1 @c -*- coding: utf-8; mode: texinfo; -*-
5 (I'd rather have the below in the CG. -gp)
8 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
9 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
26 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
31 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
33 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
34 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
35 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
39 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
41 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
42 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
43 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
44 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
45 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
50 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
52 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
53 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
54 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
58 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
60 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
61 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
62 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
63 critical regressions against earlier versions.
67 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
69 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
70 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
71 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
72 and English names for feta filenames.
78 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
80 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
81 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
82 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
83 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
86 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
87 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
88 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
94 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
96 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
97 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
98 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
99 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
101 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
102 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
107 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
109 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
110 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
116 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
118 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
119 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
120 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
127 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
129 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
130 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
131 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
132 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
134 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
135 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
136 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
144 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
146 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
147 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
148 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
149 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
150 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
151 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
152 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
153 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
159 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
161 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
162 its team, its world, its community.
163 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
164 to read the full issue...
169 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
171 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
172 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
173 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
178 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
180 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
181 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
187 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
189 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
191 @uref{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
198 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
200 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
201 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
202 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
203 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
204 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
206 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
207 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
216 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
218 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
219 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
220 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
221 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
222 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
223 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
231 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
233 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
234 documentation and translations.
240 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 – Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
242 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
243 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
244 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
245 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
246 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
254 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
256 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
257 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
258 (teaching) has been added.
267 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
269 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
270 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
271 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
277 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
279 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
280 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
281 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
282 translations of the documentation.
288 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
290 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
291 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
292 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
293 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
294 deceased since then. All the development team express their
295 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
296 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
297 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
298 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
307 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
309 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
310 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
311 markup command names have been made.
319 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
321 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
322 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
323 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
324 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
325 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
333 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
335 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
336 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
344 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
346 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
347 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
348 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
356 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
358 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
366 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
368 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
369 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
370 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
379 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
381 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
382 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
383 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
384 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
392 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
394 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
395 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
404 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
406 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
407 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
412 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
414 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
415 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
420 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
422 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
430 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
432 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
433 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
434 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
442 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
444 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
445 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
450 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
452 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
453 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
458 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
460 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
461 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
462 regression tests maintenance for developers.
470 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
472 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
473 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
482 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
484 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
485 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
486 report, new translations of the site and publications.
487 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
488 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
489 announce releases and special events.
494 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
496 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
497 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
498 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
503 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
505 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
506 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
507 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
508 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
509 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
519 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
521 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
522 names has been added to the MusicXML
531 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
533 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
538 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
540 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
541 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
542 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
551 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
553 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
562 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
564 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
565 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
566 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
567 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
568 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
569 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
575 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
577 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
578 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
579 updates to the MusicXML converter.
587 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
589 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
590 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
595 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
597 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
598 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
599 Grand Documentation Project.
607 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
609 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
611 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
612 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
618 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
620 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
628 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
630 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
631 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
639 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
641 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
642 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
643 for the translations.
651 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
653 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
654 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
655 and lots of updates for the translations.
657 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
658 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
664 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
666 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
667 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
668 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
669 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
674 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
675 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
676 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
685 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
687 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
688 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
696 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
698 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
699 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
701 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
702 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
708 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
709 This has lots of bugfixes.
711 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
712 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
718 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
719 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des
720 LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
721 sind auf deutsch übersetzt — sie sind erhältlich für
723 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
728 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
729 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
738 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
739 This release has some documentation updates.
748 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
749 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont
750 désormais traduits, et disponibles en ligne — @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
751 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
752 2.11}. Les traductions sont également incluses dans la @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
757 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
758 This release fixes many bugs.
760 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
761 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
768 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
769 This release fixes many bugs.
771 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
772 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
779 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
780 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
781 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
790 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
791 This release fixes still more bugs.
800 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
801 This release fixes many bugs.
802 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
803 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
810 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
811 This release will stretch piano staves on a
812 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
813 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
815 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
816 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
823 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
824 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
825 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
834 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
835 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
836 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
845 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
846 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
847 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
856 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
857 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
867 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
868 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
877 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
878 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
879 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
880 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
889 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
890 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
891 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
892 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
893 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
894 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
903 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
904 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
905 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
915 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
916 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and —in 2.11.9&mdash
917 further improvements in the regression test suite
926 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
927 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
936 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
937 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
942 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
943 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
948 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
949 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
958 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
959 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
960 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
969 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
970 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
979 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
980 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
990 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
991 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1000 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
1001 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
1002 within a system as well as between systems.
