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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
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18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
26 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
30 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
33 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
34 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
35 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
36 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
41 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
43 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
44 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
45 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
46 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
47 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
52 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
54 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
55 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
56 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
57 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
58 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
63 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
65 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
66 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
67 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
68 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
69 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
71 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
72 with positioning text.
77 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
79 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
80 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
81 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
82 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
83 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
88 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
90 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
91 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
92 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
93 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
94 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
99 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
101 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
102 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
103 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
104 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
105 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
110 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
112 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
113 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
114 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
115 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
116 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
121 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
123 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
124 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
125 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
126 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
127 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
132 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
134 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
135 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
136 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
137 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
138 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
143 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
145 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
146 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
147 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
148 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
149 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
154 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
156 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
157 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
158 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
159 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
160 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
161 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
166 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
168 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
169 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
170 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
171 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
172 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
177 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
179 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
180 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
181 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
182 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
183 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
188 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
190 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
191 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
192 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
193 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
194 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
199 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
201 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
202 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
203 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
204 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
205 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
210 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
212 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
213 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
214 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
215 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
216 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
221 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
223 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
224 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
225 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
226 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
227 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
232 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
234 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
235 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
236 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
237 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
238 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
244 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
246 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
247 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
248 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
252 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
254 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
255 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
256 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
257 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
258 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
263 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
265 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
266 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
267 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
268 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
269 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
274 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
276 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
277 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
278 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
279 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
284 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
286 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
287 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
288 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
289 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
294 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
296 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
297 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
298 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
299 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
304 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
306 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
307 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
308 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
309 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
315 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
317 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
318 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
319 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
320 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
325 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
327 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
328 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
329 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
330 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
332 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
333 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
337 Support for kievan square notation
339 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
341 Music functions have become quite more versatile
344 A full list of new features is given in:
347 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
350 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
352 Main development team:
354 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
355 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
356 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
357 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
358 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
361 Programming contributors:
363 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
364 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
365 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
366 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
368 Documentation contributors:
370 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
374 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
379 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
381 Translation contributors:
383 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
388 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
390 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
391 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
392 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
394 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
395 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
396 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
398 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
399 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
405 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
407 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
408 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
410 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
411 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
412 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
419 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
421 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
422 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
423 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
424 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
425 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
426 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
429 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
430 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
435 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
437 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
438 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
439 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
440 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
441 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
447 @subsubheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
449 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
450 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
451 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
452 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
455 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
456 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
457 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
464 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
466 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
467 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
469 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
470 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
471 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
478 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
480 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
481 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
482 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
483 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
484 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
490 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
492 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
493 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
494 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
495 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
498 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
499 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
500 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
507 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
509 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
510 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
511 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
512 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
513 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
514 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
517 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
518 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
525 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
527 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
528 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
529 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
530 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
533 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
534 candidate will be required.
540 @subsubheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
542 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
543 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
544 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
545 working on open source software.
547 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
548 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
554 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
556 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
557 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
558 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
559 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
562 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
563 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
564 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
571 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
573 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
574 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
575 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
576 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
579 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
580 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
581 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
588 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
590 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
591 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
592 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
593 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
596 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
597 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
604 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
606 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
607 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
609 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
610 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
611 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
618 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
620 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
621 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
623 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
624 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
625 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
632 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
634 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
635 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
637 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
638 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
639 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
646 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
648 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
649 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
650 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
651 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
654 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
655 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
662 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
664 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
665 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
667 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
668 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
669 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
676 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
678 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
679 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
681 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
682 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
683 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
690 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
692 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
693 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
694 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
695 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
698 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
699 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
700 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
707 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
709 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
710 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
712 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
713 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
714 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
721 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
723 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
724 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
726 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
727 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
728 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
735 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
737 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
738 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
740 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
741 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
742 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
749 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
751 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
752 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
753 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
754 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
755 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
758 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
759 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
766 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
768 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
769 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
771 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
772 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
773 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
776 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
782 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
784 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
785 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
787 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
788 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
789 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
796 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
798 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
799 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
801 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
802 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
803 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
810 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
812 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
813 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
815 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
816 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
817 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
824 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
826 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
827 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
829 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
830 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
831 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
838 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
840 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
841 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
843 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
844 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
845 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
852 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
854 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
855 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
857 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
858 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
859 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
866 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
868 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
869 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
871 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
872 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
873 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
880 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
882 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
883 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
885 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
886 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
887 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
894 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
896 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
897 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
899 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
900 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
901 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
908 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
910 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
911 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
913 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
914 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
915 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
922 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
924 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
925 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
927 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
928 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
929 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
936 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
938 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
939 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
941 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
942 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
943 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
950 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
952 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
959 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
961 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
962 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
963 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
964 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
967 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
968 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
969 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
976 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
978 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
979 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
981 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
982 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
983 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
984 not the next release candidate.
