1 @c -*- coding: utf-8; mode: texinfo; -*-
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
32 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
34 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
35 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
36 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
37 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
38 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
42 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
43 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
50 @subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
52 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
53 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
54 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
55 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
58 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
59 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
60 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
61 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
63 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
65 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
66 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
67 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
73 @subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
75 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
76 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
77 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
78 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
81 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
82 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
83 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
84 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
85 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
86 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
92 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
94 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
95 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
96 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
105 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
107 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
108 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
109 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
116 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
118 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
119 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
120 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
121 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
122 the bug report of the report!
125 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
126 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
132 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
134 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
135 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
136 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
143 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
145 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
146 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
147 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
154 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
156 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
157 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
158 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
159 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
163 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
164 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
172 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
174 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
175 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
176 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
179 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
180 caution and expect breakage.
185 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
187 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
188 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
189 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
192 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
193 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
194 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
195 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
200 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
202 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
203 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
204 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
210 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
212 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
213 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
214 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
215 improvements to the new website.
217 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
218 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
220 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
221 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
223 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
229 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
231 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
232 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
233 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
238 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
240 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
241 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
242 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
248 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
250 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
251 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
252 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
258 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
260 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
261 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
262 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
267 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
269 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
270 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
271 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
276 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
278 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
279 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
280 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
283 This release should be of particular interest to package
284 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
285 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
286 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
292 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
294 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
295 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
296 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
297 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
300 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
301 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
308 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
310 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
311 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
312 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
315 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
316 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
317 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
318 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
319 see the Changes document for more information.
323 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
325 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
326 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
327 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
332 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
334 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
335 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
336 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
337 so this release is intended for developers only.
341 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
343 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
344 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
345 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
350 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
352 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
353 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
358 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
360 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
361 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
362 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
368 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
370 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
371 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
372 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
373 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
374 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
376 What are you waiting for? Come
377 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
378 LilyPond Report 17} now!
383 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
385 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
386 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
387 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
391 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
393 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
394 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
395 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
396 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
397 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
402 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
404 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
405 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
406 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
410 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
412 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
413 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
414 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
415 critical regressions against earlier versions.
419 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
421 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
422 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
423 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
424 and English names for feta filenames.
430 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
432 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
433 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
434 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
435 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
438 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
439 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
440 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
446 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
448 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
449 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
450 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
451 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
453 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
454 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
459 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
461 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
462 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
468 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
470 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
471 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
472 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
479 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
481 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
482 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
483 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
484 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
486 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
487 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
488 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
496 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
498 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
499 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
500 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
501 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
502 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
503 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
504 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
505 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
511 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
513 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
514 its team, its world, its community.
515 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
516 to read the full issue...
521 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
523 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
524 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
525 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
530 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
532 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
533 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
539 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
541 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
543 @uref{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
550 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
552 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
553 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
554 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
555 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
556 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
558 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
559 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
568 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
570 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
571 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
572 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
573 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
574 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
575 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
583 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
585 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
586 documentation and translations.
592 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 – Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
594 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
595 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
596 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
597 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
598 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
606 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
608 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
609 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
610 (teaching) has been added.
619 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
621 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
622 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
623 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
629 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
631 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
632 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
633 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
634 translations of the documentation.
640 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
642 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
643 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
644 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
645 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
646 deceased since then. All the development team express their
647 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
648 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
649 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
650 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
659 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
661 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
662 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
663 markup command names have been made.
671 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
673 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
674 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
675 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
676 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
677 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
685 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
687 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
688 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
696 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
698 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
699 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
700 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
708 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
710 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
718 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
720 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
721 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
722 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
731 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
733 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
734 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
735 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
736 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
744 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
746 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
747 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
756 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
758 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
759 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
764 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
766 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
767 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
772 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
774 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
782 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
784 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
785 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
786 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
794 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
796 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
797 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
802 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
804 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
805 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
810 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
812 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
813 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
814 regression tests maintenance for developers.
822 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
824 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
825 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
834 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
836 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
837 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
838 report, new translations of the site and publications.
839 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
840 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
841 announce releases and special events.
