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30 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.59 released @emph{April 09, 2017}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
33 2.19.59. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
34 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
36 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
42 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.58 released @emph{March 26, 2017}
44 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
45 2.19.58. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
46 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
47 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
48 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
54 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.57 released @emph{March 12, 2017}
56 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
57 2.19.57. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
58 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
59 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
60 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
66 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.56 released @emph{February 26, 2017}
68 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
69 2.19.56. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
70 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
72 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
78 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.55 released @emph{February 12, 2017}
80 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
81 2.19.55. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
82 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
83 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
84 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
90 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.54 released @emph{January 4, 2017}
92 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
93 2.19.54. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
94 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
95 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
96 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
102 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.53 released @emph{December 17, 2016}
104 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
105 2.19.53. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
106 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
107 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
108 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
114 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.52 released @emph{December 4, 2016}
116 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
117 2.19.52. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
118 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
119 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
120 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
126 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.51 released @emph{November 20, 2016}
128 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
129 2.19.51. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
130 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
131 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
132 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
138 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.50 released @emph{November 6, 2016}
140 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
141 2.19.50. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
142 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
143 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
144 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
150 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.49 released @emph{October 16, 2016}
152 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
153 2.19.49. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
154 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
155 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
156 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
162 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.48 released @emph{September 13, 2016}
164 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
165 2.19.48. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
166 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
167 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
168 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
174 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.47 released @emph{August 31, 2016}
176 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
177 2.19.47. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
178 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
179 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
180 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
186 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.46 released @emph{July 26, 2016}
188 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
189 2.19.46. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
190 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
192 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
198 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.45 released @emph{July 09, 2016}
200 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
201 2.19.45. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
202 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
203 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
204 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
210 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.44 released @emph{June 21, 2016}
212 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
213 2.19.44. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
214 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
215 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
216 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
222 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.43 released @emph{June 8, 2016}
224 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
225 2.19.43. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
226 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
228 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
234 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.42 released @emph{May 15, 2016}
236 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
237 2.19.42. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
238 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
239 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
240 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
246 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.41 released @emph{May 1, 2016}
248 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
249 2.19.41. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
250 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
251 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
252 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
258 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.40 released @emph{April 17, 2016}
260 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
261 2.19.40. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
262 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
263 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
264 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
270 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.39 released @emph{March 27, 2016}
272 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
273 2.19.39. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
274 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
275 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
276 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
282 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.38 released @emph{March 13, 2016}
284 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
285 2.19.38. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
286 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
287 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
288 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
294 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.37 released @emph{February 28, 2016}
296 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
297 2.19.37. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
298 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
299 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
300 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
306 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.36 released @emph{January 31, 2016}
308 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
309 2.19.36. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
310 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
311 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
312 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
318 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.35 released @emph{January 02, 2016}
320 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
321 2.19.35. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
322 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
323 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
324 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
330 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.34 released @emph{December 22, 2015}
332 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
333 2.19.34. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
334 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
335 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
336 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
342 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.33 released @emph{December 6, 2015}
344 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
345 2.19.33. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
346 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
347 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
348 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
354 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.32 released @emph{November 22, 2015}
356 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
357 2.19.32. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
358 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
359 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
360 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
366 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.31 released @emph{November 8, 2015}
368 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
369 2.19.31. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
370 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
372 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
378 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.30 released @emph{October 25, 2015}
380 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
381 2.19.30. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
382 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
383 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
384 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
390 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.29 released @emph{October 18, 2015}
392 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
393 2.19.29. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
394 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
395 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
396 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
402 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.28 released @emph{September 27, 2015}
404 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
405 2.19.28. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
406 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
407 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
408 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
414 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.27 released @emph{September 12, 2015}
416 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
417 2.19.27. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
418 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
419 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
420 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
426 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.26 released @emph{August 27, 2015}
428 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
429 2.19.26. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
430 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
431 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
432 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
438 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.25 released @emph{August 9, 2015}
440 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
441 2.19.25. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
442 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
443 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
444 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
450 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.24 released @emph{July 26, 2015}
452 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
453 2.19.24. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
454 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
455 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
456 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
462 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.23 released @emph{July 12, 2015}
464 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
465 2.19.23. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
466 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
467 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
468 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
474 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.22 released @emph{June 28, 2015}
476 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
477 2.19.22. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
478 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
479 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
480 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
486 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.21 released @emph{May 24, 2015}
488 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
489 2.19.21. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
490 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
491 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
492 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
498 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.20 released @emph{May 10, 2015}
500 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
501 2.19.20. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
502 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
503 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
504 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
510 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.19 released @emph{April 26, 2015}
512 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
513 2.19.19. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
514 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
515 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
516 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
522 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.18 released @emph{April 5, 2015}
524 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
525 2.19.18. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
526 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
527 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
528 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
534 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.17 released @emph{March 15, 2015}
536 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
537 2.19.17. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
538 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
539 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
540 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
546 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.16 released @emph{February 28, 2015}
548 At long last, we are very happy to announce the release of LilyPond
549 2.19.16. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
550 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
551 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
552 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
555 We would like to acknowledge and thank Masamichi Hosoda for making this
556 release possible with his work on updating GUB, the build tool.
561 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.15 released @emph{September 28, 2014}
563 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.15. This
564 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
565 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
566 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
567 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
573 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.14 released @emph{September 14, 2014}
575 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.14. This
576 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
577 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
578 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
579 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
585 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.13 released @emph{August 31, 2014}
587 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.13. This
588 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
589 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
590 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
591 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
597 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.12 released @emph{August 17, 2014}
599 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.12. This
600 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
601 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
602 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
603 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
609 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.11 released @emph{August 3, 2014}
611 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.11. This
612 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
613 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
614 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
615 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
621 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.10 released @emph{July 13, 2014}
623 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.10. This
624 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
625 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
626 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
627 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
633 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.9 released @emph{June 29, 2014}
635 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.9. This
636 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
637 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
638 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
639 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
645 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.8 released @emph{June 15, 2014}
647 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.8. This
648 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
649 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
650 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
651 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
657 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.7 released @emph{May 25, 2014}
659 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.7. This
660 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
661 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
662 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
663 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
669 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.6 released @emph{May 11, 2014}
671 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.6. This
672 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
673 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
674 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
675 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
681 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.5 released @emph{April 20, 2014}
683 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.5. This
684 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
685 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
686 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
687 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
692 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.4 released @emph{April 6, 2014}
694 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.4. This
695 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
696 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
697 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
698 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
703 @subheading LilyPond production named BEST EDITION 2014 @emph{March 11, 2014}
705 We are thrilled that the edition of the songs of Oskar
706 Fried (1871-1941), published recently by our fellow contributors Urs Liska
707 and Janek Warchoł [1], received the "Musikeditionspreis BEST EDITION
708 2014" of the German Music Publishers' Association [2]. The ceremony
709 took place at the Frankfurt Musikmesse.
