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30 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.52 released @emph{December 4, 2016}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
33 2.19.52. 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 2.19.51 released @emph{November 20, 2016}
44 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
45 2.19.51. 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 2.19.50 released @emph{November 6, 2016}
56 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
57 2.19.50. 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 2.19.49 released @emph{October 16, 2016}
68 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
69 2.19.49. 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 2.19.48 released @emph{September 13, 2016}
80 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
81 2.19.48. 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 2.19.47 released @emph{August 31, 2016}
92 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
93 2.19.47. 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 2.19.46 released @emph{July 26, 2016}
104 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
105 2.19.46. 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 2.19.45 released @emph{July 09, 2016}
116 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
117 2.19.45. 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 2.19.44 released @emph{June 21, 2016}
128 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
129 2.19.44. 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 2.19.43 released @emph{June 8, 2016}
140 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
141 2.19.43. 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 2.19.42 released @emph{May 15, 2016}
152 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
153 2.19.42. 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 2.19.41 released @emph{May 1, 2016}
164 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
165 2.19.41. 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 2.19.40 released @emph{April 17, 2016}
176 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
177 2.19.40. 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 2.19.39 released @emph{March 27, 2016}
188 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
189 2.19.39. 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 2.19.38 released @emph{March 13, 2016}
200 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
201 2.19.38. 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 2.19.37 released @emph{February 28, 2016}
212 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
213 2.19.37. 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 2.19.36 released @emph{January 31, 2016}
224 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
225 2.19.36. 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 2.19.35 released @emph{January 02, 2016}
236 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
237 2.19.35. 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 2.19.34 released @emph{December 22, 2015}
248 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
249 2.19.34. 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 2.19.33 released @emph{December 6, 2015}
260 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
261 2.19.33. 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 2.19.32 released @emph{November 22, 2015}
272 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
273 2.19.32. 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 2.19.31 released @emph{November 8, 2015}
284 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
285 2.19.31. 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 2.19.30 released @emph{October 25, 2015}
296 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
297 2.19.30. 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 2.19.29 released @emph{October 18, 2015}
308 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
309 2.19.29. 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 2.19.28 released @emph{September 27, 2015}
320 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
321 2.19.28. 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 2.19.27 released @emph{September 12, 2015}
332 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
333 2.19.27. 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 2.19.26 released @emph{August 27, 2015}
344 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
345 2.19.26. 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 2.19.25 released @emph{August 9, 2015}
356 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
357 2.19.25. 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 2.19.24 released @emph{July 26, 2015}
368 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
369 2.19.24. 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 2.19.23 released @emph{July 12, 2015}
380 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
381 2.19.23. 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 2.19.22 released @emph{June 28, 2015}
392 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
393 2.19.22. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
394 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
395 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
396 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
402 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.21 released @emph{May 24, 2015}
404 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
405 2.19.21. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
406 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
407 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
408 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
414 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.20 released @emph{May 10, 2015}
416 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
417 2.19.20. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
418 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
419 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
420 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
426 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.19 released @emph{April 26, 2015}
428 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
429 2.19.19. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
430 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
431 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
432 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
438 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.18 released @emph{April 5, 2015}
440 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
441 2.19.18. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
442 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
443 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
444 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
450 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.17 released @emph{March 15, 2015}
452 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
453 2.19.17. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
454 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
455 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
456 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
462 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.16 released @emph{February 28, 2015}
464 At long last, we are very happy to announce the release of LilyPond
465 2.19.16. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
466 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
467 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
468 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
471 We would like to acknowledge and thank Masamichi Hosoda for making this
472 release possible with his work on updating GUB, the build tool.
477 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.15 released @emph{September 28, 2014}
479 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.15. 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 2.19.14 released @emph{September 14, 2014}
491 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.14. 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 2.19.13 released @emph{August 31, 2014}
503 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.13. 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 2.19.12 released @emph{August 17, 2014}
515 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.12. 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 2.19.11 released @emph{August 3, 2014}
527 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.11. This
528 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
529 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
531 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
537 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.10 released @emph{July 13, 2014}
539 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.10. This
540 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
541 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
542 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
543 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
549 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.9 released @emph{June 29, 2014}
551 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.9. This
552 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
553 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
554 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
555 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
561 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.8 released @emph{June 15, 2014}
563 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.8. This
564 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
565 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
566 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
567 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
573 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.7 released @emph{May 25, 2014}
575 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.7. This
576 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
577 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
578 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
579 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
585 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.6 released @emph{May 11, 2014}
587 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.6. This
588 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
589 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
590 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
591 require a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18
597 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.5 released @emph{April 20, 2014}
599 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.5. This
600 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
601 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
602 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
603 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
608 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.4 released @emph{April 6, 2014}
610 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.4. This
611 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
612 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
613 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
614 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
619 @subheading LilyPond production named BEST EDITION 2014 @emph{March 11, 2014}
621 We are thrilled that the edition of the songs of Oskar
622 Fried (1871-1941), published recently by our fellow contributors Urs Liska
623 and Janek Warchoł [1], received the "Musikeditionspreis BEST EDITION
624 2014" of the German Music Publishers' Association [2]. The ceremony
625 took place at the Frankfurt Musikmesse.
627 We congratulate Janek and Urs for gaining such public recognition of
628 typographical and editorial excellence of their work. We are also delighted
629 to inform you that they intend to make their work available under a Free
630 license as soon as the publisher expenses are covered. Please support this
631 initiative by buying the printed volume through the publisher [3].
633 [1] @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/category/fried-songs}@*
634 [2] @uref{http://www.best-edition.de}@*
635 [3] @uref{http://www.sound-rel.de}@*
641 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.3 released @emph{March 2, 2014}
643 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.3. This
644 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
645 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
646 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
647 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
652 @subheading LilyPond 2.18.1 @emph{February 16, 2014}
654 We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
655 The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
656 over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
657 and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
658 enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
660 To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
661 stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
666 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
668 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
669 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
670 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
671 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
672 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
677 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
679 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
680 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
681 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
682 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
683 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
688 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
690 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
691 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
692 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
693 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
694 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
699 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
701 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
702 a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
703 developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
704 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
705 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
706 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
707 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
708 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
713 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
715 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
716 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
717 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
718 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
719 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
720 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
721 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
722 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
727 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
729 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
730 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
731 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
732 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
733 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
734 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
735 latest version, see @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
736 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
742 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
744 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
745 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
746 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
747 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
748 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
753 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
755 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
756 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
757 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
758 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
759 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
764 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
766 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
767 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
768 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
769 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
770 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
775 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
777 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
778 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
779 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
780 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
781 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
786 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
788 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
789 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
790 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
791 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
792 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
797 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
799 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
800 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
801 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
802 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
803 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
808 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
810 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
811 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
812 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
813 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
814 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
819 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
821 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
822 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
823 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
824 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
825 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
827 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
828 with positioning text.
