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8 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
9 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
26 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
30 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.3 released @emph{March 2, 2014}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.3. This
33 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
34 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
35 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
36 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
41 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.18.1 @emph{February 16, 2014}
43 We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
44 The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
45 over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
46 and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
47 enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
49 To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
50 stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
55 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
57 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
58 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
59 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
60 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
61 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
66 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
68 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
69 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
70 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
71 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
72 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
77 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
79 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
80 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
81 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
82 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
83 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
88 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
90 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
91 a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
92 developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
93 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
94 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
95 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
96 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
97 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
102 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
104 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
105 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
106 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
107 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
108 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
109 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
110 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
111 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
116 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
118 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
119 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
120 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
121 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
122 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
123 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
124 latest version, see @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
125 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
131 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
133 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
134 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
135 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
136 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
137 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
142 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
144 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
145 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
146 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
147 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
148 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
153 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
155 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
156 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
157 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
158 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
159 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
164 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
166 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
167 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
168 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
169 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
170 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
175 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
177 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
178 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
179 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
180 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
181 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
186 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
188 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
189 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
190 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
191 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
192 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
197 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
199 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
200 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
201 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
202 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
203 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
208 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
210 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
211 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
212 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
213 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
214 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
216 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
217 with positioning text.
222 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
224 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
225 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
226 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
227 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
228 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
233 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
235 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
236 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
237 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
238 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
239 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
244 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
246 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
247 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
248 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
249 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
250 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
255 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
257 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
258 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
259 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
260 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
261 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
266 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
268 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
269 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
270 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
271 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
272 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
277 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
279 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
280 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
281 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
282 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
283 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
288 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
290 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
291 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
292 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
293 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
294 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
299 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
301 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
302 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
303 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
304 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
305 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
306 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
311 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
313 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
314 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
315 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
316 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
317 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
322 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
324 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
325 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
326 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
327 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
328 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
333 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
335 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
336 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
337 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
338 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
339 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
344 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
346 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
347 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
348 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
349 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
350 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
355 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
357 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
358 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
359 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
360 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
361 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
366 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
368 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
369 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
370 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
371 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
372 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
377 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
379 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
380 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
381 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
382 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
383 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
389 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
391 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
392 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
393 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
397 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
399 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
400 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
401 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
402 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
403 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
408 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
410 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
411 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
412 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
413 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
414 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
419 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
421 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
422 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
423 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
424 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
429 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
431 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
432 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
433 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
434 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
439 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
441 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
442 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
443 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
444 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
449 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
451 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
452 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
453 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
454 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
460 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
462 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
463 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
464 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
465 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
470 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
472 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
473 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
474 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
475 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
477 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
478 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
482 Support for kievan square notation
484 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
486 Music functions have become quite more versatile
489 A full list of new features is given in:
492 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
495 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
497 Main development team:
499 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
500 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
501 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
502 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
503 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
506 Programming contributors:
508 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
509 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
510 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
511 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
513 Documentation contributors:
515 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
519 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
524 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
526 Translation contributors:
528 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
533 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
535 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
536 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
537 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
539 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
540 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
541 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
543 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
544 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
550 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
552 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
553 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
555 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
556 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
557 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
564 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
566 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
567 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
568 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
569 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
570 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
571 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
574 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
575 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
580 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
582 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
583 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
584 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
585 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
586 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
592 @subsubheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
594 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
595 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
596 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
597 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
600 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
601 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
602 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
609 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
611 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
612 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
614 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
615 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
616 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
623 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
625 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
626 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
627 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
628 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
629 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
635 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
637 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
638 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
639 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
640 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
643 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
644 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
645 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
652 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
654 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
655 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
656 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
657 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
658 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
659 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
662 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
663 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
670 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
672 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
673 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
674 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
675 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
678 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
679 candidate will be required.
685 @subsubheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
687 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
688 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
689 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
690 working on open source software.
692 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
693 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
699 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
701 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
702 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
703 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
704 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
707 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
708 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
709 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
716 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
718 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
719 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
720 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
721 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
724 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
725 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
726 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
733 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
735 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
736 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
737 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
738 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
741 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
742 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
749 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
751 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
752 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
754 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
755 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
756 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
763 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
765 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
766 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
768 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
769 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
770 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
777 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
779 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
780 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
782 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
783 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
784 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
791 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
793 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
794 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
795 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
796 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
799 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
800 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
807 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
809 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
810 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
812 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
813 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
814 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
821 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
823 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
824 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
826 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
827 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
828 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
835 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
837 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
838 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
839 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
840 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
843 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
844 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
845 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
852 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
854 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
855 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
857 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
858 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
859 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
866 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
868 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
869 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
871 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
872 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
873 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
880 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
882 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
883 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
885 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
886 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
887 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
894 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
896 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
897 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
898 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
899 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
900 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
903 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
904 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
911 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
913 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
914 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
916 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
917 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
918 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
921 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
927 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
929 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
930 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
932 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
933 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
934 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
941 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
943 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
944 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
946 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
947 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
948 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
955 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
957 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
958 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
960 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
961 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
962 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
969 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
971 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
972 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
974 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
975 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
976 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
983 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
985 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
986 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
988 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
989 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
990 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
997 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
999 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
1000 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1002 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1003 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1004 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1011 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
1013 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
1014 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1016 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1017 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1018 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1025 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
1027 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
1028 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1030 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1031 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1032 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1039 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
1041 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
1042 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1044 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1045 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1046 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1053 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
1055 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
1056 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1058 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1059 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1060 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1067 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
1069 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
1070 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1072 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1073 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1074 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1081 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1083 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1084 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1086 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1087 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1088 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1095 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1097 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1098 Critical regression.
