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5 (I'd rather have the below in the CG. -gp)
8 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
9 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
26 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
31 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
33 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
34 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
36 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
37 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
38 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
45 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
47 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
48 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
50 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
51 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
52 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
59 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
61 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
62 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
64 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
65 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
66 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
73 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
75 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
76 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
77 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
78 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
79 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
82 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
83 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
90 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
92 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
93 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
95 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
96 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
97 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
100 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
106 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
108 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
109 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
111 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
112 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
113 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
120 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
122 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
123 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
125 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
126 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
127 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
134 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
136 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
137 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
139 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
140 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
141 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
148 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
150 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
151 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
153 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
154 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
155 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
162 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
164 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
165 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
167 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
168 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
169 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
176 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
178 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
179 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
181 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
182 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
183 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
190 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
192 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
193 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
195 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
196 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
197 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
204 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
206 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
207 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
209 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
210 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
211 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
218 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
220 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
221 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
223 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
224 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
225 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
232 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
234 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
235 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
237 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
238 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
239 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
246 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
248 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
249 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
251 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
252 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
253 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
260 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
262 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
263 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
265 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
266 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
267 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
274 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
276 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
283 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
285 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
286 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
287 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
288 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
291 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
292 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
293 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
300 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
302 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
303 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
305 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
306 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
307 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
308 not the next release candidate.
314 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
316 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
317 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
319 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
320 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
321 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
322 next release candidate.
328 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
330 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
331 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
332 support for MacOS X 10.7.
334 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
335 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
336 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
337 next release candidate.
343 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
345 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
346 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
347 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
348 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
351 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
352 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
353 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
360 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
362 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
363 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
365 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
366 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
372 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
374 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
375 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
377 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
378 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
384 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
386 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
387 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
388 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
396 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
398 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
399 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
401 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
402 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
408 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
410 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
411 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
413 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
414 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
420 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
422 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
423 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
425 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
426 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
432 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
434 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
435 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
437 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
438 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
444 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
446 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
447 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
448 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
453 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
455 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
456 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
457 usual number of bugs.
459 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
460 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
465 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
467 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
468 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
469 usual number of bugs.
471 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
472 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
478 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
480 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
481 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
482 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
483 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
485 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
486 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
491 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
494 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
495 it much more flexible and easier to control.
498 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
503 A full list of new features is given in:
506 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/changes/index.html}
509 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
511 Main development team:
513 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
514 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
515 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
516 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
517 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
519 Programming contributors:
521 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
522 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
523 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
524 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
525 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
526 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
530 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
532 Documentation contributors:
534 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
535 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
539 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
540 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
542 Binaries support contributors:
546 Translation contributors:
548 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
549 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
556 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
558 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
559 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
560 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
561 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
564 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
565 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
566 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
573 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
575 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
576 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
578 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
579 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
585 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
587 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
588 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
590 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
591 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
597 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
599 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
600 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
602 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
603 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
609 @subsubheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
611 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
612 article in the May 2011 issue titled
613 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
614 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
615 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
616 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
617 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
622 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
624 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
625 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
627 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
628 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
634 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
636 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
637 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
638 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
639 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
642 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
643 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
644 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
651 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
653 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
654 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
655 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
656 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
659 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
660 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
661 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
668 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
670 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
671 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
672 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
673 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
676 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
677 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
678 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
685 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
687 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
688 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
690 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
691 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
697 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
699 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
700 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
701 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
702 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
703 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
709 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
711 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
712 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
713 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
714 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
717 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
718 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
719 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
726 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
728 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
729 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
731 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
732 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
737 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
739 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
740 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
742 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
743 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
748 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
750 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
751 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
753 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
754 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
760 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
762 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
763 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
765 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
766 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
767 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
773 @subsubheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
775 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
776 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
777 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
784 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
786 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
787 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
788 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
789 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
792 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
793 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
794 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
801 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
803 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
804 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
805 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
813 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
815 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
816 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
817 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
825 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
827 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
828 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
829 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
830 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
831 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
837 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
839 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
840 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
841 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
842 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
845 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
846 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
847 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
854 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
856 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
857 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
858 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
867 @subsubheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
869 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
870 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
871 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
872 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
875 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
876 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
877 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
878 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
884 @subsubheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
886 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
887 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
888 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
889 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
892 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
893 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
894 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
895 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
901 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
903 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
904 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
905 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
908 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
909 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
910 at all confident about the quality of this release.
916 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
918 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
919 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
920 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
923 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
924 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
925 at all confident about the quality of this release.
