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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
32 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
34 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
35 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
37 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
38 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
44 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
46 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
47 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
49 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
50 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
56 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
58 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
59 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
61 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
62 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
68 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
70 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
71 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
73 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
74 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
80 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
82 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
83 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
84 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
89 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
91 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
92 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
95 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
96 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
101 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
103 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
104 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
105 usual number of bugs.
107 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
108 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
114 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
116 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
117 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
118 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
119 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
121 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
122 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
127 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
130 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
131 it much more flexible and easier to control.
134 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
139 A full list of new features is given in:
142 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/changes/index.html}
145 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
147 Main development team:
149 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
150 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
151 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
152 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
153 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
155 Programming contributors:
157 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
158 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
159 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
160 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
161 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
162 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
166 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
168 Documentation contributors:
170 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
171 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
175 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
176 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
178 Binaries support contributors:
182 Translation contributors:
184 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
185 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
192 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
194 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
195 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
196 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
197 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
200 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
201 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
202 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
209 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
211 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
212 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
214 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
215 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
221 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
223 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
224 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
226 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
227 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
233 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
235 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
236 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
238 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
239 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
245 @subsubheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
247 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
248 article in the May 2011 issue titled
249 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
250 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
251 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
252 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
253 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
258 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
260 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
261 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
263 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
264 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
270 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
272 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
273 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
274 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
275 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
278 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
279 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
280 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
287 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
289 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
290 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
291 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
292 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
295 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
296 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
297 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
304 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
306 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
307 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
308 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
309 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
312 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
313 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
314 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
321 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
323 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
324 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
326 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
327 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
333 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
335 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
336 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
337 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
338 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
339 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
345 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
347 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
348 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
349 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
350 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
353 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
354 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
355 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
362 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
364 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
365 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
367 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
368 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
373 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
375 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
376 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
378 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
379 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
384 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
386 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
387 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
389 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
390 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
396 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
398 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
399 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
401 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
402 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
403 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
409 @subsubheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
411 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
412 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
413 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
420 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
422 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
423 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
424 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
425 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
428 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
429 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
430 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
437 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
439 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
440 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
441 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
449 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
451 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
452 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
453 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
461 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
463 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
464 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
465 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
466 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
467 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
473 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
475 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
476 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
477 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
478 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
481 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
482 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
483 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
490 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
492 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
493 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
494 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
503 @subsubheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
505 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
506 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
507 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
508 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
511 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
512 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
513 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
514 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
520 @subsubheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
522 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
523 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
524 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
525 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
528 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
529 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
530 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
531 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
537 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
539 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
540 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
541 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
544 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
545 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
546 at all confident about the quality of this release.
552 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
554 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
555 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
556 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
559 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
560 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
561 at all confident about the quality of this release.
567 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
569 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
570 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
571 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
574 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
575 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
576 at all confident about the quality of this release.
582 @subsubheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
584 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
585 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
586 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
587 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
590 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
591 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
592 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
593 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
602 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
604 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
605 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
606 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
607 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
608 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
609 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
610 read on to find out what for!
613 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
614 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
621 @subsubheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
623 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
624 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
625 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
626 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
629 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
630 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
631 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
632 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
639 @subsubheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
641 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
642 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
643 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
644 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
647 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
648 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
649 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
650 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
657 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
659 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
660 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
661 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
664 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
665 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
666 at all confident about the quality of this release.
671 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
673 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
674 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
675 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
676 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
677 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
681 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
682 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
689 @subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
691 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
692 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
693 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
694 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
697 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
698 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
699 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
700 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
702 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
704 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
705 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
706 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
712 @subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
714 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
715 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
716 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
717 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
720 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
721 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
722 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
723 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
724 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
725 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
731 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
733 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
734 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
735 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
744 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
746 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
747 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
748 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
755 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
757 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
758 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
759 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
760 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
761 the bug report of the report!
764 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
765 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
771 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
773 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
774 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
775 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
782 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
784 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
785 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
786 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
793 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
795 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
796 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
797 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
798 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
802 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
803 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
811 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
813 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
814 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
815 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
818 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
819 caution and expect breakage.
824 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
826 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
827 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
828 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
831 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
832 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
833 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
834 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
839 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
841 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
842 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
843 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
849 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
851 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
852 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
853 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
854 improvements to the new website.