833 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
835 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
836 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
837 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
838 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
839 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
844 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
846 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
847 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
848 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
849 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
850 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
855 @subheading LilyPond blog. @emph{June 2, 2013}
857 Janek Warchoł has created a LilyPond blog. You can find it at
858 @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/, lilypondblog.org}!
863 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
865 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
866 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
867 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
868 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
869 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
874 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
876 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
877 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
878 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
879 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
880 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
885 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
887 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
888 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
889 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
890 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
891 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
896 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
898 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
899 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
900 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
901 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
902 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
907 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
909 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
910 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
911 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
912 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
913 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
918 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
920 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
921 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
922 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
923 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
924 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
925 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
930 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
932 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
933 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
934 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
935 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
936 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
941 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
943 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
944 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
945 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
946 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
947 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
952 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
954 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
955 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
956 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
957 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
958 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
963 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
965 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
966 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
967 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
968 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
969 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
974 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.2 released! @emph{January 4, 2013}
976 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.2. This release is mainly
977 to correct a problem with lilypond-book running on Windows. We recommend that
978 only people requiring this functionality upgrade to this version.
983 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
985 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
986 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
987 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
988 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
989 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
994 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
996 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
997 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
998 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
999 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1000 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1005 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
1007 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
1008 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1009 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1010 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1011 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1017 @subheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012}
1019 The @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, October
1020 issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}} focuses on the
1021 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?LilyPond-meeting-in-Waltrop,
1022 meeting of LilyPond developers and users} in Waltrop, Germany last
1023 August. Of course, there are also some musings on LilyPond
1024 triggered by the release of 2.16.0 and 2.17.0 occuring from that
1027 There are also two monthly financial reports from David Kastrup
1028 whose work on LilyPond is
1029 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding,
1030 solely paid for} by financial contributions from other developer
1031 and users (thank you!), and a report about experiences from
1032 @uref{http://scorio.com, a web-based music typesetting service}
1033 using LilyPond internally.
1035 Come @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, read
1036 LilyPond Report 28} now; comments and contributions are warmly
1041 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
1043 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
1044 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
1045 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1049 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
1051 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
1052 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1053 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1054 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1055 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1060 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
1062 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
1063 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
1064 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
1065 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
1066 a stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
1071 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
1073 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
1074 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1075 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1076 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1081 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
1083 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
1084 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1085 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1086 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1091 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
1093 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
1094 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1095 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1096 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1101 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
1103 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
1104 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1105 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1106 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1112 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
1114 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
1115 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
1116 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
1117 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1122 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
1124 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
1125 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1126 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1127 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1129 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
1130 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
1134 Support for kievan square notation
1136 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
1138 Music functions have become quite more versatile
1141 A full list of new features is given in:
1144 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1147 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
1149 Main development team:
1151 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
1152 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
1153 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
1154 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
1155 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
1158 Programming contributors:
1160 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
1161 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
1162 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
1163 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
1165 Documentation contributors:
1167 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
1171 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
1176 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
1178 Translation contributors:
1180 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
1185 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
1187 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
1188 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
1189 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
1191 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
1192 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
1193 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1195 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
1196 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
1202 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
1204 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
1205 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1207 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1208 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1209 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1216 @subheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
1218 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
1219 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
1220 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
1221 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
1222 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
1223 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
1226 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
1227 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
1232 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
1234 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
1235 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1236 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1237 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1238 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1244 @subheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
1246 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
1247 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1248 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1249 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1252 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1253 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1254 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1261 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
1263 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
1264 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1266 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1267 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1268 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1275 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
1277 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
1278 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1279 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1280 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1281 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1287 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
1289 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1290 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1291 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1292 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1295 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1296 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1297 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1304 @subheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
1306 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
1307 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
1308 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
1309 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
1310 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
1311 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
1314 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
1315 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
1322 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
1324 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1325 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1326 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1327 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1330 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
1331 candidate will be required.
1337 @subheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
1339 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
1340 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
1341 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
1342 working on open source software.
1344 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
1345 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
1351 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
1353 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1354 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1355 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1356 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1359 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1360 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1361 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1368 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
1370 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1371 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1372 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1373 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1376 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1377 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1378 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1385 @subheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
1387 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
1388 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
1389 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
1390 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
1393 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
1394 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
1401 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
1403 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. 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 LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
1417 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
1418 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1420 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1421 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1422 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1429 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
1431 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
1432 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1434 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1435 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1436 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1443 @subheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
1445 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
1446 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
1447 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
1448 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
1451 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
1452 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
1459 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
1461 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
1462 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1464 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1465 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1466 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1473 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
1475 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
1476 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1478 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1479 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1480 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1487 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
1489 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1490 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1491 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1492 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1495 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1496 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1497 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1504 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
1506 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
1507 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1509 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1510 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1511 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1518 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
1520 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
1521 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1523 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1524 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1525 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1532 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
1534 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
1535 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1537 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1538 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1539 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1546 @subheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
1548 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
1549 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
1550 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
1551 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
1552 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
1555 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
1556 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
1563 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
1565 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. 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
1573 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
1579 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
1581 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
1582 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1584 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1585 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1586 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1593 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
1595 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
1596 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1598 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1599 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1600 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1607 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
1609 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
1610 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1612 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1613 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1614 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1621 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
1623 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
1624 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1626 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1627 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1628 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1635 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
1637 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
1638 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1640 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1641 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1642 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1649 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
1651 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
1652 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1654 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1655 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1656 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1663 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
1665 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
1666 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1668 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1669 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1670 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1677 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
1679 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
1680 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1682 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1683 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1684 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1691 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
1693 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
1694 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1696 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1697 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1698 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1705 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
1707 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
1708 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1710 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1711 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1712 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1719 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
1721 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
1722 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1724 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1725 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1726 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1733 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1735 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1736 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1738 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1739 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1740 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1747 @subheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1749 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1750 Critical regression.
