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11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
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19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
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30 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.46 released @emph{July 26, 2016}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
33 2.19.46. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
34 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
35 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
36 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
42 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.45 released @emph{July 09, 2016}
44 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
45 2.19.45. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
46 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
47 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
48 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
54 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.44 released @emph{June 21, 2016}
56 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
57 2.19.44. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
58 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
59 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
60 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
66 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.43 released @emph{June 8, 2016}
68 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
69 2.19.43. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
70 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
71 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
72 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
78 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.42 released @emph{May 15, 2016}
80 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
81 2.19.42. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
82 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
83 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
84 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
90 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.41 released @emph{May 1, 2016}
92 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
93 2.19.41. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
94 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
95 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
96 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
102 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.40 released @emph{April 17, 2016}
104 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
105 2.19.40. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
106 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
107 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
108 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
114 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.39 released @emph{March 27, 2016}
116 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
117 2.19.39. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
118 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
119 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
120 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
126 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.38 released @emph{March 13, 2016}
128 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
129 2.19.38. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
130 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
131 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
132 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
138 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.37 released @emph{February 28, 2016}
140 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
141 2.19.37. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
142 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
143 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
144 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
150 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.36 released @emph{January 31, 2016}
152 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
153 2.19.36. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
154 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
155 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
156 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
162 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.35 released @emph{January 02, 2016}
164 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
165 2.19.35. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
166 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
167 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
168 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
174 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.34 released @emph{December 22, 2015}
176 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
177 2.19.34. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
178 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
179 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
180 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
186 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.33 released @emph{December 6, 2015}
188 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
189 2.19.33. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
190 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
191 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
192 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
198 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.32 released @emph{November 22, 2015}
200 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
201 2.19.32. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
202 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
203 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
204 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
210 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.31 released @emph{November 8, 2015}
212 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
213 2.19.31. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
214 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
215 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
216 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
222 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.30 released @emph{October 25, 2015}
224 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
225 2.19.30. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
226 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
227 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
228 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
234 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.29 released @emph{October 18, 2015}
236 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
237 2.19.29. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
238 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
239 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
240 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
246 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.28 released @emph{September 27, 2015}
248 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
249 2.19.28. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
250 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
251 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
252 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
258 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.27 released @emph{September 12, 2015}
260 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
261 2.19.27. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
262 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
263 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
264 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
270 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.26 released @emph{August 27, 2015}
272 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
273 2.19.26. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
274 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
275 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
276 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
282 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.25 released @emph{August 9, 2015}
284 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
285 2.19.25. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
286 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
287 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
288 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
294 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.24 released @emph{July 26, 2015}
296 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
297 2.19.24. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
298 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
299 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
300 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
306 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.23 released @emph{July 12, 2015}
308 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
309 2.19.23. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
310 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
311 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
312 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
318 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.22 released @emph{June 28, 2015}
320 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
321 2.19.22. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
322 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
323 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
324 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
330 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.21 released @emph{May 24, 2015}
332 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
333 2.19.21. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
334 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
335 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
336 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
342 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.20 released @emph{May 10, 2015}
344 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
345 2.19.20. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
346 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
347 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
348 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
354 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.19 released @emph{April 26, 2015}
356 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
357 2.19.19. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
358 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
359 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
360 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
366 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.18 released @emph{April 5, 2015}
368 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
369 2.19.18. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
370 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
371 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
372 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
378 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.17 released @emph{March 15, 2015}
380 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
381 2.19.17. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
382 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
383 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
384 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
390 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.16 released @emph{February 28, 2015}
392 At long last, we are very happy to announce the release of LilyPond
393 2.19.16. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
394 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
395 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
396 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
399 We would like to acknowledge and thank Masamichi Hosoda for making this
400 release possible with his work on updating GUB, the build tool.
405 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.15 released @emph{September 28, 2014}
407 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.15. This
408 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
409 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
410 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
411 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
417 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.14 released @emph{September 14, 2014}
419 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.14. This
420 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
421 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
422 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
423 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
429 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.13 released @emph{August 31, 2014}
431 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.13. This
432 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
433 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
434 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
435 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
441 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.12 released @emph{August 17, 2014}
443 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.12. This
444 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
445 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
446 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
447 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
453 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.11 released @emph{August 3, 2014}
455 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.11. This
456 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
457 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
458 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
459 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
465 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.10 released @emph{July 13, 2014}
467 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.10. This
468 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
469 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
470 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
471 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
477 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.9 released @emph{June 29, 2014}
479 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.9. This
480 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
481 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
482 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
483 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
489 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.8 released @emph{June 15, 2014}
491 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.8. This
492 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
493 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
494 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
495 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
501 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.7 released @emph{May 25, 2014}
503 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.7. This
504 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
505 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
506 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
507 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
513 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.6 released @emph{May 11, 2014}
515 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.6. This
516 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
517 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
518 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
519 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
525 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.5 released @emph{April 20, 2014}
527 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.5. This
528 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
529 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
530 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
531 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
536 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.4 released @emph{April 6, 2014}
538 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.4. This
539 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
540 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
541 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
542 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
547 @subheading LilyPond production named BEST EDITION 2014 @emph{March 11, 2014}
549 We are thrilled that the edition of the songs of Oskar
550 Fried (1871-1941), published recently by our fellow contributors Urs Liska
551 and Janek Warchoł [1], received the "Musikeditionspreis BEST EDITION
552 2014" of the German Music Publishers' Association [2]. The ceremony
553 took place at the Frankfurt Musikmesse.
555 We congratulate Janek and Urs for gaining such public recognition of
556 typographical and editorial excellence of their work. We are also delighted
557 to inform you that they intend to make their work available under a Free
558 license as soon as the publisher expenses are covered. Please support this
559 initiative by buying the printed volume through the publisher [3].