856 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
857 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
859 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
860 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
862 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
868 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
870 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
871 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
872 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
877 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
879 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
880 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
881 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
887 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
889 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
890 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
891 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
897 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
899 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
900 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
901 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
906 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
908 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
909 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
910 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
915 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
917 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
918 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
919 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
922 This release should be of particular interest to package
923 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
924 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
925 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
931 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
933 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
934 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
935 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
936 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
939 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
940 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
947 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
949 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
950 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
951 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
954 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
955 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
956 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
957 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
958 see the Changes document for more information.
962 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
964 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
965 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
966 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
971 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
973 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
974 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
975 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
976 so this release is intended for developers only.
980 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
982 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
983 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
984 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
989 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
991 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
992 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
997 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
999 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
1000 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
1001 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
1007 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
1009 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
1010 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
1011 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
1012 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
1013 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
1015 What are you waiting for? Come
1016 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
1017 LilyPond Report 17} now!
1022 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
1024 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
1025 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
1026 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
1030 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
1032 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
1033 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
1034 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
1035 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
1036 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
1041 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
1043 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
1044 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
1045 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
1049 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
1051 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
1052 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
1053 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
1054 critical regressions against earlier versions.
1058 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
1060 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
1061 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
1062 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
1063 and English names for feta filenames.
1069 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
1071 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
1072 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
1073 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
1074 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
1077 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
1078 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
1079 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
1085 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
1087 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
1088 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
1089 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
1090 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
1092 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
1093 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
1098 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
1100 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
1101 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
1107 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
1109 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
1110 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1111 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
1118 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
1120 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
1121 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
1122 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
1123 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
1125 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
1126 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
1127 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
1135 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
1137 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
1138 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
1139 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
1140 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
1141 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
1142 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
1143 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
1144 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
1150 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
1152 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
1153 its team, its world, its community.
1154 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
1155 to read the full issue...
1160 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
1162 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
1163 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1164 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
1169 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
1171 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
1172 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
1178 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
1180 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1182 @uref{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
1189 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
1191 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
1192 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
1193 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
1194 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
1195 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
1197 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
1198 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
1200 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
1202 @ref{Old downloads}.
1207 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
1209 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
1210 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
1211 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
1212 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
1213 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
1214 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
1217 @ref{Old downloads}.
1222 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
1224 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
1225 documentation and translations.
1226 @ref{Old downloads}.
1231 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 – Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
1233 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
1234 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
1235 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
1236 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
1237 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
1239 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
1240 @ref{Old downloads}.
1245 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
1247 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
1248 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
1249 (teaching) has been added.
1251 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
1253 @ref{Old downloads}.
1258 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
1260 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
1261 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
1262 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
1263 @ref{Old downloads}.
1268 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
1270 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
1271 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
1272 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
1273 translations of the documentation.
1274 @ref{Old downloads}.
1279 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
1281 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
1282 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
1283 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
1284 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
1285 deceased since then. All the development team express their
1286 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
1287 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
1288 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
1289 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
1291 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
1293 @ref{Old downloads}.
1298 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
1300 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
1301 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
1302 markup command names have been made.
1305 @ref{Old downloads}.
1310 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
1312 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
1313 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
1314 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
1315 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
1316 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
1319 @ref{Old downloads}.
1324 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
1326 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
1327 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
1329 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
1330 @ref{Old downloads}.
1335 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
1337 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
1338 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
1339 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
1341 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
1342 @ref{Old downloads}.
1347 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
1349 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
1351 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
1352 @ref{Old downloads}.
1357 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
1359 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
1360 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
1361 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
1363 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
1365 @ref{Old downloads}.
1370 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
1372 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
1373 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
1374 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
1375 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
1377 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
1378 @ref{Old downloads}.
1383 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
1385 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
1386 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
1389 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
1390 @ref{Old downloads}.
1395 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
1397 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1398 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
1403 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
1405 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1406 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
1411 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
1413 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
1415 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
1416 @ref{Old downloads}.
1421 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
1423 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
1424 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
1425 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
1427 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
1428 @ref{Old downloads}.
1433 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
1435 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1436 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
1441 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
1443 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
1444 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
1449 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
1451 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
1452 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
1453 regression tests maintenance for developers.