1104 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1106 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1107 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1108 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1109 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1112 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1113 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1114 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1121 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1123 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
1124 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1126 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1127 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1128 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1129 not the next release candidate.
1135 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1137 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1138 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1140 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1141 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1142 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1143 next release candidate.
1149 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1151 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1152 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1153 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1155 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1156 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1157 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1158 next release candidate.
1164 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1166 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1167 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1168 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1169 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1172 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1173 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1174 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1181 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1183 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
1184 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1186 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1187 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1193 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1195 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1196 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1198 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1199 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1205 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1207 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1208 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1209 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1217 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1219 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1220 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1222 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1223 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1229 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1231 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1232 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1234 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1235 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1241 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1243 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1244 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1246 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1247 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1253 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1255 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1256 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1258 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1259 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1265 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1267 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1268 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1269 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1274 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1276 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1277 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1278 usual number of bugs.
1280 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1281 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1286 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1288 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1289 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1290 usual number of bugs.
1292 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1293 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1299 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1301 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1302 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1303 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1304 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1306 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1307 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1312 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1315 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1316 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1319 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1324 A full list of new features is given in:
1327 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1330 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1332 Main development team:
1334 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1335 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1336 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1337 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1338 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1340 Programming contributors:
1342 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1343 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1344 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1345 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1346 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1347 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1351 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1353 Documentation contributors:
1355 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1356 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
1360 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
1361 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
1363 Binaries support contributors:
1367 Translation contributors:
1369 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
1370 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
1377 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
1379 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1380 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1381 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1382 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1385 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1386 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1387 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1394 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
1396 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
1397 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1399 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1400 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1406 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
1408 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
1409 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1411 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1412 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1418 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
1420 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
1421 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1423 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1424 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1430 @subsubheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
1432 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
1433 article in the May 2011 issue titled
1434 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
1435 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
1436 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
1437 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
1438 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
1443 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
1445 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
1446 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1448 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1449 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1455 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
1457 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1458 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1459 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1460 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1463 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1464 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1465 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1472 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
1474 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1475 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1476 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1477 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1480 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1481 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1482 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1489 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
1491 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1492 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1493 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1494 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1497 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1498 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1499 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1506 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
1508 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
1509 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1511 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
1512 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1518 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
1520 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
1521 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1522 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1523 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1524 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1530 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
1532 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1533 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1534 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1535 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1538 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1539 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1540 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1547 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
1549 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
1550 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1552 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1553 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1558 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
1560 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
1561 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1563 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1564 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1569 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
1571 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
1572 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1574 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1575 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1581 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
1583 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
1584 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1586 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
1587 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
1588 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
1594 @subsubheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
1596 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
1597 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
1598 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
1605 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
1607 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1608 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1609 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1610 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1613 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1614 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1615 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1622 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
1624 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
1625 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1626 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1634 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
1636 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
1637 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1638 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1646 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
1648 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
1649 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1650 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1651 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1652 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1658 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
1660 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1661 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1662 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1663 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1666 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1667 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1668 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1675 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
1677 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
1678 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1679 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1688 @subsubheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
1690 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
1691 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1692 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1693 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1696 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1697 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1698 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1699 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1705 @subsubheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
1707 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
1708 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1709 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1710 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1713 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1714 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1715 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1716 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1722 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
1724 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
1725 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1726 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1729 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1730 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1731 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1737 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
1739 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
1740 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1741 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1744 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1745 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1746 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1752 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
1754 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
1755 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1756 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1759 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1760 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1761 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1767 @subsubheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
1769 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
1770 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1771 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1772 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1775 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1776 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1777 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
1778 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1787 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
1789 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
1790 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
1791 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
1792 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
1793 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
1794 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
1795 read on to find out what for!
