930 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
4935 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
4936 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
4943 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
4944 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
4946 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
4947 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
4952 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
4953 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
4954 contains minor bugfixes.
4955 See the @ref{Changes}
4956 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
4961 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
4962 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
4963 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
4964 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
4970 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
4971 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
4972 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
4973 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
4974 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
4975 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
4980 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
4981 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
4982 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
4983 the @ref{Changes} and
4984 download @uref{install/,here}.
4989 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
4990 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
4991 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
4992 the @ref{Changes} and
4993 download @uref{install/,here}.
4998 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
4999 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
5000 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5001 the @ref{Changes} and
5002 download @uref{install/,here}.
5007 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
5008 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
5009 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
5015 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
5016 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
5017 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
5023 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
5024 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
5025 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
5026 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
5027 will be available in a few weeks.
5033 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
5034 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
5035 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
5041 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
5042 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
5043 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
5049 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5050 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
5051 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
5052 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
5058 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5059 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
5060 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
5065 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5066 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
5067 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
5068 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
5069 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5074 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
5075 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
5076 @ref{Changes} and get it
5077 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5082 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
5083 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
5084 @ref{Changes} and get it
5085 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5090 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5091 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
5092 @ref{Changes} and get it
5093 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5098 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5099 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
5100 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
5105 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
5106 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
5107 read the @ref{Changes}.
5112 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
5113 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
5114 has been updated to 1.8.
5115 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
5120 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5121 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
5122 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
5127 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5128 New website went live!
5133 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
5134 Announced new website.
5139 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
5140 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
5145 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
5146 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
5147 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
5153 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
5154 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
5155 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.
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