990 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
992 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
993 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
995 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
996 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
997 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
998 next release candidate.
1004 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1006 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1007 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1008 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1010 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1011 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1012 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1013 next release candidate.
1019 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1021 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1022 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1023 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1024 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1027 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1028 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1029 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1036 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1038 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
1039 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1041 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1042 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1048 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1050 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1051 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1053 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1054 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1060 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1062 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1063 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1064 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1072 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1074 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1075 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1077 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1078 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1084 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1086 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1087 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1089 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1090 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1096 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1098 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1099 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1101 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1102 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1108 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1110 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1111 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1113 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1114 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1120 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1122 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1123 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1124 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1129 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1131 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1132 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1133 usual number of bugs.
1135 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1136 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1141 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1143 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1144 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1145 usual number of bugs.
1147 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1148 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1154 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1156 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1157 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1158 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1159 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1161 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1162 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1167 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1170 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1171 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1174 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1179 A full list of new features is given in:
1182 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1185 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1187 Main development team:
1189 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1190 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1191 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1192 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1193 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1195 Programming contributors:
1197 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1198 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1199 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1200 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1201 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1202 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1206 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1208 Documentation contributors:
1210 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1211 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
1215 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
1216 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
1218 Binaries support contributors:
1222 Translation contributors:
1224 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
1225 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
1232 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
1234 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1235 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1236 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1237 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1240 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1241 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1242 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1249 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
1251 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
1252 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1254 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1255 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1261 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
1263 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
1264 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1266 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1267 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1273 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
1275 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
1276 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1278 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1279 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1285 @subsubheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
1287 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
1288 article in the May 2011 issue titled
1289 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
1290 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
1291 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
1292 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
1293 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
1298 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
1300 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
1301 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1303 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1304 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1310 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
1312 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1313 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1314 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1315 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1318 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1319 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1320 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1327 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
1329 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1330 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1331 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1332 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1335 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1336 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1337 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1344 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
1346 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1347 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1348 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1349 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1352 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1353 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1354 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1361 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
1363 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
1364 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1366 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
1367 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1373 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
1375 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
1376 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1377 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1378 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1379 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1385 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
1387 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1388 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1389 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1390 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1393 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1394 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1395 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1402 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
1404 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
1405 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1407 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1408 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1413 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
1415 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
1416 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1418 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1419 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1424 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
1426 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
1427 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1429 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1430 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1436 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
1438 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
1439 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1441 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
1442 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
1443 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
1449 @subsubheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
1451 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
1452 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
1453 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
1460 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
1462 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1463 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1464 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1465 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1468 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1469 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1470 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1477 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
1479 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
1480 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1481 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1489 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
1491 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
1492 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1493 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1501 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
1503 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
1504 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1505 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1506 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1507 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1513 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
1515 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1516 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1517 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1518 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1521 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1522 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1523 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1530 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
1532 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
1533 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1534 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1543 @subsubheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
1545 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
1546 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1547 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1548 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1551 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1552 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1553 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1554 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1560 @subsubheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
1562 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
1563 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1564 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1565 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1568 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1569 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1570 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1571 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1577 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
1579 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
1580 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1581 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1584 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1585 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1586 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1592 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
1594 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
1595 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1596 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1599 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1600 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1601 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1607 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
1609 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
1610 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1611 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1614 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1615 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1616 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1622 @subsubheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
1624 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
1625 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1626 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1627 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1630 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1631 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1632 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
1633 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1642 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
1644 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
1645 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
1646 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
1647 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
1648 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
1649 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
1650 read on to find out what for!
1653 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
1654 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
1661 @subsubheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
1663 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
1664 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1665 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1666 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1669 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1670 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1671 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
1672 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1679 @subsubheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
1681 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
1682 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1683 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1684 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1687 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1688 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1689 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
1690 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1697 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
1699 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
1700 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1701 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1704 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
1705 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1706 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1711 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
1713 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1714 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
1715 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
1716 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
1717 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
1721 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
1722 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
1729 @subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
1731 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
1732 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1733 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1734 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1737 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
1738 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1739 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1740 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
1742 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
1744 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
1745 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
1746 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1752 @subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
1754 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
1755 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1756 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1757 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1760 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
1761 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1762 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1763 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
1764 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
1765 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1771 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
1773 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
1774 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1775 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1784 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
1786 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
1787 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1788 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1795 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
1797 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1798 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
1799 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
1800 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
1801 the bug report of the report!
1804 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
1805 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
1811 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
1813 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
1814 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1815 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1822 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
1824 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
1825 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1826 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1833 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
1835 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1836 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
1837 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
1838 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
1842 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
1843 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
1851 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
1853 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
1854 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1855 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1858 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
1859 caution and expect breakage.
