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5 When revising a translation, copy the HEAD committish of the
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11 (I'd rather have the below in the CG. -gp)
14 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
15 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
17 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
18 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
20 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
22 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
23 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
24 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
25 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
27 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
29 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
32 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
36 * add macro for long Google issues list URL
41 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
43 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
44 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
50 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
52 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
53 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
54 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
61 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
63 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
64 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
65 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
66 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
68 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
69 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
70 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
78 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
80 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
81 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
82 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
83 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
84 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
85 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
86 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!
87 <p align="right">Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
93 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
95 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
96 its team, its world, its community.
97 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
98 to read the full issue...
103 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
105 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
106 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
107 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
112 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
114 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
115 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
121 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
123 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
125 @uref{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
132 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
134 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
135 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
136 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
137 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
138 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
140 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
141 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
143 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_65&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
150 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
152 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
153 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
154 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
155 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
156 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
157 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
165 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
167 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
168 documentation and translations.
174 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 – Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
176 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
177 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
178 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
179 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
180 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
182 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_62&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
188 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
190 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
191 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
192 (teaching) has been added.
194 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_61&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
201 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
203 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
204 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
205 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
211 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
213 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
214 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
215 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
216 translations of the documentation.
222 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
224 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
225 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
226 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
227 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
228 deceased since then. All the development team express their
229 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
230 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
231 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
232 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
234 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_58&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
241 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
243 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
244 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
245 markup command names have been made.
253 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
255 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
256 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
257 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
258 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
259 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
267 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
269 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
270 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
271 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_55&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
277 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
279 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
280 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
281 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
282 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_54&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
288 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
290 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
292 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_53&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
298 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
300 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
301 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
302 releases are now fully listed on the News page. @ref{Changes},
303 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_52&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
309 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
311 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
312 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
313 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
314 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
315 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_51&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
321 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
323 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
324 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
326 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_50&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
332 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
334 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
335 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
340 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
342 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
343 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
348 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
350 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
352 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_49&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
358 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
360 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
361 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
362 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
364 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_48&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
370 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
372 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
373 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
378 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
380 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
381 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
386 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
388 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
389 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
390 regression tests maintenance for developers.
391 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_47&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
397 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
399 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
400 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
402 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_46&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
408 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
410 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
411 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
412 report, new translations of the site and publications.
413 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
414 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
415 announce releases and special events.
420 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
422 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
423 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
424 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
429 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
431 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
432 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
433 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
434 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
435 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
438 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_45&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
444 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
446 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
447 names has been added to the MusicXML
448 converter. @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_44&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
454 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
456 Lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
461 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
463 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
464 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
465 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
466 fixed. @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_43&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
472 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
474 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
475 bugs. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_42&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
481 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
483 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
484 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
485 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
486 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
487 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
488 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
494 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
496 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
497 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
498 updates to the MusicXML converter. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_41&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
504 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
506 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
507 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
512 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
514 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
515 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
516 Grand Documentation Project. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_36&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes}, @ref{Old downloads})
521 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.33 and 2.10.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
523 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
524 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_33&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
525 2.10}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_33&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
526 2.11}, @ref{Old downloads})
531 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
533 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
534 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_32&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes}, @ref{Old downloads})
539 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
541 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
542 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
543 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_31&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes}, @ref{Old downloads})
548 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
550 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
551 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
552 for the translations. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_30&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes}, @ref{Old downloads})
557 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
559 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
560 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
561 and lots of updates for the translations.