1756 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1758 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1759 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1760 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1761 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1764 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1765 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1766 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1773 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1775 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. 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. Please
1780 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1781 not the next release candidate.
1787 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1789 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1790 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1792 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1793 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1794 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1795 next release candidate.
1801 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1803 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1804 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1805 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1807 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1808 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1809 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1810 next release candidate.
1816 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1818 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1819 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1820 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1821 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1824 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1825 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1826 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1833 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1835 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. 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 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1847 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1848 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1850 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1851 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1857 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1859 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1860 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1861 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1869 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1871 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1872 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1874 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1875 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1881 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1883 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1884 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1886 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1887 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1893 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1895 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1896 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1898 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1899 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1905 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1907 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1908 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1910 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1911 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1917 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1919 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1920 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1921 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1926 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1928 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1929 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1930 usual number of bugs.
1932 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1933 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1938 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1940 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1941 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1942 usual number of bugs.
1944 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1945 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1951 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1953 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1954 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1955 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1956 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1958 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1959 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1964 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1967 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1968 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1971 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1976 A full list of new features is given in:
1979 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1982 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1984 Main development team:
1986 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1987 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1988 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1989 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1990 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1992 Programming contributors:
1994 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1995 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1996 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1997 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1998 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1999 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
2003 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
2005 Documentation contributors:
2007 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
2008 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
2012 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
2013 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
2015 Binaries support contributors:
2019 Translation contributors:
2021 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
2022 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
2029 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
2031 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
2032 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2033 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2034 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2037 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2038 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2039 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2046 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
2048 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
2049 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2051 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2052 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2058 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
2060 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
2061 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2063 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2064 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2070 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
2072 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
2073 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2075 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2076 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2082 @subheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
2084 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
2085 article in the May 2011 issue titled
2086 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/content/download/61706/482546/version/1/file/088-090_projects.pdf,
2087 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
2088 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
2089 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
2090 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
2095 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
2097 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
2098 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2100 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
2101 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2107 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
2109 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
2110 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2111 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2112 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2115 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2116 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2117 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2124 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
2126 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
2127 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2128 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2129 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2132 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2133 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2134 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2141 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
2143 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
2144 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2145 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2146 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2149 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2150 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2151 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2158 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
2160 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
2161 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2163 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
2164 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2170 @subheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
2172 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
2173 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2174 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2175 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2176 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2182 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
2184 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
2185 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2186 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2187 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2190 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2191 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2192 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2199 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
2201 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
2202 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2204 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2205 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2210 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
2212 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
2213 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2215 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2216 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2221 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
2223 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
2224 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2226 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2227 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2233 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
2235 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
2236 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2238 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
2239 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
2240 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
2246 @subheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
2248 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
2249 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
2250 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
2257 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
2259 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
2260 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2261 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2262 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2265 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2266 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2267 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2274 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
2276 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
2277 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2278 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2286 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
2288 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
2289 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2290 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2298 @subheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
2300 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
2301 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2302 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2303 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2304 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2310 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
2312 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
2313 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2314 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2315 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2318 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2319 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2320 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2327 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
2329 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
2330 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2331 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2340 @subheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
2342 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
2343 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2344 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2345 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2348 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2349 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2350 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2351 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2357 @subheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
2359 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
2360 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2361 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2362 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2365 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2366 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2367 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2368 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2374 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
2376 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
2377 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2378 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2381 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2382 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2383 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2389 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
2391 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
2392 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2393 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2396 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2397 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2398 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2404 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
2406 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
2407 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2408 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2411 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2412 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2413 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2419 @subheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
2421 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
2422 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2423 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2424 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2427 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2428 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2429 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
2430 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2439 @subheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
2441 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
2442 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
2443 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
2444 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
2445 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
2446 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
2447 read on to find out what for!
2450 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
2451 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
2458 @subheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
2460 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
2461 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2462 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2463 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2466 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2467 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2468 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
2469 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2476 @subheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
2478 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
2479 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2480 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2481 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2484 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2485 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2486 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
2487 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2494 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
2496 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
2497 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2498 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2501 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
2502 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2503 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2508 @subheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
2510 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2511 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
2512 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
2513 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
2514 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
2518 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
2519 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
2526 @subheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
2528 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
2529 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2530 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2531 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2534 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
2535 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2536 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2537 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
2539 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
2541 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
2542 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
2543 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2549 @subheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
2551 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
2552 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2553 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2554 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2557 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
2558 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2559 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2560 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
2561 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
2562 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2568 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
2570 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
2571 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2572 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2581 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
2583 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
2584 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2585 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2592 @subheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
2594 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2595 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
2596 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
2597 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
2598 the bug report of the report!
2601 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
2602 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
2608 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
2610 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
2611 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2612 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2619 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
2621 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
2622 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2623 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2630 @subheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
2632 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2633 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
2634 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
2635 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
2639 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
2640 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
2648 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
2650 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
2651 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2652 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2655 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
2656 caution and expect breakage.
2661 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
2663 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
2664 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2665 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2668 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
2669 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
2670 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
2671 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
2676 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
2678 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
2679 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2680 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2686 @subheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
2688 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
2689 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
2690 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
2691 improvements to the new website.
2693 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
2694 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
2696 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
2697 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
2699 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
2705 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
2707 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
2708 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2709 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2714 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
2716 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
2717 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2718 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2724 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2726 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2727 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2728 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2734 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2736 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2737 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2738 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2743 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2745 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2746 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2747 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2752 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2754 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2755 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2756 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2759 This release should be of particular interest to package
2760 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2761 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2762 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2768 @subheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2770 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2771 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2772 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2773 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2776 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2777 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2784 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2786 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2787 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2788 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2791 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2792 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2793 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2794 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2795 see the Changes document for more information.
2799 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2801 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2802 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2803 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2808 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2810 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2811 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2812 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2813 so this release is intended for developers only.