1864 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
1866 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
1867 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1868 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1871 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
1872 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
1873 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
1874 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
1879 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
1881 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
1882 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1883 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1889 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
1891 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
1892 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
1893 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
1894 improvements to the new website.
1896 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
1897 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
1899 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
1900 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
1902 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
1908 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
1910 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
1911 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1912 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1917 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
1919 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
1920 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1921 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1927 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
1929 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
1930 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1931 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1937 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
1939 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
1940 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1941 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1946 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
1948 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
1949 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1950 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1955 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
1957 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
1958 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1959 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1962 This release should be of particular interest to package
1963 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
1964 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
1965 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
1971 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
1973 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1974 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
1975 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
1976 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
1979 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
1980 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
1987 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
1989 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
1990 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1991 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1994 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
1995 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
1996 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
1997 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
1998 see the Changes document for more information.
2002 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2004 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2005 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2006 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2011 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2013 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2014 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2015 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2016 so this release is intended for developers only.
2020 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2022 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2023 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2024 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2029 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2031 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2032 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2037 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2039 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2040 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2041 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2047 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2049 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2050 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2051 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2052 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2053 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2055 What are you waiting for? Come
2056 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2057 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2062 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2064 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2065 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2066 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2070 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2072 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2073 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2074 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2075 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2076 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2081 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2083 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2084 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2085 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2089 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2091 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2092 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2093 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2094 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2098 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2100 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2101 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2102 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2103 and English names for feta filenames.
2109 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2111 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2112 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2113 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2114 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2117 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2118 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2119 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2125 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2127 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2128 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2129 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2130 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2132 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2133 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2138 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2140 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2141 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2147 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2149 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2150 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2151 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2158 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2160 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2161 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2162 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2163 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2165 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2166 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2167 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2175 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2177 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2178 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2179 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2180 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2181 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2182 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2183 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2184 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2190 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2192 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2193 its team, its world, its community.
2194 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2195 to read the full issue...
2200 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2202 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2203 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2204 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2209 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2211 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2212 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
2218 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
2220 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2222 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
2229 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
2231 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
2232 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
2233 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
2234 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
2235 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
2237 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
2238 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
2240 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
2242 @ref{Old downloads}.
2247 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
2249 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
2250 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
2251 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
2252 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
2253 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
2254 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
2257 @ref{Old downloads}.
2262 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
2264 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
2265 documentation and translations.
2266 @ref{Old downloads}.
2271 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
2273 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
2274 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
2275 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
2276 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
2277 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
2279 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
2280 @ref{Old downloads}.
2285 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
2287 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
2288 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
2289 (teaching) has been added.
2291 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
2293 @ref{Old downloads}.
2298 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
2300 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
2301 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
2302 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
2303 @ref{Old downloads}.
2308 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
2310 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
2311 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
2312 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
2313 translations of the documentation.
2314 @ref{Old downloads}.
2319 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
2321 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
2322 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
2323 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
2324 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
2325 deceased since then. All the development team express their
2326 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
2327 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
2328 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
2329 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
2331 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
2333 @ref{Old downloads}.
2338 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
2340 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
2341 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
2342 markup command names have been made.
2345 @ref{Old downloads}.
2350 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
2352 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
2353 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
2354 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
2355 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
2356 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
2359 @ref{Old downloads}.
2364 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
2366 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
2367 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
2369 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
2370 @ref{Old downloads}.
2375 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
2377 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
2378 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
2379 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
2381 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
2382 @ref{Old downloads}.
2387 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
2389 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
2391 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
2392 @ref{Old downloads}.
2397 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
2399 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
2400 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
2401 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
2403 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
2405 @ref{Old downloads}.
2410 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
2412 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
2413 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
2414 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
2415 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
2417 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
2418 @ref{Old downloads}.
2423 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
2425 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
2426 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
2429 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
2430 @ref{Old downloads}.
2435 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
2437 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2438 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
2443 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
2445 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2446 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
2451 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
2453 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
2455 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
2456 @ref{Old downloads}.
2461 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2463 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
2464 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
2465 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
2467 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
2468 @ref{Old downloads}.
2473 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2475 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2476 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
2481 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
2483 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
2484 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
2489 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
2491 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
2492 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
2493 regression tests maintenance for developers.
2495 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
2496 @ref{Old downloads}.
2501 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
2503 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
2504 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
2506 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
2508 @ref{Old downloads}.
2513 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
2515 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
2516 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
2517 report, new translations of the site and publications.
2518 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
2519 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
2520 announce releases and special events.
2525 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
2527 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
2528 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2529 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
2534 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
2536 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
2537 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
2538 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
2539 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
2540 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
2543 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
2545 @ref{Old downloads}.