562 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_29&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
563 2.10}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_29&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
564 2.11}, @ref{Old downloads})
569 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
571 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
572 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
573 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
574 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
579 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
580 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
581 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
583 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_28&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
584 2.11}, @ref{Old downloads})
589 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
591 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
592 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
593 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_26&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
594 2.11}, @ref{Old downloads})
599 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
601 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
602 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
603 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_25&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
604 2.11}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_25&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
605 2.10}, @ref{Old downloads})
610 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
611 This has lots of bugfixes. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_23&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
612 2.11}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_23&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
613 2.10}, @ref{Old downloads})
618 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
619 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des
620 LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
621 sind auf deutsch übersetzt — sie sind erhältlich für
623 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
628 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
629 This release has updates of the dot collision code. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_22&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
630 }, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
635 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
636 This release has some documentation updates.
637 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_21&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
638 }, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
643 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
644 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont
645 désormais traduits, et disponibles en ligne — @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
646 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
647 2.11}. Les traductions sont également incluses dans la @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
652 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
653 This release fixes many bugs.
654 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_20&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
656 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_20&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
657 2.10}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
662 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
663 This release fixes many bugs.
664 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_19&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
666 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_19&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
667 2.10}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
672 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
673 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
674 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_18&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
675 2.11}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
680 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
681 This release fixes still more bugs.
682 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_17&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
683 2.11}, @ref{Changes},
689 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
690 This release fixes many bugs.
691 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_16&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
693 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_16&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
701 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
702 This release will stretch piano staves on a
703 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
704 head and the slashed mirrored flat. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_15&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
706 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_15&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes
708 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
713 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
714 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
715 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
716 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_14&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
717 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
722 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
723 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
724 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
725 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_13&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
726 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
731 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
732 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
733 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
734 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_12&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
735 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
740 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
741 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
742 usage improvements. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_12&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
743 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
748 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
749 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_11&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
750 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
755 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
756 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
757 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
758 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_11&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
759 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
764 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
765 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
766 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
767 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
768 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
769 % faster than previous 2.11 releases. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_10&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
770 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
775 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
776 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
777 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
778 and part-combining (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_10&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
779 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
784 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
785 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and —in 2.11.9&mdash
786 further improvements in the regression test suite (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_9&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
787 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
792 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
793 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes! (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_8&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
794 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
799 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
800 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
805 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
806 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
811 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
812 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes! (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_7&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
813 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
818 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
819 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
820 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
821 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_6&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
822 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
827 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
828 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
829 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_6&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
830 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
835 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
836 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
838 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_5&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
839 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
844 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
845 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
846 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_5&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
847 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
852 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
853 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
854 within a system as well as between systems. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_4&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
855 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
860 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
861 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
862 test results} and several website build improvements. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_3&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
863 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
868 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
869 This release fixes several bugs.
870 (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_3&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
876 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
877 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
882 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
883 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en
884 français est maintenant disponible en ligne. @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
885 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
891 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
892 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_2&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
893 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
898 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
899 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_2&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
905 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
906 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_11_1&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
907 @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
912 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
913 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_10_1&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
919 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
920 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
925 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
926 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{announce-v2.10.html,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
931 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
932 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
933 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
938 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
939 This release has many more bugfixes. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_29&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
945 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
946 This release has many more bugfixes. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_28&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
952 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
953 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
954 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes}, @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_27&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
960 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
961 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
962 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
963 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
964 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
965 (@ref{Publications}).
970 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
971 This release has further bugfixes. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_26&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
977 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
978 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
979 available for x86/64. (@uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed_2_9_25&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
985 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
986 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
987 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
988 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
994 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
995 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
996 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1001 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
1002 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1007 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
1008 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1013 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
1014 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1019 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
1020 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
1021 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1026 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
1027 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
1028 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
1029 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1034 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
1035 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
1040 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
1041 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
1042 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
1047 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
1048 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
1049 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
1050 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
1051 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1056 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
1057 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
1058 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1063 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
1064 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
1065 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
1066 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1071 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
1072 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
1073 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
1074 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1079 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1080 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
1082 @ref{Old downloads})
1087 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1088 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
1090 @ref{Old downloads})
1095 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
1096 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
1097 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1099 @ref{Old downloads})
1104 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1105 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
1106 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1107 (@ref{Old downloads})
1112 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1113 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
1114 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
1115 glory} what features are broken in the development release
1120 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
1121 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
1122 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
1123 the development releases even better
1128 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
1130 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
1131 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
1132 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1137 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
1138 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
1139 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
1140 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
1141 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
1142 esthetics}. Happy reading!
