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11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subheading
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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
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30 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.41 released @emph{May 1, 2016}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
33 2.19.41. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
34 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
35 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
36 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
42 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.40 released @emph{April 17, 2016}
44 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
45 2.19.40. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
46 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
47 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
48 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
54 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.39 released @emph{March 27, 2016}
56 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
57 2.19.39. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
58 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
59 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
60 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
66 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.38 released @emph{March 13, 2016}
68 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
69 2.19.38. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
70 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
71 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
72 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
78 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.37 released @emph{February 28, 2016}
80 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
81 2.19.37. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
82 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
83 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
84 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
90 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.36 released @emph{January 31, 2016}
92 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
93 2.19.36. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
94 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
95 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
96 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
102 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.35 released @emph{January 02, 2016}
104 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
105 2.19.35. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
106 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
107 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
108 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
114 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.34 released @emph{December 22, 2015}
116 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
117 2.19.34. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
118 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
119 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
120 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
126 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.33 released @emph{December 6, 2015}
128 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
129 2.19.33. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
130 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
131 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
132 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
138 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.32 released @emph{November 22, 2015}
140 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
141 2.19.32. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
142 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
143 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
144 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
150 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.31 released @emph{November 8, 2015}
152 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
153 2.19.31. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
154 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
155 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
156 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
162 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.30 released @emph{October 25, 2015}
164 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
165 2.19.30. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
166 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
167 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
168 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
174 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.29 released @emph{October 18, 2015}
176 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
177 2.19.29. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
178 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
179 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
180 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
186 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.28 released @emph{September 27, 2015}
188 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
189 2.19.28. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
190 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
191 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
192 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
198 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.27 released @emph{September 12, 2015}
200 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
201 2.19.27. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
202 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
203 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
204 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
210 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.26 released @emph{August 27, 2015}
212 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
213 2.19.26. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
214 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
215 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
216 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
222 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.25 released @emph{August 9, 2015}
224 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
225 2.19.25. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
226 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
227 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
228 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
234 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.24 released @emph{July 26, 2015}
236 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
237 2.19.24. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
238 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
239 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
240 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
246 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.23 released @emph{July 12, 2015}
248 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
249 2.19.23. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
250 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
251 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
252 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
258 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.22 released @emph{June 28, 2015}
260 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
261 2.19.22. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
262 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
263 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
264 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
270 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.21 released @emph{May 24, 2015}
272 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
273 2.19.21. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
274 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
275 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
276 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
282 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.20 released @emph{May 10, 2015}
284 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
285 2.19.20. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
286 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
287 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
288 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
294 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.19 released @emph{April 26, 2015}
296 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
297 2.19.19. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
298 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
299 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
300 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
306 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.18 released @emph{April 5, 2015}
308 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
309 2.19.18. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
310 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
311 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
312 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
318 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.17 released @emph{March 15, 2015}
320 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
321 2.19.17. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
322 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
323 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
324 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
330 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.16 released @emph{February 28, 2015}
332 At long last, we are very happy to announce the release of LilyPond
333 2.19.16. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
334 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
335 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
336 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
339 We would like to acknowledge and thank Masamichi Hosoda for making this
340 release possible with his work on updating GUB, the build tool.
345 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.15 released @emph{September 28, 2014}
347 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.15. This
348 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
349 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
350 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
351 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
357 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.14 released @emph{September 14, 2014}
359 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.14. This
360 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
361 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
362 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
363 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
369 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.13 released @emph{August 31, 2014}
371 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.13. This
372 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
373 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
374 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
375 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
381 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.12 released @emph{August 17, 2014}
383 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.12. This
384 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
385 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
386 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
387 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
393 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.11 released @emph{August 3, 2014}
395 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.11. This
396 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
397 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
398 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
399 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
405 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.10 released @emph{July 13, 2014}
407 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.10. This
408 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
409 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
410 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
411 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
417 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.9 released @emph{June 29, 2014}
419 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.9. This
420 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
421 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
422 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
423 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
429 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.8 released @emph{June 15, 2014}
431 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.8. This
432 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
433 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
434 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
435 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
441 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.7 released @emph{May 25, 2014}
443 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.7. This
444 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
445 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
446 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
447 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
453 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.6 released @emph{May 11, 2014}
455 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.6. This
456 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
457 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
458 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
459 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
465 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.5 released @emph{April 20, 2014}
467 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.5. This
468 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
469 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
470 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
471 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
476 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.4 released @emph{April 6, 2014}
478 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.4. This
479 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
480 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
481 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
482 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
487 @subheading LilyPond production named BEST EDITION 2014 @emph{March 11, 2014}
489 We are thrilled that the edition of the songs of Oskar
490 Fried (1871-1941), published recently by our fellow contributors Urs Liska
491 and Janek Warchoł [1], received the "Musikeditionspreis BEST EDITION
492 2014" of the German Music Publishers' Association [2]. The ceremony
493 took place at the Frankfurt Musikmesse.
495 We congratulate Janek and Urs for gaining such public recognition of
496 typographical and editorial excellence of their work. We are also delighted
497 to inform you that they intend to make their work available under a Free
498 license as soon as the publisher expenses are covered. Please support this
499 initiative by buying the printed volume through the publisher [3].