2817 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2819 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2820 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2821 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2826 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2828 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2829 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2834 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2836 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2837 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2838 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2844 @subheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2846 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2847 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2848 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2849 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2850 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2852 What are you waiting for? Come
2853 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2854 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2859 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2861 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2862 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2863 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2867 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2869 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2870 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2871 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2872 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2873 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2878 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2880 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2881 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2882 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2886 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2888 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2889 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2890 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2891 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2895 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2897 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2898 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2899 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2900 and English names for feta filenames.
2906 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2908 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2909 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2910 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2911 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2914 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2915 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2916 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2922 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2924 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2925 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2926 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2927 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2929 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2930 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2935 @subheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2937 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2938 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2944 @subheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2946 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2947 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2948 Read @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2955 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2957 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2958 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2959 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2960 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2962 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2963 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2964 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2972 @subheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2974 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2975 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2976 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2977 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2978 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2979 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2980 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2981 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2987 @subheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2989 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2990 its team, its world, its community.
2991 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2992 to read the full issue...
2997 @subheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2999 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
3000 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3001 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
3006 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
3008 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
3009 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
3015 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
3017 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3019 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
3026 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
3028 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
3029 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
3030 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
3031 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
3032 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
3034 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
3035 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
3037 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
3039 @ref{Old downloads}.
3044 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
3046 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
3047 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
3048 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
3049 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
3050 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
3051 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
3054 @ref{Old downloads}.
3059 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
3061 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
3062 documentation and translations.
3063 @ref{Old downloads}.
3068 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
3070 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
3071 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
3072 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
3073 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
3074 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
3076 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
3077 @ref{Old downloads}.
3082 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
3084 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
3085 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
3086 (teaching) has been added.
3088 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
3090 @ref{Old downloads}.
3095 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
3097 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
3098 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
3099 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
3100 @ref{Old downloads}.
3105 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
3107 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
3108 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
3109 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
3110 translations of the documentation.
3111 @ref{Old downloads}.
3116 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
3118 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
3119 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
3120 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
3121 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
3122 deceased since then. All the development team express their
3123 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
3124 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
3125 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
3126 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
3128 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
3130 @ref{Old downloads}.
3135 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
3137 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
3138 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
3139 markup command names have been made.
3142 @ref{Old downloads}.
3147 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
3149 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
3150 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
3151 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
3152 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
3153 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
3156 @ref{Old downloads}.
3161 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
3163 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
3164 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
3166 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
3167 @ref{Old downloads}.
3172 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
3174 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
3175 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
3176 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
3178 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
3179 @ref{Old downloads}.
3184 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
3186 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
3188 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
3189 @ref{Old downloads}.
3194 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
3196 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
3197 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
3198 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
3200 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
3202 @ref{Old downloads}.
3207 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
3209 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
3210 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
3211 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
3212 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
3214 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
3215 @ref{Old downloads}.
3220 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
3222 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
3223 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
3226 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
3227 @ref{Old downloads}.
3232 @subheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
3234 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3235 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123759/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
3240 @subheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
3242 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3243 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123754/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
3248 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
3250 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
3252 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
3253 @ref{Old downloads}.
3258 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3260 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
3261 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
3262 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
3264 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
3265 @ref{Old downloads}.
3270 @subheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3272 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3273 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123750/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
3278 @subheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
3280 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
3281 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123743/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
3286 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
3288 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
3289 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
3290 regression tests maintenance for developers.
3292 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
3293 @ref{Old downloads}.
3298 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
3300 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
3301 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
3303 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
3305 @ref{Old downloads}.
3310 @subheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
3312 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
3313 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
3314 report, new translations of the site and publications.
3315 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
3316 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
3317 announce releases and special events.
3322 @subheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
3324 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
3325 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3326 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123946/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
3331 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
3333 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
3334 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
3335 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
3336 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
3337 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
3340 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
3342 @ref{Old downloads}.
3347 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
3349 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
3350 names has been added to the MusicXML
3353 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
3354 @ref{Old downloads}.
3359 @subheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
3361 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
3366 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
3368 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
3369 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
3370 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
3373 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
3374 @ref{Old downloads}.
3379 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
3381 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
3384 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
3385 @ref{Old downloads}.
3390 @subheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3392 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
3393 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
3394 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
3395 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
3396 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
3397 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
3403 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3405 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
3406 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
3407 updates to the MusicXML converter.
3409 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
3410 @ref{Old downloads}.
3415 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
3417 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
3418 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
3423 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
3425 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
3426 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
3427 Grand Documentation Project.
3429 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
3430 @ref{Old downloads}.
3435 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
3437 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
3439 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
3440 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
3441 @ref{Old downloads}.
3446 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
3448 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
3450 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
3451 @ref{Old downloads}.
3456 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
3458 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
3459 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
3461 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
3462 @ref{Old downloads}.
3467 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
3469 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
3470 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
3471 for the translations.
3473 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
3474 @ref{Old downloads}.
3479 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
3481 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
3482 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
3483 and lots of updates for the translations.
3485 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
3486 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
3487 @ref{Old downloads}.
3492 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
3494 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
3495 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
3496 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/freebsd-64/,the installer} and
3497 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
3502 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
3503 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
3504 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
3505 spacing engine code.
3507 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
3508 @ref{Old downloads}.
3513 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
3515 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
3516 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
3518 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
3519 @ref{Old downloads}.
3524 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
3526 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
3527 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
3529 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
3530 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
3531 @ref{Old downloads}.
3536 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
3537 This has lots of bugfixes.
3539 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
3540 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
3541 @ref{Old downloads}.
3546 @subheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
3547 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
3548 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
3549 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
3554 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
3555 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
3557 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
3559 @ref{Old downloads}.
3564 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
3565 This release has some documentation updates.
3567 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
3569 @ref{Old downloads}.
3574 @subheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
3575 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
3576 disponibles en ligne ---
3577 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
3578 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
3579 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
3580 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
3585 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
3586 This release fixes many bugs.
3588 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
3589 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
3591 @ref{Old downloads}.
3596 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
3597 This release fixes many bugs.
3599 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
3600 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
3602 @ref{Old downloads}.