1147 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
1148 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
1149 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
1151 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1156 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1157 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
1158 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
1159 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
1160 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1165 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1166 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
1167 (@ref{Old downloads})
1172 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
1173 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
1174 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
1175 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
1176 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
1177 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1182 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
1183 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
1184 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
1185 (@ref{Publications})
1190 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1191 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
1192 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1197 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1198 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
1199 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
1200 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1205 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
1206 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
1207 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
1212 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
1213 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @uref{announce-v2.8.html,release
1214 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1219 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
1220 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
1221 released. (@ref{Changes},
1222 @ref{Old downloads})
1227 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
1228 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
1229 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
1230 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
1231 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
1232 multi-measure rests.
1234 @ref{Old downloads})
1239 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
1240 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
1242 @ref{Old downloads})
1247 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
1248 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
1249 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
1250 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
1251 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1252 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
1253 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
1254 @ref{Old downloads})
1259 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
1260 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
1261 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
1262 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
1263 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
1264 @ref{Old downloads})
1269 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
1270 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
1271 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
1272 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
1273 the endings and the middle
1274 part. (@ref{Changes},
1275 @ref{Old downloads})
1280 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
1281 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
1282 parenthesized, for example,
1285 c4 -\parenthesize -.
1286 <d \parenthesize fis a>
1290 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
1291 @ref{Old downloads})
1296 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
1297 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
1298 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
1308 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
1309 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
1310 vector. (@ref{Changes},
1311 @ref{Old downloads})
1316 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
1317 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
1318 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
1319 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
1320 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
1321 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
1322 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
1324 @ref{Old downloads})
1329 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
1330 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
1331 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
1332 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
1333 @ref{Old downloads})
1338 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
1339 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
1340 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
1341 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
1342 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
1343 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
1344 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
1345 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1346 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1347 @ref{Old downloads})
1352 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
1353 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
1354 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
1355 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
1356 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
1357 @ref{Old downloads})
1362 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
1364 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
1365 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
1366 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
1371 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
1372 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
1373 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
1374 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
1375 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
1380 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1381 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
1382 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
1384 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
1386 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
1388 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
1394 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1395 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
1396 (feature sponsored by Andrea
1397 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
1398 @ref{Old downloads})
1403 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
1404 Linux Journal publishes an article on
1405 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
1406 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
1407 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
1410 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
1411 “GNU Lilypond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
1412 alternatives seem second-rate.”
1413 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
1418 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
1419 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
1420 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
1421 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
1422 page. Let us know how you fare!
1427 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
1428 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
1429 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
1430 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
1431 The important occasion for this release is our new build
1432 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
1433 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
1434 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
1435 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
1437 @ref{Old downloads})
1442 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
1443 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
1444 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
1445 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
1446 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
1447 @ref{Old downloads})
1452 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
1453 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
1454 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
1455 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
1456 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
1457 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
1458 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
1459 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
1460 functions. (@ref{Changes},
1461 @ref{Old downloads})
1466 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
1467 This release has the following new features:
1470 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
1471 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
1472 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1474 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
1475 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
1476 and Bertalan Fodor).