501 [1] @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/category/fried-songs}@*
502 [2] @uref{http://www.best-edition.de}@*
503 [3] @uref{http://www.sound-rel.de}@*
509 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.3 released @emph{March 2, 2014}
511 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.3. This
512 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
513 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
514 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
515 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
520 @subheading LilyPond 2.18.1 @emph{February 16, 2014}
522 We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
523 The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
524 over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
525 and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
526 enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
528 To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
529 stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
534 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
536 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
537 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
538 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
539 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
540 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
545 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
547 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
548 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
549 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
550 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
551 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
556 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
558 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
559 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
560 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
561 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
562 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
567 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
569 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
570 a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
571 developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
572 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
573 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
574 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
575 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
576 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
581 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
583 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
584 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
585 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
586 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
587 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
588 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
589 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
590 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
595 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
597 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
598 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
599 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
600 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
601 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
602 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
603 latest version, see @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
604 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
610 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
612 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
613 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
614 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
615 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
616 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
621 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
623 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
624 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
625 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
626 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
627 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
632 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
634 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
635 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
636 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
637 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
638 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
643 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
645 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
646 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
647 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
648 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
649 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
654 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
656 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
657 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
658 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
659 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
660 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
665 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
667 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
668 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
669 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
670 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
671 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
676 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
678 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
679 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
680 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
681 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
682 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
687 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
689 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
690 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
691 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
692 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
693 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
695 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
696 with positioning text.
701 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
703 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
704 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
705 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
706 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
707 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
712 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
714 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
715 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
716 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
717 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
718 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
723 @subheading LilyPond blog. @emph{June 2, 2013}
725 Janek Warchoł has created a LilyPond blog. You can find it at
726 @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/, lilypondblog.org}!
731 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
733 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
734 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
735 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
736 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
737 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
742 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
744 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
745 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
746 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
747 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
748 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
753 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
755 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
756 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
757 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
758 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
759 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
764 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
766 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
767 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
768 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
769 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
770 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
775 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
777 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
778 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
779 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
780 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
781 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
786 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
788 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
789 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
790 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
791 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
792 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
793 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
798 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
800 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
801 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
802 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
803 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
804 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
809 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
811 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
812 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
813 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
814 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
815 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
820 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
822 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
823 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
824 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
825 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
826 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
831 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
833 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
834 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
835 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
836 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
837 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
842 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.2 released! @emph{January 4, 2013}
844 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.2. This release is mainly
845 to correct a problem with lilypond-book running on Windows. We recommend that
846 only people requiring this functionality upgrade to this version.
851 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
853 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
854 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
855 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
856 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
857 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
862 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
864 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
865 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
866 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
867 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
868 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
873 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
875 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
876 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
877 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
878 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
879 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
885 @subheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012}
887 The @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, October
888 issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}} focuses on the
889 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?LilyPond-meeting-in-Waltrop,
890 meeting of LilyPond developers and users} in Waltrop, Germany last
891 August. Of course, there are also some musings on LilyPond
892 triggered by the release of 2.16.0 and 2.17.0 occuring from that
895 There are also two monthly financial reports from David Kastrup
896 whose work on LilyPond is
897 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding,
898 solely paid for} by financial contributions from other developer
899 and users (thank you!), and a report about experiences from
900 @uref{http://scorio.com, a web-based music typesetting service}
901 using LilyPond internally.
903 Come @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, read
904 LilyPond Report 28} now; comments and contributions are warmly
909 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
911 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
912 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
913 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
917 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
919 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
920 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
921 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
922 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
923 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
928 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
930 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
931 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
932 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
933 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
934 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
939 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
941 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
942 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
943 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
944 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
949 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
951 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
952 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
953 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
954 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
959 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
961 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
962 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
963 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
964 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
969 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
971 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
972 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
973 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
974 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
980 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
982 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
983 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
984 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
985 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
990 @subheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
992 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
993 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
994 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
995 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
997 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
998 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
1002 Support for kievan square notation
1004 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
1006 Music functions have become quite more versatile
1009 A full list of new features is given in:
1012 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1015 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
1017 Main development team:
1019 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
1020 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
1021 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
1022 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
1023 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
1026 Programming contributors:
1028 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
1029 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
1030 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
1031 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
1033 Documentation contributors:
1035 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
1039 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
1044 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
1046 Translation contributors:
1048 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
1053 @subheading Lilypond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
1055 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
1056 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
1057 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
1059 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
1060 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
1061 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1063 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
1064 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
1070 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
1072 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
1073 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1075 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1076 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1077 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1084 @subheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
1086 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
1087 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
1088 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
1089 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
1090 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
1091 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
1094 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
1095 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
1100 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
1102 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
1103 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1104 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1105 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1106 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1112 @subheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
1114 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
1115 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1116 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1117 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1120 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1121 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1122 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1129 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
1131 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
1132 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1134 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1135 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1136 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1143 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
1145 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
1146 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1147 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1148 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1149 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1155 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
1157 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1158 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1159 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1160 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1163 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1164 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1165 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1172 @subheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
1174 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
1175 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
1176 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
1177 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
1178 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
1179 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
1182 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
1183 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
1190 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
1192 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1193 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1194 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1195 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1198 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
1199 candidate will be required.
1205 @subheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
1207 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
1208 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
1209 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
1210 working on open source software.