561 [1] @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/category/fried-songs}@*
562 [2] @uref{http://www.best-edition.de}@*
563 [3] @uref{http://www.sound-rel.de}@*
569 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.3 released @emph{March 2, 2014}
571 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.3. This
572 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
573 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
574 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
575 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
580 @subheading LilyPond 2.18.1 @emph{February 16, 2014}
582 We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
583 The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
584 over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
585 and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
586 enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
588 To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
589 stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
594 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
596 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
597 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
598 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
599 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
600 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
605 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
607 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
608 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
609 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
610 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
611 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
616 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
618 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
619 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
620 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
621 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
622 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
627 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
629 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
630 a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
631 developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
632 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
633 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
634 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
635 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
636 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
641 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
643 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
644 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
645 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
646 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
647 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
648 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
649 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
650 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
655 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
657 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
658 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
659 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
660 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
661 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
662 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
663 latest version, see @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
664 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
670 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
672 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
673 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
674 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
675 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
676 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
681 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
683 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
684 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
685 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
686 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
687 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
692 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
694 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
695 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
696 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
697 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
698 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
703 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
705 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
706 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
707 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
708 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
709 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
714 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
716 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
717 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
718 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
719 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
720 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
725 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
727 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
728 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
729 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
730 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
731 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
736 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
738 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
739 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
740 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
741 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
742 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
747 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
749 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
750 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
751 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
752 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
753 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
755 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
756 with positioning text.
761 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
763 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
764 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
765 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
766 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
767 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
772 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
774 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
775 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
776 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
777 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
778 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
783 @subheading LilyPond blog. @emph{June 2, 2013}
785 Janek Warchoł has created a LilyPond blog. You can find it at
786 @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/, lilypondblog.org}!
791 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
793 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
794 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
795 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
796 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
797 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
802 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
804 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
805 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
806 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
807 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
808 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
813 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
815 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
816 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
817 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
818 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
819 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
824 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
826 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
827 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
828 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
829 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
830 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
835 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
837 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
838 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
839 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
840 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
841 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
846 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
848 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
849 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
850 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
851 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
852 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
853 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
858 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
860 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
861 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
862 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
863 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
864 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
869 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
871 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
872 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
873 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
874 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
875 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
880 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
882 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
883 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
884 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
885 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
886 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
891 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
893 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
894 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
895 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
896 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
897 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
902 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.2 released! @emph{January 4, 2013}
904 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.2. This release is mainly
905 to correct a problem with lilypond-book running on Windows. We recommend that
906 only people requiring this functionality upgrade to this version.
911 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
913 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
914 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
915 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
916 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
917 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
922 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
924 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
925 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
926 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
927 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
928 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
933 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
935 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
936 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
937 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
938 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
939 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
945 @subheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012}
947 The @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, October
948 issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}} focuses on the
949 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?LilyPond-meeting-in-Waltrop,
950 meeting of LilyPond developers and users} in Waltrop, Germany last
951 August. Of course, there are also some musings on LilyPond
952 triggered by the release of 2.16.0 and 2.17.0 occuring from that
955 There are also two monthly financial reports from David Kastrup
956 whose work on LilyPond is
957 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding,
958 solely paid for} by financial contributions from other developer
959 and users (thank you!), and a report about experiences from
960 @uref{http://scorio.com, a web-based music typesetting service}
961 using LilyPond internally.
963 Come @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, read
964 LilyPond Report 28} now; comments and contributions are warmly
969 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
971 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
972 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
973 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
977 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
979 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
980 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
981 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
982 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
983 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
988 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
990 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
991 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
992 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
993 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
994 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
999 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
1001 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
1002 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1003 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1004 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1009 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
1011 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
1012 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1013 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1014 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1019 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
1021 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
1022 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1023 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1024 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1029 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
1031 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
1032 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1033 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1034 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1040 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
1042 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
1043 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1044 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1045 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1050 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
1052 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
1053 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1054 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1055 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1057 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
1058 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
1062 Support for kievan square notation
1064 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
1066 Music functions have become quite more versatile
1069 A full list of new features is given in:
1072 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1075 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
1077 Main development team:
1079 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
1080 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
1081 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
1082 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
1083 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
1086 Programming contributors:
1088 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
1089 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
1090 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
1091 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
1093 Documentation contributors:
1095 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
1099 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
1104 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
1106 Translation contributors:
1108 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
1113 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
1115 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
1116 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
1117 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
1119 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
1120 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
1121 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1123 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
1124 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
1130 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
1132 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
1133 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1135 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1136 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1137 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1144 @subheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
1146 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
1147 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
1148 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
1149 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
1150 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
1151 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
1154 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
1155 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
1160 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
1162 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
1163 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1164 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1165 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1166 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1172 @subheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
1174 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
1175 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1176 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1177 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1180 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1181 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1182 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1189 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
1191 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
1192 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1194 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1195 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1196 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1203 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
1205 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
1206 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1207 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1208 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1209 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1215 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
1217 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1218 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1219 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1220 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1223 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1224 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1225 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1232 @subheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
1234 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
1235 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
1236 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
1237 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
1238 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
1239 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
1242 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
1243 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
1250 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
1252 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1253 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1254 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1255 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1258 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
1259 candidate will be required.
1265 @subheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
1267 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
1268 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
1269 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
1270 working on open source software.
1272 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
1273 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
1279 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
1281 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1282 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1283 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1284 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1287 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1288 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1289 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1296 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
1298 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1299 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1300 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1301 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1304 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1305 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1306 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1313 @subheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
1315 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
1316 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
1317 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
1318 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
1321 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
1322 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
1329 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
1331 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
1332 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1334 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1335 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1336 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1343 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
1345 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
1346 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1348 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1349 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1350 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1357 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
1359 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
1360 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1362 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1363 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1364 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1371 @subheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
1373 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
1374 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
1375 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
1376 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
1379 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
1380 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
1387 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
1389 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
1390 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1392 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1393 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1394 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1401 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
1403 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
1404 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1406 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1407 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1408 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1415 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
1417 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1418 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1419 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1420 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1423 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1424 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1425 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1432 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
1434 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
1435 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1437 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1438 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1439 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1446 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
1448 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
1449 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1451 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1452 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1453 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1460 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
1462 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
1463 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1465 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1466 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1467 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1474 @subheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
1476 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
1477 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
1478 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
1479 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
1480 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
1483 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
1484 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
1491 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
1493 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
1494 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1496 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1497 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1498 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1501 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
1507 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
1509 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
1510 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1512 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1513 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1514 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1521 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
1523 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
1524 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1526 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1527 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1528 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1535 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
1537 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
1538 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1540 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1541 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1542 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1549 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
1551 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
1552 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1554 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1555 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1556 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1563 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
1565 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
1566 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1568 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1569 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1570 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1577 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
1579 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
1580 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1582 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1583 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1584 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1591 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
1593 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
1594 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1596 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1597 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1598 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1605 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
1607 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
1608 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1610 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1611 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1612 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1619 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
1621 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
1622 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1624 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1625 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1626 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1633 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
1635 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
1636 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1638 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1639 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1640 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1647 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
1649 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
1650 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1652 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1653 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1654 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1661 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1663 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1664 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1666 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1667 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1668 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1675 @subheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1677 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1678 Critical regression.