3607 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
3608 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
3609 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
3611 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
3613 @ref{Old downloads}.
3618 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
3619 This release fixes still more bugs.
3621 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
3623 @ref{Old downloads}.
3628 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
3629 This release fixes many bugs.
3630 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
3631 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
3633 @ref{Old downloads})
3638 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
3639 This release will stretch piano staves on a
3640 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
3641 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
3643 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
3644 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
3646 @ref{Old downloads}.
3651 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
3652 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
3653 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
3655 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
3662 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3663 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
3664 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
3666 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
3668 @ref{Old downloads}.
3673 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3674 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
3675 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
3677 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
3679 @ref{Old downloads}.
3684 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3685 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
3688 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
3690 @ref{Old downloads}.
3695 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
3696 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
3698 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
3700 @ref{Old downloads}.
3705 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
3706 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
3707 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
3708 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
3710 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
3712 @ref{Old downloads}.
3717 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3718 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
3719 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
3720 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
3721 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
3722 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3724 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3726 @ref{Old downloads}.
3731 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3732 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3733 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3736 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3738 @ref{Old downloads}.
3743 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3744 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3745 further improvements in the regression test suite
3749 @ref{Old downloads}.
3754 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3755 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3759 @ref{Old downloads}.
3764 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3765 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3770 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3771 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3776 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3777 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3781 @ref{Old downloads}.
3786 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3787 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3788 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3792 @ref{Old downloads}.
3797 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3798 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3802 @ref{Old downloads}.
3807 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3808 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3813 @ref{Old downloads}.
3818 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3819 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3823 @ref{Old downloads}.
3828 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3829 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3830 within a system as well as between systems.
3834 @ref{Old downloads}.
3839 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3840 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3841 test results} and several website build improvements.
3845 @ref{Old downloads}.
3850 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3851 This release fixes several bugs.
3854 @ref{Old downloads}.
3859 @subheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3860 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3865 @subheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3866 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3867 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3868 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3869 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3874 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3875 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3879 @ref{Old downloads}.
3884 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3885 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3888 @ref{Old downloads}.
3893 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3894 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3898 @ref{Old downloads}.
3903 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3904 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3907 @ref{Old downloads}.
3912 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3913 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3918 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3919 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3920 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3925 @subheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3926 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3927 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3932 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3933 This release has many more bugfixes.
3936 @ref{Old downloads}.
3941 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3942 This release has many more bugfixes.
3945 @ref{Old downloads}.
3950 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3951 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3956 @ref{Old downloads}.
3961 @subheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3962 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3963 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3964 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3965 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3966 (@ref{Publications}).
3971 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3972 This release has further bugfixes.
3975 @ref{Old downloads}.
3980 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3981 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3982 available for x86/64.
3985 @ref{Old downloads}.
3990 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3991 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3992 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3993 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3994 @ref{Old downloads})
3999 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
4000 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
4001 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4006 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
4007 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
4012 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
4013 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
4018 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
4019 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
4024 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
4025 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
4026 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4031 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
4032 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
4033 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
4034 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4039 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
4040 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4045 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
4046 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
4047 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
4052 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
4053 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
4054 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
4055 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
4056 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4061 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
4062 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
4063 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4068 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
4069 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
4070 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
4071 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4076 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
4077 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
4078 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
4079 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4084 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
4085 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
4087 @ref{Old downloads})
4092 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
4093 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
4095 @ref{Old downloads})
4100 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
4101 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
4102 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
4104 @ref{Old downloads})
4109 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
4110 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
4111 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
4112 (@ref{Old downloads})
4117 @subheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
4118 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
4119 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
4120 glory} what features are broken in the development release
4125 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
4126 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
4127 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
4128 the development releases even better
4133 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
4135 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
4136 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
4137 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4142 @subheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
4143 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
4144 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
4145 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
4146 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
4147 esthetics}. Happy reading!
4152 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
4153 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
4154 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
4156 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4161 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
4162 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
4163 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
4164 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
4165 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4170 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
4171 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
4172 (@ref{Old downloads})
4177 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
4178 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
4179 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
4180 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
4181 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
4182 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4187 @subheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
4188 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
4189 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
4190 (@ref{Publications})
4195 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4196 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
4197 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4202 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4203 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
4204 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
4205 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4210 @subheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
4211 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
4212 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
4217 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
4218 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
4219 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4224 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
4225 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
4226 released. (@ref{Changes},
4227 @ref{Old downloads})
4232 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
4233 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
4234 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
4235 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
4236 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
4237 multi-measure rests.
4239 @ref{Old downloads})
4244 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
4245 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
4247 @ref{Old downloads})
4252 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
4253 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
4254 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
4255 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
4256 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4257 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
4258 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
4259 @ref{Old downloads})
4264 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
4265 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
4266 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
4267 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
4268 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
4269 @ref{Old downloads})
4274 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
4275 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
4276 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
4277 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
4278 the endings and the middle
4279 part. (@ref{Changes},
4280 @ref{Old downloads})
4285 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
4286 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
4287 parenthesized, for example,
4290 c4 -\parenthesize -.
4291 <d \parenthesize fis a>
4295 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
4296 @ref{Old downloads})
4301 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
4302 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
4303 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
4313 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
4314 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
4315 vector. (@ref{Changes},
4316 @ref{Old downloads})
4321 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
4322 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
4323 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
4324 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
4325 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
4326 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
4327 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
4329 @ref{Old downloads})
4334 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
4335 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
4336 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
4337 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
4338 @ref{Old downloads})
4343 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
4344 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
4345 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
4346 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
4347 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
4348 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
4349 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
4350 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4351 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4352 @ref{Old downloads})
4357 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
4358 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
4359 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
4360 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
4361 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
4362 @ref{Old downloads})
4367 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
4369 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
4370 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
4371 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
4376 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
4377 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
4378 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
4379 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
4380 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
4385 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4386 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
4387 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
4389 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/linux-x86/,
4391 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/darwin-ppc/,
4393 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/mingw/,
4399 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4400 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
4401 (feature sponsored by Andrea
4402 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
4403 @ref{Old downloads})
4408 @subheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
4409 Linux Journal publishes an article on
4410 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
4411 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
4412 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
4415 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
4416 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
4417 alternatives seem second-rate.}
4418 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
4423 @subheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
4424 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
4425 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
4426 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
4427 page. Let us know how you fare!