931 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
933 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
934 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
935 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
938 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
939 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
940 at all confident about the quality of this release.
946 @subsubheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
948 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
949 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
950 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
951 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
954 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
955 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
956 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
957 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
966 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
968 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
969 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
970 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
971 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
972 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
973 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
974 read on to find out what for!
977 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
978 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
985 @subsubheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
987 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
988 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
989 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
990 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
993 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
994 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
995 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
996 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1003 @subsubheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
1005 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
1006 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1007 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1008 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1011 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1012 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1013 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
1014 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1021 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
1023 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
1024 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1025 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1028 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
1029 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1030 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1035 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
1037 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1038 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
1039 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
1040 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
1041 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
1045 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
1046 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
1053 @subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
1055 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
1056 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1057 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1058 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1061 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
1062 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1063 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1064 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
1066 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
1068 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
1069 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
1070 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1076 @subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
1078 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
1079 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1080 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1081 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1084 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
1085 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1086 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1087 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
1088 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
1089 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1095 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
1097 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
1098 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1099 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1108 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
1110 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
1111 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1112 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1119 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
1121 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1122 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
1123 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
1124 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
1125 the bug report of the report!
1128 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
1129 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
1135 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
1137 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
1138 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1139 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1146 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
1148 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
1149 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1150 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1157 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
1159 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1160 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
1161 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
1162 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
1166 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
1167 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
1175 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
1177 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
1178 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1179 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1182 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
1183 caution and expect breakage.
1188 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
1190 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
1191 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1192 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1195 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
1196 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
1197 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
1198 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
1203 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
1205 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
1206 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1207 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1213 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
1215 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
1216 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
1217 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
1218 improvements to the new website.
1220 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
1221 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
1223 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
1224 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
1226 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
1232 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
1234 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
1235 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1236 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1241 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
1243 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
1244 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1245 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1251 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
1253 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
1254 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1255 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1261 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
1263 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
1264 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1265 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1270 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
1272 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
1273 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1274 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1279 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
1281 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
1282 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1283 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1286 This release should be of particular interest to package
1287 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
1288 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
1289 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
1295 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
1297 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1298 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
1299 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
1300 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
1303 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
1304 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
1311 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
1313 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
1314 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1315 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1318 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
1319 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
1320 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
1321 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
1322 see the Changes document for more information.
1326 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
1328 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
1329 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
1330 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1335 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
1337 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
1338 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
1339 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
1340 so this release is intended for developers only.
1344 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
1346 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
1347 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
1348 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1353 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
1355 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
1356 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
1361 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
1363 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
1364 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
1365 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
1371 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
1373 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
1374 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
1375 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
1376 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
1377 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
1379 What are you waiting for? Come
1380 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
1381 LilyPond Report 17} now!
1386 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
1388 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
1389 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
1390 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
1394 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
1396 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
1397 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
1398 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
1399 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
1400 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
1405 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
1407 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
1408 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
1409 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
1413 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
1415 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
1416 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
1417 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
1418 critical regressions against earlier versions.
1422 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
1424 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
1425 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
1426 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
1427 and English names for feta filenames.
1433 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
1435 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
1436 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
1437 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
1438 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
1441 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
1442 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
1443 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
1449 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
1451 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
1452 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
1453 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
1454 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
1456 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
1457 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
1462 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
1464 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
1465 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
1471 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
1473 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
1474 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1475 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
1482 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
1484 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
1485 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
1486 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
1487 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
1489 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
1490 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
1491 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
1499 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
1501 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
1502 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
1503 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
1504 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
1505 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
1506 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
1507 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
1508 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
1514 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
1516 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
1517 its team, its world, its community.
1518 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
1519 to read the full issue...
1524 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
1526 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
1527 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1528 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
1533 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
1535 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
1536 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
1542 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
1544 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1546 @uref{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
1553 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
1555 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
1556 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
1557 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
1558 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
1559 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
1561 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
1562 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
1564 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
1566 @ref{Old downloads}.
1571 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
1573 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
1574 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
1575 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
1576 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
1577 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
1578 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
1581 @ref{Old downloads}.
1586 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
1588 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
1589 documentation and translations.
1590 @ref{Old downloads}.
1595 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 – Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
1597 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
1598 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
1599 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
1600 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
1601 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
1603 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
1604 @ref{Old downloads}.
1609 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
1611 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
1612 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
1613 (teaching) has been added.
1615 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
1617 @ref{Old downloads}.
1622 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
1624 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
1625 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
1626 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
1627 @ref{Old downloads}.
