1 @c -*- coding: utf-8; mode: texinfo; -*-
5 (I'd rather have the below in the CG. -gp)
8 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
9 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
29 * add macro for long Google issues list URL
34 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
36 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
37 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
43 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
45 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
46 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
47 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
55 @subsubheading Hungarian translation! @emph{May 22, 2009}
57 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
58 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
59 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
60 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
61 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
62 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
63 e-mailt a harmathdenes AT gmail.com címre!
68 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
70 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column
71 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
72 Read it @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,
78 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
80 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
81 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
82 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
83 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
85 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
86 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
87 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
95 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
97 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
98 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
99 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
100 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
101 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
102 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
103 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!
104 <p align="right">Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
110 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
112 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
113 its team, its world, its community.
114 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
115 to read the full issue...
120 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
122 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
123 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
124 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
129 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
131 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
132 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
138 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
140 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
142 @uref{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
149 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
151 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
152 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
153 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
154 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
155 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
157 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
158 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
160 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_65&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
167 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
169 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
170 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
171 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
172 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
173 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
174 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
182 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
184 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
185 documentation and translations.
191 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 – Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
193 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
194 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
195 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
196 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
197 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
199 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_62&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
205 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
207 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
208 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
209 (teaching) has been added.
211 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_61&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
218 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
220 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
221 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
222 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
228 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
230 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
231 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
232 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
233 translations of the documentation.
239 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
241 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
242 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
243 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
244 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
245 deceased since then. All the development team express their
246 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
247 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
248 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
249 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
251 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_58&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
258 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
260 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
261 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
262 markup command names have been made.
270 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
272 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
273 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
274 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
275 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
276 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
284 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
286 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
287 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
288 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_55&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
294 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
296 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
297 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
298 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
299 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_54&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
305 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
307 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
309 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_53&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
315 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
317 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
318 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
319 releases are now fully listed on the News page. @ref{changes},
320 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_52&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
326 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
328 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
329 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
330 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
331 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
332 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_51&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
338 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
340 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
341 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
343 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_50&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
349 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
351 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
352 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
357 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
359 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
360 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
365 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
367 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
369 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_49&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
375 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
377 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
378 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
379 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
381 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_48&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
387 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
389 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
390 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
395 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
397 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
398 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
403 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
405 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
406 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
407 regression tests maintenance for developers.
408 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_47&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
414 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
416 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
417 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
419 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_46&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
425 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
427 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
428 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
429 report, new translations of the site and publications.
430 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
431 The info mailing list (see @ref{contact}) is still used to
432 announce releases and special events.
437 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
439 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
440 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
441 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
446 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
448 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
449 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
450 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
451 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
452 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
455 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_45&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
461 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
463 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
464 names has been added to the MusicXML
465 converter. @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_44&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
471 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
473 Lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
478 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
480 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
481 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
482 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
483 fixed. @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_43&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
489 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
491 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
492 bugs. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_42&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
498 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
500 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
501 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
502 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
503 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
504 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
505 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
511 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
513 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
514 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
515 updates to the MusicXML converter. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_41&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
521 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
523 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
524 documentation changes. (@ref{old downloads})
529 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
531 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
532 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
533 Grand Documentation Project. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_36&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes}, @ref{old downloads})
538 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.33 and 2.10.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
540 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
541 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_33&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
542 2.10}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_33&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
543 2.11}, @ref{old downloads})
548 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
550 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
551 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_32&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes}, @ref{old downloads})
556 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
558 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
559 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
560 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_31&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes}, @ref{old downloads})
565 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
567 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
568 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
569 for the translations. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_30&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes}, @ref{old downloads})
574 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
576 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
577 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
578 and lots of updates for the translations.
579 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_29&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
580 2.10}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_29&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
581 2.11}, @ref{old downloads})
586 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
588 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
589 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
590 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
591 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
596 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
597 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
598 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
600 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_28&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
601 2.11}, @ref{old downloads})
606 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
608 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
609 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
610 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_26&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
611 2.11}, @ref{old downloads})
616 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
618 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
619 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
620 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_25&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
621 2.11}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_25&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
622 2.10}, @ref{old downloads})
627 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
628 This has lots of bugfixes. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_23&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
629 2.11}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_23&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
630 2.10}, @ref{old downloads})
635 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
636 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des
637 LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
638 sind auf deutsch übersetzt — sie sind erhältlich für
640 online und @ref{old downloads}.