1478 Generic music functions may now also be used on
1479 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
1482 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
1483 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
1484 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
1488 @ref{Old downloads})
1493 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
1494 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
1495 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
1496 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
1497 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
1498 van den Borre and Bertalan
1499 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
1500 @ref{Old downloads})
1505 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
1506 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
1507 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
1508 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
1514 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
1515 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
1516 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
1517 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
1518 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
1520 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
1521 @ref{Old downloads})
1526 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
1527 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
1528 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
1533 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
1534 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
1535 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
1536 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
1537 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
1538 etc. (@ref{Changes},
1539 @ref{Old downloads})
1544 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
1545 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
1546 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
1547 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
1548 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
1549 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
1550 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1551 @ref{Old downloads})
1556 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
1557 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
1558 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
1559 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
1560 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1561 @ref{Old downloads})
1566 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
1567 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
1568 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
1569 @ref{Old downloads})
1574 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
1575 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
1576 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
1577 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
1578 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
1579 properties. (@ref{Changes},
1580 @ref{Old downloads})
1585 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
1586 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
1587 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
1588 that compute said property, i.e.
1591 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
1592 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
1595 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
1596 @ref{Old downloads})
1601 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
1602 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
1603 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
1604 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
1605 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
1606 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
1607 also provides advanced tweakability for power
1608 users. (@ref{Changes},
1609 @ref{Old downloads})
1614 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
1615 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
1616 series. (@ref{Changes},
1617 @ref{Old downloads})
1622 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
1623 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
1624 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
1625 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
1626 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
1627 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
1628 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
1629 sponsored by Nicolas
1630 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1631 @ref{Old downloads})
1636 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
1637 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
1638 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1639 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
1640 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
1641 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
1642 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
1643 @ref{Old downloads})
1648 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
1649 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
1650 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
1651 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
1652 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1653 @ref{Old downloads})
1658 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
1659 This is mainly a bugfix
1660 release. (@ref{Changes},
1661 @ref{Old downloads})
1666 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
1667 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
1668 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
1669 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
1670 la gravure musicale}.
1675 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
1676 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
1677 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
1678 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
1679 @ref{Old downloads})
1684 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
1685 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
1686 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
1687 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
1688 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
1689 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
1694 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
1695 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
1696 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
1697 Baca, and Vicente Solsona
1698 Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
1699 @ref{Old downloads})
1704 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
1705 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
1706 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
1707 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
1708 signs. (@ref{Changes},
1709 @ref{Old downloads})
1714 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
1715 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
1716 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
1717 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
1718 @ref{Old downloads})
1723 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
1724 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
1725 for a note is proportional to the time it
1726 takes. (@ref{Changes},
1727 @ref{Old downloads})
1732 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
1733 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
1734 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
1739 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
1740 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
1741 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
1742 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
1744 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
1745 @ref{Old downloads})
1750 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
1751 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
1752 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
1753 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
1755 @ref{Old downloads})
1760 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
1761 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
1762 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
1763 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
1764 @ref{Old downloads})
1769 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
1770 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
1772 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
1773 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
1774 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
1775 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
1776 (@uref{announce-v2.6.html,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
1781 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
1782 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
1783 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
1784 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
1789 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
1790 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
1791 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
1792 @ref{Old downloads})
1797 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
1798 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
1799 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
1800 @ref{Old downloads})
1805 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
1806 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
1807 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
1808 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
1809 (@ref{Old downloads})
1814 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
1815 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
1816 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
1817 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
1822 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
1823 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
1824 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
1825 better help functionality.
1826 (@ref{Old downloads})
1831 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
1832 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
1833 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
1834 compile them directly from
1835 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
1840 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
1841 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
1842 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
1847 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
1848 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
1849 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
1850 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
1855 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
1856 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
1857 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
1858 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
1859 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
1864 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
1865 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
1866 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
1871 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
1872 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
1877 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
1878 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
1879 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
1884 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
1885 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
1886 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
1887 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
1888 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
1893 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
1894 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
1895 now possible to start and stop the StaffSymbol, during a piece of
1896 music, by doing \stopStaff \startStaff. This can be used to produce
1898 staves. (@ref{Changes},
1899 @ref{Old downloads})
1904 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
1906 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
1907 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
1909 (@ref{Old downloads})
1914 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
1915 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
1916 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
1917 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
1918 signatures like 5/8.