846 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
848 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
849 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
850 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
855 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
857 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
858 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
859 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
860 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
861 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
871 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
873 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
874 names has been added to the MusicXML
883 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
885 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
890 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
892 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
893 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
894 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
903 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
905 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
914 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
916 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
917 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
918 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
919 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
920 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
921 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
927 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
929 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
930 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
931 updates to the MusicXML converter.
939 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
941 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
942 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
947 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
949 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
950 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
951 Grand Documentation Project.
959 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
961 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
963 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
964 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
970 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
972 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
980 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
982 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
983 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
991 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
993 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
994 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
995 for the translations.
1003 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
1005 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
1006 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
1007 and lots of updates for the translations.
1009 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
1010 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
1011 @ref{Old downloads}.
1016 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
1018 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
1019 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
1020 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
1021 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
1026 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
1027 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
1028 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
1029 spacing engine code.
1031 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
1032 @ref{Old downloads}.
1037 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
1039 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
1040 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
1042 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
1043 @ref{Old downloads}.
1048 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
1050 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
1051 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
1053 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
1054 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
1055 @ref{Old downloads}.
1060 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
1061 This has lots of bugfixes.
1063 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
1064 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
1065 @ref{Old downloads}.
1070 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
1071 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des
1072 LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
1073 sind auf deutsch übersetzt — sie sind erhältlich für
1075 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
1080 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
1081 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
1083 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
1085 @ref{Old downloads}.
1090 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
1091 This release has some documentation updates.
1093 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
1095 @ref{Old downloads}.
1100 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
1101 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont
1102 désormais traduits, et disponibles en ligne — @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
1103 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version
1104 2.11}. Les traductions sont également incluses dans la @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
1109 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
1110 This release fixes many bugs.
1112 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
1113 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
1115 @ref{Old downloads}.
1120 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
1121 This release fixes many bugs.
1123 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
1124 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
1126 @ref{Old downloads}.
1131 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
1132 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
1133 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
1135 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
1137 @ref{Old downloads}.
1142 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
1143 This release fixes still more bugs.
1145 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
1147 @ref{Old downloads}.
1152 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
1153 This release fixes many bugs.
1154 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
1155 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
1157 @ref{Old downloads})
1162 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
1163 This release will stretch piano staves on a
1164 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
1165 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
1167 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
1168 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
1170 @ref{Old downloads}.
1175 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
1176 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
1177 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
1179 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
1186 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1187 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
1188 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
1190 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
1192 @ref{Old downloads}.
1197 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1198 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
1199 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
1201 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
1203 @ref{Old downloads}.
1208 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
1209 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
1212 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
1214 @ref{Old downloads}.
1219 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
1220 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
1222 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
1224 @ref{Old downloads}.
1229 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
1230 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
1231 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
1232 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
1234 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
1236 @ref{Old downloads}.
1241 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
1242 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
1243 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
1244 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
1245 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
1246 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
1248 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
1250 @ref{Old downloads}.
1255 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
1256 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
1257 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
1260 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
1262 @ref{Old downloads}.
1267 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
1268 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and —in 2.11.9&mdash
1269 further improvements in the regression test suite
1273 @ref{Old downloads}.
1278 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
1279 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1283 @ref{Old downloads}.
1288 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
1289 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
1294 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
1295 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
1300 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
1301 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1305 @ref{Old downloads}.
1310 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
1311 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
1312 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
1316 @ref{Old downloads}.
1321 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
1322 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1326 @ref{Old downloads}.
1331 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
1332 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
1337 @ref{Old downloads}.
1342 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
1343 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
1347 @ref{Old downloads}.
1352 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
1353 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
1354 within a system as well as between systems.
1358 @ref{Old downloads}.
1363 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1364 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
1365 test results} and several website build improvements.
1369 @ref{Old downloads}.
1374 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1375 This release fixes several bugs.
1378 @ref{Old downloads}.
1383 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
1384 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
1389 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
1390 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en
1391 français est maintenant disponible en ligne. @uref{@@DOC@@v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1392 2.10}, @uref{@@DOC@@v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version
1398 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1399 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
1403 @ref{Old downloads}.