645 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
646 This release has updates of the dot collision code. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_22&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
647 }, @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
652 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
653 This release has some documentation updates.
654 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_21&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
655 }, @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
660 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
661 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont
662 désormais traduits, et disponibles en ligne — @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
663 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
664 2.11}. Les traductions sont également incluses dans la @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
669 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
670 This release fixes many bugs.
671 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_20&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
673 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_20&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
674 2.10}, @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
679 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
680 This release fixes many bugs.
681 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_19&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
683 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_19&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
684 2.10}, @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
689 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
690 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
691 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_18&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
692 2.11}, @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
697 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
698 This release fixes still more bugs.
699 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_17&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
700 2.11}, @ref{changes},
706 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
707 This release fixes many bugs.
708 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_16&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
710 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_16&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
718 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
719 This release will stretch piano staves on a
720 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
721 head and the slashed mirrored flat. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_15&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
723 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_15&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
725 @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
730 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
731 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
732 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
733 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_14&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
734 @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
739 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
740 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
741 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
742 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_13&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
743 @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
748 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
749 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
750 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
751 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_12&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
752 @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
757 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
758 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
759 usage improvements. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_12&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
760 @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
765 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
766 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_11&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
767 @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
772 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
773 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
774 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
775 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_11&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
776 @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
781 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
782 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
783 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
784 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
785 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
786 % faster than previous 2.11 releases. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_10&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
787 @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
792 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
793 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
794 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
795 and part-combining (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_10&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
796 @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
801 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
802 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and —in 2.11.9&mdash
803 further improvements in the regression test suite (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_9&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
804 @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
809 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
810 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes! (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_8&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
811 @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
816 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
817 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
822 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
823 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
828 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
829 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes! (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_7&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
830 @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
835 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
836 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
837 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
838 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_6&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
839 @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
844 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
845 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
846 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_6&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
847 @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
852 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
853 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
855 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_5&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
856 @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
861 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
862 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
863 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_5&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
864 @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
869 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
870 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
871 within a system as well as between systems. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_4&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
872 @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
877 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
878 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
879 test results} and several website build improvements. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_3&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
880 @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
885 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
886 This release fixes several bugs.
887 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_3&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
893 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
894 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{old downloads})
899 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
900 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en
901 français est maintenant disponible en ligne. @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
902 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
908 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
909 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_2&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
910 @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
915 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
916 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_2&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
922 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
923 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_1&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
924 @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
929 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
930 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_1&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
936 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
937 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
942 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
943 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{announce-v2.10.html,Announcement}, @ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
948 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
949 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
950 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
955 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
956 This release has many more bugfixes. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_29&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
962 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
963 This release has many more bugfixes. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_28&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
969 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
970 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
971 bugfixes. (@ref{changes}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_27&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
977 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
978 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
979 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
980 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
981 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
982 (@ref{publications}).
987 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
988 This release has further bugfixes. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_26&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
994 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
995 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
996 available for x86/64. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_25&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
1002 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
1003 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
1004 some bugfixes. (@ref{changes},
1005 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
1006 @ref{old downloads})
1011 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
1012 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
1013 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
1018 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
1019 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{old downloads})
1024 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
1025 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{old downloads})
1030 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
1031 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{old downloads})
1036 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
1037 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
1038 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
1043 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
1044 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
1045 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
1046 (@ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
1051 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
1052 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{old downloads})
1057 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
1058 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
1059 available. (@ref{old downloads})
1064 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
1065 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
1066 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
1067 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
1068 stream support. (@ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
1073 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
1074 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
1075 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
1080 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
1081 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
1082 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
1083 (@ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
1088 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
1089 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
1090 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
1091 tuplets. (@ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
1096 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1097 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
1099 @ref{old downloads})
1104 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1105 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
1107 @ref{old downloads})
1112 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
1113 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
1114 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1116 @ref{old downloads})
1121 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1122 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
1123 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1124 (@ref{old downloads})
1129 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1130 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
1131 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
1132 glory} what features are broken in the development release
1137 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
1138 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
1139 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
1140 the development releases even better
1145 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
1147 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
1148 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
1149 converter. (@ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
1154 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
1155 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
1156 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
1157 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
1158 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
1159 esthetics}. Happy reading!