1632 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
1634 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
1635 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
1636 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
1637 translations of the documentation.
1638 @ref{Old downloads}.
1643 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
1645 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
1646 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
1647 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
1648 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
1649 deceased since then. All the development team express their
1650 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
1651 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
1652 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
1653 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
1655 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
1657 @ref{Old downloads}.
1662 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
1664 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
1665 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
1666 markup command names have been made.
1669 @ref{Old downloads}.
1674 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
1676 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
1677 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
1678 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
1679 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
1680 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
1683 @ref{Old downloads}.
1688 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
1690 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
1691 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
1693 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
1694 @ref{Old downloads}.
1699 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
1701 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
1702 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
1703 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
1705 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
1706 @ref{Old downloads}.
1711 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
1713 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
1715 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
1716 @ref{Old downloads}.
1721 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
1723 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
1724 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
1725 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
1727 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
1729 @ref{Old downloads}.
1734 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
1736 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
1737 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
1738 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
1739 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
1741 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
1742 @ref{Old downloads}.
1747 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
1749 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
1750 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
1753 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
1754 @ref{Old downloads}.
1759 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
1761 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1762 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
1767 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
1769 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1770 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
1775 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
1777 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
1779 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
1780 @ref{Old downloads}.
1785 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
1787 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
1788 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
1789 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
1791 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
1792 @ref{Old downloads}.
1797 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
1799 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1800 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
1805 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
1807 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
1808 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
1813 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
1815 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
1816 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
1817 regression tests maintenance for developers.
1819 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
1820 @ref{Old downloads}.
1825 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
1827 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
1828 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
1830 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
1832 @ref{Old downloads}.
1837 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
1839 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
1840 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
1841 report, new translations of the site and publications.
1842 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
1843 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
1844 announce releases and special events.
1849 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
1851 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
1852 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
1853 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
1858 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
1860 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
1861 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
1862 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
1863 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
1864 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
1867 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
1869 @ref{Old downloads}.
1874 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
1876 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
1877 names has been added to the MusicXML
1880 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
1881 @ref{Old downloads}.
1886 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
1888 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
1893 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
1895 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
1896 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
1897 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
1900 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
1901 @ref{Old downloads}.
1906 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
1908 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
1911 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
1912 @ref{Old downloads}.
1917 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
1919 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
1920 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
1921 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
1922 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
1923 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
1924 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
1930 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
1932 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
1933 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
1934 updates to the MusicXML converter.
1936 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
1937 @ref{Old downloads}.
1942 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
1944 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
1945 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
1950 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
1952 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
1953 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
1954 Grand Documentation Project.
1956 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
1957 @ref{Old downloads}.
1962 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
1964 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
1966 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
1967 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
1968 @ref{Old downloads}.
1973 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
1975 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
1977 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
1978 @ref{Old downloads}.
1983 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
1985 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
1986 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
1988 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
1989 @ref{Old downloads}.
1994 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
1996 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
1997 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
1998 for the translations.
2000 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
2001 @ref{Old downloads}.
2006 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
2008 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
2009 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
2010 and lots of updates for the translations.
2012 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
2013 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
2014 @ref{Old downloads}.
2019 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
2021 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
2022 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
2023 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
2024 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
2029 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
2030 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
2031 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
2032 spacing engine code.
2034 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
2035 @ref{Old downloads}.
2040 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
2042 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
2043 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
2045 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
2046 @ref{Old downloads}.
2051 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
2053 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
2054 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
2056 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
2057 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
2058 @ref{Old downloads}.
2063 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
2064 This has lots of bugfixes.
2066 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
2067 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
2068 @ref{Old downloads}.
2073 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
2074 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des
2075 LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
2076 sind auf deutsch übersetzt — sie sind erhältlich für
2078 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
2083 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
2084 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
2086 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
2088 @ref{Old downloads}.
2093 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
2094 This release has some documentation updates.
2096 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
2098 @ref{Old downloads}.
2103 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
2104 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont
2105 désormais traduits, et disponibles en ligne — @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
2106 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
2107 2.11}. Les traductions sont également incluses dans la @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
2112 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
2113 This release fixes many bugs.
2115 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
2116 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
2118 @ref{Old downloads}.
2123 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
2124 This release fixes many bugs.
2126 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
2127 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
2129 @ref{Old downloads}.
2134 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
2135 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
2136 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
2138 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
2140 @ref{Old downloads}.
2145 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
2146 This release fixes still more bugs.
2148 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
2150 @ref{Old downloads}.