1408 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
1409 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1412 @ref{Old downloads}.
1417 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
1418 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
1422 @ref{Old downloads}.
1427 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
1428 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
1431 @ref{Old downloads}.
1436 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
1437 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1442 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1443 A new stable release of LilyPond is available. (@uref{announce-v2.10.html,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1448 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
1449 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
1450 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
1455 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
1456 This release has many more bugfixes.
1459 @ref{Old downloads}.
1464 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
1465 This release has many more bugfixes.
1468 @ref{Old downloads}.
1473 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
1474 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
1479 @ref{Old downloads}.
1484 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
1485 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
1486 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
1487 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
1488 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
1489 (@ref{Publications}).
1494 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
1495 This release has further bugfixes.
1498 @ref{Old downloads}.
1503 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
1504 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
1505 available for x86/64.
1508 @ref{Old downloads}.
1513 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
1514 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
1515 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
1516 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
1517 @ref{Old downloads})
1522 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
1523 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
1524 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1529 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
1530 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1535 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
1536 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1541 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
1542 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
1547 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
1548 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
1549 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1554 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
1555 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
1556 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
1557 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1562 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
1563 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
1568 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
1569 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
1570 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
1575 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
1576 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
1577 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
1578 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
1579 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1584 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
1585 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
1586 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1591 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
1592 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
1593 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
1594 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1599 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
1600 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
1601 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
1602 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1607 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1608 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
1610 @ref{Old downloads})
1615 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
1616 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
1618 @ref{Old downloads})
1623 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
1624 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
1625 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1627 @ref{Old downloads})
1632 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1633 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
1634 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
1635 (@ref{Old downloads})
1640 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
1641 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
1642 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
1643 glory} what features are broken in the development release
1648 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
1649 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
1650 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
1651 the development releases even better
1656 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
1658 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
1659 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
1660 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1665 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
1666 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
1667 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
1668 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
1669 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
1670 esthetics}. Happy reading!
1675 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
1676 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
1677 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
1679 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1684 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1685 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
1686 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
1687 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
1688 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1693 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
1694 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
1695 (@ref{Old downloads})
1700 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
1701 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
1702 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
1703 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
1704 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
1705 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1710 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
1711 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
1712 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
1713 (@ref{Publications})
1718 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1719 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
1720 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1725 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
1726 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
1727 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
1728 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1733 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
1734 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
1735 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
1740 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
1741 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @uref{announce-v2.8.html,release
1742 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
1747 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
1748 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
1749 released. (@ref{Changes},
1750 @ref{Old downloads})
1755 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
1756 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
1757 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
1758 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
1759 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
1760 multi-measure rests.
1762 @ref{Old downloads})
1767 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
1768 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
1770 @ref{Old downloads})
1775 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
1776 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
1777 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
1778 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
1779 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
1780 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
1781 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
1782 @ref{Old downloads})
1787 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
1788 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
1789 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
1790 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
1791 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
1792 @ref{Old downloads})
1797 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
1798 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
1799 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
1800 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
1801 the endings and the middle
1802 part. (@ref{Changes},
1803 @ref{Old downloads})
1808 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
1809 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
1810 parenthesized, for example,
1813 c4 -\parenthesize -.
1814 <d \parenthesize fis a>
1818 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
1819 @ref{Old downloads})
1824 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
1825 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
1826 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
1836 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
1837 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
1838 vector. (@ref{Changes},
1839 @ref{Old downloads})
1844 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
1845 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
1846 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
1847 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
1848 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
1849 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
1850 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
1852 @ref{Old downloads})
1857 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
1858 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
1859 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
1860 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
1861 @ref{Old downloads})
1866 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
1867 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
1868 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
1869 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
1870 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
1871 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
1872 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
1873 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
1874 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
1875 @ref{Old downloads})
1880 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
1881 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
1882 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
1883 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
1884 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
1885 @ref{Old downloads})
1890 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
1892 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
1893 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
1894 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
1899 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
1900 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
1901 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
1902 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
1903 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
1908 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1909 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
1910 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
1912 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
1914 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
1916 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
1922 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
1923 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
1924 (feature sponsored by Andrea
1925 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
1926 @ref{Old downloads})
1931 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
1932 Linux Journal publishes an article on
1933 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
1934 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
1935 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
1938 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
1939 “GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
1940 alternatives seem second-rate.”