1212 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
1213 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
1219 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
1221 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1222 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1223 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1224 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1227 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1228 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1229 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1236 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
1238 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1239 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1240 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1241 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1244 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1245 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1246 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1253 @subheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
1255 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
1256 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
1257 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
1258 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
1261 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
1262 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
1269 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
1271 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
1272 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1274 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1275 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1276 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1283 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
1285 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
1286 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1288 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1289 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1290 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1297 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
1299 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
1300 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1302 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1303 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1304 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1311 @subheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
1313 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
1314 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
1315 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
1316 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
1319 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
1320 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
1327 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
1329 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
1330 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1332 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1333 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1334 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1341 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
1343 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
1344 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1346 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1347 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1348 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1355 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
1357 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1358 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1359 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1360 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1363 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1364 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1365 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1372 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
1374 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
1375 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1377 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1378 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1379 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1386 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
1388 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
1389 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1391 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1392 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1393 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1400 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
1402 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
1403 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1405 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1406 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1407 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1414 @subheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
1416 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
1417 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
1418 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
1419 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
1420 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
1423 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
1424 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
1431 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
1433 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
1434 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1436 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1437 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1438 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1441 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
1447 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
1449 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
1450 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1452 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1453 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1454 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1461 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
1463 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
1464 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1466 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1467 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1468 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1475 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
1477 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
1478 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1480 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1481 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1482 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1489 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
1491 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
1492 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1494 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1495 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1496 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1503 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
1505 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
1506 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1508 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1509 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1510 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1517 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
1519 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
1520 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1522 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1523 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1524 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1531 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
1533 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
1534 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1536 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1537 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1538 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1545 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
1547 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
1548 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1550 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1551 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1552 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1559 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
1561 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
1562 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1564 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1565 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1566 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1573 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
1575 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
1576 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1578 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1579 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1580 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1587 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
1589 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
1590 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1592 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1593 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1594 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1601 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1603 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1604 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1606 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1607 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1608 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1615 @subheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1617 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1618 Critical regression.
1624 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1626 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1627 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1628 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1629 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1632 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1633 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1634 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1641 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1643 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
1644 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1646 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1647 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1648 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1649 not the next release candidate.
1655 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1657 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1658 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1660 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1661 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1662 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1663 next release candidate.
1669 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1671 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1672 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1673 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1675 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1676 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1677 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1678 next release candidate.
1684 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1686 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1687 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1688 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1689 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1692 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1693 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1694 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1701 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1703 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
1704 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1706 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1707 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1713 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1715 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1716 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1718 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1719 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1725 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1727 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1728 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1729 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1737 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1739 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1740 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1742 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1743 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1749 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1751 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1752 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1754 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1755 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1761 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1763 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1764 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1766 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1767 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1773 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1775 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1776 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1778 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1779 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1785 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1787 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1788 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1789 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1794 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1796 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1797 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1798 usual number of bugs.
1800 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1801 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1806 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1808 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1809 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1810 usual number of bugs.
1812 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1813 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1819 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1821 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1822 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1823 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1824 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1826 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1827 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1832 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1835 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1836 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1839 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1844 A full list of new features is given in:
1847 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1850 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1852 Main development team:
1854 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1855 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1856 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1857 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1858 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1860 Programming contributors:
1862 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1863 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1864 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1865 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1866 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1867 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1871 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1873 Documentation contributors:
1875 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1876 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
1880 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
1881 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
1883 Binaries support contributors:
1887 Translation contributors:
1889 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
1890 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
1897 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
1899 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1900 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1901 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1902 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1905 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1906 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1907 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1914 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
1916 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
1917 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1919 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1920 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1926 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
1928 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
1929 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1931 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1932 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1938 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
1940 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
1941 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1943 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1944 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1950 @subheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
1952 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
1953 article in the May 2011 issue titled
1954 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/content/download/61706/482546/version/1/file/088-090_projects.pdf,
1955 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
1956 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
1957 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
1958 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
1963 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
1965 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
1966 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1968 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1969 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1975 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
1977 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1978 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1979 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1980 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1983 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1984 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1985 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1992 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
1994 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1995 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1996 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1997 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2000 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2001 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2002 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2009 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
2011 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
2012 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2013 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2014 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2017 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2018 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2019 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2026 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
2028 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
2029 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2031 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
2032 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2038 @subheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
2040 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
2041 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2042 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2043 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2044 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2050 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
2052 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
2053 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2054 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2055 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2058 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2059 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2060 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2067 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
2069 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
2070 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2072 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2073 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2078 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
2080 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
2081 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2083 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2084 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2089 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
2091 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
2092 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2094 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2095 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2101 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
2103 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
2104 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2106 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
2107 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
2108 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
2114 @subheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
2116 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
2117 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
2118 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
2125 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
2127 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
2128 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2129 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2130 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2133 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2134 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2135 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2142 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
2144 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
2145 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2146 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2154 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
2156 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
2157 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2158 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2166 @subheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
2168 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
2169 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2170 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2171 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2172 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2178 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
2180 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
2181 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2182 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2183 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2186 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2187 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2188 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2195 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
2197 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
2198 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2199 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2208 @subheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
2210 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
2211 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2212 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2213 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2216 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2217 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2218 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2219 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2225 @subheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
2227 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
2228 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2229 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2230 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2233 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2234 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2235 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2236 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2242 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
2244 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
2245 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2246 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2249 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2250 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2251 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2257 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
2259 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
2260 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2261 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2264 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2265 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2266 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2272 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
2274 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
2275 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2276 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2279 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2280 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2281 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2287 @subheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
2289 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
2290 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2291 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2292 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2295 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2296 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2297 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
2298 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2307 @subheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
2309 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
2310 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
2311 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
2312 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
2313 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
2314 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
2315 read on to find out what for!