1684 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1686 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1687 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1688 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1689 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1692 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1693 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1694 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1701 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1703 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
1704 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1706 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1707 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1708 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1709 not the next release candidate.
1715 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1717 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1718 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1720 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1721 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1722 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1723 next release candidate.
1729 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1731 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1732 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1733 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1735 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1736 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1737 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1738 next release candidate.
1744 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1746 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1747 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1748 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1749 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1752 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1753 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1754 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1761 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1763 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
1764 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1766 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1767 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1773 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1775 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1776 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1778 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1779 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1785 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1787 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1788 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1789 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1797 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1799 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1800 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1802 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1803 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1809 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1811 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1812 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1814 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1815 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1821 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1823 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1824 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1826 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1827 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1833 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1835 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1836 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1838 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1839 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1845 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1847 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1848 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1849 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1854 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1856 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1857 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1858 usual number of bugs.
1860 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1861 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1866 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1868 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1869 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1870 usual number of bugs.
1872 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1873 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1879 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1881 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1882 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1883 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1884 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1886 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1887 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1892 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1895 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1896 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1899 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1904 A full list of new features is given in:
1907 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1910 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1912 Main development team:
1914 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1915 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1916 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1917 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1918 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1920 Programming contributors:
1922 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1923 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1924 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1925 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1926 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1927 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1931 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1933 Documentation contributors:
1935 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1936 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
1940 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
1941 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
1943 Binaries support contributors:
1947 Translation contributors:
1949 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
1950 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
1957 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
1959 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1960 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1961 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1962 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1965 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1966 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1967 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1974 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
1976 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
1977 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1979 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1980 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1986 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
1988 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
1989 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1991 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1992 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1998 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
2000 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
2001 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2003 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2004 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2010 @subheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
2012 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
2013 article in the May 2011 issue titled
2014 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/content/download/61706/482546/version/1/file/088-090_projects.pdf,
2015 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
2016 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
2017 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
2018 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
2023 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
2025 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
2026 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2028 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2029 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2035 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
2037 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
2038 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2039 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2040 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2043 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2044 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2045 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2052 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
2054 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
2055 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2056 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2057 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2060 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2061 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2062 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2069 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
2071 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
2072 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2073 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2074 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2077 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2078 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2079 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2086 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
2088 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
2089 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2091 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
2092 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2098 @subheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
2100 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
2101 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2102 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2103 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2104 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2110 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
2112 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
2113 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2114 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2115 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2118 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2119 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2120 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2127 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
2129 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
2130 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2132 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2133 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2138 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
2140 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
2141 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2143 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2144 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2149 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
2151 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
2152 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2154 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2155 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2161 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
2163 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
2164 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2166 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
2167 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
2168 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
2174 @subheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
2176 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
2177 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
2178 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
2185 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
2187 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
2188 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2189 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2190 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2193 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2194 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2195 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2202 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
2204 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
2205 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2206 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2214 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
2216 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
2217 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2218 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2226 @subheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
2228 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
2229 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2230 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2231 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2232 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2238 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
2240 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
2241 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2242 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2243 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2246 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2247 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2248 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2255 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
2257 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
2258 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2259 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2268 @subheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
2270 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
2271 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2272 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2273 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2276 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2277 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2278 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2279 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2285 @subheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
2287 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
2288 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2289 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2290 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2293 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2294 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2295 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2296 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2302 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
2304 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
2305 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2306 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2309 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2310 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2311 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2317 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
2319 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
2320 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2321 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2324 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2325 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2326 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2332 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
2334 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
2335 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2336 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2339 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2340 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2341 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2347 @subheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
2349 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
2350 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2351 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2352 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2355 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2356 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2357 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
2358 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2367 @subheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
2369 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
2370 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
2371 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
2372 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
2373 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
2374 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
2375 read on to find out what for!
2378 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
2379 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
2386 @subheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
2388 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
2389 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2390 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2391 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2394 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2395 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2396 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
2397 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2404 @subheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
2406 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
2407 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2408 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2409 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2412 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2413 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2414 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
2415 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2422 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
2424 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
2425 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2426 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2429 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
2430 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2431 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2436 @subheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
2438 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2439 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
2440 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
2441 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
2442 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
2446 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
2447 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
2454 @subheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
2456 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
2457 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2458 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2459 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2462 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
2463 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2464 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2465 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
2467 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
2469 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
2470 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
2471 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2477 @subheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
2479 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
2480 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2481 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2482 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2485 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
2486 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2487 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2488 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
2489 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
2490 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2496 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
2498 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
2499 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2500 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2509 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
2511 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
2512 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2513 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2520 @subheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
2522 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2523 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
2524 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
2525 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
2526 the bug report of the report!
2529 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
2530 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
2536 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
2538 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
2539 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2540 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2547 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
2549 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
2550 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2551 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2558 @subheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
2560 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2561 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
2562 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
2563 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
2567 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
2568 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
2576 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
2578 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
2579 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2580 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2583 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
2584 caution and expect breakage.
2589 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
2591 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
2592 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2593 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2596 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
2597 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
2598 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
2599 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
2604 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
2606 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
2607 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2608 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2614 @subheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
2616 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
2617 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
2618 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
2619 improvements to the new website.
2621 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
2622 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
2624 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
2625 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
2627 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
2633 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
2635 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
2636 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2637 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2642 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
2644 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
2645 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2646 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2652 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2654 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2655 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2656 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2662 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2664 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2665 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2666 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2671 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2673 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2674 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2675 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2680 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2682 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2683 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2684 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2687 This release should be of particular interest to package
2688 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2689 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2690 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2696 @subheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2698 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2699 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2700 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2701 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2704 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2705 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2712 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2714 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2715 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2716 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2719 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2720 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2721 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2722 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2723 see the Changes document for more information.