1941 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
1946 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
1947 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
1948 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
1949 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
1950 page. Let us know how you fare!
1955 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
1956 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
1957 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
1958 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
1959 The important occasion for this release is our new build
1960 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
1961 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
1962 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
1963 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
1965 @ref{Old downloads})
1970 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
1971 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
1972 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
1973 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
1974 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
1975 @ref{Old downloads})
1980 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
1981 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
1982 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
1983 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
1984 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
1985 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
1986 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
1987 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
1988 functions. (@ref{Changes},
1989 @ref{Old downloads})
1994 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
1995 This release has the following new features:
1998 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
1999 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
2000 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
2002 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
2003 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
2004 and Bertalan Fodor).
2006 Generic music functions may now also be used on
2007 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
2010 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
2011 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
2012 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
2016 @ref{Old downloads})
2021 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
2022 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
2023 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
2024 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
2025 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
2026 van den Borre and Bertalan
2027 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
2028 @ref{Old downloads})
2033 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
2034 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
2035 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
2036 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
2042 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
2043 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
2044 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
2045 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
2046 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
2048 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
2049 @ref{Old downloads})
2054 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
2055 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
2056 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
2061 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
2062 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
2063 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
2064 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
2065 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
2066 etc. (@ref{Changes},
2067 @ref{Old downloads})
2072 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
2073 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
2074 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
2075 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
2076 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
2077 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
2078 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2079 @ref{Old downloads})
2084 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
2085 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
2086 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
2087 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
2088 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2089 @ref{Old downloads})
2094 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
2095 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
2096 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
2097 @ref{Old downloads})
2102 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
2103 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
2104 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
2105 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
2106 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
2107 properties. (@ref{Changes},
2108 @ref{Old downloads})
2113 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
2114 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
2115 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
2116 that compute said property, i.e.
2119 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
2120 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
2123 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
2124 @ref{Old downloads})
2129 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
2130 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
2131 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
2132 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
2133 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
2134 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
2135 also provides advanced tweakability for power
2136 users. (@ref{Changes},
2137 @ref{Old downloads})
2142 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
2143 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
2144 series. (@ref{Changes},
2145 @ref{Old downloads})
2150 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
2151 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
2152 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
2153 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
2154 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
2155 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
2156 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
2157 sponsored by Nicolas
2158 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
2159 @ref{Old downloads})
2164 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
2165 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
2166 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
2167 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
2168 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
2169 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
2170 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
2171 @ref{Old downloads})
2176 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
2177 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
2178 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
2179 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
2180 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
2181 @ref{Old downloads})
2186 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
2187 This is mainly a bugfix
2188 release. (@ref{Changes},
2189 @ref{Old downloads})
2194 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
2195 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
2196 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
2197 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
2198 la gravure musicale}.
2203 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
2204 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
2205 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
2206 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
2207 @ref{Old downloads})
2212 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
2213 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
2214 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
2215 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
2216 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
2217 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
2222 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
2223 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
2224 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
2225 Baca, and Vicente Solsona
2226 Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
2227 @ref{Old downloads})
2232 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
2233 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
2234 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
2235 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
2236 signs. (@ref{Changes},
2237 @ref{Old downloads})
2242 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
2243 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
2244 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
2245 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
2246 @ref{Old downloads})
2251 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
2252 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
2253 for a note is proportional to the time it
2254 takes. (@ref{Changes},
2255 @ref{Old downloads})
2260 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
2261 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
2262 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
2267 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
2268 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
2269 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
2270 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
2272 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
2273 @ref{Old downloads})
2278 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
2279 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
2280 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
2281 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
2283 @ref{Old downloads})
2288 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
2289 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
2290 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
2291 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
2292 @ref{Old downloads})
2297 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
2298 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
2300 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
2301 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
2302 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
2303 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
2304 (@uref{announce-v2.6.html,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
2309 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
2310 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
2311 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
2312 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
2317 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
2318 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
2319 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
2320 @ref{Old downloads})
2325 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
2326 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
2327 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
2328 @ref{Old downloads})
2333 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
2334 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
2335 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
2336 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
2337 (@ref{Old downloads})
2342 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
2343 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
2344 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
2345 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
2350 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
2351 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
2352 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
2353 better help functionality.