711 We congratulate Janek and Urs for gaining such public recognition of
712 typographical and editorial excellence of their work. We are also delighted
713 to inform you that they intend to make their work available under a Free
714 license as soon as the publisher expenses are covered. Please support this
715 initiative by buying the printed volume through the publisher [3].
717 [1] @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/category/fried-songs}@*
718 [2] @uref{http://www.best-edition.de}@*
719 [3] @uref{http://www.sound-rel.de}@*
725 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.3 released @emph{March 2, 2014}
727 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.3. This
728 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
729 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
730 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
731 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
736 @subheading LilyPond 2.18.1 @emph{February 16, 2014}
738 We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
739 The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
740 over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
741 and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
742 enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
744 To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
745 stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
750 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
752 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
753 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
754 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
755 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
756 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
761 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
763 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
764 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
765 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
766 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
767 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
772 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
774 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
775 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
776 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
777 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
778 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
783 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
785 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
786 a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
787 developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
788 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
789 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
790 latest version, see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
791 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
792 @uref{http://lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
797 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
799 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
800 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
801 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
802 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
803 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
804 latest version, see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
805 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
806 @uref{http://lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
811 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
813 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
814 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
815 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
816 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
817 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
818 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
819 latest version, see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
820 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
826 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
828 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
829 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
830 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
831 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
832 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
837 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
839 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
840 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
841 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
842 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
843 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
848 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
850 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
851 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
852 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
853 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
854 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
859 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
861 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
862 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
863 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
864 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
865 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
870 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
872 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
873 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
874 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
875 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
876 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
881 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
883 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
884 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
885 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
886 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
887 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
892 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
894 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
895 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
896 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
897 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
898 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
903 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
905 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
906 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
907 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
908 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
909 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
911 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
912 with positioning text.
917 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
919 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
920 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
921 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
922 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
923 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
928 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
930 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
931 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
932 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
933 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
934 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
939 @subheading LilyPond blog. @emph{June 2, 2013}
941 Janek Warchoł has created a LilyPond blog. You can find it at
942 @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/, lilypondblog.org}!
947 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
949 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
950 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
951 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
952 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
953 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
958 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
960 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
961 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
962 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
963 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
964 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
969 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
971 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
972 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
973 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
974 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
975 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
980 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
982 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
983 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
984 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
985 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
986 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
991 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
993 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
994 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
995 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
996 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
997 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1002 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
1004 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
1005 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
1006 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
1007 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1008 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1009 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1014 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
1016 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
1017 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1018 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1019 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1020 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1025 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
1027 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
1028 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1029 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1030 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1031 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1036 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
1038 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
1039 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1040 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1041 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1042 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1047 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
1049 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
1050 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1051 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1052 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1053 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1058 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.2 released! @emph{January 4, 2013}
1060 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.2. This release is mainly
1061 to correct a problem with lilypond-book running on Windows. We recommend that
1062 only people requiring this functionality upgrade to this version.
1067 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
1069 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
1070 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1071 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1072 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1073 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1078 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
1080 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
1081 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1082 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1083 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1084 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1089 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
1091 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
1092 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1093 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1094 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1095 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1101 @subheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012}
1103 The @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, October
1104 issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}} focuses on the
1105 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?LilyPond-meeting-in-Waltrop,
1106 meeting of LilyPond developers and users} in Waltrop, Germany last
1107 August. Of course, there are also some musings on LilyPond
1108 triggered by the release of 2.16.0 and 2.17.0 occuring from that
1111 There are also two monthly financial reports from David Kastrup
1112 whose work on LilyPond is
1113 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding,
1114 solely paid for} by financial contributions from other developer
1115 and users (thank you!), and a report about experiences from
1116 @uref{http://scorio.com, a web-based music typesetting service}
1117 using LilyPond internally.
1119 Come @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, read
1120 LilyPond Report 28} now; comments and contributions are warmly
1125 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
1127 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
1128 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
1129 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1133 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
1135 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
1136 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1137 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1138 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1139 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1144 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
1146 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
1147 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1148 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1149 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1150 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1155 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
1157 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
1158 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1159 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1160 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1165 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
1167 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
1168 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1169 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1170 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1175 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
1177 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
1178 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1179 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1180 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1185 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
1187 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
1188 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1189 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1190 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1196 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
1198 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
1199 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1200 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1201 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1206 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
1208 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
1209 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1210 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1211 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1213 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
1214 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
1218 Support for kievan square notation
1220 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
1222 Music functions have become quite more versatile
1225 A full list of new features is given in:
1228 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1231 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
1233 Main development team:
1235 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
1236 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
1237 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
1238 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
1239 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
1242 Programming contributors:
1244 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
1245 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
1246 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
1247 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
1249 Documentation contributors:
1251 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
1255 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
1260 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
1262 Translation contributors:
1264 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
1269 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
1271 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
1272 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
1273 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
1275 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
1276 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
1277 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1279 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
1280 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
1286 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
1288 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
1289 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1291 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1292 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1293 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1300 @subheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
1302 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
1303 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
1304 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
1305 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
1306 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
1307 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
1310 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
1311 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
1316 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
1318 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
1319 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1320 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1321 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1322 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1328 @subheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
1330 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
1331 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1332 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1333 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1336 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1337 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1338 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1345 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
1347 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
1348 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1350 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1351 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1352 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1359 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
1361 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
1362 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1363 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1364 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1365 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1371 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
1373 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1374 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1375 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1376 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1379 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1380 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1381 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1388 @subheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
1390 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
1391 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
1392 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
1393 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
1394 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
1395 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
1398 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
1399 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
1406 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
1408 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1409 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1410 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1411 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1414 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
1415 candidate will be required.
1421 @subheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
1423 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
1424 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
1425 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
1426 working on open source software.