2727 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2729 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2730 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2731 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2736 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2738 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2739 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2740 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2741 so this release is intended for developers only.
2745 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2747 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2748 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2749 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2754 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2756 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2757 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2762 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2764 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2765 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2766 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2772 @subheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2774 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2775 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2776 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2777 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2778 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2780 What are you waiting for? Come
2781 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2782 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2787 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2789 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2790 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2791 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2795 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2797 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2798 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2799 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2800 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2801 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2806 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2808 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2809 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2810 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2814 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2816 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2817 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2818 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2819 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2823 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2825 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2826 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2827 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2828 and English names for feta filenames.
2834 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2836 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2837 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2838 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2839 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2842 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2843 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2844 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2850 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2852 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2853 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2854 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2855 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2857 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2858 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2863 @subheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2865 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2866 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2872 @subheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2874 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2875 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2876 Read @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2883 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2885 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2886 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2887 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2888 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2890 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2891 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2892 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2900 @subheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2902 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2903 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2904 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2905 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2906 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2907 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2908 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2909 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2915 @subheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2917 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2918 its team, its world, its community.
2919 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2920 to read the full issue...
2925 @subheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2927 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2928 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2929 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2934 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2936 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2937 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
2943 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
2945 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2947 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
2954 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
2956 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
2957 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
2958 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
2959 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
2960 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
2962 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
2963 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
2965 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
2967 @ref{Old downloads}.
2972 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
2974 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
2975 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
2976 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
2977 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
2978 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
2979 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
2982 @ref{Old downloads}.
2987 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
2989 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
2990 documentation and translations.
2991 @ref{Old downloads}.
2996 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
2998 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
2999 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
3000 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
3001 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
3002 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
3004 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
3005 @ref{Old downloads}.
3010 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
3012 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
3013 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
3014 (teaching) has been added.
3016 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
3018 @ref{Old downloads}.
3023 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
3025 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
3026 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
3027 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
3028 @ref{Old downloads}.
3033 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
3035 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
3036 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
3037 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
3038 translations of the documentation.
3039 @ref{Old downloads}.
3044 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
3046 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
3047 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
3048 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
3049 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
3050 deceased since then. All the development team express their
3051 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
3052 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
3053 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
3054 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
3056 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
3058 @ref{Old downloads}.
3063 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
3065 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
3066 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
3067 markup command names have been made.
3070 @ref{Old downloads}.
3075 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
3077 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
3078 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
3079 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
3080 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
3081 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
3084 @ref{Old downloads}.
3089 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
3091 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
3092 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
3094 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
3095 @ref{Old downloads}.
3100 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
3102 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
3103 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
3104 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
3106 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
3107 @ref{Old downloads}.
3112 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
3114 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
3116 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
3117 @ref{Old downloads}.
3122 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
3124 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
3125 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
3126 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
3128 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
3130 @ref{Old downloads}.
3135 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
3137 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
3138 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
3139 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
3140 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
3142 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
3143 @ref{Old downloads}.
3148 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
3150 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
3151 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
3154 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
3155 @ref{Old downloads}.
3160 @subheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
3162 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3163 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123759/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
3168 @subheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
3170 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3171 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123754/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
3176 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
3178 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
3180 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
3181 @ref{Old downloads}.
3186 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3188 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
3189 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
3190 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
3192 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
3193 @ref{Old downloads}.
3198 @subheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3200 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3201 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123750/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
3206 @subheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
3208 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
3209 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123743/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
3214 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
3216 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
3217 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
3218 regression tests maintenance for developers.
3220 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
3221 @ref{Old downloads}.
3226 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
3228 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
3229 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
3231 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
3233 @ref{Old downloads}.
3238 @subheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
3240 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
3241 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
3242 report, new translations of the site and publications.
3243 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
3244 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
3245 announce releases and special events.
3250 @subheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
3252 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
3253 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3254 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123946/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
3259 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
3261 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
3262 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
3263 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
3264 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
3265 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
3268 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
3270 @ref{Old downloads}.
3275 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
3277 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
3278 names has been added to the MusicXML
3281 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
3282 @ref{Old downloads}.
3287 @subheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
3289 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
3294 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
3296 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
3297 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
3298 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
3301 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
3302 @ref{Old downloads}.
3307 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
3309 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
3312 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
3313 @ref{Old downloads}.
3318 @subheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3320 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
3321 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
3322 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
3323 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
3324 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
3325 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
3331 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3333 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
3334 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
3335 updates to the MusicXML converter.
3337 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
3338 @ref{Old downloads}.
3343 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
3345 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
3346 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
3351 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
3353 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
3354 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
3355 Grand Documentation Project.
3357 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
3358 @ref{Old downloads}.
3363 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
3365 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
3367 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
3368 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
3369 @ref{Old downloads}.
3374 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
3376 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
3378 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
3379 @ref{Old downloads}.
3384 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
3386 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
3387 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
3389 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
3390 @ref{Old downloads}.
3395 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
3397 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
3398 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
3399 for the translations.
3401 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
3402 @ref{Old downloads}.
3407 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
3409 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
3410 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
3411 and lots of updates for the translations.
3413 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
3414 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
3415 @ref{Old downloads}.
3420 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
3422 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
3423 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
3424 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/freebsd-64/,the installer} and
3425 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
3430 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
3431 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
3432 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
3433 spacing engine code.
3435 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
3436 @ref{Old downloads}.
3441 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
3443 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
3444 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
3446 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
3447 @ref{Old downloads}.
3452 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
3454 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
3455 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
3457 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
3458 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
3459 @ref{Old downloads}.
3464 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
3465 This has lots of bugfixes.
3467 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
3468 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
3469 @ref{Old downloads}.
3474 @subheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
3475 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
3476 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
3477 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
3482 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
3483 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
3485 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
3487 @ref{Old downloads}.
3492 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
3493 This release has some documentation updates.
3495 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
3497 @ref{Old downloads}.
3502 @subheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
3503 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
3504 disponibles en ligne ---
3505 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
3506 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
3507 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
3508 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
3513 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
3514 This release fixes many bugs.
3516 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
3517 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
3519 @ref{Old downloads}.