2318 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
2319 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
2326 @subheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
2328 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
2329 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2330 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2331 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2334 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2335 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2336 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
2337 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2344 @subheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
2346 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
2347 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2348 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2349 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2352 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2353 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2354 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
2355 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2362 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
2364 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
2365 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2366 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2369 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
2370 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2371 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2376 @subheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
2378 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2379 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
2380 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
2381 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
2382 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
2386 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
2387 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
2394 @subheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
2396 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
2397 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2398 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2399 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2402 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
2403 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2404 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2405 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
2407 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
2409 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
2410 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
2411 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2417 @subheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
2419 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
2420 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2421 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2422 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2425 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
2426 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2427 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2428 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
2429 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
2430 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2436 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
2438 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
2439 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2440 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2449 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
2451 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
2452 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2453 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2460 @subheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
2462 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2463 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
2464 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
2465 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
2466 the bug report of the report!
2469 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
2470 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
2476 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
2478 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
2479 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2480 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2487 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
2489 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
2490 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2491 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2498 @subheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
2500 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2501 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
2502 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
2503 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
2507 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
2508 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
2516 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
2518 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
2519 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2520 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2523 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
2524 caution and expect breakage.
2529 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
2531 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
2532 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2533 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2536 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
2537 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
2538 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
2539 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
2544 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
2546 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
2547 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2548 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2554 @subheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
2556 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
2557 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
2558 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
2559 improvements to the new website.
2561 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
2562 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
2564 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
2565 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
2567 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
2573 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
2575 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
2576 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2577 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2582 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
2584 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
2585 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2586 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2592 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2594 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2595 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2596 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2602 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2604 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2605 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2606 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2611 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2613 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2614 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2615 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2620 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2622 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2623 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2624 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2627 This release should be of particular interest to package
2628 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2629 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2630 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2636 @subheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2638 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2639 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2640 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2641 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2644 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2645 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2652 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2654 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2655 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2656 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2659 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2660 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2661 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2662 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2663 see the Changes document for more information.
2667 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2669 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2670 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2671 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2676 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2678 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2679 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2680 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2681 so this release is intended for developers only.
2685 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2687 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2688 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2689 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2694 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2696 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2697 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2702 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2704 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2705 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2706 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2712 @subheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2714 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2715 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2716 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2717 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2718 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2720 What are you waiting for? Come
2721 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2722 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2727 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2729 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2730 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2731 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2735 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2737 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2738 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2739 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2740 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2741 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2746 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2748 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2749 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2750 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2754 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2756 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2757 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2758 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2759 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2763 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2765 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2766 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2767 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2768 and English names for feta filenames.
2774 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2776 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2777 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2778 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2779 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2782 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2783 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2784 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2790 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2792 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2793 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2794 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2795 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2797 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2798 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2803 @subheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2805 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2806 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2812 @subheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2814 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2815 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2816 Read @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2823 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2825 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2826 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2827 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2828 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2830 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2831 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2832 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2840 @subheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2842 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2843 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2844 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2845 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2846 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2847 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2848 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2849 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2855 @subheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2857 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2858 its team, its world, its community.
2859 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2860 to read the full issue...
2865 @subheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2867 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2868 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2869 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2874 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2876 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2877 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
2883 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
2885 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2887 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
2894 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
2896 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
2897 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
2898 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
2899 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
2900 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
2902 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
2903 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
2905 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
2907 @ref{Old downloads}.
2912 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
2914 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
2915 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
2916 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
2917 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
2918 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
2919 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
2922 @ref{Old downloads}.
2927 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
2929 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
2930 documentation and translations.
2931 @ref{Old downloads}.
2936 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
2938 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
2939 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
2940 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
2941 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
2942 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
2944 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
2945 @ref{Old downloads}.
2950 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
2952 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
2953 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
2954 (teaching) has been added.
2956 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
2958 @ref{Old downloads}.
2963 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
2965 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
2966 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
2967 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
2968 @ref{Old downloads}.
2973 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
2975 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
2976 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
2977 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
2978 translations of the documentation.
2979 @ref{Old downloads}.
2984 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
2986 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
2987 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
2988 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
2989 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
2990 deceased since then. All the development team express their
2991 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
2992 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
2993 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
2994 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
2996 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
2998 @ref{Old downloads}.
3003 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
3005 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
3006 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
3007 markup command names have been made.
3010 @ref{Old downloads}.
3015 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
3017 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
3018 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
3019 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
3020 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
3021 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
3024 @ref{Old downloads}.
3029 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
3031 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
3032 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
3034 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
3035 @ref{Old downloads}.
3040 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
3042 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
3043 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
3044 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
3046 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
3047 @ref{Old downloads}.
3052 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
3054 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
3056 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
3057 @ref{Old downloads}.
3062 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
3064 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
3065 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
3066 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
3068 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
3070 @ref{Old downloads}.
3075 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
3077 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
3078 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
3079 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
3080 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
3082 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
3083 @ref{Old downloads}.
3088 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
3090 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
3091 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
3094 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
3095 @ref{Old downloads}.
3100 @subheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
3102 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3103 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123759/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
3108 @subheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
3110 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3111 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123754/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
3116 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
3118 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
3120 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
3121 @ref{Old downloads}.
3126 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3128 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
3129 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
3130 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
3132 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
3133 @ref{Old downloads}.
3138 @subheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3140 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3141 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123750/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
3146 @subheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
3148 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
3149 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123743/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
3154 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
3156 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
3157 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
3158 regression tests maintenance for developers.
3160 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
3161 @ref{Old downloads}.
3166 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
3168 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
3169 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
3171 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
3173 @ref{Old downloads}.
3178 @subheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
3180 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
3181 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
3182 report, new translations of the site and publications.