2155 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
2156 This release fixes many bugs.
2157 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
2158 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
2160 @ref{Old downloads})
2165 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
2166 This release will stretch piano staves on a
2167 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
2168 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
2170 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
2171 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
2173 @ref{Old downloads}.
2178 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
2179 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
2180 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
2182 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
2189 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2190 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
2191 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
2193 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
2195 @ref{Old downloads}.
2200 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2201 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
2202 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
2204 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
2206 @ref{Old downloads}.
2211 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2212 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
2215 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
2217 @ref{Old downloads}.
2222 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
2223 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
2225 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
2227 @ref{Old downloads}.
2232 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
2233 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
2234 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
2235 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
2237 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
2239 @ref{Old downloads}.
2244 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
2245 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
2246 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
2247 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
2248 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
2249 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
2251 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
2253 @ref{Old downloads}.
2258 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
2259 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
2260 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
2263 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
2265 @ref{Old downloads}.
2270 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
2271 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and —in 2.11.9&mdash
2272 further improvements in the regression test suite
2276 @ref{Old downloads}.
2281 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
2282 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2286 @ref{Old downloads}.
2291 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
2292 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
2297 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
2298 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
2303 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
2304 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2308 @ref{Old downloads}.
2313 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
2314 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
2315 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
2319 @ref{Old downloads}.
2324 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
2325 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2329 @ref{Old downloads}.
2334 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
2335 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
2340 @ref{Old downloads}.
2345 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
2346 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2350 @ref{Old downloads}.
2355 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
2356 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
2357 within a system as well as between systems.
2361 @ref{Old downloads}.
2366 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2367 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
2368 test results} and several website build improvements.
2372 @ref{Old downloads}.
2377 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2378 This release fixes several bugs.
2381 @ref{Old downloads}.
2386 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2387 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
2392 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
2393 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en
2394 français est maintenant disponible en ligne. @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
2395 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
2401 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
2402 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
2406 @ref{Old downloads}.
2411 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
2412 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2415 @ref{Old downloads}.
2420 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
2421 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
2425 @ref{Old downloads}.
2430 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
2431 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2434 @ref{Old downloads}.
2439 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
2440 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2445 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
2446 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{announce-v2.10.html,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2451 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
2452 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
2453 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
2458 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
2459 This release has many more bugfixes.
2462 @ref{Old downloads}.
2467 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
2468 This release has many more bugfixes.
2471 @ref{Old downloads}.
2476 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
2477 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
2482 @ref{Old downloads}.
2487 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
2488 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
2489 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
2490 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
2491 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
2492 (@ref{Publications}).
2497 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
2498 This release has further bugfixes.
2501 @ref{Old downloads}.
2506 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
2507 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
2508 available for x86/64.
2511 @ref{Old downloads}.
2516 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
2517 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
2518 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
2519 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
2520 @ref{Old downloads})
2525 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
2526 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
2527 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2532 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
2533 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
2538 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
2539 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
2544 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
2545 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
2550 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
2551 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
2552 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2557 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
2558 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
2559 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
2560 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2565 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
2566 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
2571 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
2572 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
2573 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
2578 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
2579 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
2580 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
2581 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
2582 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2587 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
2588 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
2589 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2594 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
2595 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
2596 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
2597 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2602 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
2603 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
2604 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
2605 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2610 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
2611 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
2613 @ref{Old downloads})
2618 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
2619 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
2621 @ref{Old downloads})
2626 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
2627 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
2628 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
2630 @ref{Old downloads})
2635 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
2636 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
2637 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
2638 (@ref{Old downloads})
2643 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
2644 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
2645 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
2646 glory} what features are broken in the development release
2651 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
2652 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
2653 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
2654 the development releases even better
2659 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
2661 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
2662 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
2663 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2668 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
2669 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
2670 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
2671 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
2672 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
2673 esthetics}. Happy reading!
2678 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
2679 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
2680 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
2682 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2687 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
2688 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
2689 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
2690 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
2691 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2696 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
2697 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
2698 (@ref{Old downloads})
2703 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
2704 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
2705 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
2706 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
2707 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
2708 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2713 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
2714 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
2715 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
2716 (@ref{Publications})
2721 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
2722 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
2723 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2728 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
2729 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
2730 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
2731 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2736 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
2737 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
2738 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
2743 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
2744 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @uref{announce-v2.8.html,release
2745 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
2750 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
2751 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
2752 released. (@ref{Changes},
2753 @ref{Old downloads})
2758 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
2759 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
2760 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
2761 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
2762 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
2763 multi-measure rests.