1455 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
1456 @ref{Old downloads}.
1461 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
1463 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
1464 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
1466 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
1468 @ref{Old downloads}.
1473 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
1475 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
1476 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
1477 report, new translations of the site and publications.
1478 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
1479 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
1480 announce releases and special events.
1485 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
1487 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
1488 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1489 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
1494 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
1496 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
1497 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
1498 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
1499 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
1500 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
1503 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
1505 @ref{Old downloads}.
1510 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
1512 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
1513 names has been added to the MusicXML
1516 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
1517 @ref{Old downloads}.
1522 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
1524 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
1529 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
1531 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
1532 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
1533 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
1536 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
1537 @ref{Old downloads}.
1542 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
1544 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
1547 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
1548 @ref{Old downloads}.
1553 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
1555 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
1556 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
1557 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
1558 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
1559 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
1560 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
1566 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
1568 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
1569 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
1570 updates to the MusicXML converter.
1572 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
1573 @ref{Old downloads}.
1578 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
1580 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
1581 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
1586 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
1588 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
1589 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
1590 Grand Documentation Project.
1592 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
1593 @ref{Old downloads}.
1598 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
1600 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
1602 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
1603 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
1604 @ref{Old downloads}.
1609 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
1611 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
1613 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
1614 @ref{Old downloads}.
1619 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
1621 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
1622 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
1624 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
1625 @ref{Old downloads}.
1630 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
1632 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
1633 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
1634 for the translations.
1636 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
1637 @ref{Old downloads}.
1642 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
1644 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
1645 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
1646 and lots of updates for the translations.
1648 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
1649 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
1650 @ref{Old downloads}.
1655 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
1657 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
1658 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
1659 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
1660 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
1665 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
1666 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
1667 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
1668 spacing engine code.
1670 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
1671 @ref{Old downloads}.
1676 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
1678 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
1679 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
1681 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
1682 @ref{Old downloads}.
1687 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
1689 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
1690 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
1692 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
1693 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
1694 @ref{Old downloads}.
1699 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
1700 This has lots of bugfixes.
1702 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
1703 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
1704 @ref{Old downloads}.
1709 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
1710 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des
1711 LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
1712 sind auf deutsch übersetzt — sie sind erhältlich für
1714 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
1719 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
1720 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
1722 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
1724 @ref{Old downloads}.
1729 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
1730 This release has some documentation updates.
1732 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
1734 @ref{Old downloads}.
1739 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
1740 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont
1741 désormais traduits, et disponibles en ligne — @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
1742 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
1743 2.11}. Les traductions sont également incluses dans la @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
1748 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
1749 This release fixes many bugs.
1751 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
1752 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
1754 @ref{Old downloads}.
1759 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
1760 This release fixes many bugs.
1762 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
1763 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
1765 @ref{Old downloads}.
1770 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
1771 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
1772 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
1774 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
1776 @ref{Old downloads}.
1781 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
1782 This release fixes still more bugs.
1784 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
1786 @ref{Old downloads}.
1791 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
1792 This release fixes many bugs.
1793 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
1794 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
1796 @ref{Old downloads})
1801 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
1802 This release will stretch piano staves on a
1803 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
1804 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
1806 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
1807 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
1809 @ref{Old downloads}.
1814 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
1815 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
1816 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
1818 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
1825 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1826 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
1827 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
1829 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
1831 @ref{Old downloads}.
1836 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1837 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
1838 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
1840 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
1842 @ref{Old downloads}.
1847 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1848 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
1851 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
1853 @ref{Old downloads}.
1858 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
1859 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
1861 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
1863 @ref{Old downloads}.
1868 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
1869 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
1870 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
1871 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
1873 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
1875 @ref{Old downloads}.
1880 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
1881 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
1882 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
1883 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
1884 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
1885 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
1887 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
1889 @ref{Old downloads}.
1894 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
1895 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
1896 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
1899 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
1901 @ref{Old downloads}.
1906 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
1907 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and —in 2.11.9&mdash
1908 further improvements in the regression test suite
1912 @ref{Old downloads}.
1917 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
1918 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1922 @ref{Old downloads}.
1927 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
1928 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
1933 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
1934 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
1939 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
1940 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1944 @ref{Old downloads}.