3183 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
3184 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
3185 announce releases and special events.
3190 @subheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
3192 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
3193 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3194 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123946/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
3199 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
3201 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
3202 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
3203 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
3204 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
3205 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
3208 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
3210 @ref{Old downloads}.
3215 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
3217 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
3218 names has been added to the MusicXML
3221 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
3222 @ref{Old downloads}.
3227 @subheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
3229 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
3234 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
3236 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
3237 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
3238 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
3241 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
3242 @ref{Old downloads}.
3247 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
3249 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
3252 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
3253 @ref{Old downloads}.
3258 @subheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3260 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
3261 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
3262 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
3263 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
3264 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
3265 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
3271 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3273 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
3274 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
3275 updates to the MusicXML converter.
3277 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
3278 @ref{Old downloads}.
3283 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
3285 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
3286 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
3291 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
3293 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
3294 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
3295 Grand Documentation Project.
3297 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
3298 @ref{Old downloads}.
3303 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
3305 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
3307 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
3308 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
3309 @ref{Old downloads}.
3314 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
3316 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
3318 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
3319 @ref{Old downloads}.
3324 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
3326 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
3327 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
3329 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
3330 @ref{Old downloads}.
3335 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
3337 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
3338 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
3339 for the translations.
3341 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
3342 @ref{Old downloads}.
3347 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
3349 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
3350 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
3351 and lots of updates for the translations.
3353 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
3354 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
3355 @ref{Old downloads}.
3360 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
3362 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
3363 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
3364 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/freebsd-64/,the installer} and
3365 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
3370 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
3371 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
3372 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
3373 spacing engine code.
3375 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
3376 @ref{Old downloads}.
3381 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
3383 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
3384 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
3386 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
3387 @ref{Old downloads}.
3392 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
3394 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
3395 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
3397 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
3398 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
3399 @ref{Old downloads}.
3404 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
3405 This has lots of bugfixes.
3407 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
3408 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
3409 @ref{Old downloads}.
3414 @subheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
3415 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
3416 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
3417 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
3422 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
3423 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
3425 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
3427 @ref{Old downloads}.
3432 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
3433 This release has some documentation updates.
3435 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
3437 @ref{Old downloads}.
3442 @subheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
3443 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
3444 disponibles en ligne ---
3445 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
3446 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
3447 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
3448 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
3453 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
3454 This release fixes many bugs.
3456 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
3457 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
3459 @ref{Old downloads}.
3464 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
3465 This release fixes many bugs.
3467 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
3468 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
3470 @ref{Old downloads}.
3475 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
3476 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
3477 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
3479 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
3481 @ref{Old downloads}.
3486 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
3487 This release fixes still more bugs.
3489 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
3491 @ref{Old downloads}.
3496 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
3497 This release fixes many bugs.
3498 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
3499 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
3501 @ref{Old downloads})
3506 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
3507 This release will stretch piano staves on a
3508 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
3509 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
3511 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
3512 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
3514 @ref{Old downloads}.
3519 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
3520 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
3521 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
3523 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
3530 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3531 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
3532 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
3534 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
3536 @ref{Old downloads}.
3541 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3542 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
3543 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
3545 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
3547 @ref{Old downloads}.
3552 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3553 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
3556 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
3558 @ref{Old downloads}.
3563 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
3564 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
3566 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
3568 @ref{Old downloads}.
3573 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
3574 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
3575 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
3576 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
3578 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
3580 @ref{Old downloads}.
3585 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3586 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
3587 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
3588 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
3589 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
3590 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3592 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3594 @ref{Old downloads}.
3599 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3600 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3601 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3604 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3606 @ref{Old downloads}.
3611 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3612 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3613 further improvements in the regression test suite
3617 @ref{Old downloads}.
3622 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3623 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3627 @ref{Old downloads}.
3632 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3633 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3638 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3639 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3644 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3645 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3649 @ref{Old downloads}.
3654 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3655 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3656 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3660 @ref{Old downloads}.
3665 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3666 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3670 @ref{Old downloads}.
3675 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3676 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3681 @ref{Old downloads}.
3686 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3687 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3691 @ref{Old downloads}.
3696 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3697 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3698 within a system as well as between systems.
3702 @ref{Old downloads}.
3707 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3708 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3709 test results} and several website build improvements.
3713 @ref{Old downloads}.
3718 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3719 This release fixes several bugs.
3722 @ref{Old downloads}.
3727 @subheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3728 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3733 @subheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3734 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3735 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3736 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3737 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3742 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3743 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3747 @ref{Old downloads}.
3752 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3753 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3756 @ref{Old downloads}.
3761 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3762 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3766 @ref{Old downloads}.
3771 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3772 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3775 @ref{Old downloads}.
3780 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3781 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3786 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3787 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3788 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3793 @subheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3794 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3795 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3800 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3801 This release has many more bugfixes.
3804 @ref{Old downloads}.
3809 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3810 This release has many more bugfixes.
3813 @ref{Old downloads}.
3818 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3819 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3824 @ref{Old downloads}.
3829 @subheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3830 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3831 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3832 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3833 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3834 (@ref{Publications}).
3839 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3840 This release has further bugfixes.
3843 @ref{Old downloads}.
3848 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3849 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3850 available for x86/64.
3853 @ref{Old downloads}.