1006 @ref{Old downloads}.
1011 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1012 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
1013 test results} and several website build improvements.
1017 @ref{Old downloads}.
1022 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1023 This release fixes several bugs.
1026 @ref{Old downloads}.
1031 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1032 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
1037 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
1038 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en
1039 français est maintenant disponible en ligne. @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1040 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1046 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1047 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
1051 @ref{Old downloads}.
1056 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1057 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1060 @ref{Old downloads}.
1065 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
1066 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
1070 @ref{Old downloads}.
1075 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
1076 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1079 @ref{Old downloads}.
1084 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
1085 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1090 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1091 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{announce-v2.10.html,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1096 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1097 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
1098 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
1103 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
1104 This release has many more bugfixes.
1107 @ref{Old downloads}.
1112 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
1113 This release has many more bugfixes.
1116 @ref{Old downloads}.
1121 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
1122 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
1127 @ref{Old downloads}.
1132 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
1133 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
1134 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
1135 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
1136 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
1137 (@ref{Publications}).
1142 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
1143 This release has further bugfixes.
1146 @ref{Old downloads}.
1151 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
1152 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
1153 available for x86/64.
1156 @ref{Old downloads}.
1161 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
1162 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
1163 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1164 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
1165 @ref{Old downloads})
1170 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
1171 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
1172 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1177 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
1178 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1183 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
1184 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1189 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
1190 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1195 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
1196 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
1197 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1202 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
1203 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
1204 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
1205 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1210 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
1211 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
1216 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
1217 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
1218 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
1223 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
1224 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
1225 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
1226 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
1227 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1232 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
1233 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
1234 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1239 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
1240 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
1241 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
1242 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1247 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
1248 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
1249 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
1250 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1255 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1256 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
1258 @ref{Old downloads})
1263 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1264 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
1266 @ref{Old downloads})
1271 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
1272 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
1273 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1275 @ref{Old downloads})
1280 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1281 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
1282 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1283 (@ref{Old downloads})
1288 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1289 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
1290 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
1291 glory} what features are broken in the development release
1296 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
1297 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
1298 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
1299 the development releases even better
1304 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
1306 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
1307 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
1308 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1313 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
1314 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
1315 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
1316 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
1317 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
1318 esthetics}. Happy reading!
1323 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
1324 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
1325 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
1327 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1332 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1333 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
1334 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
1335 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
1336 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1341 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1342 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
1343 (@ref{Old downloads})
1348 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
1349 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
1350 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
1351 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
1352 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
1353 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1358 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
1359 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
1360 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
1361 (@ref{Publications})
1366 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1367 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
1368 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1373 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1374 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
1375 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
1376 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1381 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
1382 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
1383 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
1388 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
1389 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @uref{announce-v2.8.html,release
1390 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1395 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
1396 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
1397 released. (@ref{Changes},
1398 @ref{Old downloads})
1403 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
1404 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
1405 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
1406 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
1407 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
1408 multi-measure rests.
1410 @ref{Old downloads})
1415 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
1416 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
1418 @ref{Old downloads})
1423 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
1424 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
1425 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
1426 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
1427 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1428 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
1429 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
1430 @ref{Old downloads})
1435 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
1436 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
1437 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
1438 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
1439 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
1440 @ref{Old downloads})
1445 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
1446 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
1447 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
1448 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
1449 the endings and the middle
1450 part. (@ref{Changes},
1451 @ref{Old downloads})
1456 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
1457 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
1458 parenthesized, for example,
1461 c4 -\parenthesize -.