1920 @ref{Old downloads})
1925 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
1926 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
1927 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
1928 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
1929 More details are in the
1931 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
1936 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
1937 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
1938 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
1939 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
1940 Scheme code. Take a look at
1942 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
1947 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
1948 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
1949 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
1950 place. @ref{Old downloads}
1955 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
1956 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
1957 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
1958 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
1963 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
1964 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
1965 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
1971 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
1972 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
1973 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
1974 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
1975 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
1976 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
1981 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
1982 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
1983 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
1984 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
1985 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
1986 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
1988 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
1993 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
1994 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
1995 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
2001 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2002 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/Fedora-3/ghostscript-8.15rc3-0.i386.rpm,ESP
2003 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
2004 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
2005 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
2011 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2012 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
2013 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}.
2014 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2015 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2020 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
2021 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,Lilypond Snippet
2022 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of Lilypond code
2023 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
2024 contribute creative ideas for using Lilypond.
2029 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
2030 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
2031 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
2032 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
2033 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
2035 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2040 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
2041 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
2042 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
2043 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
2044 @ref{Old downloads}!
2049 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
2050 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
2051 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
2052 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
2058 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
2059 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
2060 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
2066 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
2067 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
2068 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
2069 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
2071 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
2073 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
2078 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
2079 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
2080 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
2081 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
2082 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
2083 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
2084 font code by Werner.
2086 and check out the changes in
2087 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2092 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
2093 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
2094 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
2095 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
2096 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
2097 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
2098 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
2099 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
2100 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
2101 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
2104 changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3013&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2109 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
2110 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
2111 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
2112 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
2113 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
2115 and check out the changes in
2116 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2121 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
2122 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
2123 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
2124 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
2125 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
2126 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
2129 changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2974&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2134 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
2135 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
2136 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
2137 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
2138 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
2139 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
2140 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
2141 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
2142 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
2146 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2908&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2151 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
2152 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
2153 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
2154 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
2155 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
2156 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
2158 and check out the changes in
2159 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2164 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
2165 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
2166 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
2167 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
2168 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
2169 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
2170 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
2171 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
2172 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
2175 and check out the changes in
2176 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2181 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
2182 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
2183 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
2184 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
2185 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
2186 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
2189 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
2192 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
2193 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
2194 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
2195 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
2196 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
2199 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2837&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2204 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
2205 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
2206 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
2212 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
2213 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
2214 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
2216 and check out the changes in
2217 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2222 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
2223 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @uref{announce-v2.4.html,released!}
2224 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
2225 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
2226 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
2233 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2234 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
2235 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
2236 some problems with the conversion scripts.
2238 and check out the changes in
2239 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2244 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2245 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for Lilypond 2.4.
2246 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
2247 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
2248 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
2250 and check out the changes in
2251 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2256 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
2257 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
2258 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
2259 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
2261 and check out the changes in
2262 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2267 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
2268 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
2269 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
2270 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2272 and check out the changes in
2273 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2278 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
2279 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
2280 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
2281 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
2285 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2709&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2290 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
2291 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
2292 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
2293 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
2297 out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2692&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2302 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
2303 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
2304 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
2305 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
2306 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
2307 in the documentation.
2309 and check out the changes in
2310 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2315 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
2316 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
2317 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
2318 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
2319 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
2324 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
2325 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
2327 and check out the changes
2328 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2333 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
2334 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
2335 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
2336 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
2337 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
2338 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
2339 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
2342 and check out the changes in
2343 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2348 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
2349 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
2350 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
2351 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
2352 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
2353 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
2354 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
2355 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
2356 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
2357 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
2358 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
2359 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
2360 will hold users back in switching.
2362 and check out the changes in
2363 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2368 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
2369 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
2370 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
2371 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
2372 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
2373 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
2374 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
2376 and check out the changes in
2377 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2382 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
2383 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
2384 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
2385 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
2386 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
2387 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
2391 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2534&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2396 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2397 LilyPond now has a Documentation
2398 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
2399 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
2400 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
2401 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
2402 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
2403 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
2404 chapter of the user manual.