2354 (@ref{Old downloads})
2359 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
2360 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
2361 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
2362 compile them directly from
2363 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
2368 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
2369 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
2370 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
2375 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
2376 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
2377 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
2378 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
2383 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
2384 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
2385 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
2386 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
2387 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
2392 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2393 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
2394 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
2399 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
2400 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
2405 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
2406 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
2407 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
2412 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
2413 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
2414 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
2415 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
2416 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
2421 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
2422 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
2423 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
2424 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
2425 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
2426 @ref{Old downloads})
2431 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
2433 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
2434 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
2436 (@ref{Old downloads})
2441 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
2442 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
2443 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
2444 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
2445 signatures like 5/8.
2447 @ref{Old downloads})
2452 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
2453 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
2454 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
2455 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
2456 More details are in the
2458 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
2463 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
2464 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
2465 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
2466 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
2467 Scheme code. Take a look at
2469 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
2474 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
2475 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
2476 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
2477 place. @ref{Old downloads}
2482 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
2483 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
2484 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
2485 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
2490 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
2491 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
2492 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
2498 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
2499 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
2500 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
2501 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
2502 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2503 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2508 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2509 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
2510 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
2511 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
2512 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
2513 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
2515 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2520 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
2521 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
2522 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
2528 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2529 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
2530 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
2531 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
2532 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
2538 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
2539 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
2540 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}.
2541 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
2542 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
2547 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
2548 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
2549 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
2550 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
2551 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
2556 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
2557 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
2558 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
2559 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
2560 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
2562 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
2567 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
2568 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
2569 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
2570 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
2571 @ref{Old downloads}!
2576 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
2577 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
2578 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
2579 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
2585 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
2586 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
2587 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
2593 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
2594 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
2595 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
2596 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
2598 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
2600 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
2605 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
2606 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
2607 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
2608 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
2609 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
2610 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
2611 font code by Werner.
2613 and check out the changes in
2614 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2619 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
2620 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
2621 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
2622 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
2623 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
2624 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
2625 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
2626 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
2627 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
2628 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
2631 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}.
2636 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
2637 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
2638 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
2639 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
2640 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
2642 and check out the changes in
2643 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2648 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
2649 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
2650 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
2651 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
2652 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
2653 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
2656 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}.
2661 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
2662 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
2663 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
2664 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
2665 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
2666 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
2667 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
2668 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
2669 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
2673 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}.
2678 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
2679 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
2680 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
2681 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
2682 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
2683 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
2685 and check out the changes in
2686 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2691 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
2692 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
2693 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
2694 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
2695 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
2696 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
2697 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
2698 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
2699 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
2702 and check out the changes in
2703 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2708 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
2709 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
2710 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
2711 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
2712 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
2713 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
2716 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
2719 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
2720 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
2721 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
2722 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
2723 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
2726 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}.
2731 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
2732 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
2733 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
2739 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
2740 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
2741 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
2743 and check out the changes in
2744 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2749 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
2750 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @uref{announce-v2.4.html,released!}
2751 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
2752 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
2753 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
2760 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2761 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
2762 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
2763 some problems with the conversion scripts.
2765 and check out the changes in
2766 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2771 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
2772 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2773 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
2774 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
2775 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
2777 and check out the changes in
2778 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2783 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
2784 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
2785 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
2786 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
2788 and check out the changes in
2789 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2794 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
2795 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
2796 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
2797 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
2799 and check out the changes in
2800 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2805 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
2806 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
2807 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
2808 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
2812 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}.
2817 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
2818 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
2819 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
2820 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
2824 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}.
2829 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
2830 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
2831 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
2832 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
2833 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
2834 in the documentation.