1428 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
1429 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
1435 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
1437 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1438 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1439 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1440 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1443 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1444 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1445 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1452 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
1454 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1455 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1456 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1457 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1460 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1461 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1462 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1469 @subheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
1471 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
1472 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
1473 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
1474 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
1477 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
1478 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
1485 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
1487 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
1488 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1490 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1491 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1492 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1499 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
1501 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
1502 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1504 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1505 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1506 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1513 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
1515 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
1516 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1518 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1519 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1520 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1527 @subheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
1529 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
1530 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
1531 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
1532 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
1535 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
1536 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
1543 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
1545 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
1546 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1548 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1549 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1550 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1557 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
1559 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
1560 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1562 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1563 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1564 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1571 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
1573 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1574 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1575 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1576 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1579 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1580 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1581 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1588 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
1590 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
1591 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1593 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1594 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1595 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1602 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
1604 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
1605 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1607 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1608 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1609 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1616 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
1618 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
1619 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1621 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1622 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1623 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1630 @subheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
1632 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
1633 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
1634 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
1635 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
1636 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
1639 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
1640 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
1647 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
1649 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
1650 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1652 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1653 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1654 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1657 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
1663 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
1665 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
1666 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1668 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1669 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1670 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1677 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
1679 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
1680 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1682 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1683 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1684 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1691 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
1693 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
1694 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1696 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1697 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1698 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1705 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
1707 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
1708 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1710 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1711 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1712 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1719 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
1721 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
1722 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1724 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1725 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1726 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1733 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
1735 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
1736 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1738 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1739 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1740 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1747 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
1749 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
1750 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1752 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1753 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1754 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1761 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
1763 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
1764 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1766 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1767 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1768 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1775 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
1777 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
1778 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1780 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1781 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1782 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1789 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
1791 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
1792 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1794 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1795 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1796 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1803 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
1805 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
1806 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1808 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1809 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1810 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1817 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1819 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1820 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1822 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1823 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1824 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1831 @subheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1833 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1834 Critical regression.
1840 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1842 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1843 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1844 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1845 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1848 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1849 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1850 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1857 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1859 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
1860 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1862 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1863 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1864 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1865 not the next release candidate.
1871 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1873 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1874 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1876 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1877 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1878 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1879 next release candidate.
1885 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1887 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1888 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1889 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1891 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1892 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1893 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1894 next release candidate.
1900 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1902 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1903 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1904 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1905 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1908 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1909 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1910 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1917 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1919 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
1920 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1922 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1923 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1929 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1931 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1932 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1934 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1935 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1941 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1943 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1944 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1945 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1953 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1955 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1956 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1958 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1959 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1965 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1967 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1968 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1970 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1971 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1977 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1979 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1980 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1982 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1983 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1989 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1991 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1992 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1994 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1995 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
2001 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
2003 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
2004 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
2005 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
2010 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
2012 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
2013 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
2014 usual number of bugs.
2016 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
2017 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
2022 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
2024 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
2025 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
2026 usual number of bugs.
2028 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
2029 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
2035 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
2037 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
2038 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
2039 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
2040 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
2042 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
2043 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
2048 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
2051 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
2052 it much more flexible and easier to control.
2055 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
2060 A full list of new features is given in:
2063 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
2066 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
2068 Main development team:
2070 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
2071 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
2072 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
2073 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
2074 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
2076 Programming contributors:
2078 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
2079 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
2080 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
2081 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
2082 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
2083 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
2087 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
2089 Documentation contributors:
2091 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
2092 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
2096 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
2097 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
2099 Binaries support contributors:
2103 Translation contributors:
2105 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
2106 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
2113 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
2115 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
2116 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2117 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2118 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2121 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2122 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2123 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2130 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
2132 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
2133 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2135 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2136 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2142 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
2144 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
2145 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2147 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2148 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2154 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
2156 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
2157 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2159 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2160 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2166 @subheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
2168 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
2169 article in the May 2011 issue titled
2170 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/content/download/61706/482546/version/1/file/088-090_projects.pdf,
2171 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
2172 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
2173 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
2174 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
2179 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
2181 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
2182 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2184 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2185 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2191 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
2193 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
2194 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2195 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2196 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2199 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2200 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2201 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2208 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
2210 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
2211 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2212 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2213 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2216 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2217 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2218 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2225 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
2227 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
2228 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2229 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2230 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2233 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2234 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2235 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2242 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
2244 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
2245 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2247 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
2248 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2254 @subheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
2256 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
2257 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2258 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2259 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2260 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2266 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
2268 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
2269 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2270 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2271 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2274 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2275 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2276 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2283 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
2285 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
2286 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2288 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2289 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2294 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
2296 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
2297 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2299 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2300 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2305 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
2307 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
2308 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2310 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2311 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2317 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
2319 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
2320 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2322 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
2323 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
2324 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
2330 @subheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
2332 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
2333 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
2334 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
2341 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
2343 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
2344 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2345 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2346 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2349 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2350 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2351 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2358 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
2360 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
2361 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2362 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2370 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
2372 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
2373 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2374 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2382 @subheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
2384 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
2385 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2386 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2387 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2388 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2394 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
2396 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
2397 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2398 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2399 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2402 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2403 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2404 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2411 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
2413 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
2414 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2415 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2424 @subheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
2426 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
2427 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2428 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2429 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2432 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2433 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2434 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2435 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2441 @subheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
2443 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
2444 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2445 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2446 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2449 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2450 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2451 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2452 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2458 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
2460 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
2461 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2462 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2465 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2466 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2467 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2473 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
2475 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
2476 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2477 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2480 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2481 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2482 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2488 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
2490 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
2491 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2492 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2495 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2496 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2497 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2503 @subheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
2505 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
2506 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2507 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2508 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2511 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2512 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2513 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
2514 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2523 @subheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
2525 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
2526 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
2527 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
2528 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
2529 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
2530 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
2531 read on to find out what for!
2534 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
2535 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
2542 @subheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
2544 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
2545 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2546 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2547 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2550 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2551 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2552 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
2553 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2560 @subheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
2562 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
2563 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2564 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2565 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2568 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2569 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2570 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
2571 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2578 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
2580 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
2581 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2582 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2585 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
2586 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2587 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2592 @subheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
2594 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2595 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
2596 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
2597 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
2598 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
2602 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
2603 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
2610 @subheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
2612 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
2613 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2614 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2615 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2618 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
2619 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2620 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2621 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
2623 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
2625 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
2626 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
2627 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2633 @subheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
2635 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
2636 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2637 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2638 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2641 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
2642 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2643 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2644 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
2645 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
2646 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2652 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
2654 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
2655 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2656 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2665 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
2667 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
2668 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2669 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2676 @subheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
2678 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2679 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
2680 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
2681 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
2682 the bug report of the report!