2765 @ref{Old downloads})
2770 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
2771 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
2773 @ref{Old downloads})
2778 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
2779 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
2780 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
2781 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
2782 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
2783 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
2784 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
2785 @ref{Old downloads})
2790 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
2791 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
2792 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
2793 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
2794 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
2795 @ref{Old downloads})
2800 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
2801 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
2802 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
2803 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
2804 the endings and the middle
2805 part. (@ref{Changes},
2806 @ref{Old downloads})
2811 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
2812 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
2813 parenthesized, for example,
2816 c4 -\parenthesize -.
2817 <d \parenthesize fis a>
2821 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
2822 @ref{Old downloads})
2827 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
2828 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
2829 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
2839 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
2840 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
2841 vector. (@ref{Changes},
2842 @ref{Old downloads})
2847 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
2848 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
2849 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
2850 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
2851 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
2852 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
2853 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
2855 @ref{Old downloads})
2860 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
2861 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
2862 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
2863 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
2864 @ref{Old downloads})
2869 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
2870 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
2871 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
2872 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
2873 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
2874 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
2875 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
2876 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
2877 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
2878 @ref{Old downloads})
2883 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
2884 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
2885 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
2886 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
2887 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
2888 @ref{Old downloads})
2893 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
2895 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
2896 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
2897 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
2902 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
2903 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
2904 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
2905 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
2906 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
2911 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
2912 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
2913 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
2915 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
2917 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
2919 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
2925 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
2926 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
2927 (feature sponsored by Andrea
2928 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
2929 @ref{Old downloads})
2934 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
2935 Linux Journal publishes an article on
2936 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
2937 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
2938 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
2941 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
2942 “GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
2943 alternatives seem second-rate.”
2944 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
2949 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
2950 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
2951 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
2952 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
2953 page. Let us know how you fare!
2958 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
2959 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
2960 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
2961 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
2962 The important occasion for this release is our new build
2963 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
2964 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
2965 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
2966 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
2968 @ref{Old downloads})
2973 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
2974 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
2975 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
2976 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
2977 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
2978 @ref{Old downloads})
2983 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
2984 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
2985 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
2986 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
2987 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
2988 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
2989 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
2990 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
2991 functions. (@ref{Changes},
2992 @ref{Old downloads})
2997 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
2998 This release has the following new features:
3001 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
3002 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
3003 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3005 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
3006 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
3007 and Bertalan Fodor).
3009 Generic music functions may now also be used on
3010 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
3013 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
3014 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
3015 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
3019 @ref{Old downloads})
3024 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
3025 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
3026 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
3027 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
3028 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
3029 van den Borre and Bertalan
3030 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
3031 @ref{Old downloads})
3036 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
3037 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
3038 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
3039 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
3045 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
3046 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
3047 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
3048 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
3049 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
3051 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
3052 @ref{Old downloads})
3057 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
3058 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
3059 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
3064 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
3065 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
3066 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
3067 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
3068 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
3069 etc. (@ref{Changes},
3070 @ref{Old downloads})
3075 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
3076 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
3077 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
3078 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3079 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3080 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3081 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3082 @ref{Old downloads})
3087 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
3088 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3089 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3090 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3091 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3092 @ref{Old downloads})
3097 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
3098 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
3099 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
3100 @ref{Old downloads})
3105 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
3106 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
3107 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
3108 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
3109 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
3110 properties. (@ref{Changes},
3111 @ref{Old downloads})
3116 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
3117 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
3118 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
3119 that compute said property, i.e.
3122 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
3123 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
3126 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
3127 @ref{Old downloads})
3132 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
3133 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
3134 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
3135 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
3136 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
3137 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
3138 also provides advanced tweakability for power
3139 users. (@ref{Changes},
3140 @ref{Old downloads})
3145 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
3146 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
3147 series. (@ref{Changes},
3148 @ref{Old downloads})
3153 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
3154 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
3155 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
3156 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
3157 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
3158 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
3159 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
3160 sponsored by Nicolas
3161 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3162 @ref{Old downloads})
3167 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
3168 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
3169 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3170 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
3171 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
3172 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
3173 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3174 @ref{Old downloads})
3179 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
3180 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
3181 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
3182 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
3183 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3184 @ref{Old downloads})
3189 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
3190 This is mainly a bugfix
3191 release. (@ref{Changes},
3192 @ref{Old downloads})
3197 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
3198 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
3199 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
3200 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
3201 la gravure musicale}.