2405 A lot of cheers for Graham!
2410 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2411 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
2412 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
2413 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
2414 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
2415 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
2416 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
2420 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2520&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2425 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
2426 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
2427 disappearing metronome mark.
2429 and check out the changes in
2430 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.33&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2435 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
2436 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
2437 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
2438 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
2439 `doubleSlurs' property.
2441 and check out the changes in
2442 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2447 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
2448 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
2449 annoying bugs fixed.
2452 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2449&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2457 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
2458 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
2459 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
2460 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
2461 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
2462 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
2463 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
2466 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
2467 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
2469 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
2470 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
2475 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2435&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2480 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
2481 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
2482 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
2483 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
2484 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
2485 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
2486 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
2487 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
2488 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
2489 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
2490 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
2493 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2416&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2498 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
2499 Lilypond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
2500 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
2501 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
2502 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
2505 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2395&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2510 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
2511 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
2512 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
2513 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
2514 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
2515 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
2516 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
2517 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
2518 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
2519 beat within the measure.
2521 and check out the changes in
2522 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2527 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
2528 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
2532 out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.28&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2537 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
2538 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
2544 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
2545 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
2546 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
2547 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
2548 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
2550 and check out the changes
2551 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2556 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
2557 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
2561 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.23&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2566 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
2567 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
2568 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
2569 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
2570 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
2571 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
2572 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
2573 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2293&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
2575 @ref{Old downloads}.
2580 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
2581 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
2582 bugs that were reported over the past month. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.16&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog} for a full description and
2583 @ref{Old downloads}.
2588 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
2589 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
2590 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
2591 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2242&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
2593 @ref{Old downloads}.
2598 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
2599 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
2600 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
2601 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2207&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
2603 @ref{Old downloads}.
2608 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
2609 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
2610 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.9,ChangeLog}
2611 or head straight to the
2612 @ref{Old downloads}.
2617 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
2618 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
2619 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
2620 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
2621 @ref{Old downloads}.
2626 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
2627 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
2628 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
2629 @ref{Old downloads}.
2634 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
2635 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
2637 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
2638 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
2639 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
2640 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
2641 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
2646 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
2647 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
2648 @ref{Old downloads}.
2653 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
2654 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
2655 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
2661 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
2662 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
2663 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
2664 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
2665 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
2666 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
2667 @ref{Old downloads}.
2672 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
2673 A French article on the new LilyPond
2674 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
2679 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
2680 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
2681 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
2687 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
2688 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
2689 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
2690 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
2691 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
2692 the @uref{announce-v2.2.html,announcement} or skip to the
2693 @ref{Old downloads}.
2698 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
2699 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
2700 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
2701 documentation polish. This should be the final release
2702 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
2704 @ref{Old downloads}.
2709 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
2710 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
2712 @ref{Old downloads}.
2717 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
2718 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
2719 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
2720 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
2727 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
2728 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
2729 @ref{Old downloads}.
2734 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
2735 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
2742 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
2743 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
2744 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
2745 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
2747 @ref{Old downloads}.
2752 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
2753 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
2754 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
2755 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
2758 @ref{Old downloads}.
2763 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
2765 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
2766 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
2772 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
2773 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
2775 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
2776 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
2777 authors of LilyPond.
2782 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
2783 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
2784 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
2787 @ref{Old downloads}.
2792 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
2793 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
2794 experimental support for producing titles with
2800 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
2801 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
2802 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
2803 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
2805 @ref{Old downloads}.
2810 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
2811 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
2812 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
2813 of lyrics related bugs. See the
2815 @ref{Old downloads}.
2820 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
2821 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
2822 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
2823 produce cue notes. More information in the
2830 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
2831 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
2832 for altering accidental rules.