2685 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
2686 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
2692 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
2694 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
2695 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2696 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2703 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
2705 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
2706 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2707 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2714 @subheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
2716 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2717 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
2718 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
2719 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
2723 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
2724 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
2732 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
2734 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
2735 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2736 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2739 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
2740 caution and expect breakage.
2745 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
2747 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
2748 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2749 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2752 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
2753 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
2754 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
2755 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
2760 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
2762 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
2763 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2764 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2770 @subheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
2772 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
2773 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
2774 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
2775 improvements to the new website.
2777 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
2778 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
2780 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
2781 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
2783 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
2789 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
2791 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
2792 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2793 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2798 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
2800 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
2801 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2802 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2808 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2810 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2811 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2812 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2818 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2820 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2821 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2822 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2827 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2829 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2830 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2831 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2836 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2838 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2839 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2840 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2843 This release should be of particular interest to package
2844 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2845 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2846 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2852 @subheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2854 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2855 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2856 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2857 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2860 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2861 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2868 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2870 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2871 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2872 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2875 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2876 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2877 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2878 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2879 see the Changes document for more information.
2883 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2885 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2886 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2887 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2892 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2894 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2895 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2896 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2897 so this release is intended for developers only.
2901 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2903 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2904 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2905 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2910 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2912 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2913 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2918 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2920 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2921 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2922 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2928 @subheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2930 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2931 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2932 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2933 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2934 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2936 What are you waiting for? Come
2937 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2938 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2943 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2945 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2946 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2947 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2951 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2953 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2954 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2955 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2956 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2957 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2962 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2964 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2965 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2966 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2970 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2972 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2973 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2974 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2975 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2979 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2981 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2982 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2983 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2984 and English names for feta filenames.
2990 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2992 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2993 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2994 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2995 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2998 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2999 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
3000 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
3006 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
3008 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
3009 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
3010 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
3011 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
3013 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
3014 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
3019 @subheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
3021 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
3022 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
3028 @subheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
3030 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
3031 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3032 Read @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
3039 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
3041 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
3042 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
3043 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
3044 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
3046 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
3047 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
3048 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
3056 @subheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
3058 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
3059 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
3060 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
3061 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
3062 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
3063 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
3064 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
3065 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
3071 @subheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
3073 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
3074 its team, its world, its community.
3075 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
3076 to read the full issue...
3081 @subheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
3083 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
3084 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3085 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
3090 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
3092 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
3093 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
3099 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
3101 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3103 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
3110 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
3112 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
3113 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
3114 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
3115 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
3116 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
3118 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
3119 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
3121 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
3123 @ref{Old downloads}.
3128 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
3130 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
3131 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
3132 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
3133 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
3134 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
3135 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
3138 @ref{Old downloads}.
3143 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
3145 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
3146 documentation and translations.
3147 @ref{Old downloads}.
3152 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
3154 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
3155 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
3156 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
3157 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
3158 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
3160 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
3161 @ref{Old downloads}.
3166 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
3168 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
3169 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
3170 (teaching) has been added.
3172 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
3174 @ref{Old downloads}.
3179 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
3181 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
3182 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
3183 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
3184 @ref{Old downloads}.
3189 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
3191 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
3192 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
3193 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
3194 translations of the documentation.
3195 @ref{Old downloads}.
3200 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
3202 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
3203 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
3204 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
3205 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
3206 deceased since then. All the development team express their
3207 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
3208 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
3209 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
3210 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
3212 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
3214 @ref{Old downloads}.
3219 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
3221 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
3222 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
3223 markup command names have been made.
3226 @ref{Old downloads}.
3231 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
3233 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
3234 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
3235 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
3236 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
3237 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
3240 @ref{Old downloads}.
3245 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
3247 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
3248 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
3250 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
3251 @ref{Old downloads}.
3256 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
3258 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
3259 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
3260 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
3262 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
3263 @ref{Old downloads}.
3268 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
3270 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
3272 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
3273 @ref{Old downloads}.
3278 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
3280 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
3281 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
3282 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
3284 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
3286 @ref{Old downloads}.
3291 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
3293 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
3294 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
3295 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
3296 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
3298 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
3299 @ref{Old downloads}.
3304 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
3306 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
3307 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
3310 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
3311 @ref{Old downloads}.
3316 @subheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
3318 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3319 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123759/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
3324 @subheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
3326 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3327 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123754/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
3332 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
3334 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
3336 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
3337 @ref{Old downloads}.
3342 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3344 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
3345 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
3346 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
3348 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
3349 @ref{Old downloads}.
3354 @subheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3356 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3357 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123750/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
3362 @subheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
3364 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
3365 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123743/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
3370 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
3372 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
3373 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
3374 regression tests maintenance for developers.
3376 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
3377 @ref{Old downloads}.
3382 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
3384 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
3385 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
3387 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
3389 @ref{Old downloads}.
3394 @subheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
3396 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
3397 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
3398 report, new translations of the site and publications.
3399 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
3400 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
3401 announce releases and special events.
3406 @subheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
3408 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
3409 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3410 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123946/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
3415 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
3417 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
3418 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
3419 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
3420 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
3421 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
3424 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
3426 @ref{Old downloads}.
3431 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
3433 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
3434 names has been added to the MusicXML
3437 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
3438 @ref{Old downloads}.
3443 @subheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
3445 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
3450 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
3452 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
3453 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
3454 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
3457 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
3458 @ref{Old downloads}.
3463 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
3465 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
3468 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
3469 @ref{Old downloads}.
3474 @subheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3476 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
3477 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
3478 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
3479 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
3480 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
3481 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
3487 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3489 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
3490 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
3491 updates to the MusicXML converter.
3493 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
3494 @ref{Old downloads}.
3499 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
3501 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
3502 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
3507 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
3509 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
3510 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
3511 Grand Documentation Project.
3513 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
3514 @ref{Old downloads}.
3519 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
3521 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
3523 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
3524 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
3525 @ref{Old downloads}.
3530 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
3532 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
3534 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
3535 @ref{Old downloads}.
3540 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
3542 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
3543 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
3545 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
3546 @ref{Old downloads}.
3551 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
3553 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
3554 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
3555 for the translations.
3557 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
3558 @ref{Old downloads}.
3563 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
3565 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
3566 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
3567 and lots of updates for the translations.
3569 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
3570 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
3571 @ref{Old downloads}.
3576 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
3578 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
3579 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
3580 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/freebsd-64/,the installer} and
3581 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
3586 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
3587 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
3588 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
3589 spacing engine code.
3591 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
3592 @ref{Old downloads}.