1949 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
1950 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
1951 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
1955 @ref{Old downloads}.
1960 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
1961 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1965 @ref{Old downloads}.
1970 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
1971 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
1976 @ref{Old downloads}.
1981 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
1982 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1986 @ref{Old downloads}.
1991 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
1992 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
1993 within a system as well as between systems.
1997 @ref{Old downloads}.
2002 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2003 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
2004 test results} and several website build improvements.
2008 @ref{Old downloads}.
2013 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2014 This release fixes several bugs.
2017 @ref{Old downloads}.
2022 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2023 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
2028 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
2029 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en
2030 français est maintenant disponible en ligne. @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
2031 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
2037 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
2038 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
2042 @ref{Old downloads}.
2047 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
2048 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2051 @ref{Old downloads}.
2056 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
2057 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
2061 @ref{Old downloads}.
2066 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
2067 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2070 @ref{Old downloads}.
2075 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
2076 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2081 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
2082 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{announce-v2.10.html,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2087 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
2088 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
2089 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
2094 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
2095 This release has many more bugfixes.
2098 @ref{Old downloads}.
2103 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
2104 This release has many more bugfixes.
2107 @ref{Old downloads}.
2112 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
2113 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
2118 @ref{Old downloads}.
2123 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
2124 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
2125 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
2126 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
2127 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
2128 (@ref{Publications}).
2133 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
2134 This release has further bugfixes.
2137 @ref{Old downloads}.
2142 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
2143 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
2144 available for x86/64.
2147 @ref{Old downloads}.
2152 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
2153 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
2154 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
2155 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
2156 @ref{Old downloads})
2161 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
2162 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
2163 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2168 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
2169 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
2174 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
2175 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
2180 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
2181 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
2186 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
2187 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
2188 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2193 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
2194 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
2195 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
2196 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2201 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
2202 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
2207 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
2208 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
2209 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
2214 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
2215 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
2216 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
2217 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
2218 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2223 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
2224 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
2225 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2230 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
2231 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
2232 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
2233 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2238 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
2239 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
2240 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
2241 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2246 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
2247 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
2249 @ref{Old downloads})
2254 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
2255 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
2257 @ref{Old downloads})
2262 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
2263 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
2264 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
2266 @ref{Old downloads})
2271 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
2272 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
2273 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
2274 (@ref{Old downloads})
2279 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
2280 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
2281 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
2282 glory} what features are broken in the development release
2287 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
2288 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
2289 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
2290 the development releases even better
2295 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
2297 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
2298 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
2299 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2304 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
2305 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
2306 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
2307 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
2308 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
2309 esthetics}. Happy reading!
2314 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
2315 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
2316 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
2318 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2323 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
2324 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
2325 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
2326 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
2327 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2332 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
2333 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
2334 (@ref{Old downloads})
2339 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
2340 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
2341 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
2342 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
2343 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
2344 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2349 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
2350 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
2351 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
2352 (@ref{Publications})
2357 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
2358 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
2359 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2364 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
2365 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
2366 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
2367 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2372 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
2373 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
2374 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
2379 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
2380 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @uref{announce-v2.8.html,release
2381 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2386 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
2387 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
2388 released. (@ref{Changes},
2389 @ref{Old downloads})
2394 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
2395 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
2396 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
2397 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
2398 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
2399 multi-measure rests.
2401 @ref{Old downloads})
2406 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
2407 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
2409 @ref{Old downloads})
2414 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
2415 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
2416 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
2417 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
2418 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
2419 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
2420 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
2421 @ref{Old downloads})
2426 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
2427 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
2428 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
2429 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
2430 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
2431 @ref{Old downloads})
2436 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
2437 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
2438 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
2439 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
2440 the endings and the middle
2441 part. (@ref{Changes},
2442 @ref{Old downloads})
2447 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
2448 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
2449 parenthesized, for example,
2452 c4 -\parenthesize -.