1462 <d \parenthesize fis a>
1466 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
1467 @ref{Old downloads})
1472 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
1473 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
1474 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
1484 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
1485 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
1486 vector. (@ref{Changes},
1487 @ref{Old downloads})
1492 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
1493 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
1494 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
1495 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
1496 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
1497 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
1498 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
1500 @ref{Old downloads})
1505 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
1506 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
1507 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
1508 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
1509 @ref{Old downloads})
1514 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
1515 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
1516 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
1517 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
1518 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
1519 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
1520 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
1521 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1522 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1523 @ref{Old downloads})
1528 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
1529 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
1530 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
1531 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
1532 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
1533 @ref{Old downloads})
1538 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
1540 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
1541 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
1542 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
1547 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
1548 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
1549 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
1550 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
1551 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
1556 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1557 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
1558 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
1560 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
1562 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
1564 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
1570 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1571 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
1572 (feature sponsored by Andrea
1573 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
1574 @ref{Old downloads})
1579 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
1580 Linux Journal publishes an article on
1581 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
1582 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
1583 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
1586 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
1587 “GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
1588 alternatives seem second-rate.”
1589 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
1594 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
1595 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
1596 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
1597 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
1598 page. Let us know how you fare!
1603 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
1604 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
1605 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
1606 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
1607 The important occasion for this release is our new build
1608 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
1609 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
1610 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
1611 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
1613 @ref{Old downloads})
1618 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
1619 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
1620 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
1621 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
1622 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
1623 @ref{Old downloads})
1628 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
1629 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
1630 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
1631 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
1632 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
1633 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
1634 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
1635 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
1636 functions. (@ref{Changes},
1637 @ref{Old downloads})
1642 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
1643 This release has the following new features:
1646 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
1647 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
1648 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1650 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
1651 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
1652 and Bertalan Fodor).
1654 Generic music functions may now also be used on
1655 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
1658 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
1659 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
1660 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
1664 @ref{Old downloads})
1669 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
1670 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
1671 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
1672 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
1673 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
1674 van den Borre and Bertalan
1675 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
1676 @ref{Old downloads})
1681 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
1682 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
1683 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
1684 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
1690 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
1691 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
1692 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
1693 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
1694 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
1696 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
1697 @ref{Old downloads})
1702 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
1703 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
1704 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
1709 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
1710 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
1711 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
1712 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
1713 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
1714 etc. (@ref{Changes},
1715 @ref{Old downloads})
1720 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
1721 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
1722 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
1723 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
1724 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
1725 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
1726 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1727 @ref{Old downloads})
1732 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
1733 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
1734 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
1735 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
1736 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1737 @ref{Old downloads})
1742 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
1743 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
1744 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
1745 @ref{Old downloads})
1750 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
1751 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
1752 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
1753 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
1754 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
1755 properties. (@ref{Changes},
1756 @ref{Old downloads})
1761 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
1762 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
1763 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
1764 that compute said property, i.e.
1767 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
1768 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
1771 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
1772 @ref{Old downloads})
1777 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
1778 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
1779 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
1780 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
1781 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
1782 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
1783 also provides advanced tweakability for power
1784 users. (@ref{Changes},
1785 @ref{Old downloads})
1790 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
1791 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
1792 series. (@ref{Changes},
1793 @ref{Old downloads})
1798 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
1799 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
1800 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
1801 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
1802 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
1803 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
1804 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
1805 sponsored by Nicolas
1806 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1807 @ref{Old downloads})
1812 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
1813 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
1814 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1815 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
1816 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
1817 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
1818 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1819 @ref{Old downloads})
1824 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
1825 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
1826 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
1827 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
1828 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1829 @ref{Old downloads})
1834 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
1835 This is mainly a bugfix
1836 release. (@ref{Changes},
1837 @ref{Old downloads})
1842 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
1843 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
1844 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
1845 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
1846 la gravure musicale}.
1851 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
1852 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
1853 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
1854 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
1855 @ref{Old downloads})
1860 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
1861 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
1862 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
1863 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
1864 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
1865 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
1870 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
1871 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
1872 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
1873 Baca, and Vicente Solsona
1874 Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
1875 @ref{Old downloads})
1880 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
1881 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
1882 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
1883 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
1884 signs. (@ref{Changes},
1885 @ref{Old downloads})
1890 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
1891 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
1892 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
1893 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
1894 @ref{Old downloads})
1899 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
1900 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
1901 for a note is proportional to the time it
1902 takes. (@ref{Changes},
1903 @ref{Old downloads})
1908 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
1909 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
1910 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
1915 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
1916 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
1917 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
1918 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
1920 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
1921 @ref{Old downloads})
1926 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
1927 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
1928 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
1929 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
1931 @ref{Old downloads})
1936 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
1937 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
1938 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
1939 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
1940 @ref{Old downloads})
1945 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
1946 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
1948 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
1949 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
1950 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
1951 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
1952 (@uref{announce-v2.6.html,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
1957 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
1958 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
1959 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
1960 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
1965 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
1966 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
1967 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
1968 @ref{Old downloads})
1973 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
1974 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
1975 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
1976 @ref{Old downloads})
1981 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
1982 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
1983 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
1984 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
1985 (@ref{Old downloads})
1990 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
1991 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
1992 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
1993 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
1998 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
1999 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
2000 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
2001 better help functionality.