3206 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
3207 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
3208 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
3209 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
3210 @ref{Old downloads})
3215 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
3216 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
3217 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
3218 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
3219 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
3220 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
3225 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
3226 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
3227 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
3228 Baca, and Vicente Solsona
3229 Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
3230 @ref{Old downloads})
3235 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
3236 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
3237 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
3238 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
3239 signs. (@ref{Changes},
3240 @ref{Old downloads})
3245 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
3246 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
3247 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
3248 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
3249 @ref{Old downloads})
3254 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
3255 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
3256 for a note is proportional to the time it
3257 takes. (@ref{Changes},
3258 @ref{Old downloads})
3263 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
3264 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
3265 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
3270 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
3271 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
3272 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
3273 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
3275 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
3276 @ref{Old downloads})
3281 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
3282 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
3283 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
3284 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
3286 @ref{Old downloads})
3291 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
3292 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
3293 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
3294 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
3295 @ref{Old downloads})
3300 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
3301 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
3303 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
3304 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
3305 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
3306 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
3307 (@uref{announce-v2.6.html,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
3312 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
3313 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
3314 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
3315 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
3320 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
3321 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
3322 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
3323 @ref{Old downloads})
3328 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
3329 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
3330 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
3331 @ref{Old downloads})
3336 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
3337 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
3338 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
3339 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
3340 (@ref{Old downloads})
3345 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
3346 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
3347 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
3348 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
3353 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
3354 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
3355 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
3356 better help functionality.
3357 (@ref{Old downloads})
3362 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
3363 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
3364 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
3365 compile them directly from
3366 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
3371 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
3372 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
3373 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
3378 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
3379 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
3380 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
3381 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
3386 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
3387 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
3388 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
3389 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
3390 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3395 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
3396 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
3397 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
3402 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
3403 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
3408 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
3409 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
3410 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
3415 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
3416 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
3417 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
3418 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
3419 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
3424 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
3425 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
3426 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
3427 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
3428 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
3429 @ref{Old downloads})
3434 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
3436 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
3437 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
3439 (@ref{Old downloads})
3444 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
3445 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
3446 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
3447 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
3448 signatures like 5/8.
3450 @ref{Old downloads})
3455 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
3456 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
3457 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
3458 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
3459 More details are in the
3461 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
3466 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
3467 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
3468 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
3469 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
3470 Scheme code. Take a look at
3472 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
3477 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
3478 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
3479 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
3480 place. @ref{Old downloads}
3485 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
3486 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
3487 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
3488 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
3493 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
3494 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
3495 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
3501 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
3502 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
3503 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
3504 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
3505 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
3506 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
3511 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
3512 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
3513 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
3514 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
3515 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
3516 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
3518 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
3523 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
3524 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
3525 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
3531 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
3532 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/Fedora-3/ghostscript-8.15rc3-0.i386.rpm,ESP
3533 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
3534 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
3535 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
3541 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
3542 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
3543 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}.
3544 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
3545 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
3550 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
3551 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
3552 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
3553 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
3554 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
3559 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
3560 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
3561 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
3562 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
3563 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
3565 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
3570 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
3571 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
3572 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
3573 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
3574 @ref{Old downloads}!
3579 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
3580 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
3581 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
3582 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
3588 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
3589 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
3590 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
3596 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
3597 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
3598 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
3599 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
3601 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
3603 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
3608 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
3609 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
3610 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
3611 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
3612 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
3613 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
3614 font code by Werner.
3616 and check out the changes in
3617 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3622 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
3623 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
3624 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
3625 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
3626 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
3627 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
3628 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
3629 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
3630 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
3631 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
3634 changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3013&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3639 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
3640 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
3641 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
3642 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
3643 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
3645 and check out the changes in
3646 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3651 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
3652 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
3653 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
3654 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
3655 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
3656 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
3659 changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2974&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3664 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
3665 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
3666 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
3667 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
3668 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
3669 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
3670 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
3671 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
3672 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
3676 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2908&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3681 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
3682 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
3683 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
3684 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
3685 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
3686 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
3688 and check out the changes in
3689 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3694 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
3695 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
3696 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
3697 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
3698 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
3699 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
3700 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
3701 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
3702 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
3705 and check out the changes in
3706 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3711 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
3712 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
3713 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
3714 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
3715 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
3716 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
3719 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
3722 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
3723 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
3724 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
3725 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
3726 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
3729 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2837&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3734 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
3735 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
3736 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
3742 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
3743 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
3744 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
3746 and check out the changes in
3747 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3752 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
3753 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @uref{announce-v2.4.html,released!}
3754 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
3755 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
3756 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
3763 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
3764 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
3765 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
3766 some problems with the conversion scripts.