2453 <d \parenthesize fis a>
2457 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
2458 @ref{Old downloads})
2463 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
2464 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
2465 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
2475 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
2476 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
2477 vector. (@ref{Changes},
2478 @ref{Old downloads})
2483 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
2484 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
2485 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
2486 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
2487 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
2488 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
2489 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
2491 @ref{Old downloads})
2496 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
2497 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
2498 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
2499 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
2500 @ref{Old downloads})
2505 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
2506 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
2507 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
2508 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
2509 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
2510 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
2511 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
2512 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
2513 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
2514 @ref{Old downloads})
2519 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
2520 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
2521 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
2522 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
2523 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
2524 @ref{Old downloads})
2529 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
2531 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
2532 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
2533 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
2538 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
2539 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
2540 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
2541 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
2542 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
2547 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
2548 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
2549 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
2551 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
2553 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
2555 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
2561 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
2562 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
2563 (feature sponsored by Andrea
2564 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
2565 @ref{Old downloads})
2570 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
2571 Linux Journal publishes an article on
2572 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
2573 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
2574 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
2577 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
2578 “GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
2579 alternatives seem second-rate.”
2580 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
2585 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
2586 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
2587 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
2588 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
2589 page. Let us know how you fare!
2594 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
2595 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
2596 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
2597 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
2598 The important occasion for this release is our new build
2599 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
2600 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
2601 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
2602 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
2604 @ref{Old downloads})
2609 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
2610 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
2611 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
2612 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
2613 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
2614 @ref{Old downloads})
2619 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
2620 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
2621 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
2622 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
2623 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
2624 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
2625 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
2626 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
2627 functions. (@ref{Changes},
2628 @ref{Old downloads})
2633 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
2634 This release has the following new features:
2637 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
2638 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
2639 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
2641 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
2642 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
2643 and Bertalan Fodor).
2645 Generic music functions may now also be used on
2646 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
2649 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
2650 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
2651 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
2655 @ref{Old downloads})
2660 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
2661 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
2662 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
2663 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
2664 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
2665 van den Borre and Bertalan
2666 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
2667 @ref{Old downloads})
2672 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
2673 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
2674 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
2675 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
2681 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
2682 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
2683 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
2684 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
2685 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
2687 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
2688 @ref{Old downloads})
2693 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
2694 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
2695 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
2700 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
2701 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
2702 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
2703 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
2704 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
2705 etc. (@ref{Changes},
2706 @ref{Old downloads})
2711 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
2712 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
2713 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
2714 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
2715 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
2716 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
2717 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2718 @ref{Old downloads})
2723 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
2724 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
2725 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
2726 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
2727 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2728 @ref{Old downloads})
2733 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
2734 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
2735 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
2736 @ref{Old downloads})
2741 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
2742 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
2743 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
2744 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
2745 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
2746 properties. (@ref{Changes},
2747 @ref{Old downloads})
2752 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
2753 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
2754 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
2755 that compute said property, i.e.
2758 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
2759 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
2762 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
2763 @ref{Old downloads})
2768 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
2769 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
2770 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
2771 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
2772 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
2773 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
2774 also provides advanced tweakability for power
2775 users. (@ref{Changes},
2776 @ref{Old downloads})
2781 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
2782 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
2783 series. (@ref{Changes},
2784 @ref{Old downloads})
2789 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
2790 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
2791 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
2792 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
2793 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
2794 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
2795 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
2796 sponsored by Nicolas
2797 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
2798 @ref{Old downloads})
2803 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
2804 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
2805 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
2806 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
2807 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
2808 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
2809 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2810 @ref{Old downloads})
2815 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
2816 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
2817 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
2818 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
2819 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
2820 @ref{Old downloads})
2825 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
2826 This is mainly a bugfix
2827 release. (@ref{Changes},
2828 @ref{Old downloads})
2833 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
2834 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
2835 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
2836 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
2837 la gravure musicale}.