2002 (@ref{Old downloads})
2007 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
2008 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
2009 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
2010 compile them directly from
2011 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
2016 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
2017 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
2018 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
2023 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
2024 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
2025 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
2026 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
2031 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
2032 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
2033 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
2034 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
2035 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
2040 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2041 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
2042 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
2047 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2048 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
2053 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
2054 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
2055 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
2060 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
2061 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
2062 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
2063 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
2064 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
2069 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
2070 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
2071 now possible to start and stop the StaffSymbol, during a piece of
2072 music, by doing \stopStaff \startStaff. This can be used to produce
2074 staves. (@ref{Changes},
2075 @ref{Old downloads})
2080 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
2082 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
2083 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
2085 (@ref{Old downloads})
2090 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
2091 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
2092 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
2093 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
2094 signatures like 5/8.
2096 @ref{Old downloads})
2101 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
2102 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
2103 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
2104 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
2105 More details are in the
2107 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
2112 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
2113 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
2114 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
2115 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
2116 Scheme code. Take a look at
2118 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
2123 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
2124 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
2125 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
2126 place. @ref{Old downloads}
2131 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
2132 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
2133 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
2134 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
2139 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
2140 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
2141 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
2147 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
2148 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
2149 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
2150 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
2151 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2152 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2157 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2158 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
2159 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
2160 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
2161 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
2162 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
2164 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2169 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2170 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
2171 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
2177 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2178 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
2179 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
2180 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
2181 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
2187 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2188 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
2189 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}.
2190 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2191 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2196 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
2197 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
2198 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
2199 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
2200 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
2205 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
2206 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
2207 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
2208 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
2209 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
2211 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2216 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
2217 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
2218 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
2219 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
2220 @ref{Old downloads}!
2225 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
2226 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
2227 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
2228 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
2234 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
2235 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
2236 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
2242 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
2243 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
2244 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
2245 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
2247 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
2249 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
2254 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
2255 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
2256 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
2257 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
2258 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
2259 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
2260 font code by Werner.
2262 and check out the changes in
2263 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2268 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
2269 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
2270 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
2271 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
2272 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
2273 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
2274 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
2275 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
2276 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
2277 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
2280 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}.
2285 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
2286 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
2287 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
2288 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
2289 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
2291 and check out the changes in
2292 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2297 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
2298 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
2299 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
2300 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
2301 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
2302 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
2305 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}.
2310 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
2311 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
2312 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
2313 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
2314 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
2315 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
2316 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
2317 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
2318 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
2322 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}.
2327 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
2328 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
2329 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
2330 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
2331 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
2332 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
2334 and check out the changes in
2335 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2340 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
2341 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
2342 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
2343 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
2344 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
2345 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
2346 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
2347 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
2348 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
2351 and check out the changes in
2352 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2357 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
2358 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
2359 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
2360 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
2361 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
2362 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
2365 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
2368 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
2369 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
2370 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
2371 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
2372 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
2375 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}.
2380 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
2381 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
2382 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
2388 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
2389 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
2390 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
2392 and check out the changes in
2393 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2398 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
2399 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @uref{announce-v2.4.html,released!}
2400 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
2401 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
2402 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
2409 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2410 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
2411 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
2412 some problems with the conversion scripts.
2414 and check out the changes in
2415 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2420 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2421 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2422 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
2423 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
2424 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
2426 and check out the changes in
2427 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2432 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
2433 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
2434 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
2435 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
2437 and check out the changes in
2438 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2443 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
2444 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
2445 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
2446 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2448 and check out the changes in
2449 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2454 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
2455 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
2456 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
2457 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
2461 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}.