3597 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
3599 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
3600 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
3602 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
3603 @ref{Old downloads}.
3608 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
3610 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
3611 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
3613 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
3614 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
3615 @ref{Old downloads}.
3620 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
3621 This has lots of bugfixes.
3623 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
3624 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
3625 @ref{Old downloads}.
3630 @subheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
3631 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
3632 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
3633 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
3638 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
3639 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
3641 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
3643 @ref{Old downloads}.
3648 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
3649 This release has some documentation updates.
3651 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
3653 @ref{Old downloads}.
3658 @subheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
3659 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
3660 disponibles en ligne ---
3661 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
3662 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
3663 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
3664 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
3669 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
3670 This release fixes many bugs.
3672 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
3673 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
3675 @ref{Old downloads}.
3680 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
3681 This release fixes many bugs.
3683 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
3684 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
3686 @ref{Old downloads}.
3691 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
3692 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
3693 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
3695 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
3697 @ref{Old downloads}.
3702 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
3703 This release fixes still more bugs.
3705 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
3707 @ref{Old downloads}.
3712 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
3713 This release fixes many bugs.
3714 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
3715 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
3717 @ref{Old downloads})
3722 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
3723 This release will stretch piano staves on a
3724 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
3725 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
3727 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
3728 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
3730 @ref{Old downloads}.
3735 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
3736 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
3737 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
3739 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
3746 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3747 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
3748 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
3750 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
3752 @ref{Old downloads}.
3757 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3758 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
3759 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
3761 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
3763 @ref{Old downloads}.
3768 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3769 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
3772 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
3774 @ref{Old downloads}.
3779 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
3780 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
3782 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
3784 @ref{Old downloads}.
3789 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
3790 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
3791 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
3792 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
3794 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
3796 @ref{Old downloads}.
3801 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3802 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
3803 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
3804 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
3805 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
3806 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3808 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3810 @ref{Old downloads}.
3815 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3816 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3817 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3820 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3822 @ref{Old downloads}.
3827 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3828 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3829 further improvements in the regression test suite
3833 @ref{Old downloads}.
3838 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3839 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3843 @ref{Old downloads}.
3848 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3849 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3854 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3855 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3860 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3861 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3865 @ref{Old downloads}.
3870 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3871 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3872 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3876 @ref{Old downloads}.
3881 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3882 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3886 @ref{Old downloads}.
3891 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3892 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3897 @ref{Old downloads}.
3902 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3903 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3907 @ref{Old downloads}.
3912 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3913 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3914 within a system as well as between systems.
3918 @ref{Old downloads}.
3923 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3924 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3925 test results} and several website build improvements.
3929 @ref{Old downloads}.
3934 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3935 This release fixes several bugs.
3938 @ref{Old downloads}.
3943 @subheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3944 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3949 @subheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3950 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3951 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3952 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3953 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3958 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3959 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3963 @ref{Old downloads}.
3968 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3969 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3972 @ref{Old downloads}.
3977 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3978 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3982 @ref{Old downloads}.
3987 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3988 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3991 @ref{Old downloads}.
3996 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3997 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4002 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
4003 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
4004 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4009 @subheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
4010 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
4011 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
4016 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
4017 This release has many more bugfixes.
4020 @ref{Old downloads}.
4025 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
4026 This release has many more bugfixes.
4029 @ref{Old downloads}.
4034 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
4035 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
4040 @ref{Old downloads}.
4045 @subheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
4046 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
4047 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
4048 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
4049 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
4050 (@ref{Publications}).
4055 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
4056 This release has further bugfixes.
4059 @ref{Old downloads}.
4064 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
4065 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
4066 available for x86/64.
4069 @ref{Old downloads}.
4074 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
4075 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
4076 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4077 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
4078 @ref{Old downloads})
4083 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
4084 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
4085 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4090 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
4091 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
4096 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
4097 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
4102 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
4103 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
4108 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
4109 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
4110 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4115 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
4116 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
4117 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
4118 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4123 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
4124 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4129 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
4130 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
4131 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
4136 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
4137 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
4138 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
4139 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
4140 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4145 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
4146 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
4147 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4152 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
4153 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
4154 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
4155 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4160 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
4161 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
4162 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
4163 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4168 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
4169 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
4171 @ref{Old downloads})
4176 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
4177 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
4179 @ref{Old downloads})
4184 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
4185 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
4186 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
4188 @ref{Old downloads})
4193 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
4194 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
4195 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
4196 (@ref{Old downloads})
4201 @subheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
4202 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
4203 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
4204 glory} what features are broken in the development release
4209 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
4210 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
4211 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
4212 the development releases even better
4217 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
4219 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
4220 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
4221 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4226 @subheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
4227 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
4228 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
4229 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
4230 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
4231 esthetics}. Happy reading!
4236 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
4237 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
4238 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
4240 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4245 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
4246 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
4247 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
4248 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
4249 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4254 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
4255 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
4256 (@ref{Old downloads})
4261 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
4262 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
4263 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
4264 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
4265 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
4266 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4271 @subheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
4272 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
4273 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
4274 (@ref{Publications})
4279 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4280 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
4281 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4286 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4287 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
4288 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
4289 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4294 @subheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
4295 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
4296 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
4301 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
4302 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
4303 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4308 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
4309 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
4310 released. (@ref{Changes},
4311 @ref{Old downloads})
4316 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
4317 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
4318 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
4319 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
4320 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
4321 multi-measure rests.
4323 @ref{Old downloads})
4328 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
4329 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
4331 @ref{Old downloads})
4336 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
4337 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
4338 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
4339 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
4340 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4341 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
4342 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
4343 @ref{Old downloads})
4348 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
4349 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
4350 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
4351 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
4352 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
4353 @ref{Old downloads})
4358 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
4359 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
4360 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
4361 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
4362 the endings and the middle
4363 part. (@ref{Changes},
4364 @ref{Old downloads})
4369 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
4370 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
4371 parenthesized, for example,
4374 c4 -\parenthesize -.