3768 and check out the changes in
3769 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3774 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
3775 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
3776 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
3777 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
3778 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
3780 and check out the changes in
3781 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3786 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
3787 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
3788 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
3789 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
3791 and check out the changes in
3792 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3797 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
3798 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
3799 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
3800 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
3802 and check out the changes in
3803 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3808 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
3809 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
3810 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
3811 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
3815 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2709&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3820 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
3821 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
3822 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
3823 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
3827 out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2692&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3832 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
3833 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
3834 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
3835 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
3836 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
3837 in the documentation.
3839 and check out the changes in
3840 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3845 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
3846 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
3847 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
3848 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
3849 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
3854 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
3855 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
3857 and check out the changes
3858 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3863 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
3864 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
3865 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
3866 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
3867 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
3868 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
3869 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
3872 and check out the changes in
3873 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3878 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
3879 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
3880 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
3881 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
3882 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
3883 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
3884 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
3885 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
3886 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
3887 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
3888 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
3889 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
3890 will hold users back in switching.
3892 and check out the changes in
3893 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3898 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
3899 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
3900 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
3901 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
3902 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
3903 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
3904 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
3906 and check out the changes in
3907 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3912 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
3913 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
3914 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
3915 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
3916 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
3917 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
3921 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2534&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3926 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
3927 LilyPond now has a Documentation
3928 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
3929 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
3930 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
3931 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
3932 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
3933 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
3934 chapter of the user manual.
3935 A lot of cheers for Graham!
3940 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
3941 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
3942 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
3943 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
3944 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
3945 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
3946 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
3950 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2520&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3955 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
3956 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
3957 disappearing metronome mark.
3959 and check out the changes in
3960 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.33&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3965 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
3966 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
3967 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
3968 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
3969 `doubleSlurs' property.
3971 and check out the changes in
3972 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3977 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
3978 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
3979 annoying bugs fixed.
3982 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2449&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3987 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
3988 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
3989 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
3990 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
3991 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
3992 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
3993 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
3996 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
3997 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
3999 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
4000 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
4005 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2435&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4010 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
4011 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
4012 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
4013 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
4014 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
4015 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
4016 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
4017 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
4018 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
4019 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
4020 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
4023 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2416&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4028 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
4029 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
4030 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
4031 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
4032 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
4035 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2395&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4040 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
4041 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
4042 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
4043 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
4044 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
4045 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
4046 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
4047 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
4048 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
4049 beat within the measure.
4051 and check out the changes in
4052 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4057 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
4058 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
4062 out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.28&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4067 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
4068 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
4074 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4075 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
4076 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
4077 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
4078 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
4080 and check out the changes
4081 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4086 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4087 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
4091 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.23&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4096 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
4097 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
4098 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
4099 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
4100 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
4101 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
4102 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
4103 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2293&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
4105 @ref{Old downloads}.
4110 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
4111 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
4112 bugs that were reported over the past month. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.16&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog} for a full description and
4113 @ref{Old downloads}.
4118 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
4119 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
4120 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
4121 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2242&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
4123 @ref{Old downloads}.
4128 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4129 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
4130 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
4131 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2207&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
4133 @ref{Old downloads}.
4138 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4139 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
4140 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.9,ChangeLog}
4141 or head straight to the
4142 @ref{Old downloads}.
4147 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
4148 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
4149 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
4150 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4151 @ref{Old downloads}.
4156 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
4157 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
4158 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4159 @ref{Old downloads}.
4164 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
4165 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
4167 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
4168 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
4169 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
4170 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
4171 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
4176 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
4177 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
4178 @ref{Old downloads}.
4183 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
4184 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
4185 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
4191 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
4192 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
4193 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
4194 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
4195 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
4196 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
4197 @ref{Old downloads}.
4202 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
4203 A French article on the new LilyPond
4204 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
4209 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
4210 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
4211 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
4217 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
4218 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
4219 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
4220 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
4221 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
4222 the @uref{announce-v2.2.html,announcement} or skip to the
4223 @ref{Old downloads}.
4228 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
4229 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
4230 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
4231 documentation polish. This should be the final release
4232 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
4234 @ref{Old downloads}.
4239 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
4240 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
4242 @ref{Old downloads}.
4247 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
4248 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
4249 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
4250 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
4257 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
4258 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
4259 @ref{Old downloads}.
4264 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
4265 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
4272 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
4273 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
4274 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
4275 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
4277 @ref{Old downloads}.