4432 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
4433 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
4434 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
4435 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
4436 The important occasion for this release is our new build
4437 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
4438 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
4439 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
4440 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
4442 @ref{Old downloads})
4447 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
4448 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
4449 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
4450 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
4451 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
4452 @ref{Old downloads})
4457 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
4458 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
4459 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
4460 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
4461 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
4462 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
4463 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
4464 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
4465 functions. (@ref{Changes},
4466 @ref{Old downloads})
4471 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
4472 This release has the following new features:
4475 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
4476 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
4477 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4479 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
4480 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
4481 and Bertalan Fodor).
4483 Generic music functions may now also be used on
4484 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
4487 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
4488 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
4489 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
4493 @ref{Old downloads})
4498 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
4499 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
4500 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
4501 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
4502 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
4503 van den Borre and Bertalan
4504 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
4505 @ref{Old downloads})
4510 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
4511 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
4512 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
4513 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
4519 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
4520 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
4521 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
4522 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
4523 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
4525 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
4526 @ref{Old downloads})
4531 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
4532 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
4533 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
4538 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
4539 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
4540 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
4541 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
4542 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
4543 etc. (@ref{Changes},
4544 @ref{Old downloads})
4549 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
4550 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
4551 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
4552 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4553 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4554 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4555 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4556 @ref{Old downloads})
4561 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
4562 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4563 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4564 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4565 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4566 @ref{Old downloads})
4571 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
4572 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
4573 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
4574 @ref{Old downloads})
4579 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
4580 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
4581 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
4582 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
4583 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
4584 properties. (@ref{Changes},
4585 @ref{Old downloads})
4590 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
4591 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
4592 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
4593 that compute said property, i.e.
4596 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
4597 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
4600 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
4601 @ref{Old downloads})
4606 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
4607 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
4608 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
4609 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
4610 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
4611 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
4612 also provides advanced tweakability for power
4613 users. (@ref{Changes},
4614 @ref{Old downloads})
4619 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
4620 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
4621 series. (@ref{Changes},
4622 @ref{Old downloads})
4627 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
4628 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
4629 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
4630 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
4631 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
4632 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
4633 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
4634 sponsored by Nicolas
4635 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4636 @ref{Old downloads})
4641 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
4642 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
4643 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4644 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
4645 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
4646 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
4647 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4648 @ref{Old downloads})
4653 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
4654 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
4655 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
4656 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
4657 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4658 @ref{Old downloads})
4663 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
4664 This is mainly a bugfix
4665 release. (@ref{Changes},
4666 @ref{Old downloads})
4671 @subheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
4672 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
4673 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
4674 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
4675 la gravure musicale}.
4680 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
4681 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
4682 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
4683 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
4684 @ref{Old downloads})
4689 @subheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
4690 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
4691 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
4692 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
4693 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
4694 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
4699 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
4700 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
4701 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
4702 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
4703 @ref{Old downloads})
4708 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
4709 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
4710 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
4711 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
4712 signs. (@ref{Changes},
4713 @ref{Old downloads})
4718 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
4719 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
4720 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
4721 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
4722 @ref{Old downloads})
4727 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4728 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4729 for a note is proportional to the time it
4730 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4731 @ref{Old downloads})
4736 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4737 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4738 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4743 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4744 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4745 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4746 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4748 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4749 @ref{Old downloads})
4754 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4755 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4756 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4757 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4759 @ref{Old downloads})
4764 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4765 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4766 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4767 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4768 @ref{Old downloads})
4773 @subheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4774 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4776 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4777 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4778 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4779 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4780 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4785 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4786 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4787 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4788 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4793 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4794 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4795 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4796 @ref{Old downloads})
4801 @subheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4802 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4803 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4804 @ref{Old downloads})
4809 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4810 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4811 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4812 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4813 (@ref{Old downloads})
4818 @subheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4819 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4820 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4821 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4826 @subheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4827 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4828 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4829 better help functionality.
4830 (@ref{Old downloads})
4835 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4836 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4837 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4838 compile them directly from
4839 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4844 @subheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4845 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4846 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4851 @subheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4852 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4853 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4854 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4859 @subheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4860 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4861 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4862 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4863 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4868 @subheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4869 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4870 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4875 @subheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4876 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4881 @subheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4882 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4883 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4888 @subheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4889 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4890 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4891 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4892 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4897 @subheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4898 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4899 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4900 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4901 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4902 @ref{Old downloads})
4907 @subheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4909 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4910 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4912 (@ref{Old downloads})
4917 @subheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4918 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4919 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4920 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4921 signatures like 5/8.
4923 @ref{Old downloads})
4928 @subheading April 18, 2005
4929 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4930 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4931 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4932 More details are in the
4934 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4939 @subheading April 15, 2005
4940 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4941 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4942 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4943 Scheme code. Take a look at
4945 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4950 @subheading April 6, 2005
4951 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4952 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4953 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4958 @subheading March 31, 2005
4959 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4960 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4961 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4966 @subheading March 20, 2005
4967 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4968 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4974 @subheading March 14, 2005
4975 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4976 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4977 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4978 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4979 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4984 @subheading March 7, 2005
4985 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4986 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4987 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4988 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4989 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4991 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4996 @subheading March 7, 2005
4997 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4998 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
5004 @subheading February 28, 2005
5005 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install
5006 Ghostscript 8.15rc3. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
5007 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
5008 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
5014 @subheading February 28, 2005
5015 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
5016 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}.
5017 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
5018 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
5023 @subheading February 26, 2005
5024 The @uref{http://lsr.di.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
5025 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
5026 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
5027 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
5032 @subheading February 21, 2005
5033 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
5034 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
5035 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
5036 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
5038 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
5043 @subheading February 4, 2005
5044 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
5045 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
5046 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
5047 @ref{Old downloads}!
5052 @subheading January 31, 2005
5053 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
5054 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
5055 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
5061 @subheading January 26, 2005
5062 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
5063 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
5069 @subheading January 16, 2005
5070 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
5071 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
5072 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
5074 @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,
5076 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
5081 @subheading January 11, 2005
5082 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
5083 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
5084 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
5085 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
5086 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
5087 font code by Werner.