3858 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3859 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3860 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3861 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3862 @ref{Old downloads})
3867 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3868 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3869 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3874 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3875 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3880 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
3881 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3886 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
3887 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3892 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
3893 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
3894 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3899 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
3900 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
3901 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
3902 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3907 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
3908 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3913 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
3914 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
3915 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
3920 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
3921 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
3922 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
3923 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
3924 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3929 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
3930 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
3931 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3936 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
3937 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
3938 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
3939 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3944 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
3945 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
3946 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
3947 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3952 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3953 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
3955 @ref{Old downloads})
3960 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3961 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
3963 @ref{Old downloads})
3968 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
3969 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
3970 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3972 @ref{Old downloads})
3977 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3978 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
3979 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3980 (@ref{Old downloads})
3985 @subheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3986 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
3987 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
3988 glory} what features are broken in the development release
3993 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
3994 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
3995 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
3996 the development releases even better
4001 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
4003 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
4004 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
4005 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4010 @subheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
4011 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
4012 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
4013 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
4014 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
4015 esthetics}. Happy reading!
4020 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
4021 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
4022 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
4024 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4029 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
4030 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
4031 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
4032 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
4033 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4038 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
4039 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
4040 (@ref{Old downloads})
4045 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
4046 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
4047 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
4048 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
4049 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
4050 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4055 @subheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
4056 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
4057 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
4058 (@ref{Publications})
4063 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4064 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
4065 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4070 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4071 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
4072 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
4073 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4078 @subheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
4079 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
4080 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
4085 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
4086 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
4087 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4092 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
4093 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
4094 released. (@ref{Changes},
4095 @ref{Old downloads})
4100 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
4101 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
4102 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
4103 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
4104 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
4105 multi-measure rests.
4107 @ref{Old downloads})
4112 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
4113 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
4115 @ref{Old downloads})
4120 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
4121 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
4122 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
4123 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
4124 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4125 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
4126 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
4127 @ref{Old downloads})
4132 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
4133 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
4134 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
4135 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
4136 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
4137 @ref{Old downloads})
4142 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
4143 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
4144 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
4145 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
4146 the endings and the middle
4147 part. (@ref{Changes},
4148 @ref{Old downloads})
4153 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
4154 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
4155 parenthesized, for example,
4158 c4 -\parenthesize -.
4159 <d \parenthesize fis a>
4163 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
4164 @ref{Old downloads})
4169 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
4170 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
4171 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
4181 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
4182 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
4183 vector. (@ref{Changes},
4184 @ref{Old downloads})
4189 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
4190 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
4191 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
4192 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
4193 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
4194 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
4195 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
4197 @ref{Old downloads})
4202 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
4203 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
4204 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
4205 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
4206 @ref{Old downloads})
4211 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
4212 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
4213 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
4214 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
4215 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
4216 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
4217 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
4218 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4219 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4220 @ref{Old downloads})
4225 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
4226 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
4227 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
4228 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
4229 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
4230 @ref{Old downloads})
4235 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
4237 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
4238 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
4239 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
4244 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
4245 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
4246 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
4247 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
4248 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
4253 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4254 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
4255 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
4257 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/linux-x86/,
4259 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/darwin-ppc/,
4261 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/mingw/,
4267 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4268 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
4269 (feature sponsored by Andrea
4270 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
4271 @ref{Old downloads})
4276 @subheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
4277 Linux Journal publishes an article on
4278 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
4279 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
4280 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
4283 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
4284 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
4285 alternatives seem second-rate.}
4286 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
4291 @subheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
4292 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
4293 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
4294 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
4295 page. Let us know how you fare!
4300 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
4301 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
4302 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
4303 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
4304 The important occasion for this release is our new build
4305 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
4306 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
4307 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
4308 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
4310 @ref{Old downloads})
4315 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
4316 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
4317 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
4318 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
4319 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
4320 @ref{Old downloads})
4325 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
4326 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
4327 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
4328 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
4329 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
4330 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
4331 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
4332 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
4333 functions. (@ref{Changes},
4334 @ref{Old downloads})
4339 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
4340 This release has the following new features:
4343 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
4344 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
4345 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4347 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
4348 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
4349 and Bertalan Fodor).
4351 Generic music functions may now also be used on
4352 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
4355 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
4356 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
4357 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
4361 @ref{Old downloads})
4366 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
4367 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
4368 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
4369 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
4370 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
4371 van den Borre and Bertalan
4372 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
4373 @ref{Old downloads})
4378 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
4379 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
4380 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
4381 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
4387 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
4388 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
4389 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
4390 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
4391 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
4393 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
4394 @ref{Old downloads})
4399 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
4400 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
4401 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
4406 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
4407 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
4408 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
4409 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
4410 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
4411 etc. (@ref{Changes},
4412 @ref{Old downloads})
4417 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
4418 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
4419 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
4420 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4421 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4422 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4423 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4424 @ref{Old downloads})
4429 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
4430 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4431 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4432 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4433 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4434 @ref{Old downloads})
4439 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
4440 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
4441 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
4442 @ref{Old downloads})
4447 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
4448 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
4449 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
4450 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
4451 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
4452 properties. (@ref{Changes},
4453 @ref{Old downloads})
4458 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
4459 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
4460 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
4461 that compute said property, i.e.
4464 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
4465 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
4468 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
4469 @ref{Old downloads})
4474 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
4475 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
4476 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
4477 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
4478 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
4479 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
4480 also provides advanced tweakability for power
4481 users. (@ref{Changes},
4482 @ref{Old downloads})
4487 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
4488 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
4489 series. (@ref{Changes},
4490 @ref{Old downloads})
4495 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
4496 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
4497 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
4498 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
4499 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
4500 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
4501 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
4502 sponsored by Nicolas
4503 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4504 @ref{Old downloads})
4509 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
4510 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
4511 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4512 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
4513 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
4514 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
4515 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4516 @ref{Old downloads})
4521 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
4522 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
4523 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
4524 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
4525 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4526 @ref{Old downloads})
4531 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
4532 This is mainly a bugfix
4533 release. (@ref{Changes},
4534 @ref{Old downloads})
4539 @subheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
4540 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
4541 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
4542 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
4543 la gravure musicale}.