2838 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
2839 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
2840 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
2841 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
2842 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
2843 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
2844 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
2845 More information in the
2852 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
2853 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
2854 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
2855 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
2862 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
2863 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
2864 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
2865 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
2866 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
2873 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
2874 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
2875 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
2876 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
2877 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
2878 More information in the
2885 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
2886 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
2887 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
2888 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
2889 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
2890 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
2891 More information in the
2898 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
2899 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
2900 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
2901 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
2909 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
2910 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
2911 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
2912 @code{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
2919 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
2920 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
2921 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
2922 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
2923 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
2932 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
2933 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
2934 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
2937 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
2942 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
2944 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
2945 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
2946 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
2949 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
2954 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
2955 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
2956 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
2957 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
2958 access, but only HTTP downloads.
2963 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
2964 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
2965 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
2966 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
2967 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
2973 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
2974 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
2975 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
2977 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
2982 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
2983 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
2984 available for Windows! For downloading, go
2985 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
2990 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
2991 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
2992 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
2993 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
2995 More information in the
2996 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3001 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
3002 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
3003 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
3005 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3010 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
3011 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
3012 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
3013 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
3015 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3020 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
3021 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
3022 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
3023 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
3024 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
3025 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
3026 individual music expressions.
3027 More information in the
3028 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3033 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
3034 An update to the stable branch,
3035 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
3036 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
3041 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
3042 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
3043 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
3044 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
3045 More information in the
3046 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3051 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
3052 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to
3053 improve the layout of lyrics. More
3055 @uref{@@DOC@@v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
3056 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3061 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
3062 in LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric
3063 alignment is completely revamped, and now matches my Edition
3064 Peters version of the Schubert song Sängers Morgen. More
3066 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3071 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
3072 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and linethickness
3073 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
3074 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
3075 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3080 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
3081 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
3082 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
3083 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
3084 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
3085 to implement this are welcome!) See the
3086 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3091 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
3092 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
3093 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
3094 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
3096 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3101 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
3102 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
3103 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
3104 Han-Wen's absence. See the
3105 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3110 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3111 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
3113 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3118 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3119 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
3121 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
3122 thanks to Heikki Junes.
3127 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
3128 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
3129 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
3130 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
3135 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
3136 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
3143 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
3144 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
3146 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
3147 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
3152 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
3153 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
3154 contains minor bugfixes.
3155 See the @ref{Changes}
3156 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
3161 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
3162 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
3163 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
3164 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
3170 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3171 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
3172 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
3173 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
3174 @uref{announce-v2.0.html,here}, or go to the
3175 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
3180 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3181 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
3182 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
3183 the @ref{Changes} and
3184 download @uref{install/,here}.
3189 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
3190 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
3191 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3192 the @ref{Changes} and
3193 download @uref{install/,here}.
3198 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
3199 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
3200 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3201 the @ref{Changes} and
3202 download @uref{install/,here}.
3207 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
3208 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
3209 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
3215 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
3216 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
3217 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
3223 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
3224 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
3225 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
3226 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
3227 will be available in a few weeks.
3233 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
3234 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
3235 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
3241 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
3242 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
3243 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
3249 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3250 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
3251 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
3252 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
3258 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3259 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
3260 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
3265 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3266 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
3267 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
3268 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
3269 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3274 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
3275 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
3276 @ref{Changes} and get it
3277 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3282 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
3283 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
3284 @ref{Changes} and get it
3285 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3290 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3291 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
3292 @ref{Changes} and get it
3293 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3298 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3299 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
3300 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
3305 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
3306 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
3307 read the @ref{Changes}.
3312 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
3313 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
3314 has been updated to 1.8.
3315 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
3320 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3321 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
3322 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
3327 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3328 New website went live!
3333 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
3334 Announced new website.
3339 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
3340 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
3345 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
3346 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
3347 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
3353 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
3354 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
3355 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.