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 January 02, 2005
5096 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
5097 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
5098 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
5099 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
5100 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
5101 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
5102 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
5103 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
5104 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
5107 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5112 @subheading December 28, 2004
5113 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
5114 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
5115 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
5116 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
5118 and check out the changes in
5119 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5124 @subheading December 20, 2004
5125 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
5126 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
5127 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
5128 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
5129 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
5132 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5137 @subheading December 3, 2004
5138 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
5139 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
5140 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
5141 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
5142 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
5143 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
5144 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
5145 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
5149 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5154 @subheading November 26, 2004
5155 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
5156 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
5157 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
5158 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
5159 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
5161 and check out the changes in
5162 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5167 @subheading November 20, 2004
5168 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
5169 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
5170 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
5171 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
5172 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
5173 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
5174 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
5175 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
5178 and check out the changes in
5179 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5184 @subheading November 12, 2004
5185 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
5186 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
5187 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
5188 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
5189 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
5192 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
5195 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
5196 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
5197 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
5198 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
5199 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
5202 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5207 @subheading November 11, 2004
5208 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
5209 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
5215 @subheading November 4, 2004
5216 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
5217 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
5219 and check out the changes in
5220 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5225 @subheading October 31, 2004
5226 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
5227 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
5228 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
5229 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
5236 @subheading October 29, 2004
5237 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
5238 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
5239 some problems with the conversion scripts.
5241 and check out the changes in
5242 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5247 @subheading October 29, 2004
5248 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5249 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
5250 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
5251 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
5253 and check out the changes in
5254 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5259 @subheading October 27, 2004
5260 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
5261 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
5262 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
5264 and check out the changes in
5265 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5270 @subheading October 24, 2004
5271 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
5272 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
5273 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5275 and check out the changes in
5276 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5281 @subheading October 10, 2004
5282 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
5283 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
5284 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
5288 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5293 @subheading October 09, 2004
5294 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
5295 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
5296 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
5300 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5305 @subheading October 02, 2004
5306 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
5307 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
5308 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
5309 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
5310 in the documentation.
5312 and check out the changes in
5313 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5318 @subheading September 29, 2004
5319 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
5320 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
5321 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
5322 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
5327 @subheading September 26, 2004
5328 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
5330 and check out the changes
5331 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5336 @subheading September 20, 2004
5337 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
5338 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
5339 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
5340 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
5341 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
5342 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
5345 and check out the changes in
5346 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5351 @subheading September 11, 2004
5352 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
5353 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
5354 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
5355 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
5356 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
5357 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
5358 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
5359 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
5360 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
5361 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
5362 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
5363 will hold users back in switching.
5365 and check out the changes in
5366 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5371 @subheading September 10, 2004
5372 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
5373 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
5374 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
5375 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
5376 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
5377 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
5379 and check out the changes in
5380 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5385 @subheading September 6, 2004
5386 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
5387 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
5388 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
5389 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
5390 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
5394 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5399 @subheading August 29, 2004
5400 LilyPond now has a Documentation
5401 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
5402 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
5403 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
5404 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
5405 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
5406 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
5407 chapter of the user manual.
5408 A lot of cheers for Graham!
5413 @subheading August 29, 2004
5414 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
5415 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
5416 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
5417 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
5418 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
5419 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
5423 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5428 @subheading August 24, 2004
5429 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
5430 disappearing metronome mark.
5432 and check out the changes in
5433 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5438 @subheading August 23, 2004
5439 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
5440 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
5441 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
5442 `doubleSlurs' property.
5444 and check out the changes in
5445 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5450 @subheading August 3, 2004
5451 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
5452 annoying bugs fixed.
5455 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5460 @subheading August 1, 2004
5461 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
5462 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
5463 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
5464 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
5465 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
5466 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
5469 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
5470 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
5472 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
5473 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
5478 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5483 @subheading July 30, 2004
5484 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
5485 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
5486 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
5487 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
5488 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
5489 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
5490 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
5491 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
5492 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
5493 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
5496 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5501 @subheading July 23, 2004
5502 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
5503 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
5504 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
5505 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
5508 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5513 @subheading July 19, 2004
5514 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
5515 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
5516 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
5517 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
5518 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
5519 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
5520 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
5521 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
5522 beat within the measure.
5524 and check out the changes in
5525 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5530 @subheading July 15, 2004
5531 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
5535 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5540 @subheading July 11, 2004
5541 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
5547 @subheading July 5, 2004
5548 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
5549 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
5550 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
5551 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
5553 and check out the changes
5554 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5559 @subheading July 5, 2004
5560 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
5564 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5569 @subheading June 25, 2004
5570 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
5571 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
5572 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
5573 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
5574 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
5575 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
5576 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5578 @ref{Old downloads}.
5583 @subheading June 20, 2004
5584 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
5585 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
5586 @ref{Old downloads}.
5591 @subheading June 13, 2004
5592 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
5593 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
5594 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5596 @ref{Old downloads}.
5601 @subheading May 31, 2004
5602 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
5603 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
5604 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5606 @ref{Old downloads}.
5611 @subheading May 31, 2004
5612 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
5613 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5614 or head straight to the
5615 @ref{Old downloads}.
5620 @subheading May 26, 2004
5621 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
5622 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
5623 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5624 @ref{Old downloads}.
5629 @subheading May 9, 2004
5630 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
5631 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5632 @ref{Old downloads}.
5637 @subheading May 4, 2004
5638 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
5640 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
5641 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
5642 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
5643 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
5644 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
5649 @subheading May 3, 2004
5650 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
5651 @ref{Old downloads}.
5656 @subheading April 17, 2004
5657 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
5658 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
5664 @subheading April 12, 2004
5665 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
5666 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
5667 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
5668 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
5669 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
5670 @ref{Old downloads}.
5675 @subheading April 8, 2004
5676 A French article on the new LilyPond
5677 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
5682 @subheading April 8, 2004
5683 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
5684 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
5690 @subheading April 1, 2004
5691 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
5692 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
5693 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
5694 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
5695 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
5696 @ref{Old downloads}.