3524 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
3525 This release fixes many bugs.
3527 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
3528 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
3530 @ref{Old downloads}.
3535 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
3536 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
3537 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
3539 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
3541 @ref{Old downloads}.
3546 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
3547 This release fixes still more bugs.
3549 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
3551 @ref{Old downloads}.
3556 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
3557 This release fixes many bugs.
3558 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
3559 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
3561 @ref{Old downloads})
3566 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
3567 This release will stretch piano staves on a
3568 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
3569 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
3571 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
3572 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
3574 @ref{Old downloads}.
3579 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
3580 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
3581 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
3583 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
3590 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3591 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
3592 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
3594 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
3596 @ref{Old downloads}.
3601 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3602 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
3603 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
3605 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
3607 @ref{Old downloads}.
3612 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3613 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
3616 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
3618 @ref{Old downloads}.
3623 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
3624 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
3626 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
3628 @ref{Old downloads}.
3633 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
3634 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
3635 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
3636 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
3638 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
3640 @ref{Old downloads}.
3645 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3646 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
3647 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
3648 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
3649 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
3650 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3652 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3654 @ref{Old downloads}.
3659 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3660 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3661 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3664 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3666 @ref{Old downloads}.
3671 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3672 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3673 further improvements in the regression test suite
3677 @ref{Old downloads}.
3682 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3683 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3687 @ref{Old downloads}.
3692 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3693 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3698 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3699 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3704 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3705 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3709 @ref{Old downloads}.
3714 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3715 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3716 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3720 @ref{Old downloads}.
3725 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3726 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3730 @ref{Old downloads}.
3735 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3736 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3741 @ref{Old downloads}.
3746 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3747 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3751 @ref{Old downloads}.
3756 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3757 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3758 within a system as well as between systems.
3762 @ref{Old downloads}.
3767 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3768 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3769 test results} and several website build improvements.
3773 @ref{Old downloads}.
3778 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3779 This release fixes several bugs.
3782 @ref{Old downloads}.
3787 @subheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3788 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3793 @subheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3794 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3795 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3796 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3797 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3802 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3803 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3807 @ref{Old downloads}.
3812 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3813 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3816 @ref{Old downloads}.
3821 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3822 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3826 @ref{Old downloads}.
3831 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3832 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3835 @ref{Old downloads}.
3840 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3841 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3846 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3847 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3848 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3853 @subheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3854 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3855 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3860 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3861 This release has many more bugfixes.
3864 @ref{Old downloads}.
3869 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3870 This release has many more bugfixes.
3873 @ref{Old downloads}.
3878 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3879 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3884 @ref{Old downloads}.
3889 @subheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3890 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3891 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3892 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3893 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3894 (@ref{Publications}).
3899 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3900 This release has further bugfixes.
3903 @ref{Old downloads}.
3908 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3909 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3910 available for x86/64.
3913 @ref{Old downloads}.
3918 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3919 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3920 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3921 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3922 @ref{Old downloads})
3927 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3928 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3929 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3934 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3935 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3940 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
3941 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3946 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
3947 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3952 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
3953 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
3954 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3959 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
3960 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
3961 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
3962 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3967 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
3968 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3973 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
3974 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
3975 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
3980 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
3981 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
3982 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
3983 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
3984 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3989 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
3990 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
3991 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3996 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
3997 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
3998 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
3999 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4004 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
4005 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
4006 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
4007 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4012 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
4013 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
4015 @ref{Old downloads})
4020 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
4021 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
4023 @ref{Old downloads})
4028 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
4029 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
4030 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
4032 @ref{Old downloads})
4037 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
4038 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
4039 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
4040 (@ref{Old downloads})
4045 @subheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
4046 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
4047 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
4048 glory} what features are broken in the development release
4053 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
4054 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
4055 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
4056 the development releases even better
4061 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
4063 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
4064 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
4065 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4070 @subheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
4071 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
4072 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
4073 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
4074 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
4075 esthetics}. Happy reading!
4080 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
4081 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
4082 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
4084 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4089 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
4090 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
4091 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
4092 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
4093 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4098 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
4099 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
4100 (@ref{Old downloads})
4105 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
4106 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
4107 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
4108 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
4109 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
4110 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4115 @subheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
4116 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
4117 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
4118 (@ref{Publications})
4123 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4124 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
4125 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4130 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4131 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
4132 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
4133 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4138 @subheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
4139 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
4140 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
4145 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
4146 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
4147 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4152 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
4153 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
4154 released. (@ref{Changes},
4155 @ref{Old downloads})
4160 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
4161 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
4162 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
4163 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
4164 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
4165 multi-measure rests.
4167 @ref{Old downloads})
4172 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
4173 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
4175 @ref{Old downloads})
4180 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
4181 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
4182 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
4183 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
4184 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4185 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
4186 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
4187 @ref{Old downloads})
4192 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
4193 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
4194 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
4195 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
4196 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
4197 @ref{Old downloads})
4202 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
4203 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
4204 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
4205 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
4206 the endings and the middle
4207 part. (@ref{Changes},
4208 @ref{Old downloads})
4213 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
4214 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
4215 parenthesized, for example,
4218 c4 -\parenthesize -.
4219 <d \parenthesize fis a>
4223 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
4224 @ref{Old downloads})
4229 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
4230 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
4231 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
4241 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
4242 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
4243 vector. (@ref{Changes},
4244 @ref{Old downloads})
4249 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
4250 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
4251 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
4252 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
4253 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
4254 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
4255 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
4257 @ref{Old downloads})
4262 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
4263 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
4264 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
4265 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
4266 @ref{Old downloads})
4271 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
4272 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
4273 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
4274 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
4275 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
4276 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
4277 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
4278 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4279 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4280 @ref{Old downloads})
4285 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
4286 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
4287 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
4288 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
4289 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
4290 @ref{Old downloads})
4295 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
4297 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
4298 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
4299 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
4304 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
4305 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
4306 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
4307 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
4308 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
4313 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4314 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
4315 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
4317 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/linux-x86/,
4319 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/darwin-ppc/,
4321 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/mingw/,
4327 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4328 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
4329 (feature sponsored by Andrea
4330 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
4331 @ref{Old downloads})
4336 @subheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
4337 Linux Journal publishes an article on
4338 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
4339 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
4340 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
4343 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
4344 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
4345 alternatives seem second-rate.}
4346 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
4351 @subheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
4352 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
4353 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
4354 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
4355 page. Let us know how you fare!