2836 and check out the changes in
2837 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2842 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
2843 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
2844 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
2845 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
2846 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
2851 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
2852 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
2854 and check out the changes
2855 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2860 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
2861 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
2862 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
2863 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
2864 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
2865 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
2866 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
2869 and check out the changes in
2870 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2875 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
2876 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
2877 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
2878 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
2879 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
2880 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
2881 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
2882 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
2883 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
2884 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
2885 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
2886 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
2887 will hold users back in switching.
2889 and check out the changes in
2890 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2895 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
2896 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
2897 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
2898 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
2899 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
2900 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
2901 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
2903 and check out the changes in
2904 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2909 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
2910 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
2911 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
2912 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
2913 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
2914 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
2918 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}.
2923 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2924 LilyPond now has a Documentation
2925 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
2926 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
2927 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
2928 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
2929 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
2930 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
2931 chapter of the user manual.
2932 A lot of cheers for Graham!
2937 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
2938 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
2939 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
2940 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
2941 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
2942 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
2943 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
2947 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}.
2952 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
2953 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
2954 disappearing metronome mark.
2956 and check out the changes in
2957 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}.
2962 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
2963 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
2964 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
2965 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
2966 `doubleSlurs' property.
2968 and check out the changes in
2969 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
2974 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
2975 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
2976 annoying bugs fixed.
2979 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}.
2984 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
2985 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
2986 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
2987 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
2988 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
2989 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
2990 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
2993 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
2994 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
2996 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
2997 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
3002 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}.
3007 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
3008 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
3009 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
3010 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
3011 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
3012 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
3013 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
3014 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
3015 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
3016 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
3017 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
3020 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}.
3025 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
3026 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
3027 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
3028 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
3029 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
3032 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}.
3037 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
3038 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
3039 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
3040 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
3041 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
3042 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
3043 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
3044 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
3045 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
3046 beat within the measure.
3048 and check out the changes in
3049 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3054 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
3055 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
3059 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}.
3064 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
3065 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
3071 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
3072 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
3073 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
3074 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
3075 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
3077 and check out the changes
3078 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
3083 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
3084 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
3088 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}.
3093 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
3094 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
3095 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
3096 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
3097 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
3098 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
3099 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
3100 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}
3102 @ref{Old downloads}.
3107 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
3108 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
3109 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
3110 @ref{Old downloads}.
3115 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
3116 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
3117 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
3118 @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}
3120 @ref{Old downloads}.
3125 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
3126 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
3127 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
3128 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}
3130 @ref{Old downloads}.
3135 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
3136 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
3137 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}
3138 or head straight to the
3139 @ref{Old downloads}.
3144 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
3145 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
3146 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
3147 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
3148 @ref{Old downloads}.
3153 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
3154 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
3155 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
3156 @ref{Old downloads}.
3161 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
3162 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
3164 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
3165 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
3166 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
3167 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
3168 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
3173 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
3174 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
3175 @ref{Old downloads}.
3180 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
3181 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
3182 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
3188 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
3189 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
3190 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
3191 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
3192 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
3193 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
3194 @ref{Old downloads}.
3199 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
3200 A French article on the new LilyPond
3201 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
3206 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
3207 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
3208 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
3214 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
3215 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
3216 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
3217 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
3218 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
3219 the @uref{announce-v2.2.html,announcement} or skip to the
3220 @ref{Old downloads}.
3225 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
3226 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
3227 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
3228 documentation polish. This should be the final release
3229 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
3231 @ref{Old downloads}.
3236 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
3237 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
3239 @ref{Old downloads}.
3244 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
3245 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
3246 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
3247 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
3254 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
3255 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
3256 @ref{Old downloads}.
3261 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
3262 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
3269 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
3270 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
3271 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
3272 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
3274 @ref{Old downloads}.
3279 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
3280 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
3281 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
3282 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
3285 @ref{Old downloads}.
3290 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
3292 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
3293 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
3299 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
3300 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
3302 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
3303 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
3304 authors of LilyPond.
3309 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
3310 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
3311 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
3314 @ref{Old downloads}.
3319 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
3320 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
3321 experimental support for producing titles with
3327 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
3328 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
3329 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
3330 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
3332 @ref{Old downloads}.