1798 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
1799 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
1806 @subsubheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
1808 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
1809 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1810 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1811 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1814 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1815 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1816 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
1817 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1824 @subsubheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
1826 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
1827 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1828 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1829 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1832 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1833 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1834 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
1835 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1842 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
1844 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
1845 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1846 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1849 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
1850 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1851 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1856 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
1858 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1859 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
1860 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
1861 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
1862 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
1866 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
1867 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
1874 @subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
1876 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
1877 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1878 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1879 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1882 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
1883 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1884 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1885 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
1887 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
1889 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
1890 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
1891 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1897 @subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
1899 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
1900 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1901 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1902 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1905 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
1906 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1907 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1908 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
1909 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
1910 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1916 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
1918 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
1919 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1920 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1929 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
1931 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
1932 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1933 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1940 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
1942 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1943 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
1944 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
1945 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
1946 the bug report of the report!
1949 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
1950 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
1956 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
1958 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
1959 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1960 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1967 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
1969 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
1970 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1971 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1978 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
1980 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1981 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
1982 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
1983 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
1987 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
1988 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
1996 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
1998 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
1999 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2000 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2003 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
2004 caution and expect breakage.
2009 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
2011 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
2012 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2013 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2016 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
2017 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
2018 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
2019 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
2024 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
2026 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
2027 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2028 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2034 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
2036 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
2037 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
2038 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
2039 improvements to the new website.
2041 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
2042 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
2044 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
2045 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
2047 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
2053 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
2055 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
2056 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2057 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2062 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
2064 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
2065 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2066 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2072 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2074 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2075 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2076 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2082 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2084 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2085 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2086 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2091 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2093 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2094 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2095 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2100 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2102 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2103 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2104 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2107 This release should be of particular interest to package
2108 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2109 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2110 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2116 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2118 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2119 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2120 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2121 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2124 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2125 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2132 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2134 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2135 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2136 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2139 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2140 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2141 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2142 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2143 see the Changes document for more information.
2147 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2149 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2150 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2151 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2156 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2158 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2159 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2160 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2161 so this release is intended for developers only.
2165 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2167 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2168 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2169 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2174 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2176 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2177 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2182 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2184 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2185 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2186 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2192 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2194 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2195 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2196 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2197 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2198 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2200 What are you waiting for? Come
2201 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2202 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2207 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2209 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2210 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2211 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2215 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2217 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2218 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2219 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2220 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2221 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2226 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2228 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2229 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2230 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2234 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2236 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2237 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2238 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2239 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2243 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2245 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2246 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2247 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2248 and English names for feta filenames.
2254 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2256 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2257 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2258 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2259 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2262 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2263 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2264 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2270 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2272 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2273 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2274 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2275 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2277 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2278 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2283 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2285 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2286 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2292 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2294 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2295 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2296 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2303 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2305 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2306 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2307 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2308 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2310 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2311 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2312 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2320 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2322 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2323 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2324 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2325 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2326 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2327 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2328 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2329 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2335 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2337 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2338 its team, its world, its community.
2339 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2340 to read the full issue...
2345 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2347 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2348 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2349 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2354 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2356 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2357 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
2363 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
2365 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2367 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
2374 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
2376 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
2377 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
2378 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
2379 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
2380 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
2382 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
2383 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
2385 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
2387 @ref{Old downloads}.
2392 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
2394 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
2395 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
2396 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
2397 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
2398 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
2399 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
2402 @ref{Old downloads}.
2407 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
2409 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
2410 documentation and translations.
2411 @ref{Old downloads}.
2416 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
2418 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
2419 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
2420 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
2421 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
2422 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
2424 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
2425 @ref{Old downloads}.
2430 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
2432 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
2433 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
2434 (teaching) has been added.
2436 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
2438 @ref{Old downloads}.
2443 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
2445 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
2446 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
2447 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
2448 @ref{Old downloads}.
2453 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
2455 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
2456 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
2457 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
2458 translations of the documentation.
2459 @ref{Old downloads}.
2464 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
2466 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
2467 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
2468 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
2469 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
2470 deceased since then. All the development team express their
2471 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
2472 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
2473 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
2474 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
2476 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
2478 @ref{Old downloads}.
2483 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
2485 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
2486 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
2487 markup command names have been made.
2490 @ref{Old downloads}.
2495 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
2497 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
2498 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
2499 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
2500 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
2501 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
2504 @ref{Old downloads}.
2509 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
2511 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
2512 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
2514 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
2515 @ref{Old downloads}.
2520 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
2522 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
2523 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
2524 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
2526 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
2527 @ref{Old downloads}.
2532 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
2534 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
2536 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
2537 @ref{Old downloads}.
2542 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
2544 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
2545 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
2546 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
2548 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
2550 @ref{Old downloads}.
2555 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
2557 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
2558 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
2559 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
2560 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
2562 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
2563 @ref{Old downloads}.
2568 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
2570 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
2571 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
2574 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
2575 @ref{Old downloads}.
2580 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
2582 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2583 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
2588 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
2590 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2591 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
2596 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
2598 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
2600 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
2601 @ref{Old downloads}.