1164 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
1165 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
1166 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
1168 (@ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
1173 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1174 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
1175 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
1176 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
1177 (@ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
1182 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1183 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
1184 (@ref{old downloads})
1189 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
1190 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
1191 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
1192 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
1193 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
1194 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
1199 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
1200 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
1201 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
1202 (@ref{publications})
1207 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1208 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
1209 (@ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
1214 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1215 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
1216 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
1217 (@ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
1222 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
1223 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
1224 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{old downloads})
1229 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
1230 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @uref{announce-v2.8.html,release
1231 announcement}. (@ref{changes}, @ref{old downloads})
1236 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
1237 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
1238 released. (@ref{changes},
1239 @ref{old downloads})
1244 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
1245 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
1246 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
1247 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
1248 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
1249 multi-measure rests.
1251 @ref{old downloads})
1256 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
1257 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
1259 @ref{old downloads})
1264 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
1265 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
1266 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
1267 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
1268 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1269 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
1270 from lilypond.org. (@ref{changes},
1271 @ref{old downloads})
1276 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
1277 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
1278 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
1279 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
1280 2.6. (@ref{changes},
1281 @ref{old downloads})
1286 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
1287 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
1288 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
1289 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
1290 the endings and the middle
1291 part. (@ref{changes},
1292 @ref{old downloads})
1297 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
1298 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
1299 parenthesized, for example,
1302 c4 -\parenthesize -.
1303 <d \parenthesize fis a>
1307 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{changes},
1308 @ref{old downloads})
1313 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
1314 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
1315 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
1325 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
1326 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
1327 vector. (@ref{changes},
1328 @ref{old downloads})
1333 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
1334 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
1335 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
1336 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
1337 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
1338 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
1339 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
1341 @ref{old downloads})
1346 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
1347 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
1348 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
1349 normal words. (@ref{changes},
1350 @ref{old downloads})
1355 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
1356 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
1357 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
1358 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
1359 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
1360 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
1361 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
1362 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1363 Sceaux). (@ref{changes},
1364 @ref{old downloads})
1369 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
1370 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
1371 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
1372 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
1373 Doonan. (@ref{changes},
1374 @ref{old downloads})
1379 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
1381 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
1382 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
1383 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{old downloads})
1388 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
1389 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
1390 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
1391 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
1392 to the @ref{old downloads} get them!
1397 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1398 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
1399 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
1401 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
1403 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
1405 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
1411 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1412 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
1413 (feature sponsored by Andrea
1414 Valle). (@ref{changes},
1415 @ref{old downloads})
1420 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
1421 Linux Journal publishes an article on
1422 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
1423 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
1424 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
1427 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
1428 “GNU Lilypond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
1429 alternatives seem second-rate.”
1430 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
1435 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
1436 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
1437 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
1438 and Windows are up on the @ref{old downloads}
1439 page. Let us know how you fare!
1444 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
1445 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
1446 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
1447 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
1448 The important occasion for this release is our new build
1449 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
1450 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
1451 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
1452 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
1454 @ref{old downloads})
1459 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
1460 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
1461 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
1462 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
1463 Rolish). (@ref{changes},
1464 @ref{old downloads})
1469 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
1470 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
1471 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
1472 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
1473 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
1474 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
1475 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
1476 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
1477 functions. (@ref{changes},
1478 @ref{old downloads})
1483 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
1484 This release has the following new features:
1487 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
1488 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
1489 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1491 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
1492 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
1493 and Bertalan Fodor).