4360 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
4361 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
4362 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
4363 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
4364 The important occasion for this release is our new build
4365 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
4366 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
4367 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
4368 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
4370 @ref{Old downloads})
4375 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
4376 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
4377 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
4378 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
4379 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
4380 @ref{Old downloads})
4385 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
4386 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
4387 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
4388 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
4389 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
4390 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
4391 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
4392 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
4393 functions. (@ref{Changes},
4394 @ref{Old downloads})
4399 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
4400 This release has the following new features:
4403 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
4404 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
4405 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4407 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
4408 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
4409 and Bertalan Fodor).
4411 Generic music functions may now also be used on
4412 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
4415 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
4416 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
4417 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
4421 @ref{Old downloads})
4426 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
4427 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
4428 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
4429 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
4430 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
4431 van den Borre and Bertalan
4432 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
4433 @ref{Old downloads})
4438 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
4439 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
4440 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
4441 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
4447 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
4448 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
4449 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
4450 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
4451 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
4453 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
4454 @ref{Old downloads})
4459 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
4460 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
4461 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
4466 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
4467 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
4468 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
4469 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
4470 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
4471 etc. (@ref{Changes},
4472 @ref{Old downloads})
4477 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
4478 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
4479 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
4480 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4481 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4482 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4483 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4484 @ref{Old downloads})
4489 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
4490 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4491 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4492 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4493 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4494 @ref{Old downloads})
4499 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
4500 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
4501 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
4502 @ref{Old downloads})
4507 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
4508 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
4509 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
4510 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
4511 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
4512 properties. (@ref{Changes},
4513 @ref{Old downloads})
4518 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
4519 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
4520 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
4521 that compute said property, i.e.
4524 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
4525 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
4528 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
4529 @ref{Old downloads})
4534 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
4535 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
4536 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
4537 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
4538 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
4539 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
4540 also provides advanced tweakability for power
4541 users. (@ref{Changes},
4542 @ref{Old downloads})
4547 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
4548 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
4549 series. (@ref{Changes},
4550 @ref{Old downloads})
4555 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
4556 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
4557 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
4558 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
4559 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
4560 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
4561 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
4562 sponsored by Nicolas
4563 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4564 @ref{Old downloads})
4569 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
4570 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
4571 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4572 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
4573 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
4574 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
4575 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4576 @ref{Old downloads})
4581 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
4582 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
4583 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
4584 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
4585 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4586 @ref{Old downloads})
4591 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
4592 This is mainly a bugfix
4593 release. (@ref{Changes},
4594 @ref{Old downloads})
4599 @subheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
4600 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
4601 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
4602 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
4603 la gravure musicale}.
4608 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
4609 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
4610 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
4611 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
4612 @ref{Old downloads})
4617 @subheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
4618 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
4619 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
4620 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
4621 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
4622 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
4627 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
4628 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
4629 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
4630 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
4631 @ref{Old downloads})
4636 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
4637 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
4638 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
4639 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
4640 signs. (@ref{Changes},
4641 @ref{Old downloads})
4646 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
4647 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
4648 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
4649 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
4650 @ref{Old downloads})
4655 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4656 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4657 for a note is proportional to the time it
4658 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4659 @ref{Old downloads})
4664 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4665 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4666 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4671 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4672 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4673 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4674 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4676 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4677 @ref{Old downloads})
4682 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4683 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4684 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4685 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4687 @ref{Old downloads})
4692 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4693 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4694 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4695 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4696 @ref{Old downloads})
4701 @subheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4702 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4704 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4705 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4706 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4707 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4708 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4713 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4714 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4715 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4716 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4721 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4722 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4723 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4724 @ref{Old downloads})
4729 @subheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4730 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4731 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4732 @ref{Old downloads})
4737 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4738 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4739 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4740 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4741 (@ref{Old downloads})
4746 @subheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4747 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4748 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4749 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4754 @subheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4755 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4756 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4757 better help functionality.
4758 (@ref{Old downloads})
4763 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4764 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4765 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4766 compile them directly from
4767 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4772 @subheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4773 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4774 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4779 @subheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4780 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4781 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4782 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4787 @subheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4788 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4789 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4790 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4791 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4796 @subheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4797 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4798 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4803 @subheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4804 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4809 @subheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4810 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4811 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4816 @subheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4817 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4818 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4819 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4820 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4825 @subheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4826 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4827 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4828 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4829 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4830 @ref{Old downloads})
4835 @subheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4837 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4838 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4840 (@ref{Old downloads})
4845 @subheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4846 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4847 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4848 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4849 signatures like 5/8.
4851 @ref{Old downloads})
4856 @subheading April 18, 2005
4857 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4858 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4859 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4860 More details are in the
4862 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4867 @subheading April 15, 2005
4868 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4869 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4870 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4871 Scheme code. Take a look at
4873 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4878 @subheading April 6, 2005
4879 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4880 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4881 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4886 @subheading March 31, 2005
4887 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4888 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4889 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4894 @subheading March 20, 2005
4895 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4896 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4902 @subheading March 14, 2005
4903 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4904 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4905 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4906 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4907 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4912 @subheading March 7, 2005
4913 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4914 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4915 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4916 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4917 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4919 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4924 @subheading March 7, 2005
4925 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4926 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4932 @subheading February 28, 2005
4933 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install
4934 Ghostscript 8.15rc3. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4935 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4936 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
4942 @subheading February 28, 2005
4943 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
4944 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}.
4945 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4946 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4951 @subheading February 26, 2005
4952 The @uref{http://lsr.di.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
4953 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
4954 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
4955 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
4960 @subheading February 21, 2005
4961 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
4962 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
4963 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
4964 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
4966 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4971 @subheading February 4, 2005
4972 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
4973 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
4974 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
4975 @ref{Old downloads}!
4980 @subheading January 31, 2005
4981 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
4982 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
4983 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
4989 @subheading January 26, 2005
4990 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
4991 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
4997 @subheading January 16, 2005
4998 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
4999 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
5000 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
5002 @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,
5004 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
5009 @subheading January 11, 2005
5010 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
5011 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
5012 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
5013 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
5014 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
5015 font code by Werner.