2606 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2608 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
2609 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
2610 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
2612 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
2613 @ref{Old downloads}.
2618 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2620 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2621 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
2626 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
2628 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
2629 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
2634 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
2636 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
2637 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
2638 regression tests maintenance for developers.
2640 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
2641 @ref{Old downloads}.
2646 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
2648 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
2649 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
2651 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
2653 @ref{Old downloads}.
2658 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
2660 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
2661 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
2662 report, new translations of the site and publications.
2663 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
2664 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
2665 announce releases and special events.
2670 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
2672 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
2673 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2674 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
2679 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
2681 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
2682 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
2683 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
2684 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
2685 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
2688 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
2690 @ref{Old downloads}.
2695 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
2697 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
2698 names has been added to the MusicXML
2701 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
2702 @ref{Old downloads}.
2707 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
2709 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
2714 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
2716 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
2717 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
2718 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
2721 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
2722 @ref{Old downloads}.
2727 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
2729 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
2732 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
2733 @ref{Old downloads}.
2738 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2740 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
2741 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
2742 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
2743 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
2744 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
2745 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
2751 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2753 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
2754 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
2755 updates to the MusicXML converter.
2757 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
2758 @ref{Old downloads}.
2763 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
2765 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
2766 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
2771 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
2773 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
2774 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
2775 Grand Documentation Project.
2777 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
2778 @ref{Old downloads}.
2783 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
2785 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
2787 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
2788 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
2789 @ref{Old downloads}.
2794 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
2796 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
2798 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
2799 @ref{Old downloads}.
2804 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
2806 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
2807 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
2809 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
2810 @ref{Old downloads}.
2815 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
2817 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
2818 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
2819 for the translations.
2821 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
2822 @ref{Old downloads}.
2827 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
2829 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
2830 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
2831 and lots of updates for the translations.
2833 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
2834 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
2835 @ref{Old downloads}.
2840 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
2842 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
2843 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
2844 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
2845 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
2850 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
2851 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
2852 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
2853 spacing engine code.
2855 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
2856 @ref{Old downloads}.
2861 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
2863 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
2864 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
2866 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
2867 @ref{Old downloads}.
2872 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
2874 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
2875 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
2877 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
2878 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
2879 @ref{Old downloads}.
2884 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
2885 This has lots of bugfixes.
2887 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
2888 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
2889 @ref{Old downloads}.
2894 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
2895 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
2896 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
2897 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
2902 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
2903 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
2905 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
2907 @ref{Old downloads}.
2912 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
2913 This release has some documentation updates.
2915 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
2917 @ref{Old downloads}.
2922 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
2923 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
2924 disponibles en ligne ---
2925 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
2926 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
2927 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
2928 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
2933 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
2934 This release fixes many bugs.
2936 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
2937 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
2939 @ref{Old downloads}.
2944 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
2945 This release fixes many bugs.
2947 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
2948 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
2950 @ref{Old downloads}.
2955 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
2956 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
2957 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
2959 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
2961 @ref{Old downloads}.
2966 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
2967 This release fixes still more bugs.
2969 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
2971 @ref{Old downloads}.
2976 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
2977 This release fixes many bugs.
2978 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
2979 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
2981 @ref{Old downloads})
2986 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
2987 This release will stretch piano staves on a
2988 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
2989 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
2991 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
2992 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
2994 @ref{Old downloads}.
2999 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
3000 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
3001 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
3003 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
3010 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3011 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
3012 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
3014 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
3016 @ref{Old downloads}.
3021 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3022 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
3023 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
3025 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
3027 @ref{Old downloads}.
3032 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3033 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
3036 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
3038 @ref{Old downloads}.
3043 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
3044 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
3046 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
3048 @ref{Old downloads}.
3053 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
3054 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
3055 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
3056 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
3058 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
3060 @ref{Old downloads}.
3065 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3066 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
3067 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
3068 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
3069 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
3070 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3072 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3074 @ref{Old downloads}.
3079 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3080 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3081 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3084 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3086 @ref{Old downloads}.
3091 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3092 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3093 further improvements in the regression test suite
3097 @ref{Old downloads}.
3102 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3103 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3107 @ref{Old downloads}.
3112 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3113 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3118 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3119 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3124 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3125 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3129 @ref{Old downloads}.
3134 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3135 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3136 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3140 @ref{Old downloads}.
3145 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3146 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3150 @ref{Old downloads}.
3155 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3156 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3161 @ref{Old downloads}.
3166 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3167 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3171 @ref{Old downloads}.
3176 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3177 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3178 within a system as well as between systems.
3182 @ref{Old downloads}.
3187 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3188 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3189 test results} and several website build improvements.
3193 @ref{Old downloads}.
3198 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3199 This release fixes several bugs.
3202 @ref{Old downloads}.