1495 Generic music functions may now also be used on
1496 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
1499 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
1500 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
1501 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
1505 @ref{old downloads})
1510 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
1511 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
1512 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
1513 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
1514 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
1515 van den Borre and Bertalan
1516 Fodor. (@ref{changes},
1517 @ref{old downloads})
1522 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
1523 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
1524 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
1525 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
1531 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
1532 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
1533 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
1534 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
1535 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
1537 Productions). (@ref{changes},
1538 @ref{old downloads})
1543 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
1544 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
1545 documentation tree. (@ref{old downloads})
1550 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
1551 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
1552 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
1553 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
1554 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
1555 etc. (@ref{changes},
1556 @ref{old downloads})
1561 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
1562 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
1563 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
1564 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
1565 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
1566 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
1567 fixes. (@ref{changes},
1568 @ref{old downloads})
1573 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
1574 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
1575 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
1576 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
1577 fixes. (@ref{changes},
1578 @ref{old downloads})
1583 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
1584 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
1585 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{changes},
1586 @ref{old downloads})
1591 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
1592 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
1593 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
1594 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
1595 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
1596 properties. (@ref{changes},
1597 @ref{old downloads})
1602 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
1603 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
1604 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
1605 that compute said property, i.e.
1608 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
1609 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
1612 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{changes},
1613 @ref{old downloads})
1618 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
1619 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
1620 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
1621 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
1622 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
1623 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
1624 also provides advanced tweakability for power
1625 users. (@ref{changes},
1626 @ref{old downloads})
1631 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
1632 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
1633 series. (@ref{changes},
1634 @ref{old downloads})
1639 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
1640 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
1641 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
1642 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
1643 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
1644 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
1645 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
1646 sponsored by Nicolas
1647 Sceaux). (@ref{changes},
1648 @ref{old downloads})
1653 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
1654 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
1655 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1656 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
1657 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
1658 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
1659 fixes. (@ref{changes},
1660 @ref{old downloads})
1665 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
1666 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
1667 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
1668 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
1669 bugfixes. (@ref{changes},
1670 @ref{old downloads})
1675 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
1676 This is mainly a bugfix
1677 release. (@ref{changes},
1678 @ref{old downloads})
1683 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
1684 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
1685 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
1686 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
1687 la gravure musicale}.
1692 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
1693 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
1694 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
1695 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{changes},
1696 @ref{old downloads})
1701 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
1702 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
1703 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
1704 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
1705 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
1706 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
1711 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
1712 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
1713 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
1714 Baca, and Vicente Solsona
1715 Dellá. (@ref{changes},
1716 @ref{old downloads})
1721 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
1722 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
1723 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
1724 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
1725 signs. (@ref{changes},
1726 @ref{old downloads})
1731 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
1732 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
1733 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
1734 formatting. (@ref{changes},
1735 @ref{old downloads})
1740 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
1741 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
1742 for a note is proportional to the time it
1743 takes. (@ref{changes},
1744 @ref{old downloads})
1749 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
1750 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
1751 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{old downloads})
1756 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
1757 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
1758 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
1759 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
1761 swapped. (@ref{changes},
1762 @ref{old downloads})
1767 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
1768 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
1769 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
1770 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
1772 @ref{old downloads})
1777 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
1778 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
1779 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
1780 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{changes},
1781 @ref{old downloads})
1786 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
1787 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
1789 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
1790 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
1791 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
1792 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
1793 (@uref{announce-v2.6.html,Announcement}, @ref{old downloads}, @ref{changes})
1798 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
1799 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
1800 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
1801 20 % faster. (@ref{old downloads})
1806 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
1807 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
1808 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{changes},
1809 @ref{old downloads})
1814 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
1815 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
1816 pitched trill notation. (@ref{changes},
1817 @ref{old downloads})
1822 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
1823 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
1824 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
1825 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
1826 (@ref{old downloads})
1831 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
1832 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
1833 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
1834 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
1839 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
1840 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
1841 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
1842 better help functionality.
1843 (@ref{old downloads})
1848 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
1849 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
1850 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
1851 compile them directly from
1852 LilyPond. (@ref{old downloads})
1857 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
1858 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
1859 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{old downloads})
1864 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
1865 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
1866 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
1867 resource forks). (@ref{old downloads})
1872 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
1873 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
1874 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
1875 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
1876 release. (@ref{old downloads})
1881 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
1882 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
1883 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{old downloads})
1888 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
1889 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
1894 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
1895 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
1896 documentation. (@ref{old downloads})
1901 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
1902 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
1903 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
1904 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
1905 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{old downloads})
1910 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
1911 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
1912 now possible to start and stop the StaffSymbol, during a piece of
1913 music, by doing \stopStaff \startStaff. This can be used to produce
1915 staves. (@ref{changes},
1916 @ref{old downloads})
1921 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
1923 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
1924 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
1926 (@ref{old downloads})
1931 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
1932 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
1933 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
1934 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
1935 signatures like 5/8.