4375 <d \parenthesize fis a>
4379 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
4380 @ref{Old downloads})
4385 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
4386 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
4387 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
4397 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
4398 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
4399 vector. (@ref{Changes},
4400 @ref{Old downloads})
4405 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
4406 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
4407 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
4408 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
4409 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
4410 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
4411 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
4413 @ref{Old downloads})
4418 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
4419 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
4420 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
4421 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
4422 @ref{Old downloads})
4427 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
4428 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
4429 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
4430 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
4431 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
4432 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
4433 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
4434 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4435 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4436 @ref{Old downloads})
4441 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
4442 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
4443 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
4444 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
4445 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
4446 @ref{Old downloads})
4451 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
4453 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
4454 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
4455 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
4460 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
4461 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
4462 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
4463 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
4464 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
4469 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4470 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
4471 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
4473 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/linux-x86/,
4475 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/darwin-ppc/,
4477 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/mingw/,
4483 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4484 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
4485 (feature sponsored by Andrea
4486 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
4487 @ref{Old downloads})
4492 @subheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
4493 Linux Journal publishes an article on
4494 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
4495 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
4496 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
4499 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
4500 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
4501 alternatives seem second-rate.}
4502 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
4507 @subheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
4508 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
4509 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
4510 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
4511 page. Let us know how you fare!
4516 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
4517 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
4518 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
4519 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
4520 The important occasion for this release is our new build
4521 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
4522 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
4523 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
4524 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
4526 @ref{Old downloads})
4531 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
4532 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
4533 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
4534 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
4535 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
4536 @ref{Old downloads})
4541 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
4542 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
4543 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
4544 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
4545 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
4546 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
4547 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
4548 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
4549 functions. (@ref{Changes},
4550 @ref{Old downloads})
4555 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
4556 This release has the following new features:
4559 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
4560 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
4561 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4563 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
4564 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
4565 and Bertalan Fodor).
4567 Generic music functions may now also be used on
4568 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
4571 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
4572 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
4573 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
4577 @ref{Old downloads})
4582 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
4583 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
4584 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
4585 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
4586 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
4587 van den Borre and Bertalan
4588 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
4589 @ref{Old downloads})
4594 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
4595 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
4596 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
4597 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
4603 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
4604 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
4605 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
4606 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
4607 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
4609 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
4610 @ref{Old downloads})
4615 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
4616 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
4617 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
4622 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
4623 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
4624 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
4625 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
4626 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
4627 etc. (@ref{Changes},
4628 @ref{Old downloads})
4633 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
4634 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
4635 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
4636 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4637 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4638 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4639 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4640 @ref{Old downloads})
4645 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
4646 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4647 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4648 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4649 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4650 @ref{Old downloads})
4655 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
4656 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
4657 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
4658 @ref{Old downloads})
4663 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
4664 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
4665 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
4666 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
4667 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
4668 properties. (@ref{Changes},
4669 @ref{Old downloads})
4674 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
4675 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
4676 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
4677 that compute said property, i.e.
4680 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
4681 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
4684 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
4685 @ref{Old downloads})
4690 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
4691 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
4692 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
4693 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
4694 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
4695 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
4696 also provides advanced tweakability for power
4697 users. (@ref{Changes},
4698 @ref{Old downloads})
4703 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
4704 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
4705 series. (@ref{Changes},
4706 @ref{Old downloads})
4711 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
4712 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
4713 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
4714 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
4715 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
4716 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
4717 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
4718 sponsored by Nicolas
4719 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4720 @ref{Old downloads})
4725 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
4726 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
4727 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4728 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
4729 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
4730 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
4731 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4732 @ref{Old downloads})
4737 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
4738 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
4739 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
4740 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
4741 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4742 @ref{Old downloads})
4747 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
4748 This is mainly a bugfix
4749 release. (@ref{Changes},
4750 @ref{Old downloads})
4755 @subheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
4756 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
4757 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
4758 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
4759 la gravure musicale}.
4764 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
4765 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
4766 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
4767 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
4768 @ref{Old downloads})
4773 @subheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
4774 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
4775 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
4776 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
4777 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
4778 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
4783 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
4784 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
4785 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
4786 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
4787 @ref{Old downloads})
4792 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
4793 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
4794 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
4795 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
4796 signs. (@ref{Changes},
4797 @ref{Old downloads})
4802 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
4803 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
4804 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
4805 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
4806 @ref{Old downloads})
4811 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4812 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4813 for a note is proportional to the time it
4814 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4815 @ref{Old downloads})
4820 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4821 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4822 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4827 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4828 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4829 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4830 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4832 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4833 @ref{Old downloads})
4838 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4839 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4840 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4841 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4843 @ref{Old downloads})
4848 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4849 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4850 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4851 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4852 @ref{Old downloads})
4857 @subheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4858 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4860 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4861 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4862 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4863 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4864 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4869 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4870 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4871 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4872 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4877 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4878 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4879 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4880 @ref{Old downloads})
4885 @subheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4886 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4887 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4888 @ref{Old downloads})
4893 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4894 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4895 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4896 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4897 (@ref{Old downloads})
4902 @subheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4903 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4904 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4905 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4910 @subheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4911 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4912 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4913 better help functionality.
4914 (@ref{Old downloads})
4919 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4920 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4921 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4922 compile them directly from
4923 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4928 @subheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4929 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4930 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4935 @subheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4936 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4937 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4938 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4943 @subheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4944 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4945 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4946 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4947 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4952 @subheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4953 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4954 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4959 @subheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4960 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4965 @subheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4966 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4967 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4972 @subheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4973 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4974 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4975 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4976 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4981 @subheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4982 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4983 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4984 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4985 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4986 @ref{Old downloads})
4991 @subheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4993 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4994 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4996 (@ref{Old downloads})
5001 @subheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
5002 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
5003 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
5004 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
5005 signatures like 5/8.
5007 @ref{Old downloads})
5012 @subheading April 18, 2005
5013 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
5014 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
5015 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
5016 More details are in the
5018 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
5023 @subheading April 15, 2005
5024 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
5025 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
5026 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
5027 Scheme code. Take a look at
5029 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
5034 @subheading April 6, 2005
5035 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
5036 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
5037 place. @ref{Old downloads}
5042 @subheading March 31, 2005
5043 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
5044 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
5045 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
5050 @subheading March 20, 2005
5051 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
5052 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
5058 @subheading March 14, 2005
5059 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
5060 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
5061 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
5062 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
5063 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
5068 @subheading March 7, 2005
5069 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
5070 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
5071 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
5072 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
5073 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
5075 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
5080 @subheading March 7, 2005
5081 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
5082 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
5088 @subheading February 28, 2005
5089 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install
5090 Ghostscript 8.15rc3. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
5091 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
5092 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
5098 @subheading February 28, 2005
5099 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
5100 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}.
5101 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
5102 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
5107 @subheading February 26, 2005
5108 The @uref{http://lsr.di.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
5109 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
5110 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
5111 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
5116 @subheading February 21, 2005
5117 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
5118 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
5119 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
5120 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
5122 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
5127 @subheading February 4, 2005
5128 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
5129 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
5130 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
5131 @ref{Old downloads}!