4282 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
4283 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
4284 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
4285 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
4288 @ref{Old downloads}.
4293 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
4295 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
4296 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
4302 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
4303 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
4305 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
4306 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
4307 authors of LilyPond.
4312 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
4313 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
4314 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
4317 @ref{Old downloads}.
4322 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
4323 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
4324 experimental support for producing titles with
4330 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
4331 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
4332 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
4333 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
4335 @ref{Old downloads}.
4340 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
4341 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
4342 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
4343 of lyrics related bugs. See the
4345 @ref{Old downloads}.
4350 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
4351 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
4352 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
4353 produce cue notes. More information in the
4360 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
4361 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
4362 for altering accidental rules.
4368 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
4369 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
4370 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
4371 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
4372 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
4373 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
4374 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
4375 More information in the
4382 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
4383 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
4384 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
4385 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
4392 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
4393 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
4394 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
4395 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
4396 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
4403 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
4404 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
4405 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
4406 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
4407 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
4408 More information in the
4415 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
4416 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
4417 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
4418 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
4419 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
4420 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
4421 More information in the
4428 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
4429 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
4430 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
4431 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
4439 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
4440 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
4441 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
4442 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
4449 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
4450 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
4451 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
4452 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
4453 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
4462 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
4463 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
4464 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
4467 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4472 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
4474 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
4475 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
4476 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
4479 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4484 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
4485 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
4486 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
4487 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
4488 access, but only HTTP downloads.
4493 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
4494 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
4495 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
4496 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
4497 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
4503 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
4504 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
4505 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
4507 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4512 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
4513 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
4514 available for Windows! For downloading, go
4515 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
4520 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
4521 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
4522 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
4523 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
4525 More information in the
4526 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4531 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
4532 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
4533 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
4535 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4540 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
4541 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
4542 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
4543 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
4545 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4550 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
4551 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
4552 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
4553 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
4554 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
4555 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
4556 individual music expressions.
4557 More information in the
4558 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
4563 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
4564 An update to the stable branch,
4565 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
4566 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
4571 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
4572 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
4573 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
4574 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
4575 More information in the
4576 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4581 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
4582 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to
4583 improve the layout of lyrics. More
4585 @uref{@@DOC@@v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
4586 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4591 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
4592 in LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric
4593 alignment is completely revamped, and now matches my Edition
4594 Peters version of the Schubert song Sängers Morgen. More
4596 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4601 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
4602 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and linethickness
4603 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
4604 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
4605 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4610 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
4611 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
4612 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
4613 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
4614 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
4615 to implement this are welcome!) See the
4616 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4621 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
4622 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
4623 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
4624 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
4626 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4631 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
4632 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
4633 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
4634 Han-Wen's absence. See the
4635 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4640 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
4641 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
4643 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
4648 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
4649 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
4651 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
4652 thanks to Heikki Junes.
4657 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
4658 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
4659 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
4660 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
4665 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
4666 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
4673 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
4674 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
4676 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
4677 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
4682 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
4683 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
4684 contains minor bugfixes.
4685 See the @ref{Changes}
4686 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
4691 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
4692 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
4693 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
4694 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
4700 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
4701 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
4702 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
4703 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
4704 @uref{announce-v2.0.html,here}, or go to the
4705 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
4710 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
4711 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
4712 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
4713 the @ref{Changes} and
4714 download @uref{install/,here}.
4719 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
4720 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
4721 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
4722 the @ref{Changes} and
4723 download @uref{install/,here}.
4728 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
4729 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
4730 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
4731 the @ref{Changes} and
4732 download @uref{install/,here}.
4737 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
4738 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
4739 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
4745 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
4746 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
4747 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
4753 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
4754 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
4755 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
4756 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
4757 will be available in a few weeks.
4763 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
4764 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
4765 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
4771 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
4772 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
4773 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
4779 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
4780 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
4781 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
4782 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
4788 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
4789 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
4790 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
4795 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
4796 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
4797 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
4798 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
4799 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4804 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
4805 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
4806 @ref{Changes} and get it
4807 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4812 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
4813 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
4814 @ref{Changes} and get it
4815 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4820 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
4821 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
4822 @ref{Changes} and get it
4823 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
4828 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
4829 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
4830 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
4835 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
4836 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
4837 read the @ref{Changes}.
4842 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
4843 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
4844 has been updated to 1.8.
4845 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
4850 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
4851 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
4852 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
4857 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
4858 New website went live!
4863 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
4864 Announced new website.
4869 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
4870 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
4875 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
4876 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
4877 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
4883 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
4884 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
4885 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.