1937 @ref{old downloads})
1942 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
1943 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
1944 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
1945 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
1946 More details are in the
1948 file, or go straight to @ref{old downloads}.
1953 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
1954 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
1955 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
1956 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
1957 Scheme code. Take a look at
1959 file and @ref{old downloads}.
1964 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
1965 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
1966 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
1967 place. @ref{old downloads}
1972 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
1973 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
1974 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
1975 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{old downloads}
1980 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
1981 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
1982 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
1988 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
1989 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
1990 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
1991 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
1992 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{changes}
1993 file and @ref{old downloads}!
1998 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
1999 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
2000 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
2001 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
2002 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
2003 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
2005 file and download @ref{old downloads}!
2010 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2011 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
2012 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
2018 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2019 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
2020 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
2021 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
2022 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
2028 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2029 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
2030 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}.
2031 Take a look at the @ref{changes}
2032 file and download @ref{old downloads}!
2037 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
2038 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,Lilypond Snippet
2039 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of Lilypond code
2040 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
2041 contribute creative ideas for using Lilypond.
2046 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
2047 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
2048 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
2049 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
2050 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
2052 file and @ref{old downloads}!
2057 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
2058 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
2059 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
2060 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
2061 @ref{old downloads}!
2066 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
2067 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
2068 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
2069 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
2075 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
2076 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
2077 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
2083 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
2084 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
2085 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
2086 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
2088 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
2090 } and @ref{old downloads}!
2095 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
2096 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
2097 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
2098 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
2099 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
2100 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
2101 font code by Werner.
2103 and check out the changes in
2104 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2109 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
2110 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
2111 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
2112 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
2113 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
2114 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
2115 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
2116 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
2117 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
2118 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
2121 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}.
2126 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
2127 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
2128 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
2129 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
2130 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
2132 and check out the changes in
2133 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2138 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
2139 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
2140 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
2141 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
2142 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
2143 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
2146 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}.
2151 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
2152 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
2153 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
2154 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
2155 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
2156 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
2157 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
2158 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
2159 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
2163 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}.
2168 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
2169 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
2170 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
2171 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
2172 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
2173 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
2175 and check out the changes in
2176 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2181 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
2182 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
2183 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
2184 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
2185 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
2186 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
2187 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
2188 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
2189 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
2192 and check out the changes in
2193 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2198 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
2199 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
2200 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
2201 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
2202 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
2203 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
2206 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
2209 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
2210 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
2211 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
2212 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
2213 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
2216 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}.
2221 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
2222 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
2223 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
2229 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
2230 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
2231 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
2233 and check out the changes in
2234 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2239 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
2240 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @uref{announce-v2.4.html,released!}
2241 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
2242 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
2243 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{changes}
2250 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2251 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
2252 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
2253 some problems with the conversion scripts.
2255 and check out the changes in
2256 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2261 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2262 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for Lilypond 2.4.
2263 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
2264 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
2265 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
2267 and check out the changes in
2268 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2273 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
2274 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
2275 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
2276 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
2278 and check out the changes in
2279 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2284 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
2285 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
2286 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
2287 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2289 and check out the changes in
2290 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2295 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
2296 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
2297 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
2298 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
2302 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}.
2307 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
2308 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
2309 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
2310 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
2314 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}.
2319 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
2320 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
2321 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
2322 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
2323 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
2324 in the documentation.
2326 and check out the changes in
2327 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2332 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
2333 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
2334 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
2335 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
2336 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
2341 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
2342 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
2344 and check out the changes
2345 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2350 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
2351 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
2352 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
2353 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
2354 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
2355 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
2356 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
2359 and check out the changes in
2360 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2365 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
2366 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
2367 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
2368 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
2369 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
2370 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
2371 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
2372 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
2373 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
2374 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
2375 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
2376 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
2377 will hold users back in switching.