4548 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
4549 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
4550 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
4551 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
4552 @ref{Old downloads})
4557 @subheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
4558 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
4559 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
4560 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
4561 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
4562 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
4567 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
4568 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
4569 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
4570 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
4571 @ref{Old downloads})
4576 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
4577 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
4578 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
4579 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
4580 signs. (@ref{Changes},
4581 @ref{Old downloads})
4586 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
4587 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
4588 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
4589 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
4590 @ref{Old downloads})
4595 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4596 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4597 for a note is proportional to the time it
4598 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4599 @ref{Old downloads})
4604 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4605 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4606 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4611 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4612 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4613 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4614 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4616 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4617 @ref{Old downloads})
4622 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4623 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4624 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4625 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4627 @ref{Old downloads})
4632 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4633 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4634 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4635 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4636 @ref{Old downloads})
4641 @subheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4642 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4644 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4645 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4646 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4647 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4648 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4653 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4654 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4655 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4656 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4661 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4662 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4663 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4664 @ref{Old downloads})
4669 @subheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4670 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4671 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4672 @ref{Old downloads})
4677 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4678 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4679 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4680 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4681 (@ref{Old downloads})
4686 @subheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4687 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4688 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4689 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4694 @subheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4695 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4696 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4697 better help functionality.
4698 (@ref{Old downloads})
4703 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4704 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4705 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4706 compile them directly from
4707 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4712 @subheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4713 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4714 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4719 @subheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4720 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4721 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4722 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4727 @subheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4728 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4729 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4730 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4731 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4736 @subheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4737 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4738 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4743 @subheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4744 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4749 @subheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4750 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4751 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4756 @subheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4757 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4758 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4759 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4760 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4765 @subheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4766 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4767 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4768 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4769 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4770 @ref{Old downloads})
4775 @subheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4777 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4778 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4780 (@ref{Old downloads})
4785 @subheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4786 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4787 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4788 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4789 signatures like 5/8.
4791 @ref{Old downloads})
4796 @subheading April 18, 2005
4797 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4798 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4799 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4800 More details are in the
4802 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4807 @subheading April 15, 2005
4808 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4809 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4810 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4811 Scheme code. Take a look at
4813 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4818 @subheading April 6, 2005
4819 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4820 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4821 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4826 @subheading March 31, 2005
4827 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4828 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4829 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4834 @subheading March 20, 2005
4835 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4836 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4842 @subheading March 14, 2005
4843 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4844 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4845 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4846 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4847 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4852 @subheading March 7, 2005
4853 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4854 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4855 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4856 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4857 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4859 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4864 @subheading March 7, 2005
4865 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4866 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4872 @subheading February 28, 2005
4873 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install
4874 Ghostscript 8.15rc3. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4875 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4876 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
4882 @subheading February 28, 2005
4883 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
4884 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}.
4885 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4886 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4891 @subheading February 26, 2005
4892 The @uref{http://lsr.di.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
4893 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
4894 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
4895 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
4900 @subheading February 21, 2005
4901 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
4902 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
4903 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
4904 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
4906 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4911 @subheading February 4, 2005
4912 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
4913 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
4914 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
4915 @ref{Old downloads}!
4920 @subheading January 31, 2005
4921 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
4922 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
4923 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
4929 @subheading January 26, 2005
4930 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
4931 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
4937 @subheading January 16, 2005
4938 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
4939 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
4940 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
4942 @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,
4944 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
4949 @subheading January 11, 2005
4950 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
4951 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
4952 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
4953 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
4954 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
4955 font code by Werner.
4957 and check out the changes in
4958 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
4963 @subheading January 02, 2005
4964 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
4965 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
4966 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
4967 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
4968 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
4969 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
4970 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
4971 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
4972 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
4975 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
4980 @subheading December 28, 2004
4981 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
4982 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
4983 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
4984 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
4986 and check out the changes in
4987 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
4992 @subheading December 20, 2004
4993 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
4994 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
4995 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
4996 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
4997 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
5000 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5005 @subheading December 3, 2004
5006 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
5007 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
5008 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
5009 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
5010 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
5011 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
5012 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
5013 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
5017 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5022 @subheading November 26, 2004
5023 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
5024 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
5025 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
5026 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
5027 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
5029 and check out the changes in
5030 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5035 @subheading November 20, 2004
5036 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
5037 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
5038 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
5039 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
5040 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
5041 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
5042 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
5043 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
5046 and check out the changes in
5047 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5052 @subheading November 12, 2004
5053 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
5054 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
5055 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
5056 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
5057 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
5060 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
5063 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
5064 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
5065 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
5066 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
5067 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
5070 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5075 @subheading November 11, 2004
5076 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
5077 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
5083 @subheading November 4, 2004
5084 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
5085 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
5087 and check out the changes in
5088 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5093 @subheading October 31, 2004
5094 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
5095 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
5096 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
5097 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
5104 @subheading October 29, 2004
5105 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
5106 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
5107 some problems with the conversion scripts.