2550 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
2552 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
2553 names has been added to the MusicXML
2556 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
2557 @ref{Old downloads}.
2562 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
2564 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
2569 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
2571 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
2572 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
2573 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
2576 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
2577 @ref{Old downloads}.
2582 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
2584 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
2587 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
2588 @ref{Old downloads}.
2593 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2595 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
2596 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
2597 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
2598 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
2599 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
2600 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
2606 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2608 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
2609 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
2610 updates to the MusicXML converter.
2612 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
2613 @ref{Old downloads}.
2618 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
2620 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
2621 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
2626 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
2628 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
2629 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
2630 Grand Documentation Project.
2632 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
2633 @ref{Old downloads}.
2638 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
2640 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
2642 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
2643 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
2644 @ref{Old downloads}.
2649 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
2651 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
2653 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
2654 @ref{Old downloads}.
2659 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
2661 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
2662 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
2664 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
2665 @ref{Old downloads}.
2670 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
2672 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
2673 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
2674 for the translations.
2676 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
2677 @ref{Old downloads}.
2682 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
2684 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
2685 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
2686 and lots of updates for the translations.
2688 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
2689 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
2690 @ref{Old downloads}.
2695 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
2697 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
2698 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
2699 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
2700 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
2705 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
2706 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
2707 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
2708 spacing engine code.
2710 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
2711 @ref{Old downloads}.
2716 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
2718 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
2719 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
2721 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
2722 @ref{Old downloads}.
2727 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
2729 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
2730 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
2732 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
2733 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
2734 @ref{Old downloads}.
2739 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
2740 This has lots of bugfixes.
2742 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
2743 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
2744 @ref{Old downloads}.
2749 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
2750 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
2751 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
2752 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
2757 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
2758 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
2760 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
2762 @ref{Old downloads}.
2767 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
2768 This release has some documentation updates.
2770 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
2772 @ref{Old downloads}.
2777 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
2778 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
2779 disponibles en ligne ---
2780 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
2781 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
2782 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
2783 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
2788 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
2789 This release fixes many bugs.
2791 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
2792 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
2794 @ref{Old downloads}.
2799 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
2800 This release fixes many bugs.
2802 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
2803 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
2805 @ref{Old downloads}.
2810 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
2811 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
2812 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
2814 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
2816 @ref{Old downloads}.
2821 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
2822 This release fixes still more bugs.
2824 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
2826 @ref{Old downloads}.
2831 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
2832 This release fixes many bugs.
2833 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
2834 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
2836 @ref{Old downloads})
2841 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
2842 This release will stretch piano staves on a
2843 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
2844 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
2846 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
2847 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
2849 @ref{Old downloads}.
2854 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
2855 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
2856 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
2858 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
2865 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2866 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
2867 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
2869 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
2871 @ref{Old downloads}.
2876 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2877 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
2878 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
2880 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
2882 @ref{Old downloads}.
2887 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2888 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
2891 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
2893 @ref{Old downloads}.
2898 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
2899 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
2901 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
2903 @ref{Old downloads}.
2908 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
2909 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
2910 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
2911 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
2913 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
2915 @ref{Old downloads}.
2920 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
2921 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
2922 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
2923 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
2924 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
2925 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
2927 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
2929 @ref{Old downloads}.
2934 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
2935 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
2936 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
2939 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
2941 @ref{Old downloads}.
2946 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
2947 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
2948 further improvements in the regression test suite
2952 @ref{Old downloads}.
2957 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
2958 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2962 @ref{Old downloads}.
2967 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
2968 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
2973 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
2974 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
2979 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
2980 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2984 @ref{Old downloads}.
2989 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
2990 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
2991 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
2995 @ref{Old downloads}.
3000 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3001 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3005 @ref{Old downloads}.
3010 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3011 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3016 @ref{Old downloads}.
3021 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3022 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3026 @ref{Old downloads}.
3031 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3032 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3033 within a system as well as between systems.
3037 @ref{Old downloads}.
3042 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3043 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3044 test results} and several website build improvements.
3048 @ref{Old downloads}.
3053 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3054 This release fixes several bugs.
3057 @ref{Old downloads}.
3062 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3063 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3068 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3069 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3070 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3071 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3072 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3077 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3078 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3082 @ref{Old downloads}.
3087 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3088 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3091 @ref{Old downloads}.
3096 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3097 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3101 @ref{Old downloads}.
3106 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3107 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3110 @ref{Old downloads}.
3115 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3116 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3121 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3122 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3123 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3128 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3129 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3130 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3135 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3136 This release has many more bugfixes.
3139 @ref{Old downloads}.
3144 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3145 This release has many more bugfixes.