2842 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
2843 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
2844 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
2845 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
2846 @ref{Old downloads})
2851 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
2852 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
2853 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
2854 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
2855 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
2856 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
2861 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
2862 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
2863 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
2864 Baca, and Vicente Solsona
2865 Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
2866 @ref{Old downloads})
2871 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
2872 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
2873 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
2874 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
2875 signs. (@ref{Changes},
2876 @ref{Old downloads})
2881 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
2882 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
2883 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
2884 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
2885 @ref{Old downloads})
2890 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
2891 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
2892 for a note is proportional to the time it
2893 takes. (@ref{Changes},
2894 @ref{Old downloads})
2899 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
2900 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
2901 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
2906 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
2907 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
2908 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
2909 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
2911 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
2912 @ref{Old downloads})
2917 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
2918 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
2919 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
2920 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
2922 @ref{Old downloads})
2927 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
2928 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
2929 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
2930 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
2931 @ref{Old downloads})
2936 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
2937 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
2939 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
2940 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
2941 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
2942 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
2943 (@uref{announce-v2.6.html,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
2948 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
2949 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
2950 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
2951 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
2956 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
2957 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
2958 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
2959 @ref{Old downloads})
2964 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
2965 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
2966 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
2967 @ref{Old downloads})
2972 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
2973 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
2974 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
2975 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
2976 (@ref{Old downloads})
2981 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
2982 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
2983 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
2984 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
2989 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
2990 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
2991 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
2992 better help functionality.
2993 (@ref{Old downloads})
2998 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
2999 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
3000 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
3001 compile them directly from
3002 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
3007 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
3008 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
3009 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
3014 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
3015 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
3016 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
3017 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
3022 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
3023 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
3024 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
3025 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
3026 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3031 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
3032 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
3033 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
3038 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
3039 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
3044 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
3045 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
3046 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
3051 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
3052 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
3053 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
3054 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
3055 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
3060 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
3061 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
3062 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
3063 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
3064 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
3065 @ref{Old downloads})
3070 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
3072 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
3073 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
3075 (@ref{Old downloads})
3080 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
3081 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
3082 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
3083 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
3084 signatures like 5/8.
3086 @ref{Old downloads})
3091 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
3092 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
3093 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
3094 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
3095 More details are in the
3097 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
3102 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
3103 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
3104 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
3105 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
3106 Scheme code. Take a look at
3108 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
3113 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
3114 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
3115 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
3116 place. @ref{Old downloads}
3121 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
3122 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
3123 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
3124 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
3129 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
3130 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
3131 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
3137 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
3138 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
3139 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
3140 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
3141 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
3142 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
3147 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
3148 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
3149 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
3150 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
3151 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
3152 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
3154 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
3159 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
3160 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
3161 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
3167 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
3168 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
3169 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
3170 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
3171 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
3177 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
3178 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
3179 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}.
3180 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
3181 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
3186 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
3187 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
3188 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
3189 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
3190 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
3195 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
3196 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
3197 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
3198 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
3199 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
3201 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
3206 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
3207 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
3208 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
3209 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
3210 @ref{Old downloads}!
3215 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
3216 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
3217 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
3218 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
3224 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
3225 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
3226 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
3232 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
3233 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
3234 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
3235 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
3237 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
3239 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
3244 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
3245 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
3246 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
3247 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
3248 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
3249 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
3250 font code by Werner.
3252 and check out the changes in
3253 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3258 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
3259 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
3260 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
3261 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
3262 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
3263 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
3264 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
3265 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
3266 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
3267 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
3270 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}.
3275 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
3276 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
3277 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
3278 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
3279 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
3281 and check out the changes in
3282 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3287 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
3288 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
3289 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
3290 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
3291 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
3292 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
3295 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}.
3300 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
3301 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
3302 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
3303 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
3304 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
3305 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
3306 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
3307 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
3308 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
3312 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}.
3317 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
3318 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
3319 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
3320 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
3321 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
3322 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
3324 and check out the changes in
3325 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3330 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
3331 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
3332 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
3333 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
3334 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
3335 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
3336 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
3337 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
3338 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
3341 and check out the changes in
3342 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3347 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
3348 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
3349 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
3350 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
3351 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
3352 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
3355 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
3358 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
3359 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
3360 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
3361 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
3362 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
3365 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}.
3370 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
3371 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
3372 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
3378 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
3379 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
3380 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
3382 and check out the changes in
3383 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3388 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
3389 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @uref{announce-v2.4.html,released!}
3390 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
3391 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
3392 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
3399 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
3400 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
3401 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
3402 some problems with the conversion scripts.
3404 and check out the changes in
3405 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3410 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
3411 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
3412 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
3413 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
3414 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
3416 and check out the changes in
3417 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3422 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
3423 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
3424 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
3425 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
3427 and check out the changes in
3428 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3433 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
3434 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
3435 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
3436 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
3438 and check out the changes in
3439 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3444 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
3445 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
3446 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
3447 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
3451 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}.