3207 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3208 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3213 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3214 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3215 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3216 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3217 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3222 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3223 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3227 @ref{Old downloads}.
3232 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3233 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3236 @ref{Old downloads}.
3241 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3242 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3246 @ref{Old downloads}.
3251 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3252 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3255 @ref{Old downloads}.
3260 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3261 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3266 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3267 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3268 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3273 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3274 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3275 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3280 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3281 This release has many more bugfixes.
3284 @ref{Old downloads}.
3289 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3290 This release has many more bugfixes.
3293 @ref{Old downloads}.
3298 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3299 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3304 @ref{Old downloads}.
3309 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3310 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3311 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3312 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3313 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3314 (@ref{Publications}).
3319 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3320 This release has further bugfixes.
3323 @ref{Old downloads}.
3328 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3329 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3330 available for x86/64.
3333 @ref{Old downloads}.
3338 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3339 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3340 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3341 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3342 @ref{Old downloads})
3347 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3348 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3349 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3354 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3355 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3360 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
3361 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3366 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
3367 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3372 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
3373 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
3374 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3379 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
3380 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
3381 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
3382 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3387 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
3388 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3393 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
3394 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
3395 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
3400 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
3401 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
3402 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
3403 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
3404 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3409 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
3410 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
3411 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3416 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
3417 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
3418 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
3419 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3424 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
3425 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
3426 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
3427 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3432 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3433 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
3435 @ref{Old downloads})
3440 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3441 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
3443 @ref{Old downloads})
3448 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
3449 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
3450 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3452 @ref{Old downloads})
3457 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3458 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
3459 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3460 (@ref{Old downloads})
3465 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3466 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
3467 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
3468 glory} what features are broken in the development release
3473 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
3474 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
3475 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
3476 the development releases even better
3481 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
3483 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
3484 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
3485 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3490 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
3491 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
3492 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
3493 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
3494 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
3495 esthetics}. Happy reading!
3500 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
3501 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
3502 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
3504 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3509 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3510 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
3511 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
3512 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
3513 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3518 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3519 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
3520 (@ref{Old downloads})
3525 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
3526 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
3527 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
3528 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
3529 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
3530 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3535 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
3536 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
3537 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
3538 (@ref{Publications})
3543 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3544 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
3545 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3550 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3551 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
3552 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
3553 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3558 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
3559 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
3560 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
3565 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
3566 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
3567 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3572 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
3573 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
3574 released. (@ref{Changes},
3575 @ref{Old downloads})
3580 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
3581 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
3582 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
3583 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
3584 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
3585 multi-measure rests.
3587 @ref{Old downloads})
3592 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
3593 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
3595 @ref{Old downloads})
3600 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
3601 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
3602 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
3603 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
3604 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3605 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
3606 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
3607 @ref{Old downloads})
3612 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
3613 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
3614 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
3615 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
3616 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
3617 @ref{Old downloads})
3622 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
3623 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
3624 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
3625 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
3626 the endings and the middle
3627 part. (@ref{Changes},
3628 @ref{Old downloads})
3633 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
3634 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
3635 parenthesized, for example,
3638 c4 -\parenthesize -.
3639 <d \parenthesize fis a>
3643 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
3644 @ref{Old downloads})
3649 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
3650 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
3651 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
3661 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
3662 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
3663 vector. (@ref{Changes},
3664 @ref{Old downloads})
3669 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
3670 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
3671 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
3672 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
3673 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
3674 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
3675 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
3677 @ref{Old downloads})
3682 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
3683 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
3684 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
3685 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
3686 @ref{Old downloads})
3691 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
3692 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
3693 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
3694 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
3695 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
3696 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
3697 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
3698 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3699 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3700 @ref{Old downloads})
3705 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
3706 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
3707 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
3708 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
3709 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
3710 @ref{Old downloads})
3715 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
3717 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
3718 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
3719 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
3724 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
3725 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
3726 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
3727 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
3728 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
3733 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3734 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
3735 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
3737 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
3739 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
3741 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
3747 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3748 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
3749 (feature sponsored by Andrea
3750 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
3751 @ref{Old downloads})
3756 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
3757 Linux Journal publishes an article on
3758 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
3759 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
3760 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
3763 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
3764 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
3765 alternatives seem second-rate.}
3766 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
3771 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
3772 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
3773 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
3774 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
3775 page. Let us know how you fare!
3780 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
3781 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
3782 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
3783 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
3784 The important occasion for this release is our new build
3785 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
3786 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
3787 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
3788 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
3790 @ref{Old downloads})
3795 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
3796 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
3797 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
3798 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
3799 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
3800 @ref{Old downloads})
3805 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
3806 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
3807 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
3808 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
3809 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
3810 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
3811 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
3812 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
3813 functions. (@ref{Changes},
3814 @ref{Old downloads})
3819 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
3820 This release has the following new features:
3823 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
3824 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
3825 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3827 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
3828 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
3829 and Bertalan Fodor).