5017 and check out the changes in
5018 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5023 @subheading January 02, 2005
5024 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
5025 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
5026 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
5027 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
5028 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
5029 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
5030 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
5031 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
5032 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
5035 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5040 @subheading December 28, 2004
5041 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
5042 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
5043 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
5044 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
5046 and check out the changes in
5047 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5052 @subheading December 20, 2004
5053 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
5054 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
5055 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
5056 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
5057 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
5060 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5065 @subheading December 3, 2004
5066 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
5067 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
5068 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
5069 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
5070 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
5071 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
5072 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
5073 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
5077 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5082 @subheading November 26, 2004
5083 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
5084 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
5085 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
5086 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
5087 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
5089 and check out the changes in
5090 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5095 @subheading November 20, 2004
5096 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
5097 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
5098 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
5099 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
5100 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
5101 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
5102 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
5103 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
5106 and check out the changes in
5107 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5112 @subheading November 12, 2004
5113 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
5114 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
5115 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
5116 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
5117 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
5120 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
5123 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
5124 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
5125 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
5126 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
5127 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
5130 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5135 @subheading November 11, 2004
5136 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
5137 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
5143 @subheading November 4, 2004
5144 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
5145 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
5147 and check out the changes in
5148 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5153 @subheading October 31, 2004
5154 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
5155 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
5156 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
5157 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
5164 @subheading October 29, 2004
5165 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
5166 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
5167 some problems with the conversion scripts.
5169 and check out the changes in
5170 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5175 @subheading October 29, 2004
5176 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5177 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
5178 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
5179 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
5181 and check out the changes in
5182 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5187 @subheading October 27, 2004
5188 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
5189 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
5190 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
5192 and check out the changes in
5193 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5198 @subheading October 24, 2004
5199 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
5200 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
5201 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5203 and check out the changes in
5204 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5209 @subheading October 10, 2004
5210 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
5211 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
5212 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
5216 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5221 @subheading October 09, 2004
5222 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
5223 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
5224 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
5228 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5233 @subheading October 02, 2004
5234 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
5235 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
5236 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
5237 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
5238 in the documentation.
5240 and check out the changes in
5241 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5246 @subheading September 29, 2004
5247 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20040811160307/http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
5248 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
5249 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
5250 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
5255 @subheading September 26, 2004
5256 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
5258 and check out the changes
5259 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5264 @subheading September 20, 2004
5265 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
5266 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
5267 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
5268 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
5269 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
5270 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
5273 and check out the changes in
5274 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5279 @subheading September 11, 2004
5280 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
5281 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
5282 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
5283 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
5284 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
5285 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
5286 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
5287 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
5288 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
5289 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
5290 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
5291 will hold users back in switching.
5293 and check out the changes in
5294 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5299 @subheading September 10, 2004
5300 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
5301 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
5302 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
5303 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
5304 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
5305 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
5307 and check out the changes in
5308 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5313 @subheading September 6, 2004
5314 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
5315 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
5316 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
5317 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
5318 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
5322 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5327 @subheading August 29, 2004
5328 LilyPond now has a Documentation
5329 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
5330 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
5331 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
5332 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
5333 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
5334 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
5335 chapter of the user manual.
5336 A lot of cheers for Graham!
5341 @subheading August 29, 2004
5342 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
5343 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
5344 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
5345 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
5346 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
5347 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
5351 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5356 @subheading August 24, 2004
5357 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
5358 disappearing metronome mark.
5360 and check out the changes in
5361 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5366 @subheading August 23, 2004
5367 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
5368 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
5369 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
5370 `doubleSlurs' property.
5372 and check out the changes in
5373 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5378 @subheading August 3, 2004
5379 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
5380 annoying bugs fixed.
5383 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5388 @subheading August 1, 2004
5389 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
5390 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
5391 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
5392 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
5393 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
5394 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
5397 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
5398 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
5400 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
5401 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
5406 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5411 @subheading July 30, 2004
5412 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
5413 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
5414 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
5415 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
5416 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
5417 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
5418 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
5419 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
5420 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
5421 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
5424 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5429 @subheading July 23, 2004
5430 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
5431 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
5432 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
5433 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
5436 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5441 @subheading July 19, 2004
5442 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
5443 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
5444 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
5445 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
5446 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
5447 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
5448 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
5449 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
5450 beat within the measure.
5452 and check out the changes in
5453 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5458 @subheading July 15, 2004
5459 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
5463 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5468 @subheading July 11, 2004
5469 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
5475 @subheading July 5, 2004
5476 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
5477 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
5478 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
5479 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
5481 and check out the changes
5482 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5487 @subheading July 5, 2004
5488 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
5492 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5497 @subheading June 25, 2004
5498 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
5499 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
5500 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
5501 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
5502 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
5503 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
5504 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5506 @ref{Old downloads}.
5511 @subheading June 20, 2004
5512 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
5513 bugs that were reported over the past month. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog} for a full description and
5514 @ref{Old downloads}.
5519 @subheading June 13, 2004
5520 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
5521 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
5522 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5524 @ref{Old downloads}.
5529 @subheading May 31, 2004
5530 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
5531 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
5532 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5534 @ref{Old downloads}.
5539 @subheading May 31, 2004
5540 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
5541 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5542 or head straight to the
5543 @ref{Old downloads}.
5548 @subheading May 26, 2004
5549 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
5550 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
5551 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5552 @ref{Old downloads}.
5557 @subheading May 9, 2004
5558 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
5559 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5560 @ref{Old downloads}.
5565 @subheading May 4, 2004
5566 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
5568 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
5569 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
5570 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
5571 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
5572 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
5577 @subheading May 3, 2004
5578 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
5579 @ref{Old downloads}.
5584 @subheading April 17, 2004
5585 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
5586 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
5592 @subheading April 12, 2004
5593 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
5594 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
5595 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
5596 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
5597 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
5598 @ref{Old downloads}.
5603 @subheading April 8, 2004
5604 A French article on the new LilyPond
5605 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
5610 @subheading April 8, 2004
5611 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
5612 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
5618 @subheading April 1, 2004
5619 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
5620 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
5621 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
5622 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
5623 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
5624 @ref{Old downloads}.