5136 @subheading January 31, 2005
5137 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
5138 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
5139 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
5145 @subheading January 26, 2005
5146 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
5147 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
5153 @subheading January 16, 2005
5154 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
5155 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
5156 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
5158 @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,
5160 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
5165 @subheading January 11, 2005
5166 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
5167 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
5168 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
5169 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
5170 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
5171 font code by Werner.
5173 and check out the changes in
5174 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5179 @subheading January 02, 2005
5180 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
5181 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
5182 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
5183 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
5184 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
5185 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
5186 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
5187 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
5188 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
5191 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5196 @subheading December 28, 2004
5197 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
5198 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
5199 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
5200 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
5202 and check out the changes in
5203 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5208 @subheading December 20, 2004
5209 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
5210 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
5211 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
5212 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
5213 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
5216 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5221 @subheading December 3, 2004
5222 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
5223 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
5224 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
5225 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
5226 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
5227 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
5228 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
5229 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
5233 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5238 @subheading November 26, 2004
5239 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
5240 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
5241 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
5242 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
5243 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
5245 and check out the changes in
5246 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5251 @subheading November 20, 2004
5252 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
5253 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
5254 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
5255 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
5256 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
5257 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
5258 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
5259 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
5262 and check out the changes in
5263 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5268 @subheading November 12, 2004
5269 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
5270 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
5271 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
5272 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
5273 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
5276 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
5279 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
5280 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
5281 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
5282 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
5283 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
5286 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5291 @subheading November 11, 2004
5292 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
5293 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
5299 @subheading November 4, 2004
5300 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
5301 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
5303 and check out the changes in
5304 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5309 @subheading October 31, 2004
5310 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
5311 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
5312 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
5313 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
5320 @subheading October 29, 2004
5321 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
5322 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
5323 some problems with the conversion scripts.
5325 and check out the changes in
5326 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5331 @subheading October 29, 2004
5332 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5333 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
5334 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
5335 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
5337 and check out the changes in
5338 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5343 @subheading October 27, 2004
5344 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
5345 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
5346 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
5348 and check out the changes in
5349 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5354 @subheading October 24, 2004
5355 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
5356 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
5357 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5359 and check out the changes in
5360 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5365 @subheading October 10, 2004
5366 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
5367 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
5368 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
5372 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5377 @subheading October 09, 2004
5378 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
5379 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
5380 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
5384 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5389 @subheading October 02, 2004
5390 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
5391 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
5392 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
5393 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
5394 in the documentation.
5396 and check out the changes in
5397 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5402 @subheading September 29, 2004
5403 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20040811160307/http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
5404 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
5405 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
5406 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
5411 @subheading September 26, 2004
5412 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
5414 and check out the changes
5415 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5420 @subheading September 20, 2004
5421 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
5422 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
5423 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
5424 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
5425 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
5426 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
5429 and check out the changes in
5430 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5435 @subheading September 11, 2004
5436 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
5437 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
5438 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
5439 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
5440 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
5441 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
5442 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
5443 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
5444 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
5445 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
5446 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
5447 will hold users back in switching.
5449 and check out the changes in
5450 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5455 @subheading September 10, 2004
5456 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
5457 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
5458 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
5459 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
5460 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
5461 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
5463 and check out the changes in
5464 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5469 @subheading September 6, 2004
5470 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
5471 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
5472 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
5473 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
5474 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
5478 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5483 @subheading August 29, 2004
5484 LilyPond now has a Documentation
5485 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
5486 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
5487 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
5488 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
5489 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
5490 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
5491 chapter of the user manual.
5492 A lot of cheers for Graham!
5497 @subheading August 29, 2004
5498 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
5499 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
5500 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
5501 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
5502 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
5503 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
5507 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5512 @subheading August 24, 2004
5513 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
5514 disappearing metronome mark.
5516 and check out the changes in
5517 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5522 @subheading August 23, 2004
5523 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
5524 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
5525 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
5526 `doubleSlurs' property.
5528 and check out the changes in
5529 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5534 @subheading August 3, 2004
5535 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
5536 annoying bugs fixed.
5539 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5544 @subheading August 1, 2004
5545 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
5546 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
5547 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
5548 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
5549 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
5550 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
5553 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
5554 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
5556 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
5557 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
5562 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5567 @subheading July 30, 2004
5568 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
5569 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
5570 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
5571 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
5572 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
5573 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
5574 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
5575 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
5576 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
5577 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
5580 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5585 @subheading July 23, 2004
5586 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
5587 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
5588 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
5589 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
5592 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5597 @subheading July 19, 2004
5598 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
5599 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
5600 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
5601 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
5602 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
5603 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
5604 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
5605 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
5606 beat within the measure.
5608 and check out the changes in
5609 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5614 @subheading July 15, 2004
5615 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
5619 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5624 @subheading July 11, 2004
5625 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
5631 @subheading July 5, 2004
5632 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
5633 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
5634 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
5635 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
5637 and check out the changes
5638 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5643 @subheading July 5, 2004
5644 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
5648 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5653 @subheading June 25, 2004
5654 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
5655 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
5656 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
5657 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
5658 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
5659 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
5660 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5662 @ref{Old downloads}.
5667 @subheading June 20, 2004
5668 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
5669 bugs that were reported over the past month. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog} for a full description and
5670 @ref{Old downloads}.
5675 @subheading June 13, 2004
5676 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
5677 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
5678 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5680 @ref{Old downloads}.
5685 @subheading May 31, 2004
5686 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
5687 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
5688 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5690 @ref{Old downloads}.
5695 @subheading May 31, 2004
5696 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
5697 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5698 or head straight to the
5699 @ref{Old downloads}.
5704 @subheading May 26, 2004
5705 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
5706 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
5707 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5708 @ref{Old downloads}.
5713 @subheading May 9, 2004
5714 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
5715 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5716 @ref{Old downloads}.
5721 @subheading May 4, 2004
5722 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
5724 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
5725 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
5726 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
5727 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
5728 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
5733 @subheading May 3, 2004
5734 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
5735 @ref{Old downloads}.
5740 @subheading April 17, 2004
5741 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
5742 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
5748 @subheading April 12, 2004
5749 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
5750 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
5751 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
5752 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
5753 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
5754 @ref{Old downloads}.