3831 Generic music functions may now also be used on
3832 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
3835 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
3836 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
3837 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
3841 @ref{Old downloads})
3846 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
3847 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
3848 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
3849 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
3850 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
3851 van den Borre and Bertalan
3852 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
3853 @ref{Old downloads})
3858 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
3859 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
3860 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
3861 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
3867 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
3868 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
3869 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
3870 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
3871 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
3873 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
3874 @ref{Old downloads})
3879 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
3880 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
3881 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
3886 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
3887 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
3888 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
3889 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
3890 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
3891 etc. (@ref{Changes},
3892 @ref{Old downloads})
3897 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
3898 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
3899 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
3900 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3901 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3902 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3903 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3904 @ref{Old downloads})
3909 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
3910 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3911 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3912 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3913 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3914 @ref{Old downloads})
3919 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
3920 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
3921 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
3922 @ref{Old downloads})
3927 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
3928 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
3929 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
3930 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
3931 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
3932 properties. (@ref{Changes},
3933 @ref{Old downloads})
3938 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
3939 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
3940 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
3941 that compute said property, i.e.
3944 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
3945 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
3948 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
3949 @ref{Old downloads})
3954 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
3955 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
3956 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
3957 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
3958 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
3959 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
3960 also provides advanced tweakability for power
3961 users. (@ref{Changes},
3962 @ref{Old downloads})
3967 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
3968 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
3969 series. (@ref{Changes},
3970 @ref{Old downloads})
3975 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
3976 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
3977 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
3978 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
3979 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
3980 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
3981 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
3982 sponsored by Nicolas
3983 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3984 @ref{Old downloads})
3989 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
3990 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
3991 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3992 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
3993 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
3994 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
3995 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3996 @ref{Old downloads})
4001 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
4002 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
4003 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
4004 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
4005 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4006 @ref{Old downloads})
4011 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
4012 This is mainly a bugfix
4013 release. (@ref{Changes},
4014 @ref{Old downloads})
4019 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
4020 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
4021 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
4022 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
4023 la gravure musicale}.
4028 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
4029 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
4030 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
4031 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
4032 @ref{Old downloads})
4037 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
4038 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
4039 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
4040 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
4041 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
4042 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
4047 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
4048 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
4049 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
4050 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
4051 @ref{Old downloads})
4056 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
4057 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
4058 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
4059 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
4060 signs. (@ref{Changes},
4061 @ref{Old downloads})
4066 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
4067 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
4068 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
4069 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
4070 @ref{Old downloads})
4075 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4076 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4077 for a note is proportional to the time it
4078 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4079 @ref{Old downloads})
4084 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4085 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4086 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4091 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4092 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4093 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4094 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4096 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4097 @ref{Old downloads})
4102 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4103 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4104 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4105 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4107 @ref{Old downloads})
4112 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4113 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4114 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4115 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4116 @ref{Old downloads})
4121 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4122 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4124 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4125 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4126 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4127 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4128 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4133 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4134 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4135 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4136 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4141 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4142 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4143 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4144 @ref{Old downloads})
4149 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4150 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4151 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4152 @ref{Old downloads})
4157 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4158 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4159 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4160 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4161 (@ref{Old downloads})
4166 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4167 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4168 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4169 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4174 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4175 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4176 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4177 better help functionality.
4178 (@ref{Old downloads})
4183 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4184 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4185 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4186 compile them directly from
4187 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4192 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4193 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4194 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4199 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4200 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4201 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4202 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4207 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4208 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4209 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4210 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4211 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4216 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4217 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4218 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4223 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4224 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4229 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4230 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4231 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4236 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4237 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4238 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4239 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4240 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4245 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4246 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4247 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4248 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4249 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4250 @ref{Old downloads})
4255 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4257 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4258 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4260 (@ref{Old downloads})
4265 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4266 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4267 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4268 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4269 signatures like 5/8.
4271 @ref{Old downloads})
4276 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
4277 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4278 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4279 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4280 More details are in the
4282 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4287 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
4288 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4289 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4290 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4291 Scheme code. Take a look at
4293 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4298 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
4299 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4300 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4301 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4306 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
4307 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4308 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4309 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4314 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
4315 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4316 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4322 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
4323 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4324 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4325 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4326 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4327 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4332 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4333 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4334 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4335 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4336 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4337 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4339 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4344 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4345 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4346 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4352 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4353 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
4354 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4355 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4356 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
4362 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4363 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
4364 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}.
4365 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4366 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4371 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
4372 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
4373 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
4374 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
4375 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
4380 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
4381 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
4382 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
4383 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
4384 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
4386 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4391 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
4392 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
4393 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
4394 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
4395 @ref{Old downloads}!