3148 @ref{Old downloads}.
3153 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3154 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3159 @ref{Old downloads}.
3164 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3165 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3166 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3167 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3168 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3169 (@ref{Publications}).
3174 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3175 This release has further bugfixes.
3178 @ref{Old downloads}.
3183 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3184 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3185 available for x86/64.
3188 @ref{Old downloads}.
3193 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3194 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3195 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3196 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3197 @ref{Old downloads})
3202 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3203 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3204 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3209 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3210 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3215 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
3216 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3221 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
3222 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3227 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
3228 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
3229 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3234 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
3235 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
3236 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
3237 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3242 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
3243 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3248 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
3249 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
3250 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
3255 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
3256 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
3257 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
3258 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
3259 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3264 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
3265 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
3266 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3271 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
3272 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
3273 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
3274 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3279 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
3280 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
3281 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
3282 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3287 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3288 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
3290 @ref{Old downloads})
3295 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3296 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
3298 @ref{Old downloads})
3303 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
3304 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
3305 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3307 @ref{Old downloads})
3312 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3313 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
3314 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3315 (@ref{Old downloads})
3320 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3321 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
3322 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
3323 glory} what features are broken in the development release
3328 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
3329 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
3330 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
3331 the development releases even better
3336 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
3338 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
3339 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
3340 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3345 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
3346 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
3347 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
3348 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
3349 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
3350 esthetics}. Happy reading!
3355 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
3356 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
3357 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
3359 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3364 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3365 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
3366 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
3367 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
3368 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3373 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3374 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
3375 (@ref{Old downloads})
3380 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
3381 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
3382 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
3383 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
3384 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
3385 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3390 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
3391 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
3392 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
3393 (@ref{Publications})
3398 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3399 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
3400 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3405 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3406 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
3407 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
3408 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3413 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
3414 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
3415 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
3420 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
3421 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
3422 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3427 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
3428 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
3429 released. (@ref{Changes},
3430 @ref{Old downloads})
3435 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
3436 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
3437 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
3438 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
3439 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
3440 multi-measure rests.
3442 @ref{Old downloads})
3447 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
3448 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
3450 @ref{Old downloads})
3455 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
3456 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
3457 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
3458 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
3459 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3460 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
3461 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
3462 @ref{Old downloads})
3467 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
3468 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
3469 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
3470 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
3471 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
3472 @ref{Old downloads})
3477 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
3478 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
3479 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
3480 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
3481 the endings and the middle
3482 part. (@ref{Changes},
3483 @ref{Old downloads})
3488 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
3489 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
3490 parenthesized, for example,
3493 c4 -\parenthesize -.
3494 <d \parenthesize fis a>
3498 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
3499 @ref{Old downloads})
3504 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
3505 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
3506 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
3516 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
3517 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
3518 vector. (@ref{Changes},
3519 @ref{Old downloads})
3524 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
3525 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
3526 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
3527 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
3528 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
3529 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
3530 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
3532 @ref{Old downloads})
3537 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
3538 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
3539 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
3540 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
3541 @ref{Old downloads})
3546 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
3547 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
3548 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
3549 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
3550 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
3551 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
3552 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
3553 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3554 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3555 @ref{Old downloads})
3560 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
3561 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
3562 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
3563 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
3564 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
3565 @ref{Old downloads})
3570 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
3572 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
3573 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
3574 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
3579 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
3580 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
3581 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
3582 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
3583 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
3588 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3589 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
3590 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
3592 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
3594 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
3596 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
3602 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3603 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
3604 (feature sponsored by Andrea
3605 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
3606 @ref{Old downloads})
3611 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
3612 Linux Journal publishes an article on
3613 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
3614 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
3615 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
3618 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
3619 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
3620 alternatives seem second-rate.}
3621 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
3626 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
3627 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
3628 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
3629 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
3630 page. Let us know how you fare!
3635 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
3636 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
3637 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
3638 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
3639 The important occasion for this release is our new build
3640 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
3641 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
3642 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
3643 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
3645 @ref{Old downloads})
3650 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
3651 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
3652 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
3653 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
3654 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
3655 @ref{Old downloads})
3660 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
3661 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
3662 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
3663 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
3664 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
3665 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
3666 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
3667 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
3668 functions. (@ref{Changes},
3669 @ref{Old downloads})
3674 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
3675 This release has the following new features:
3678 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
3679 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
3680 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3682 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
3683 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
3684 and Bertalan Fodor).