2379 and check out the changes in
2380 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2385 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
2386 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
2387 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
2388 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
2389 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
2390 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
2391 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
2393 and check out the changes in
2394 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2399 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
2400 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
2401 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
2402 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
2403 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
2404 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
2408 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}.
2413 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2414 LilyPond now has a Documentation
2415 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
2416 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
2417 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
2418 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
2419 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
2420 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
2421 chapter of the user manual.
2422 A lot of cheers for Graham!
2427 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2428 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
2429 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
2430 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
2431 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
2432 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
2433 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
2437 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}.
2442 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
2443 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
2444 disappearing metronome mark.
2446 and check out the changes in
2447 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}.
2452 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
2453 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
2454 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
2455 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
2456 `doubleSlurs' property.
2458 and check out the changes in
2459 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2464 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
2465 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
2466 annoying bugs fixed.
2469 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}.
2474 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
2475 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
2476 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
2477 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
2478 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
2479 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
2480 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
2483 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
2484 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
2486 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
2487 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
2492 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}.
2497 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
2498 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
2499 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
2500 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
2501 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
2502 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
2503 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
2504 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
2505 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
2506 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
2507 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
2510 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}.
2515 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
2516 Lilypond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
2517 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
2518 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
2519 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
2522 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}.
2527 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
2528 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
2529 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
2530 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
2531 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
2532 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
2533 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
2534 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
2535 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
2536 beat within the measure.
2538 and check out the changes in
2539 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2544 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
2545 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
2549 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}.
2554 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
2555 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
2561 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
2562 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
2563 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
2564 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
2565 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
2567 and check out the changes
2568 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2573 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
2574 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
2578 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}.
2583 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
2584 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
2585 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
2586 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
2587 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
2588 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
2589 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
2590 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}
2592 @ref{old downloads}.
2597 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
2598 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
2599 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
2600 @ref{old downloads}.
2605 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
2606 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
2607 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
2608 @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}
2610 @ref{old downloads}.
2615 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
2616 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
2617 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
2618 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}
2620 @ref{old downloads}.
2625 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
2626 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
2627 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}
2628 or head straight to the
2629 @ref{old downloads}.
2634 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
2635 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
2636 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
2637 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{changes} or head straight to the
2638 @ref{old downloads}.
2643 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
2644 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
2645 features. Check out the @ref{changes} or head straight to the
2646 @ref{old downloads}.
2651 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
2652 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
2654 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
2655 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
2656 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
2657 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
2658 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
2663 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
2664 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
2665 @ref{old downloads}.
2670 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
2671 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
2672 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
2678 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
2679 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
2680 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
2681 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
2682 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
2683 More info in the @ref{changes}.
2684 @ref{old downloads}.
2689 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
2690 A French article on the new LilyPond
2691 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
2696 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
2697 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
2698 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
2704 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
2705 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
2706 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
2707 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
2708 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
2709 the @uref{announce-v2.2.html,announcement} or skip to the
2710 @ref{old downloads}.
2715 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
2716 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
2717 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
2718 documentation polish. This should be the final release
2719 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
2721 @ref{old downloads}.
2726 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
2727 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
2729 @ref{old downloads}.
2734 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
2735 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
2736 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
2737 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
2744 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
2745 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
2746 @ref{old downloads}.
2751 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
2752 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
2759 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
2760 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
2761 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
2762 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
2764 @ref{old downloads}.
2769 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
2770 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
2771 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
2772 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
2775 @ref{old downloads}.
2780 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
2782 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
2783 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
2789 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
2790 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
2792 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
2793 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
2794 authors of LilyPond.
2799 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
2800 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
2801 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
2804 @ref{old downloads}.
2809 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
2810 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
2811 experimental support for producing titles with
2817 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
2818 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
2819 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
2820 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
2822 @ref{old downloads}.
2827 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
2828 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
2829 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
2830 of lyrics related bugs. See the
2832 @ref{old downloads}.
2837 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
2838 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
2839 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
2840 produce cue notes. More information in the
2847 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
2848 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
2849 for altering accidental rules.