4400 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
4401 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
4402 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
4403 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
4409 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
4410 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
4411 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
4417 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
4418 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
4419 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
4420 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
4422 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
4424 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
4429 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
4430 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
4431 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
4432 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
4433 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
4434 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
4435 font code by Werner.
4437 and check out the changes in
4438 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4443 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
4444 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
4445 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
4446 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
4447 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
4448 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
4449 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
4450 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
4451 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
4452 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
4455 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}.
4460 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
4461 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
4462 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
4463 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
4464 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
4466 and check out the changes in
4467 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4472 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
4473 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
4474 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
4475 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
4476 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
4477 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
4480 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}.
4485 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
4486 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
4487 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
4488 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
4489 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
4490 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
4491 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
4492 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
4493 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
4497 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}.
4502 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
4503 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
4504 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
4505 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
4506 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
4507 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
4509 and check out the changes in
4510 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4515 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
4516 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
4517 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
4518 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
4519 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
4520 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
4521 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
4522 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
4523 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
4526 and check out the changes in
4527 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4532 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
4533 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
4534 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
4535 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
4536 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
4537 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
4540 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
4543 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
4544 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
4545 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
4546 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
4547 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
4550 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}.
4555 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
4556 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
4557 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
4563 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
4564 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
4565 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
4567 and check out the changes in
4568 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4573 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
4574 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
4575 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
4576 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
4577 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
4584 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4585 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
4586 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
4587 some problems with the conversion scripts.
4589 and check out the changes in
4590 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4595 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4596 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4597 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
4598 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
4599 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
4601 and check out the changes in
4602 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4607 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
4608 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
4609 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
4610 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
4612 and check out the changes in
4613 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4618 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
4619 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
4620 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
4621 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4623 and check out the changes in
4624 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4629 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
4630 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
4631 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
4632 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
4636 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}.
4641 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
4642 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
4643 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
4644 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
4648 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}.
4653 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
4654 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
4655 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
4656 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
4657 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
4658 in the documentation.
4660 and check out the changes in
4661 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4666 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
4667 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
4668 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
4669 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
4670 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
4675 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
4676 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
4678 and check out the changes
4679 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4684 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
4685 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
4686 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
4687 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
4688 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
4689 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
4690 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
4693 and check out the changes in
4694 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4699 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
4700 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
4701 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
4702 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
4703 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
4704 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
4705 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
4706 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
4707 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
4708 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
4709 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
4710 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
4711 will hold users back in switching.
4713 and check out the changes in
4714 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4719 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
4720 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
4721 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
4722 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
4723 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
4724 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
4725 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
4727 and check out the changes in
4728 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4733 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
4734 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
4735 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
4736 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
4737 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
4738 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
4742 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}.
4747 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4748 LilyPond now has a Documentation
4749 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
4750 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
4751 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
4752 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
4753 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
4754 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
4755 chapter of the user manual.
4756 A lot of cheers for Graham!
4761 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4762 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
4763 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
4764 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
4765 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
4766 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
4767 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
4771 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}.
4776 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
4777 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
4778 disappearing metronome mark.
4780 and check out the changes in
4781 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}.
4786 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
4787 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
4788 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
4789 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
4790 `doubleSlurs' property.
4792 and check out the changes in
4793 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4798 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
4799 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
4800 annoying bugs fixed.
4803 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}.
4808 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
4809 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
4810 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
4811 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
4812 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
4813 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
4814 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
4817 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
4818 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
4820 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
4821 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
4826 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}.
4831 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
4832 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
4833 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
4834 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
4835 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
4836 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
4837 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
4838 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
4839 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
4840 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
4841 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
4844 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}.
4849 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
4850 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
4851 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
4852 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
4853 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
4856 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}.
4861 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
4862 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
4863 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
4864 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
4865 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
4866 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
4867 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
4868 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
4869 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
4870 beat within the measure.
4872 and check out the changes in
4873 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4878 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
4879 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
4883 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}.
4888 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
4889 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
4895 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4896 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
4897 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
4898 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
4899 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
4901 and check out the changes
4902 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4907 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4908 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
4912 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}.
4917 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
4918 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
4919 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
4920 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
4921 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
4922 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
4923 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
4924 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}
4926 @ref{Old downloads}.
4931 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
4932 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
4933 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
4934 @ref{Old downloads}.
4939 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
4940 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
4941 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
4942 @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}
4944 @ref{Old downloads}.
4949 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4950 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
4951 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
4952 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}
4954 @ref{Old downloads}.
4959 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4960 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
4961 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}
4962 or head straight to the
4963 @ref{Old downloads}.
4968 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
4969 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
4970 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
4971 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4972 @ref{Old downloads}.
4977 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
4978 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
4979 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4980 @ref{Old downloads}.
4985 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
4986 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
4988 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
4989 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
4990 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
4991 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
4992 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
4997 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
4998 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
4999 @ref{Old downloads}.