3686 Generic music functions may now also be used on
3687 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
3690 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
3691 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
3692 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
3696 @ref{Old downloads})
3701 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
3702 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
3703 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
3704 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
3705 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
3706 van den Borre and Bertalan
3707 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
3708 @ref{Old downloads})
3713 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
3714 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
3715 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
3716 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
3722 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
3723 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
3724 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
3725 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
3726 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
3728 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
3729 @ref{Old downloads})
3734 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
3735 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
3736 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
3741 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
3742 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
3743 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
3744 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
3745 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
3746 etc. (@ref{Changes},
3747 @ref{Old downloads})
3752 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
3753 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
3754 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
3755 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3756 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3757 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3758 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3759 @ref{Old downloads})
3764 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
3765 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3766 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3767 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3768 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3769 @ref{Old downloads})
3774 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
3775 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
3776 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
3777 @ref{Old downloads})
3782 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
3783 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
3784 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
3785 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
3786 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
3787 properties. (@ref{Changes},
3788 @ref{Old downloads})
3793 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
3794 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
3795 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
3796 that compute said property, i.e.
3799 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
3800 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
3803 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
3804 @ref{Old downloads})
3809 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
3810 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
3811 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
3812 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
3813 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
3814 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
3815 also provides advanced tweakability for power
3816 users. (@ref{Changes},
3817 @ref{Old downloads})
3822 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
3823 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
3824 series. (@ref{Changes},
3825 @ref{Old downloads})
3830 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
3831 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
3832 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
3833 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
3834 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
3835 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
3836 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
3837 sponsored by Nicolas
3838 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3839 @ref{Old downloads})
3844 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
3845 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
3846 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3847 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
3848 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
3849 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
3850 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3851 @ref{Old downloads})
3856 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
3857 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
3858 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
3859 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
3860 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3861 @ref{Old downloads})
3866 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
3867 This is mainly a bugfix
3868 release. (@ref{Changes},
3869 @ref{Old downloads})
3874 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
3875 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
3876 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
3877 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
3878 la gravure musicale}.
3883 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
3884 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
3885 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
3886 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
3887 @ref{Old downloads})
3892 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
3893 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
3894 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
3895 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
3896 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
3897 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
3902 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
3903 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
3904 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
3905 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
3906 @ref{Old downloads})
3911 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
3912 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
3913 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
3914 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
3915 signs. (@ref{Changes},
3916 @ref{Old downloads})
3921 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
3922 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
3923 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
3924 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
3925 @ref{Old downloads})
3930 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
3931 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
3932 for a note is proportional to the time it
3933 takes. (@ref{Changes},
3934 @ref{Old downloads})
3939 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
3940 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
3941 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
3946 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
3947 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
3948 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
3949 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
3951 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
3952 @ref{Old downloads})
3957 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
3958 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
3959 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
3960 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
3962 @ref{Old downloads})
3967 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
3968 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
3969 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
3970 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
3971 @ref{Old downloads})
3976 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
3977 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
3979 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
3980 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
3981 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
3982 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
3983 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
3988 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
3989 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
3990 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
3991 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
3996 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
3997 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
3998 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
3999 @ref{Old downloads})
4004 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4005 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4006 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4007 @ref{Old downloads})
4012 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4013 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4014 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4015 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4016 (@ref{Old downloads})
4021 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4022 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4023 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4024 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4029 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4030 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4031 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4032 better help functionality.
4033 (@ref{Old downloads})
4038 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4039 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4040 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4041 compile them directly from
4042 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4047 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4048 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4049 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4054 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4055 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4056 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4057 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4062 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4063 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4064 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4065 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4066 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4071 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4072 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4073 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4078 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4079 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4084 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4085 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4086 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4091 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4092 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4093 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4094 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4095 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4100 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4101 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4102 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4103 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4104 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4105 @ref{Old downloads})
4110 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4112 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4113 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4115 (@ref{Old downloads})
4120 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4121 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4122 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4123 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4124 signatures like 5/8.
4126 @ref{Old downloads})
4131 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
4132 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4133 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4134 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4135 More details are in the
4137 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4142 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
4143 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4144 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4145 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4146 Scheme code. Take a look at
4148 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4153 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
4154 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4155 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4156 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4161 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
4162 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4163 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4164 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4169 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
4170 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4171 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4177 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
4178 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4179 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4180 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4181 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4182 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4187 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4188 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4189 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4190 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4191 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4192 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4194 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4199 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4200 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4201 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4207 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4208 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
4209 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4210 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4211 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
4217 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4218 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
4219 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}.
4220 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4221 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4226 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
4227 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
4228 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
4229 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
4230 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
4235 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
4236 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
4237 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
4238 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
4239 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
4241 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4246 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
4247 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
4248 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
4249 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
4250 @ref{Old downloads}!
4255 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
4256 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
4257 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
4258 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
4264 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
4265 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
4266 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
4272 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
4273 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
4274 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
4275 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
4277 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
4279 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
4284 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
4285 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
4286 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
4287 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
4288 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
4289 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
4290 font code by Werner.