3456 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
3457 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
3458 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
3459 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
3463 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}.
3468 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
3469 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
3470 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
3471 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
3472 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
3473 in the documentation.
3475 and check out the changes in
3476 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3481 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
3482 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
3483 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
3484 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
3485 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
3490 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
3491 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
3493 and check out the changes
3494 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3499 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
3500 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
3501 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
3502 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
3503 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
3504 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
3505 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
3508 and check out the changes in
3509 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3514 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
3515 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
3516 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
3517 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
3518 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
3519 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
3520 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
3521 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
3522 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
3523 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
3524 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
3525 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
3526 will hold users back in switching.
3528 and check out the changes in
3529 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3534 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
3535 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
3536 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
3537 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
3538 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
3539 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
3540 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
3542 and check out the changes in
3543 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3548 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
3549 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
3550 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
3551 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
3552 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
3553 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
3557 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}.
3562 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
3563 LilyPond now has a Documentation
3564 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
3565 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
3566 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
3567 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
3568 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
3569 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
3570 chapter of the user manual.
3571 A lot of cheers for Graham!
3576 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
3577 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
3578 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
3579 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
3580 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
3581 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
3582 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
3586 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}.
3591 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
3592 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
3593 disappearing metronome mark.
3595 and check out the changes in
3596 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}.
3601 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
3602 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
3603 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
3604 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
3605 `doubleSlurs' property.
3607 and check out the changes in
3608 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3613 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
3614 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
3615 annoying bugs fixed.
3618 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}.
3623 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
3624 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
3625 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
3626 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
3627 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
3628 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
3629 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
3632 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
3633 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
3635 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
3636 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
3641 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}.
3646 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
3647 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
3648 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
3649 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
3650 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
3651 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
3652 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
3653 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
3654 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
3655 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
3656 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
3659 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}.
3664 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
3665 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
3666 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
3667 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
3668 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
3671 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}.
3676 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
3677 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
3678 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
3679 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
3680 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
3681 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
3682 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
3683 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
3684 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
3685 beat within the measure.
3687 and check out the changes in
3688 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3693 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
3694 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
3698 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}.
3703 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
3704 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
3710 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
3711 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
3712 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
3713 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
3714 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
3716 and check out the changes
3717 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3722 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
3723 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
3727 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}.
3732 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
3733 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
3734 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
3735 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
3736 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
3737 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
3738 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
3739 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}
3741 @ref{Old downloads}.
3746 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
3747 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
3748 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
3749 @ref{Old downloads}.
3754 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
3755 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
3756 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
3757 @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}
3759 @ref{Old downloads}.
3764 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
3765 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
3766 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
3767 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}
3769 @ref{Old downloads}.
3774 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
3775 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
3776 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}
3777 or head straight to the
3778 @ref{Old downloads}.
3783 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
3784 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
3785 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
3786 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
3787 @ref{Old downloads}.
3792 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
3793 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
3794 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
3795 @ref{Old downloads}.
3800 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
3801 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
3803 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
3804 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
3805 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
3806 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
3807 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
3812 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
3813 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
3814 @ref{Old downloads}.
3819 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
3820 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
3821 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
3827 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
3828 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
3829 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
3830 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
3831 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
3832 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
3833 @ref{Old downloads}.
3838 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
3839 A French article on the new LilyPond
3840 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
3845 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
3846 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
3847 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
3853 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
3854 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
3855 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
3856 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
3857 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
3858 the @uref{announce-v2.2.html,announcement} or skip to the
3859 @ref{Old downloads}.
3864 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
3865 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
3866 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
3867 documentation polish. This should be the final release
3868 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
3870 @ref{Old downloads}.
3875 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
3876 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
3878 @ref{Old downloads}.
3883 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
3884 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
3885 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
3886 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
3893 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
3894 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
3895 @ref{Old downloads}.
3900 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
3901 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
3908 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
3909 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
3910 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
3911 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
3913 @ref{Old downloads}.
3918 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
3919 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
3920 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
3921 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
3924 @ref{Old downloads}.
3929 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
3931 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
3932 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
3938 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
3939 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
3941 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
3942 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
3943 authors of LilyPond.
3948 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
3949 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
3950 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
3953 @ref{Old downloads}.