2466 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
2467 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
2468 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
2469 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
2473 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}.
2478 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
2479 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
2480 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
2481 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
2482 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
2483 in the documentation.
2485 and check out the changes in
2486 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2491 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
2492 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
2493 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
2494 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
2495 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
2500 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
2501 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
2503 and check out the changes
2504 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2509 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
2510 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
2511 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
2512 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
2513 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
2514 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
2515 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
2518 and check out the changes in
2519 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2524 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
2525 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
2526 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
2527 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
2528 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
2529 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
2530 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
2531 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
2532 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
2533 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
2534 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
2535 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
2536 will hold users back in switching.
2538 and check out the changes in
2539 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2544 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
2545 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
2546 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
2547 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
2548 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
2549 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
2550 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
2552 and check out the changes in
2553 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2558 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
2559 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
2560 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
2561 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
2562 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
2563 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
2567 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}.
2572 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2573 LilyPond now has a Documentation
2574 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
2575 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
2576 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
2577 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
2578 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
2579 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
2580 chapter of the user manual.
2581 A lot of cheers for Graham!
2586 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2587 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
2588 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
2589 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
2590 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
2591 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
2592 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
2596 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}.
2601 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
2602 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
2603 disappearing metronome mark.
2605 and check out the changes in
2606 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}.
2611 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
2612 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
2613 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
2614 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
2615 `doubleSlurs' property.
2617 and check out the changes in
2618 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2623 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
2624 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
2625 annoying bugs fixed.
2628 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}.
2633 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
2634 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
2635 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
2636 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
2637 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
2638 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
2639 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
2642 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
2643 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
2645 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
2646 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
2651 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}.
2656 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
2657 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
2658 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
2659 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
2660 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
2661 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
2662 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
2663 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
2664 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
2665 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
2666 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
2669 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}.
2674 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
2675 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
2676 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
2677 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
2678 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
2681 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}.
2686 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
2687 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
2688 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
2689 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
2690 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
2691 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
2692 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
2693 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
2694 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
2695 beat within the measure.
2697 and check out the changes in
2698 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2703 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
2704 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
2708 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}.
2713 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
2714 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
2720 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
2721 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
2722 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
2723 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
2724 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
2726 and check out the changes
2727 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2732 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
2733 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
2737 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}.
2742 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
2743 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
2744 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
2745 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
2746 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
2747 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
2748 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
2749 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}
2751 @ref{Old downloads}.
2756 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
2757 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
2758 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
2759 @ref{Old downloads}.
2764 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
2765 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
2766 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
2767 @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}
2769 @ref{Old downloads}.
2774 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
2775 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
2776 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
2777 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}
2779 @ref{Old downloads}.
2784 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
2785 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
2786 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}
2787 or head straight to the
2788 @ref{Old downloads}.
2793 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
2794 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
2795 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
2796 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
2797 @ref{Old downloads}.
2802 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
2803 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
2804 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
2805 @ref{Old downloads}.
2810 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
2811 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
2813 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
2814 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
2815 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
2816 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
2817 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
2822 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
2823 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
2824 @ref{Old downloads}.
2829 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
2830 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
2831 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
2837 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
2838 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
2839 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
2840 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
2841 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
2842 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
2843 @ref{Old downloads}.
2848 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
2849 A French article on the new LilyPond
2850 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
2855 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
2856 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
2857 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
2863 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
2864 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
2865 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
2866 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
2867 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
2868 the @uref{announce-v2.2.html,announcement} or skip to the
2869 @ref{Old downloads}.
2874 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
2875 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
2876 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
2877 documentation polish. This should be the final release
2878 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
2880 @ref{Old downloads}.
2885 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
2886 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
2888 @ref{Old downloads}.
2893 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
2894 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
2895 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
2896 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
2903 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
2904 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
2905 @ref{Old downloads}.
2910 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
2911 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
2918 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
2919 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
2920 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
2921 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
2923 @ref{Old downloads}.
2928 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
2929 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
2930 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
2931 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
2934 @ref{Old downloads}.
2939 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
2941 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
2942 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
2948 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
2949 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
2951 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
2952 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
2953 authors of LilyPond.
2958 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
2959 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
2960 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
2963 @ref{Old downloads}.
