X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fweb%2Fnews-front.itexi;h=f84cf76fb2e6c9d68d153621a6761df535022884;hb=fcb0eea99ee901a44198c7a1942996b45ddf5787;hp=e37cf8c74bf9b7e398d2e160c355379586c455b4;hpb=522f419e3ed3e09ecf834bbb5315ac1777ab13e0;p=lilypond.git diff --git a/Documentation/web/news-front.itexi b/Documentation/web/news-front.itexi index e37cf8c74b..f84cf76fb2 100644 --- a/Documentation/web/news-front.itexi +++ b/Documentation/web/news-front.itexi @@ -8,10 +8,196 @@ @c used for news about the upcoming release; see CG 10.2 +@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 2.18.2 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 +@subsubheading LilyPond production named BEST EDITION 2014 @emph{March 11, 2014} + +We are thrilled to announce that the new edition of the songs of Oskar +Fried (1871-1941), published recently by our fellow contributors Urs Liska +and Janek Warchoł [1], will receive the "Musikeditionspreis BEST EDITION +2014" of the German Music Publishers' Association [2]! The ceremony will +take place in a few days at the Frankfurt Musikmesse [3]. + +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 [4] or by +pledging a contribution at the Indiegogo campaign [5]! + +[1] @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/category/fried-songs}@* +[2] @uref{http://www.best-edition.de}@* +[3] @uref{https://musik.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en/besucher/events/awards/best_edition.html}@* +[4] @uref{http://www.sound-rel.de}@* +[5] @uref{http://igg.me/at/free-fried} + +@newsEnd + + +@newsItem +@subsubheading 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 +@subsubheading LilyPond blog. @emph{June 2, 2013} + +Janek Warchoł has created a LilyPond blog. You can find it at +@uref{http://lilypondblog.org/, lilypondblog.org}! + +@newsEnd + +@newsItem +@subsubheading 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 +only people requiring this functionality upgrade to this version. + +@newsEnd + +@newsItem +@subsubheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012} + +The @uref{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, +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 +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, +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 +LilyPond Report 28} now; comments and contributions are warmly +encouraged! +@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 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012} -We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0. +We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.1. 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. @@ -72,50 +258,4 @@ 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