2855 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
2856 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
2857 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
2858 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
2859 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
2860 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
2861 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
2862 More information in the
2869 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
2870 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
2871 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
2872 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
2879 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
2880 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
2881 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
2882 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
2883 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
2890 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
2891 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
2892 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
2893 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
2894 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
2895 More information in the
2902 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
2903 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
2904 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
2905 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
2906 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
2907 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
2908 More information in the
2915 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
2916 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
2917 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
2918 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
2926 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
2927 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
2928 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
2929 @code{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
2936 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
2937 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
2938 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
2939 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
2940 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
2949 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
2950 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
2951 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
2954 @ref{changes}. @ref{old downloads}
2959 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
2961 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
2962 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
2963 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
2966 @ref{changes}. @ref{old downloads}
2971 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
2972 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
2973 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
2974 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
2975 access, but only HTTP downloads.
2980 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
2981 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
2982 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
2983 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
2984 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
2990 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
2991 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
2992 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
2994 @ref{changes}. @ref{old downloads}
2999 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
3000 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
3001 available for Windows! For downloading, go
3002 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
3007 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
3008 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
3009 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
3010 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
3012 More information in the
3013 @ref{changes}. @ref{old downloads}
3018 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
3019 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
3020 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
3022 @ref{changes}. @ref{old downloads}
3027 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
3028 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
3029 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
3030 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
3032 @ref{changes}. @ref{old downloads}
3037 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
3038 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
3039 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
3040 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
3041 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
3042 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
3043 individual music expressions.
3044 More information in the
3045 @ref{changes}. @ref{old downloads}
3050 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
3051 An update to the stable branch,
3052 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
3053 minor bugfixes. @ref{old downloads}
3058 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
3059 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
3060 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
3061 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
3062 More information in the
3063 @ref{changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3068 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
3069 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to
3070 improve the layout of lyrics. More
3072 @uref{@@DOC@@v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
3073 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3078 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
3079 in LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric
3080 alignment is completely revamped, and now matches my Edition
3081 Peters version of the Schubert song Sängers Morgen. More
3083 @ref{changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3088 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
3089 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and linethickness
3090 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
3091 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
3092 @ref{changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3097 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
3098 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
3099 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
3100 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
3101 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
3102 to implement this are welcome!) See the
3103 @ref{changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3108 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
3109 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
3110 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
3111 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
3113 @ref{changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3118 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
3119 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
3120 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
3121 Han-Wen's absence. See the
3122 @ref{changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3127 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3128 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
3130 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3135 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3136 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
3138 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
3139 thanks to Heikki Junes.
3144 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
3145 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
3146 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
3147 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
3152 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
3153 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
3160 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
3161 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
3163 @ref{old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
3164 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
3169 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
3170 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
3171 contains minor bugfixes.
3172 See the @ref{changes}
3173 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
3178 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
3179 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
3180 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
3181 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
3187 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3188 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
3189 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
3190 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
3191 @uref{announce-v2.0.html,here}, or go to the
3192 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
3197 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3198 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
3199 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
3200 the @ref{changes} and
3201 download @uref{install/,here}.
3206 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
3207 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
3208 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3209 the @ref{changes} and
3210 download @uref{install/,here}.
3215 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
3216 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
3217 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3218 the @ref{changes} and
3219 download @uref{install/,here}.
3224 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
3225 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
3226 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
3232 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
3233 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
3234 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
3240 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
3241 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
3242 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
3243 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
3244 will be available in a few weeks.
3250 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
3251 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
3252 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
3258 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
3259 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
3260 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
3266 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3267 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
3268 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
3269 @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
3275 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3276 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
3277 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
3282 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3283 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
3284 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
3285 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
3286 @ref{changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3291 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
3292 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
3293 @ref{changes} and get it
3294 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3299 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
3300 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
3301 @ref{changes} and get it
3302 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3307 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3308 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
3309 @ref{changes} and get it
3310 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3315 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3316 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
3317 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
3322 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
3323 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
3324 read the @ref{changes}.
3329 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
3330 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
3331 has been updated to 1.8.
3332 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
3337 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3338 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
3339 @ref{changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
3344 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3345 New website went live!
3350 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
3351 Announced new website.
3356 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
3357 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
3362 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
3363 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
3364 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
3370 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
3371 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
3372 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.