4292 and check out the changes in
4293 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4298 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
4299 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
4300 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
4301 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
4302 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
4303 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
4304 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
4305 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
4306 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
4307 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
4310 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}.
4315 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
4316 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
4317 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
4318 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
4319 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
4321 and check out the changes in
4322 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4327 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
4328 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
4329 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
4330 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
4331 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
4332 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
4335 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}.
4340 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
4341 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
4342 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
4343 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
4344 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
4345 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
4346 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
4347 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
4348 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
4352 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}.
4357 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
4358 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
4359 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
4360 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
4361 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
4362 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
4364 and check out the changes in
4365 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4370 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
4371 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
4372 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
4373 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
4374 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
4375 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
4376 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
4377 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
4378 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
4381 and check out the changes in
4382 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4387 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
4388 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
4389 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
4390 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
4391 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
4392 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
4395 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
4398 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
4399 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
4400 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
4401 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
4402 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
4405 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}.
4410 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
4411 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
4412 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
4418 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
4419 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
4420 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
4422 and check out the changes in
4423 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4428 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
4429 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
4430 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
4431 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
4432 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
4439 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4440 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
4441 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
4442 some problems with the conversion scripts.
4444 and check out the changes in
4445 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4450 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4451 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4452 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
4453 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
4454 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
4456 and check out the changes in
4457 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4462 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
4463 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
4464 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
4465 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
4467 and check out the changes in
4468 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4473 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
4474 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
4475 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
4476 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4478 and check out the changes in
4479 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4484 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
4485 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
4486 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
4487 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
4491 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}.
4496 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
4497 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
4498 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
4499 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
4503 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}.
4508 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
4509 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
4510 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
4511 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
4512 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
4513 in the documentation.
4515 and check out the changes in
4516 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4521 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
4522 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
4523 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
4524 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
4525 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
4530 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
4531 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
4533 and check out the changes
4534 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4539 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
4540 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
4541 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
4542 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
4543 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
4544 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
4545 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
4548 and check out the changes in
4549 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4554 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
4555 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
4556 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
4557 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
4558 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
4559 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
4560 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
4561 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
4562 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
4563 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
4564 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
4565 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
4566 will hold users back in switching.
4568 and check out the changes in
4569 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4574 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
4575 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
4576 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
4577 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
4578 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
4579 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
4580 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
4582 and check out the changes in
4583 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4588 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
4589 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
4590 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
4591 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
4592 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
4593 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
4597 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}.
4602 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4603 LilyPond now has a Documentation
4604 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
4605 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
4606 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
4607 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
4608 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
4609 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
4610 chapter of the user manual.
4611 A lot of cheers for Graham!
4616 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4617 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
4618 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
4619 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
4620 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
4621 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
4622 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
4626 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}.
4631 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
4632 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
4633 disappearing metronome mark.
4635 and check out the changes in
4636 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}.
4641 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
4642 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
4643 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
4644 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
4645 `doubleSlurs' property.
4647 and check out the changes in
4648 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4653 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
4654 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
4655 annoying bugs fixed.
4658 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}.
4663 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
4664 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
4665 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
4666 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
4667 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
4668 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
4669 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
4672 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
4673 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
4675 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
4676 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
4681 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}.
4686 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
4687 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
4688 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
4689 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
4690 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
4691 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
4692 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
4693 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
4694 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
4695 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
4696 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
4699 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}.
4704 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
4705 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
4706 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
4707 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
4708 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
4711 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}.
4716 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
4717 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
4718 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
4719 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
4720 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
4721 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
4722 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
4723 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
4724 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
4725 beat within the measure.
4727 and check out the changes in
4728 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4733 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
4734 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
4738 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}.
4743 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
4744 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
4750 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4751 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
4752 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
4753 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
4754 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
4756 and check out the changes
4757 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4762 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4763 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
4767 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}.
4772 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
4773 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
4774 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
4775 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
4776 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
4777 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
4778 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
4779 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}
4781 @ref{Old downloads}.
4786 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
4787 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
4788 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
4789 @ref{Old downloads}.
4794 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
4795 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
4796 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
4797 @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}
4799 @ref{Old downloads}.
4804 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4805 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
4806 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
4807 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}
4809 @ref{Old downloads}.
4814 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4815 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
4816 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}
4817 or head straight to the
4818 @ref{Old downloads}.
4823 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
4824 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
4825 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
4826 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4827 @ref{Old downloads}.
4832 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
4833 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
4834 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4835 @ref{Old downloads}.
4840 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
4841 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
4843 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
4844 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
4845 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
4846 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
4847 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
4852 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
4853 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
4854 @ref{Old downloads}.
4859 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
4860 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
4861 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
4867 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
4868 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
4869 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
4870 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
4871 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
4872 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
4873 @ref{Old downloads}.
