X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fweb%2Fnews-front.itexi;h=ee9ada70d3de7e96df0db4e37a0fea79676fff41;hb=cc8a267ed42f7563bee688eaaa7e581a2e9c807b;hp=fd3d97a018692946080c98e3bf761dea0d7987ab;hpb=a775c0535512573cb013cd230a2630dffd933ac0;p=lilypond.git diff --git a/Documentation/web/news-front.itexi b/Documentation/web/news-front.itexi index fd3d97a018..ee9ada70d3 100644 --- a/Documentation/web/news-front.itexi +++ b/Documentation/web/news-front.itexi @@ -9,24 +9,142 @@ @c used for news about the upcoming release; see CG 10.2 @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 -@uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly.html, -Updating files with convert-ly}. -Please test this release and report back any problems, see -@uref{http://www.lilypond.org/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}. +@subheading LilyPond 2.19.29 released @emph{October 18, 2015} + +We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond +2.19.29. 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 blog. @emph{June 2, 2013} +@subheading Lilypond 2.18.2 released! @emph{March 23, 2014} + +We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.18.2. +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. + +This version provides a number of updates to 2.18.0, including +updated manuals. We recommend all users to upgrade to this version. + +@newsEnd + + +@newsItem +@subheading LilyPond production named BEST EDITION 2014 @emph{March 11, 2014} + +We are thrilled that the edition of the songs of Oskar +Fried (1871-1941), published recently by our fellow contributors Urs Liska +and Janek Warchoł [1], received the "Musikeditionspreis BEST EDITION +2014" of the German Music Publishers' Association [2]. The ceremony +took place at the Frankfurt Musikmesse. + +We congratulate Janek and Urs for gaining such public recognition of +typographical and editorial excellence of their work. We are also delighted +to inform you that they intend to make their work available under a Free +license as soon as the publisher expenses are covered. Please support this +initiative by buying the printed volume through the publisher [3]. + +[1] @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/category/fried-songs}@* +[2] @uref{http://www.best-edition.de}@* +[3] @uref{http://www.sound-rel.de}@* + +@newsEnd + + +@newsItem +@subheading Lilypond 2.18.0 released! @emph{December 29, 2013} + +We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.18.0. +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. + +Among the numerous improvements and changes, the following might +be most visible: + +@itemize @bullet +@item +Many items are now positioned using their actual outline rather +than a@tie{}rectangular bounding box. This greatly reduces +the occurrence of unsightly large gaps. + +@item +Sets and overrides can now use the syntax +@example +\override Voice.TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = "rit." +@end example +instead of the previous +@example +\override Voice.TextSpanner #'(bound-details left text) = "rit." +@end example + +@item +Triplets with a given group length can now be written as +@example +\tuplet 3/2 4 @{ c8 c c c c c @} +@end example +instead of +@example +\times 2/3 @{ c8 c c @} \times 2/3 @{ c8 c c @} +@end example +@end itemize + +A full list of noteworthy new features is given in: + +@example +@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/changes/index.html} +@end example + +Great thanks go to the large number of LilyPond enthusiasts whose +financial backing enabled one core developer, David Kastrup, to +focus exclusively on LilyPond during the entire development cycle. + +LilyPond 2.18 has been brought to you by + +@table @asis +@item Main Developers: +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, Janek Warchoł + +@item Core Contributors: +Aleksandr Andreev, Frédéric Bron, Torsten Hämmerle, Marc Hohl, +James Lowe, Andrew Main, Thomas Morley, David Nalesnik, Keith +OHara, Benkő Pál, Anders Pilegaard, Julien Rioux, Johannes Rohrer, +Adam Spiers, Heikki Tauriainen + +@item Documentation Writers: +Frédéric Bron, Federico Bruni, Colin Campbell, Urs Liska, James +Lowe, Thomas Morley, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Guy Stalnaker, +Martin Tarenskeen, Arnold Theresius, Rodolfo Zitellini + +@item Bug Squad: +Colin Campbell, Eluze, Marc Hohl, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph +Palmer + +@item Support Team: +Colin Campbell, Eluze, Marc Hohl, Marek Klein, Kieren MacMillan, +Urs Liska, Ralph Palmer + +@item Translators: +Federico Bruni, Luca Rossetto Casel, Felipe Castro, Pavel Fric, +Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada + +@end table +and numerous other contributors. + +@newsEnd + +@newsItem +@subheading LilyPond blog. @emph{June 2, 2013} Janek Warchoł has created a LilyPond blog. You can find it at @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/, lilypondblog.org}! @@ -34,7 +152,7 @@ Janek Warchoł has created a LilyPond blog. You can find it at @newsEnd @newsItem -@subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.2 released! @emph{January 4, 2013} +@subheading LilyPond 2.16.2 released! @emph{January 4, 2013} We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.2. This release is mainly to correct a problem with lilypond-book running on Windows. We recommend that @@ -43,11 +161,11 @@ only people requiring this functionality upgrade to this version. @newsEnd @newsItem -@subsubheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012} +@subheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012} -The @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, October +The @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, October issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}} focuses on the -@uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?LilyPond-meeting-in-Waltrop, +@uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?LilyPond-meeting-in-Waltrop, meeting of LilyPond developers and users} in Waltrop, Germany last August. Of course, there are also some musings on LilyPond triggered by the release of 2.16.0 and 2.17.0 occuring from that @@ -55,19 +173,19 @@ venue. There are also two monthly financial reports from David Kastrup whose work on LilyPond is -@uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding, +@uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding, solely paid for} by financial contributions from other developer and users (thank you!), and a report about experiences from @uref{http://scorio.com, a web-based music typesetting service} using LilyPond internally. -Come @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, read +Come @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, read LilyPond Report 28} now; comments and contributions are warmly encouraged! @newsEnd @newsItem -@subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012} +@subheading 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 @@ -75,7 +193,7 @@ recommend that everybody upgrade to this version. @newsEnd @newsItem -@subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012} +@subheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012} We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.1. LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the @@ -83,7 +201,7 @@ 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: +main stable version. A few major improvements are: @itemize @item @@ -91,7 +209,7 @@ Support for kievan square notation @item User and programming interfaces have greatly improved @item -Music functions have become quite more versatile +Music functions have become quite more versatile @end itemize A full list of new features is given in: @@ -133,9 +251,6 @@ Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes Translation contributors: -Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada +Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada @newsEnd - - -