5759 @subheading April 8, 2004
5760 A French article on the new LilyPond
5761 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
5766 @subheading April 8, 2004
5767 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
5768 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
5774 @subheading April 1, 2004
5775 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
5776 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
5777 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
5778 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
5779 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
5780 @ref{Old downloads}.
5785 @subheading March 31, 2004
5786 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
5787 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
5788 documentation polish. This should be the final release
5789 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
5791 @ref{Old downloads}.
5796 @subheading March 30, 2004
5797 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
5799 @ref{Old downloads}.
5804 @subheading March 28, 2004
5805 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
5806 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
5807 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5814 @subheading March 22, 2004
5815 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5816 @ref{Old downloads}.
5821 @subheading March 21, 2004
5822 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5829 @subheading March 20, 2004
5830 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5831 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5832 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5834 @ref{Old downloads}.
5839 @subheading March 15, 2004
5840 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5841 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5842 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5845 @ref{Old downloads}.
5850 @subheading March 14, 2004
5852 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5853 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5859 @subheading March 11, 2004
5860 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5862 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5863 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5864 authors of LilyPond.
5869 @subheading March 11, 2004
5870 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5871 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5874 @ref{Old downloads}.
5879 @subheading March 9, 2004
5880 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5881 experimental support for producing titles with
5887 @subheading February 29, 2004
5888 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5889 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5890 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5892 @ref{Old downloads}.
5897 @subheading February 24, 2004
5898 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5899 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5900 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5902 @ref{Old downloads}.
5907 @subheading February 23, 2004
5908 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5909 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5910 produce cue notes. More information in the
5917 @subheading February 18, 2004
5918 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5919 for altering accidental rules.
5925 @subheading February 16, 2004
5926 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5927 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5928 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5929 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5930 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5931 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5932 More information in the
5939 @subheading February 13, 2004
5940 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5941 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5942 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5949 @subheading February 12, 2004
5950 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5951 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5952 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5953 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5960 @subheading February 9, 2004
5961 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5962 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5963 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5964 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5965 More information in the
5972 @subheading February 5, 2004
5973 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5974 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5975 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5976 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5977 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5978 More information in the
5985 @subheading February 4, 2004
5986 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5987 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5988 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5996 @subheading February 2, 2004
5997 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5998 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5999 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
6006 @subheading January 28, 2004
6007 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
6008 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
6009 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
6010 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
6019 @subheading January 26, 2004
6020 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
6021 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
6024 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6029 @subheading January 21, 2004
6031 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
6032 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
6033 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
6036 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6041 @subheading January 20, 2004
6042 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
6043 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
6044 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
6045 access, but only HTTP downloads.
6050 @subheading January 20, 2004
6051 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
6052 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
6053 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
6054 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
6060 @subheading January 19, 2004
6061 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
6062 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
6064 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6069 @subheading January 18, 2004
6070 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
6071 available for Windows! For downloading, go
6072 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20040204191423/http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
6077 @subheading January 17, 2004
6078 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
6079 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
6080 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
6082 More information in the
6083 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6088 @subheading January 16, 2004
6089 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
6090 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
6092 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6097 @subheading January 13, 2004
6098 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
6099 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
6100 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
6102 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6107 @subheading January 9, 2004
6108 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
6109 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
6110 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
6111 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
6112 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
6113 individual music expressions.
6114 More information in the
6115 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6120 @subheading January 7, 2004
6121 An update to the stable branch,
6122 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
6123 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
6128 @subheading January 6, 2004
6129 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
6130 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
6131 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
6132 More information in the
6133 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6138 @subheading January 4, 2004
6139 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
6141 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
6142 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6147 @subheading January 2, 2004
6148 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
6149 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
6150 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
6151 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6156 @subheading December 30, 2003
6157 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
6158 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
6159 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
6160 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6165 @subheading December 23, 2003
6166 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
6167 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
6168 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
6169 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
6170 to implement this are welcome!) See the
6171 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6176 @subheading December 17, 2003
6177 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
6178 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
6179 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
6181 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6186 @subheading December 16, 2003
6187 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
6188 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
6189 Han-Wen's absence. See the
6190 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6195 @subheading October 11, 2003
6196 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
6198 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6203 @subheading October 11, 2003
6204 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
6206 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
6207 thanks to Heikki Junes.
6212 @subheading October 9, 2003
6213 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
6214 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
6215 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
6220 @subheading October 5, 2003
6221 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
6228 @subheading October 4, 2003
6229 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
6231 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
6232 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
6237 @subheading September 29, 2003
6238 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
6239 contains minor bugfixes.
6240 See the @ref{Changes}
6241 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
6246 @subheading September 27, 2003
6247 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
6248 @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,
6249 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
6255 @subheading September 24, 2003
6256 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
6257 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
6258 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
6259 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
6260 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
6265 @subheading September 24, 2003
6266 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
6267 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
6268 the @ref{Changes} and
6269 download @uref{install/,here}.
6274 @subheading September 23, 2003
6275 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
6276 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6277 the @ref{Changes} and
6278 download @uref{install/,here}.
6283 @subheading September 19, 2003
6284 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
6285 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6286 the @ref{Changes} and
6287 download @uref{install/,here}.
6292 @subheading September 17, 2003
6293 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
6294 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
6300 @subheading September 16, 2003
6301 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
6302 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
6308 @subheading September 10, 2003
6309 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
6310 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
6311 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
6312 will be available in a few weeks.
6318 @subheading September 9, 2003
6319 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
6320 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
6326 @subheading September 7, 2003
6327 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
6328 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
6334 @subheading August 31, 2003
6335 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
6336 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
6337 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
6343 @subheading August 31, 2003
6344 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
6345 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
6350 @subheading August 31, 2003
6351 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
6352 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
6353 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
6354 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6359 @subheading August 28, 2003
6360 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
6361 @ref{Changes} and get it
6362 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6367 @subheading August 26, 2003
6368 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
6369 @ref{Changes} and get it
6370 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6375 @subheading August 25, 2003
6376 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
6377 @ref{Changes} and get it
6378 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6383 @subheading August 25, 2003
6384 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
6385 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
6390 @subheading August 21, 2003
6391 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
6392 read the @ref{Changes}.
6397 @subheading August 18, 2003
6398 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
6399 has been updated to 1.8.
6400 Download @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,here.}
6405 @subheading August 7, 2003
6406 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
6407 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
6412 @subheading August 7, 2003
6413 New website went live!
6418 @subheading August 6, 2003
6419 Announced new website.
6424 @subheading August 1, 2003
6425 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
6430 @subheading July 30, 2003
6431 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
6432 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
6438 @subheading July 29, 2003
6439 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
6440 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.