5701 @subheading March 31, 2004
5702 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
5703 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
5704 documentation polish. This should be the final release
5705 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
5707 @ref{Old downloads}.
5712 @subheading March 30, 2004
5713 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
5715 @ref{Old downloads}.
5720 @subheading March 28, 2004
5721 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
5722 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
5723 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5730 @subheading March 22, 2004
5731 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5732 @ref{Old downloads}.
5737 @subheading March 21, 2004
5738 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5745 @subheading March 20, 2004
5746 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5747 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5748 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5750 @ref{Old downloads}.
5755 @subheading March 15, 2004
5756 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5757 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5758 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5761 @ref{Old downloads}.
5766 @subheading March 14, 2004
5768 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5769 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5775 @subheading March 11, 2004
5776 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5778 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5779 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5780 authors of LilyPond.
5785 @subheading March 11, 2004
5786 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5787 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5790 @ref{Old downloads}.
5795 @subheading March 9, 2004
5796 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5797 experimental support for producing titles with
5803 @subheading February 29, 2004
5804 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5805 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5806 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5808 @ref{Old downloads}.
5813 @subheading February 24, 2004
5814 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5815 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5816 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5818 @ref{Old downloads}.
5823 @subheading February 23, 2004
5824 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5825 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5826 produce cue notes. More information in the
5833 @subheading February 18, 2004
5834 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5835 for altering accidental rules.
5841 @subheading February 16, 2004
5842 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5843 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5844 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5845 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5846 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5847 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5848 More information in the
5855 @subheading February 13, 2004
5856 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5857 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5858 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5865 @subheading February 12, 2004
5866 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5867 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5868 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5869 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5876 @subheading February 9, 2004
5877 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5878 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5879 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5880 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5881 More information in the
5888 @subheading February 5, 2004
5889 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5890 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5891 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5892 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5893 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5894 More information in the
5901 @subheading February 4, 2004
5902 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5903 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5904 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5912 @subheading February 2, 2004
5913 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5914 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5915 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5922 @subheading January 28, 2004
5923 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5924 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5925 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5926 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5935 @subheading January 26, 2004
5936 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5937 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5940 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5945 @subheading January 21, 2004
5947 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5948 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5949 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5952 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5957 @subheading January 20, 2004
5958 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5959 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5960 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5961 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5966 @subheading January 20, 2004
5967 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5968 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5969 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5970 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5976 @subheading January 19, 2004
5977 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5978 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5980 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5985 @subheading January 18, 2004
5986 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5987 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5988 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20040204191423/http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5993 @subheading January 17, 2004
5994 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5995 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5996 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5998 More information in the
5999 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6004 @subheading January 16, 2004
6005 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
6006 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
6008 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6013 @subheading January 13, 2004
6014 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
6015 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
6016 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
6018 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6023 @subheading January 9, 2004
6024 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
6025 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
6026 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
6027 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
6028 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
6029 individual music expressions.
6030 More information in the
6031 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
6036 @subheading January 7, 2004
6037 An update to the stable branch,
6038 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
6039 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
6044 @subheading January 6, 2004
6045 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
6046 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
6047 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
6048 More information in the
6049 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6054 @subheading January 4, 2004
6055 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
6057 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
6058 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6063 @subheading January 2, 2004
6064 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
6065 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
6066 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
6067 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6072 @subheading December 30, 2003
6073 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
6074 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
6075 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
6076 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6081 @subheading December 23, 2003
6082 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
6083 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
6084 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
6085 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
6086 to implement this are welcome!) See the
6087 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6092 @subheading December 17, 2003
6093 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
6094 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
6095 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
6097 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6102 @subheading December 16, 2003
6103 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
6104 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
6105 Han-Wen's absence. See the
6106 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6111 @subheading October 11, 2003
6112 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
6114 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
6119 @subheading October 11, 2003
6120 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
6122 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
6123 thanks to Heikki Junes.
6128 @subheading October 9, 2003
6129 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
6130 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
6131 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
6136 @subheading October 5, 2003
6137 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
6144 @subheading October 4, 2003
6145 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
6147 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
6148 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
6153 @subheading September 29, 2003
6154 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
6155 contains minor bugfixes.
6156 See the @ref{Changes}
6157 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
6162 @subheading September 27, 2003
6163 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
6164 @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,
6165 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
6171 @subheading September 24, 2003
6172 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
6173 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
6174 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
6175 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
6176 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
6181 @subheading September 24, 2003
6182 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
6183 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
6184 the @ref{Changes} and
6185 download @uref{install/,here}.
6190 @subheading September 23, 2003
6191 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
6192 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6193 the @ref{Changes} and
6194 download @uref{install/,here}.
6199 @subheading September 19, 2003
6200 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
6201 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6202 the @ref{Changes} and
6203 download @uref{install/,here}.
6208 @subheading September 17, 2003
6209 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
6210 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
6216 @subheading September 16, 2003
6217 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
6218 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
6224 @subheading September 10, 2003
6225 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
6226 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
6227 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
6228 will be available in a few weeks.
6234 @subheading September 9, 2003
6235 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
6236 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
6242 @subheading September 7, 2003
6243 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
6244 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
6250 @subheading August 31, 2003
6251 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
6252 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
6253 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
6259 @subheading August 31, 2003
6260 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
6261 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
6266 @subheading August 31, 2003
6267 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
6268 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
6269 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
6270 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6275 @subheading August 28, 2003
6276 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
6277 @ref{Changes} and get it
6278 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6283 @subheading August 26, 2003
6284 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
6285 @ref{Changes} and get it
6286 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6291 @subheading August 25, 2003
6292 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
6293 @ref{Changes} and get it
6294 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6299 @subheading August 25, 2003
6300 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
6301 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
6306 @subheading August 21, 2003
6307 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
6308 read the @ref{Changes}.
6313 @subheading August 18, 2003
6314 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
6315 has been updated to 1.8.
6316 Download @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,here.}
6321 @subheading August 7, 2003
6322 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
6323 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
6328 @subheading August 7, 2003
6329 New website went live!
6334 @subheading August 6, 2003
6335 Announced new website.
6340 @subheading August 1, 2003
6341 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
6346 @subheading July 30, 2003
6347 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
6348 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
6354 @subheading July 29, 2003
6355 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
6356 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.