5004 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
5005 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
5006 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
5012 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
5013 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
5014 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
5015 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
5016 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
5017 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
5018 @ref{Old downloads}.
5023 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
5024 A French article on the new LilyPond
5025 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
5030 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
5031 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
5032 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
5038 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
5039 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
5040 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
5041 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
5042 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
5043 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
5044 @ref{Old downloads}.
5049 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
5050 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
5051 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
5052 documentation polish. This should be the final release
5053 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
5055 @ref{Old downloads}.
5060 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
5061 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
5063 @ref{Old downloads}.
5068 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
5069 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
5070 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
5071 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5078 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
5079 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5080 @ref{Old downloads}.
5085 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
5086 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5093 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
5094 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5095 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5096 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5098 @ref{Old downloads}.
5103 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
5104 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5105 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5106 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5109 @ref{Old downloads}.
5114 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
5116 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5117 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5123 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
5124 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5126 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5127 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5128 authors of LilyPond.
5133 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
5134 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5135 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5138 @ref{Old downloads}.
5143 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
5144 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5145 experimental support for producing titles with
5151 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
5152 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5153 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5154 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5156 @ref{Old downloads}.
5161 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
5162 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5163 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5164 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5166 @ref{Old downloads}.
5171 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
5172 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5173 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5174 produce cue notes. More information in the
5181 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
5182 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5183 for altering accidental rules.
5189 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
5190 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5191 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5192 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5193 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5194 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5195 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5196 More information in the
5203 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
5204 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5205 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5206 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5213 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
5214 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5215 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5216 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5217 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5224 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
5225 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5226 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5227 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5228 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5229 More information in the
5236 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
5237 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5238 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5239 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5240 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5241 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5242 More information in the
5249 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
5250 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5251 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5252 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5260 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
5261 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5262 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5263 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5270 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
5271 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5272 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5273 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5274 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5283 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
5284 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5285 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5288 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5293 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
5295 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5296 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5297 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5300 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5305 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5306 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5307 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5308 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5309 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5314 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5315 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5316 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5317 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5318 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5324 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
5325 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5326 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5328 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5333 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
5334 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5335 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5336 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5341 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
5342 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5343 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5344 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5346 More information in the
5347 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5352 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
5353 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5354 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5356 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5361 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
5362 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
5363 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
5364 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
5366 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5371 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
5372 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
5373 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
5374 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
5375 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
5376 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
5377 individual music expressions.
5378 More information in the
5379 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5384 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
5385 An update to the stable branch,
5386 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
5387 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
5392 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
5393 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
5394 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
5395 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
5396 More information in the
5397 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5402 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
5403 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
5405 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
5406 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5411 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
5412 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
5413 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
5414 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
5415 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5420 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
5421 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
5422 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
5423 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
5424 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5429 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
5430 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
5431 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
5432 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
5433 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
5434 to implement this are welcome!) See the
5435 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5440 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
5441 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
5442 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
5443 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
5445 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5450 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
5451 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
5452 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
5453 Han-Wen's absence. See the
5454 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5459 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5460 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
5462 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5467 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5468 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
5470 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
5471 thanks to Heikki Junes.
5476 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
5477 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
5478 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
5479 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
5484 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
5485 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
5492 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
5493 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
5495 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
5496 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
5501 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
5502 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
5503 contains minor bugfixes.
5504 See the @ref{Changes}
5505 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
5510 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
5511 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
5512 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
5513 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
5519 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5520 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
5521 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
5522 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
5523 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
5524 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
5529 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5530 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
5531 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
5532 the @ref{Changes} and
5533 download @uref{install/,here}.
5538 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
5539 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
5540 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5541 the @ref{Changes} and
5542 download @uref{install/,here}.
5547 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
5548 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
5549 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5550 the @ref{Changes} and
5551 download @uref{install/,here}.
5556 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
5557 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
5558 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
5564 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
5565 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
5566 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
5572 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
5573 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
5574 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
5575 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
5576 will be available in a few weeks.
5582 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
5583 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
5584 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
5590 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
5591 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
5592 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
5598 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5599 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
5600 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
5601 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
5607 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5608 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
5609 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
5614 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5615 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
5616 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
5617 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
5618 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5623 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
5624 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
5625 @ref{Changes} and get it
5626 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5631 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
5632 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
5633 @ref{Changes} and get it
5634 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5639 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5640 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
5641 @ref{Changes} and get it
5642 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5647 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5648 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
5649 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
5654 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
5655 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
5656 read the @ref{Changes}.
5661 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
5662 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
5663 has been updated to 1.8.
5664 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
5669 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5670 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
5671 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
5676 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5677 New website went live!
5682 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
5683 Announced new website.
5688 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
5689 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
5694 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
5695 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
5696 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
5702 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
5703 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
5704 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.