2968 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
2969 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
2970 experimental support for producing titles with
2976 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
2977 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
2978 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
2979 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
2981 @ref{Old downloads}.
2986 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
2987 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
2988 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
2989 of lyrics related bugs. See the
2991 @ref{Old downloads}.
2996 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
2997 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
2998 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
2999 produce cue notes. More information in the
3006 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
3007 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
3008 for altering accidental rules.
3014 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
3015 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
3016 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
3017 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
3018 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
3019 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
3020 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
3021 More information in the
3028 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
3029 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
3030 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
3031 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
3038 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
3039 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
3040 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
3041 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
3042 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
3049 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
3050 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
3051 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
3052 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
3053 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
3054 More information in the
3061 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
3062 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
3063 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
3064 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
3065 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
3066 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
3067 More information in the
3074 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
3075 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
3076 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
3077 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
3085 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
3086 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
3087 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
3088 @code{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
3095 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
3096 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
3097 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
3098 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
3099 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
3108 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
3109 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
3110 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
3113 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3118 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
3120 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
3121 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
3122 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
3125 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3130 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3131 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
3132 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
3133 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
3134 access, but only HTTP downloads.
3139 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3140 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
3141 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
3142 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
3143 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
3149 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
3150 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
3151 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
3153 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3158 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
3159 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
3160 available for Windows! For downloading, go
3161 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
3166 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
3167 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
3168 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
3169 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
3171 More information in the
3172 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3177 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
3178 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
3179 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
3181 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3186 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
3187 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
3188 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
3189 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
3191 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3196 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
3197 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
3198 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
3199 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
3200 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
3201 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
3202 individual music expressions.
3203 More information in the
3204 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3209 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
3210 An update to the stable branch,
3211 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
3212 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
3217 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
3218 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
3219 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
3220 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
3221 More information in the
3222 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3227 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
3228 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to
3229 improve the layout of lyrics. More
3231 @uref{@@DOC@@v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
3232 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3237 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
3238 in LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric
3239 alignment is completely revamped, and now matches my Edition
3240 Peters version of the Schubert song Sängers Morgen. More
3242 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3247 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
3248 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and linethickness
3249 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
3250 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
3251 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3256 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
3257 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
3258 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
3259 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
3260 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
3261 to implement this are welcome!) See the
3262 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3267 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
3268 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
3269 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
3270 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
3272 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3277 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
3278 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
3279 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
3280 Han-Wen's absence. See the
3281 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3286 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3287 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
3289 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3294 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3295 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
3297 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
3298 thanks to Heikki Junes.
3303 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
3304 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
3305 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
3306 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
3311 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
3312 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
3319 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
3320 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
3322 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
3323 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
3328 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
3329 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
3330 contains minor bugfixes.
3331 See the @ref{Changes}
3332 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
3337 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
3338 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
3339 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
3340 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
3346 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3347 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
3348 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
3349 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
3350 @uref{announce-v2.0.html,here}, or go to the
3351 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
3356 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3357 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
3358 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
3359 the @ref{Changes} and
3360 download @uref{install/,here}.
3365 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
3366 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
3367 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3368 the @ref{Changes} and
3369 download @uref{install/,here}.
3374 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
3375 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
3376 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3377 the @ref{Changes} and
3378 download @uref{install/,here}.
3383 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
3384 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
3385 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
3391 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
3392 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
3393 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
3399 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
3400 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
3401 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
3402 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
3403 will be available in a few weeks.
3409 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
3410 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
3411 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
3417 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
3418 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
3419 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
3425 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3426 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
3427 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
3428 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
3434 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3435 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
3436 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
3441 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3442 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
3443 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
3444 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
3445 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3450 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
3451 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
3452 @ref{Changes} and get it
3453 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3458 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
3459 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
3460 @ref{Changes} and get it
3461 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3466 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3467 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
3468 @ref{Changes} and get it
3469 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3474 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3475 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
3476 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
3481 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
3482 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
3483 read the @ref{Changes}.
3488 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
3489 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
3490 has been updated to 1.8.
3491 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
3496 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3497 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
3498 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
3503 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3504 New website went live!
3509 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
3510 Announced new website.
3515 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
3516 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
3521 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
3522 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
3523 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
3529 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
3530 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
3531 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.