5629 @subheading March 31, 2004
5630 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
5631 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
5632 documentation polish. This should be the final release
5633 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
5635 @ref{Old downloads}.
5640 @subheading March 30, 2004
5641 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
5643 @ref{Old downloads}.
5648 @subheading March 28, 2004
5649 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
5650 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
5651 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5658 @subheading March 22, 2004
5659 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5660 @ref{Old downloads}.
5665 @subheading March 21, 2004
5666 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5673 @subheading March 20, 2004
5674 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5675 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5676 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5678 @ref{Old downloads}.
5683 @subheading March 15, 2004
5684 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5685 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5686 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5689 @ref{Old downloads}.
5694 @subheading March 14, 2004
5696 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5697 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5703 @subheading March 11, 2004
5704 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5706 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5707 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5708 authors of LilyPond.
5713 @subheading March 11, 2004
5714 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5715 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5718 @ref{Old downloads}.
5723 @subheading March 9, 2004
5724 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5725 experimental support for producing titles with
5731 @subheading February 29, 2004
5732 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5733 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5734 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5736 @ref{Old downloads}.
5741 @subheading February 24, 2004
5742 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5743 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5744 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5746 @ref{Old downloads}.
5751 @subheading February 23, 2004
5752 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5753 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5754 produce cue notes. More information in the
5761 @subheading February 18, 2004
5762 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5763 for altering accidental rules.
5769 @subheading February 16, 2004
5770 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5771 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5772 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5773 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5774 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5775 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5776 More information in the
5783 @subheading February 13, 2004
5784 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5785 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5786 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5793 @subheading February 12, 2004
5794 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5795 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5796 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5797 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5804 @subheading February 9, 2004
5805 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5806 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5807 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5808 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5809 More information in the
5816 @subheading February 5, 2004
5817 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5818 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5819 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5820 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5821 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5822 More information in the
5829 @subheading February 4, 2004
5830 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5831 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5832 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5840 @subheading February 2, 2004
5841 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5842 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5843 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5850 @subheading January 28, 2004
5851 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5852 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5853 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5854 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5863 @subheading January 26, 2004
5864 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5865 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5868 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5873 @subheading January 21, 2004
5875 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5876 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5877 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5880 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5885 @subheading January 20, 2004
5886 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5887 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5888 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5889 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5894 @subheading January 20, 2004
5895 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5896 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5897 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5898 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5904 @subheading January 19, 2004
5905 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5906 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5908 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5913 @subheading January 18, 2004
5914 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5915 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5916 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20040204191423/http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5921 @subheading January 17, 2004
5922 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5923 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5924 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5926 More information in the
5927 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5932 @subheading January 16, 2004
5933 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5934 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5936 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5941 @subheading January 13, 2004
5942 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
5943 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
5944 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
5946 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5951 @subheading January 9, 2004
5952 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
5953 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
5954 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
5955 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
5956 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
5957 individual music expressions.
5958 More information in the
5959 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5964 @subheading January 7, 2004
5965 An update to the stable branch,
5966 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
5967 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
5972 @subheading January 6, 2004
5973 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
5974 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
5975 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
5976 More information in the
5977 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5982 @subheading January 4, 2004
5983 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
5985 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
5986 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5991 @subheading January 2, 2004
5992 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
5993 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
5994 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
5995 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6000 @subheading December 30, 2003
6001 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
6002 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
6003 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
6004 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6009 @subheading December 23, 2003
6010 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
6011 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
6012 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
6013 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
6014 to implement this are welcome!) See the
6015 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6020 @subheading December 17, 2003
6021 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
6022 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
6023 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
6025 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6030 @subheading December 16, 2003
6031 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
6032 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
6033 Han-Wen's absence. See the
6034 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6039 @subheading October 11, 2003
6040 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
6042 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6047 @subheading October 11, 2003
6048 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
6050 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
6051 thanks to Heikki Junes.
6056 @subheading October 9, 2003
6057 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
6058 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
6059 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
6064 @subheading October 5, 2003
6065 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
6072 @subheading October 4, 2003
6073 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
6075 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
6076 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
6081 @subheading September 29, 2003
6082 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
6083 contains minor bugfixes.
6084 See the @ref{Changes}
6085 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
6090 @subheading September 27, 2003
6091 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
6092 @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,
6093 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
6099 @subheading September 24, 2003
6100 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
6101 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
6102 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
6103 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
6104 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
6109 @subheading September 24, 2003
6110 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
6111 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
6112 the @ref{Changes} and
6113 download @uref{install/,here}.
6118 @subheading September 23, 2003
6119 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
6120 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6121 the @ref{Changes} and
6122 download @uref{install/,here}.
6127 @subheading September 19, 2003
6128 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
6129 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6130 the @ref{Changes} and
6131 download @uref{install/,here}.
6136 @subheading September 17, 2003
6137 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
6138 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
6144 @subheading September 16, 2003
6145 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
6146 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
6152 @subheading September 10, 2003
6153 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
6154 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
6155 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
6156 will be available in a few weeks.
6162 @subheading September 9, 2003
6163 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
6164 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
6170 @subheading September 7, 2003
6171 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
6172 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
6178 @subheading August 31, 2003
6179 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
6180 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
6181 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
6187 @subheading August 31, 2003
6188 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
6189 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
6194 @subheading August 31, 2003
6195 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
6196 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
6197 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
6198 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6203 @subheading August 28, 2003
6204 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
6205 @ref{Changes} and get it
6206 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6211 @subheading August 26, 2003
6212 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
6213 @ref{Changes} and get it
6214 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6219 @subheading August 25, 2003
6220 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
6221 @ref{Changes} and get it
6222 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6227 @subheading August 25, 2003
6228 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
6229 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
6234 @subheading August 21, 2003
6235 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
6236 read the @ref{Changes}.
6241 @subheading August 18, 2003
6242 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
6243 has been updated to 1.8.
6244 Download @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,here.}
6249 @subheading August 7, 2003
6250 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
6251 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
6256 @subheading August 7, 2003
6257 New website went live!
6262 @subheading August 6, 2003
6263 Announced new website.
6268 @subheading August 1, 2003
6269 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
6274 @subheading July 30, 2003
6275 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
6276 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
6282 @subheading July 29, 2003
6283 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
6284 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.