4878 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
4879 A French article on the new LilyPond
4880 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
4885 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
4886 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
4887 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
4893 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
4894 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
4895 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
4896 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
4897 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
4898 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
4899 @ref{Old downloads}.
4904 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
4905 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
4906 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
4907 documentation polish. This should be the final release
4908 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
4910 @ref{Old downloads}.
4915 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
4916 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
4918 @ref{Old downloads}.
4923 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
4924 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
4925 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
4926 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
4933 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
4934 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
4935 @ref{Old downloads}.
4940 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
4941 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
4948 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
4949 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
4950 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
4951 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
4953 @ref{Old downloads}.
4958 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
4959 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
4960 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
4961 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
4964 @ref{Old downloads}.
4969 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
4971 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
4972 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
4978 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
4979 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
4981 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
4982 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
4983 authors of LilyPond.
4988 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
4989 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
4990 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
4993 @ref{Old downloads}.
4998 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
4999 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5000 experimental support for producing titles with
5006 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
5007 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5008 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5009 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5011 @ref{Old downloads}.
5016 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
5017 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5018 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5019 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5021 @ref{Old downloads}.
5026 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
5027 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5028 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5029 produce cue notes. More information in the
5036 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
5037 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5038 for altering accidental rules.
5044 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
5045 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5046 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5047 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5048 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5049 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5050 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5051 More information in the
5058 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
5059 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5060 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5061 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5068 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
5069 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5070 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5071 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5072 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5079 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
5080 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5081 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5082 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5083 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5084 More information in the
5091 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
5092 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5093 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5094 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5095 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5096 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5097 More information in the
5104 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
5105 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5106 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5107 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5115 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
5116 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5117 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5118 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5125 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
5126 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5127 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5128 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5129 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5138 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
5139 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5140 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5143 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5148 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
5150 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5151 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5152 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5155 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5160 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5161 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5162 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5163 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5164 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5169 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5170 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5171 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5172 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5173 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5179 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
5180 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5181 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5183 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5188 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
5189 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5190 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5191 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5196 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
5197 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5198 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5199 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5201 More information in the
5202 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5207 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
5208 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5209 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5211 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5216 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
5217 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
5218 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
5219 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
5221 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5226 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
5227 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
5228 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
5229 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
5230 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
5231 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
5232 individual music expressions.
5233 More information in the
5234 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5239 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
5240 An update to the stable branch,
5241 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
5242 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
5247 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
5248 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
5249 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
5250 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
5251 More information in the
5252 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5257 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
5258 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
5260 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
5261 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5266 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
5267 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
5268 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
5269 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
5270 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5275 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
5276 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
5277 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
5278 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
5279 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5284 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
5285 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
5286 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
5287 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
5288 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
5289 to implement this are welcome!) See the
5290 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5295 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
5296 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
5297 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
5298 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
5300 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5305 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
5306 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
5307 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
5308 Han-Wen's absence. See the
5309 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5314 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5315 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
5317 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5322 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5323 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
5325 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
5326 thanks to Heikki Junes.
5331 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
5332 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
5333 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
5334 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
5339 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
5340 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
5347 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
5348 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
5350 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
5351 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
5356 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
5357 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
5358 contains minor bugfixes.
5359 See the @ref{Changes}
5360 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
5365 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
5366 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
5367 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
5368 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
5374 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5375 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
5376 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
5377 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
5378 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
5379 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
5384 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5385 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
5386 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
5387 the @ref{Changes} and
5388 download @uref{install/,here}.
5393 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
5394 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
5395 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5396 the @ref{Changes} and
5397 download @uref{install/,here}.
5402 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
5403 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
5404 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5405 the @ref{Changes} and
5406 download @uref{install/,here}.
5411 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
5412 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
5413 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
5419 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
5420 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
5421 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
5427 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
5428 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
5429 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
5430 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
5431 will be available in a few weeks.
5437 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
5438 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
5439 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
5445 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
5446 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
5447 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
5453 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5454 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
5455 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
5456 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
5462 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5463 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
5464 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
5469 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5470 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
5471 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
5472 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
5473 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5478 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
5479 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
5480 @ref{Changes} and get it
5481 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5486 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
5487 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
5488 @ref{Changes} and get it
5489 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5494 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5495 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
5496 @ref{Changes} and get it
5497 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5502 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5503 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
5504 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
5509 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
5510 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
5511 read the @ref{Changes}.
5516 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
5517 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
5518 has been updated to 1.8.
5519 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
5524 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5525 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
5526 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
5531 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5532 New website went live!
5537 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
5538 Announced new website.
5543 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
5544 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
5549 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
5550 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
5551 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
5557 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
5558 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
5559 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.