3958 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
3959 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
3960 experimental support for producing titles with
3966 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
3967 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
3968 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
3969 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
3971 @ref{Old downloads}.
3976 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
3977 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
3978 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
3979 of lyrics related bugs. See the
3981 @ref{Old downloads}.
3986 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
3987 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
3988 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
3989 produce cue notes. More information in the
3996 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
3997 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
3998 for altering accidental rules.
4004 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
4005 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
4006 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
4007 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
4008 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
4009 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
4010 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
4011 More information in the
4018 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
4019 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
4020 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
4021 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
4028 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
4029 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
4030 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
4031 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
4032 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
4039 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
4040 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
4041 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
4042 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
4043 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
4044 More information in the
4051 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
4052 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
4053 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
4054 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
4055 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
4056 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
4057 More information in the
4064 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
4065 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
4066 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
4067 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
4075 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
4076 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
4077 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
4078 @code{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
4085 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
4086 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
4087 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
4088 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
4089 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
4098 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
4099 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
4100 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
4103 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4108 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
4110 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
4111 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
4112 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
4115 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4120 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
4121 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
4122 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
4123 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
4124 access, but only HTTP downloads.
4129 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
4130 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
4131 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
4132 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
4133 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
4139 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
4140 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
4141 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
4143 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4148 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
4149 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
4150 available for Windows! For downloading, go
4151 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
4156 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
4157 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
4158 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
4159 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
4161 More information in the
4162 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4167 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
4168 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
4169 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
4171 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4176 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
4177 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
4178 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
4179 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
4181 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4186 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
4187 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
4188 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
4189 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
4190 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
4191 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
4192 individual music expressions.
4193 More information in the
4194 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4199 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
4200 An update to the stable branch,
4201 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
4202 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
4207 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
4208 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
4209 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
4210 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
4211 More information in the
4212 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4217 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
4218 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to
4219 improve the layout of lyrics. More
4221 @uref{@@DOC@@v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
4222 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4227 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
4228 in LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric
4229 alignment is completely revamped, and now matches my Edition
4230 Peters version of the Schubert song Sängers Morgen. More
4232 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4237 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
4238 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and linethickness
4239 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
4240 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
4241 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4246 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
4247 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
4248 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
4249 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
4250 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
4251 to implement this are welcome!) See the
4252 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4257 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
4258 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
4259 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
4260 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
4262 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4267 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
4268 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
4269 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
4270 Han-Wen's absence. See the
4271 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4276 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
4277 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
4279 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4284 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
4285 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
4287 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
4288 thanks to Heikki Junes.
4293 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
4294 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
4295 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
4296 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
4301 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
4302 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
4309 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
4310 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
4312 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
4313 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
4318 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
4319 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
4320 contains minor bugfixes.
4321 See the @ref{Changes}
4322 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
4327 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
4328 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
4329 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
4330 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
4336 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
4337 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
4338 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
4339 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
4340 @uref{announce-v2.0.html,here}, or go to the
4341 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
4346 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
4347 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
4348 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
4349 the @ref{Changes} and
4350 download @uref{install/,here}.
4355 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
4356 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
4357 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
4358 the @ref{Changes} and
4359 download @uref{install/,here}.
4364 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
4365 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
4366 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
4367 the @ref{Changes} and
4368 download @uref{install/,here}.
4373 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
4374 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
4375 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
4381 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
4382 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
4383 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
4389 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
4390 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
4391 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
4392 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
4393 will be available in a few weeks.
4399 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
4400 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
4401 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
4407 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
4408 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
4409 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
4415 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
4416 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
4417 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
4418 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
4424 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
4425 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
4426 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
4431 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
4432 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
4433 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
4434 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
4435 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4440 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
4441 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
4442 @ref{Changes} and get it
4443 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4448 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
4449 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
4450 @ref{Changes} and get it
4451 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4456 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
4457 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
4458 @ref{Changes} and get it
4459 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4464 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
4465 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
4466 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
4471 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
4472 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
4473 read the @ref{Changes}.
4478 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
4479 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
4480 has been updated to 1.8.
4481 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
4486 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
4487 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
4488 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
4493 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
4494 New website went live!
4499 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
4500 Announced new website.
4505 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
4506 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
4511 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
4512 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
4513 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
4519 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
4520 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
4521 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.