+@end ignore
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.7 released @emph{May 25, 2014}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.7. This
+release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
+in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
+require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
+version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.6 released @emph{May 11, 2014}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.6. This
+release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
+in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
+require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
+version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.5 released @emph{April 20, 2014}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.5. This
+release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.4 released @emph{April 6, 2014}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.4. This
+release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.3 released @emph{March 2, 2014}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.3. This
+release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.18.1 @emph{February 16, 2014}
+
+We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
+The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
+over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
+and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
+enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
+
+To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
+stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
+release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
+release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
+release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
+
+We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
+a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
+developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
+documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
+overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
+latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
+Please test this release and report back any problems, see
+@uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
+
+We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
+a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
+developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
+documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
+overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
+latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
+Please test this release and report back any problems, see
+@uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
+
+We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
+beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
+developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
+problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
+documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
+overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
+latest version, see @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
+Please test this release and report back any problems, see
+@rweb{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
+with positioning text.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
+where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
+updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
+recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
+some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
+some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
+a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
+recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
+and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
+recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
+and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
+recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
+and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
+recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
+and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
+recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
+and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
+
+We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
+LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
+highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
+traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
+
+Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
+main stable version. A few major improvements are:
+
+@itemize
+@item
+Support for kievan square notation
+@item
+User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
+@item
+Music functions have become quite more versatile
+@end itemize
+
+A full list of new features is given in:
+
+@example
+@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
+@end example
+
+Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
+
+Main development team:
+
+Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
+Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
+John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
+Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
+Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
+Jan Warchoł
+
+Programming contributors:
+
+Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
+Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
+Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
+Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
+
+Documentation contributors:
+
+James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
+
+Bug squad:
+
+Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
+James Lowe
+
+Support:
+
+Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
+
+Translation contributors:
+
+Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Lilypond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
+
+We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
+With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
+upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
+
+All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
+quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
+problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
+
+New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
+on the website section about @ref{Development}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
+
+The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
+new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
+developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
+@uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
+to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
+companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
+
+Come
+@uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
+LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
+warmly encouraged!
+
+@newsEnd
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
+
+We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
+is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
+continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
+more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
+problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
+
+LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
+the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
+experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
+listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
+Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
+on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
+@ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
+
+We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
+is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
+continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
+more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
+problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
+
+LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
+the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
+experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
+listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
+Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
+on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
+@ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
+
+The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
+Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
+of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
+development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
+see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
+the quality of hand-engraved scores.
+
+Come
+@uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
+LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
+warmly encouraged!
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
+
+LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
+the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
+experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
+listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+@strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
+candidate will be required.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
+
+Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
+@uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
+Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
+working on open source software.
+
+Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
+He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
+
+LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
+the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
+experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
+listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
+Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
+on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
+@ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
+
+LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
+the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
+experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
+listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
+Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
+on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
+@ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
+
+The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
+issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
+Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
+including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
+
+Come
+@uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
+LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
+warmly encouraged!
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
+
+A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
+available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
+an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
+and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
+
+Come
+@uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
+LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
+warmly encouraged!
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
+
+LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
+the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
+experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
+listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
+Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
+on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
+@ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
+
+The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
+David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
+an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
+recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
+with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
+
+Come
+@uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
+LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
+warmly encouraged!
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
+candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
+
+The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
+Critical regression.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
+
+LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
+the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
+experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
+listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
+Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
+on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
+@ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
+not the next release candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
+next release candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
+support for MacOS X 10.7.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
+note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
+next release candidate.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
+
+LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
+the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
+experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
+listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
+Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
+on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
+@ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
+fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
+problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
+fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
+problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
+the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
+usual number of bugs.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
+the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
+usual number of bugs.
+
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
+
+We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
+LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
+highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
+traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
+
+Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
+since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
+are:
+
+@itemize
+@item
+LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
+
+@item
+The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
+it much more flexible and easier to control.
+
+@item
+Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
+avoided.
+
+@end itemize
+
+A full list of new features is given in:
+
+@example
+@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
+@end example
+
+Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
+
+Main development team:
+
+Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
+Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
+Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
+Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
+Vila, Valentin Villenave.
+
+Programming contributors:
+
+Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
+Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
+Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
+Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
+Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
+Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
+
+Font contributors:
+
+Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
+
+Documentation contributors:
+
+Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
+Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
+
+Bug squad:
+
+James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
+Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
+
+Binaries support contributors:
+
+Christian Hitz.
+
+Translation contributors:
+
+Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
+Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
+
+LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
+the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
+experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
+listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
+Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
+on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
+@ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
+due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
+due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
+due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
+
+@uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
+article in the May 2011 issue titled
+@uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
+Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
+LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
+driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
+you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
+a hands-on example.
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
+due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
+
+LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
+the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
+experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
+listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
+Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
+on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
+@ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
+
+LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
+the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
+experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
+listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
+Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
+on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
+@ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
+
+LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
+the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
+experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
+listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
+Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
+on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
+@ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
+due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
+
+We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
+is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
+continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
+more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
+problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
+
+LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
+the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
+experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
+listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
+Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
+on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
+@ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
+due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
+due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
+due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+
+Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
+Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
+cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
+
+Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
+Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
+functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
+
+LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
+the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
+experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
+listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
+Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
+on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
+@ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
+of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
+developers only.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
+of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
+developers only.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
+
+We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
+is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
+continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
+more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
+problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
+
+LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
+the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
+experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
+listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
+Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
+on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
+@ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
+of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
+developers only.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
+
+LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
+upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
+with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
+@qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
+case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
+to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
+just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
+
+LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
+upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
+with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
+@qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
+case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
+to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
+just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
+of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
+developers only.
+
+Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
+to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
+at all confident about the quality of this release.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
+of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
+developers only.
+
+Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
+to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
+at all confident about the quality of this release.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
+of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
+developers only.
+
+Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
+to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
+at all confident about the quality of this release.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
+
+LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
+upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
+with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
+@qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
+vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
+crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
+be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
+@ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
+
+The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
+news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
+an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
+around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
+today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
+@strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
+read on to find out what for!
+
+Come
+@uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
+LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
+warmly encouraged!
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
+
+LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
+upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
+with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
+@qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
+vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
+crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
+be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
+@ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
+
+LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
+upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
+with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
+@qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
+vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
+crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
+be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
+@ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
+of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
+developers only.
+
+Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
+to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
+at all confident about the quality of this release.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
+
+The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
+@qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
+microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
+about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
+release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
+the frog pond!
+
+Come
+@uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
+LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
+warmly encouraged!
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
+
+LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
+upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
+with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
+@qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
+@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
+Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
+multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
+bugs:
+@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
+Issue 1240} and
+@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
+Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
+to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
+
+LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
+upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
+with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
+@qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
+@ref{Development}.
+
+One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
+@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
+Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
+multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
+more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
+discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
+of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
+developers only.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
+of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
+developers only.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
+
+The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
+@qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
+online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
+release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
+the bug report of the report!
+
+Come
+@uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
+LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
+warmly encouraged!
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
+of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
+developers only.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
+of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
+developers only.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
+
+The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
+@qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
+conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
+the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
+report!
+
+Come
+@uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
+LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
+warmly encouraged!
+@newsEnd
+
+
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}