3337 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
3338 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
3339 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
3340 of lyrics related bugs. See the
3342 @ref{Old downloads}.
3347 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
3348 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
3349 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
3350 produce cue notes. More information in the
3357 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
3358 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
3359 for altering accidental rules.
3365 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
3366 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
3367 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
3368 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
3369 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
3370 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
3371 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
3372 More information in the
3379 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
3380 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
3381 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
3382 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
3389 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
3390 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
3391 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
3392 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
3393 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
3400 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
3401 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
3402 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
3403 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
3404 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
3405 More information in the
3412 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
3413 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
3414 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
3415 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
3416 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
3417 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
3418 More information in the
3425 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
3426 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
3427 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
3428 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
3436 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
3437 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
3438 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
3439 @code{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
3446 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
3447 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
3448 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
3449 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
3450 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
3459 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
3460 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
3461 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
3464 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3469 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
3471 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
3472 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
3473 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
3476 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3481 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3482 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
3483 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
3484 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
3485 access, but only HTTP downloads.
3490 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
3491 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
3492 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
3493 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
3494 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
3500 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
3501 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
3502 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
3504 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3509 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
3510 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
3511 available for Windows! For downloading, go
3512 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
3517 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
3518 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
3519 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
3520 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
3522 More information in the
3523 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3528 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
3529 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
3530 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
3532 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3537 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
3538 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
3539 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
3540 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
3542 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3547 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
3548 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
3549 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
3550 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
3551 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
3552 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
3553 individual music expressions.
3554 More information in the
3555 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
3560 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
3561 An update to the stable branch,
3562 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
3563 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
3568 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
3569 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
3570 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
3571 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
3572 More information in the
3573 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3578 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
3579 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to
3580 improve the layout of lyrics. More
3582 @uref{@@DOC@@v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
3583 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3588 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
3589 in LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric
3590 alignment is completely revamped, and now matches my Edition
3591 Peters version of the Schubert song Sängers Morgen. More
3593 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3598 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
3599 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and linethickness
3600 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
3601 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
3602 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3607 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
3608 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
3609 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
3610 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
3611 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
3612 to implement this are welcome!) See the
3613 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3618 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
3619 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
3620 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
3621 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
3623 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3628 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
3629 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
3630 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
3631 Han-Wen's absence. See the
3632 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3637 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3638 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
3640 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
3645 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
3646 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
3648 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
3649 thanks to Heikki Junes.
3654 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
3655 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
3656 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
3657 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
3662 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
3663 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
3670 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
3671 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
3673 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
3674 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
3679 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
3680 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
3681 contains minor bugfixes.
3682 See the @ref{Changes}
3683 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
3688 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
3689 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
3690 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
3691 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
3697 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3698 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
3699 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
3700 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
3701 @uref{announce-v2.0.html,here}, or go to the
3702 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
3707 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
3708 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
3709 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
3710 the @ref{Changes} and
3711 download @uref{install/,here}.
3716 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
3717 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
3718 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3719 the @ref{Changes} and
3720 download @uref{install/,here}.
3725 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
3726 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
3727 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
3728 the @ref{Changes} and
3729 download @uref{install/,here}.
3734 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
3735 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
3736 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
3742 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
3743 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
3744 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
3750 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
3751 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
3752 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
3753 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
3754 will be available in a few weeks.
3760 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
3761 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
3762 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
3768 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
3769 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
3770 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
3776 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3777 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
3778 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
3779 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
3785 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3786 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
3787 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
3792 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
3793 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
3794 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
3795 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
3796 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3801 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
3802 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
3803 @ref{Changes} and get it
3804 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3809 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
3810 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
3811 @ref{Changes} and get it
3812 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3817 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3818 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
3819 @ref{Changes} and get it
3820 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
3825 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
3826 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
3827 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
3832 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
3833 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
3834 read the @ref{Changes}.
3839 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
3840 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
3841 has been updated to 1.8.
3842 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
3847 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3848 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
3849 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
3854 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
3855 New website went live!
3860 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
3861 Announced new website.
3866 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
3867 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
3872 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
3873 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
3874 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
3880 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
3881 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
3882 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.