5109 and check out the changes in
5110 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5115 @subheading October 29, 2004
5116 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5117 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
5118 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
5119 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
5121 and check out the changes in
5122 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5127 @subheading October 27, 2004
5128 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
5129 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
5130 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
5132 and check out the changes in
5133 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5138 @subheading October 24, 2004
5139 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
5140 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
5141 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5143 and check out the changes in
5144 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5149 @subheading October 10, 2004
5150 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
5151 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
5152 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
5156 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5161 @subheading October 09, 2004
5162 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
5163 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
5164 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
5168 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5173 @subheading October 02, 2004
5174 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
5175 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
5176 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
5177 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
5178 in the documentation.
5180 and check out the changes in
5181 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5186 @subheading September 29, 2004
5187 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20040811160307/http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
5188 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
5189 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
5190 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
5195 @subheading September 26, 2004
5196 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
5198 and check out the changes
5199 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5204 @subheading September 20, 2004
5205 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
5206 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
5207 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
5208 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
5209 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
5210 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
5213 and check out the changes in
5214 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5219 @subheading September 11, 2004
5220 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
5221 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
5222 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
5223 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
5224 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
5225 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
5226 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
5227 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
5228 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
5229 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
5230 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
5231 will hold users back in switching.
5233 and check out the changes in
5234 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5239 @subheading September 10, 2004
5240 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
5241 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
5242 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
5243 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
5244 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
5245 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
5247 and check out the changes in
5248 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5253 @subheading September 6, 2004
5254 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
5255 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
5256 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
5257 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
5258 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
5262 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5267 @subheading August 29, 2004
5268 LilyPond now has a Documentation
5269 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
5270 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
5271 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
5272 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
5273 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
5274 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
5275 chapter of the user manual.
5276 A lot of cheers for Graham!
5281 @subheading August 29, 2004
5282 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
5283 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
5284 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
5285 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
5286 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
5287 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
5291 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5296 @subheading August 24, 2004
5297 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
5298 disappearing metronome mark.
5300 and check out the changes in
5301 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5306 @subheading August 23, 2004
5307 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
5308 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
5309 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
5310 `doubleSlurs' property.
5312 and check out the changes in
5313 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5318 @subheading August 3, 2004
5319 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
5320 annoying bugs fixed.
5323 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5328 @subheading August 1, 2004
5329 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
5330 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
5331 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
5332 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
5333 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
5334 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
5337 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
5338 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
5340 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
5341 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
5346 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5351 @subheading July 30, 2004
5352 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
5353 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
5354 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
5355 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
5356 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
5357 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
5358 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
5359 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
5360 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
5361 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
5364 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5369 @subheading July 23, 2004
5370 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
5371 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
5372 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
5373 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
5376 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5381 @subheading July 19, 2004
5382 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
5383 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
5384 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
5385 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
5386 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
5387 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
5388 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
5389 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
5390 beat within the measure.
5392 and check out the changes in
5393 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5398 @subheading July 15, 2004
5399 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
5403 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5408 @subheading July 11, 2004
5409 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
5415 @subheading July 5, 2004
5416 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
5417 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
5418 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
5419 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
5421 and check out the changes
5422 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5427 @subheading July 5, 2004
5428 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
5432 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5437 @subheading June 25, 2004
5438 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
5439 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
5440 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
5441 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
5442 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
5443 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
5444 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5446 @ref{Old downloads}.
5451 @subheading June 20, 2004
5452 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
5453 bugs that were reported over the past month. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog} for a full description and
5454 @ref{Old downloads}.
5459 @subheading June 13, 2004
5460 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
5461 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
5462 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5464 @ref{Old downloads}.
5469 @subheading May 31, 2004
5470 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
5471 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
5472 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5474 @ref{Old downloads}.
5479 @subheading May 31, 2004
5480 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
5481 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5482 or head straight to the
5483 @ref{Old downloads}.
5488 @subheading May 26, 2004
5489 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
5490 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
5491 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5492 @ref{Old downloads}.
5497 @subheading May 9, 2004
5498 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
5499 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5500 @ref{Old downloads}.
5505 @subheading May 4, 2004
5506 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
5508 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
5509 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
5510 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
5511 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
5512 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
5517 @subheading May 3, 2004
5518 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
5519 @ref{Old downloads}.
5524 @subheading April 17, 2004
5525 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
5526 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
5532 @subheading April 12, 2004
5533 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
5534 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
5535 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
5536 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
5537 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
5538 @ref{Old downloads}.
5543 @subheading April 8, 2004
5544 A French article on the new LilyPond
5545 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
5550 @subheading April 8, 2004
5551 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
5552 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
5558 @subheading April 1, 2004
5559 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
5560 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
5561 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
5562 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
5563 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
5564 @ref{Old downloads}.
5569 @subheading March 31, 2004
5570 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
5571 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
5572 documentation polish. This should be the final release
5573 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
5575 @ref{Old downloads}.
5580 @subheading March 30, 2004
5581 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
5583 @ref{Old downloads}.
5588 @subheading March 28, 2004
5589 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
5590 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
5591 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5598 @subheading March 22, 2004
5599 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5600 @ref{Old downloads}.
5605 @subheading March 21, 2004
5606 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5613 @subheading March 20, 2004
5614 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5615 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5616 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5618 @ref{Old downloads}.
5623 @subheading March 15, 2004
5624 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5625 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5626 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5629 @ref{Old downloads}.
5634 @subheading March 14, 2004
5636 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5637 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5643 @subheading March 11, 2004
5644 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5646 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5647 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5648 authors of LilyPond.
5653 @subheading March 11, 2004
5654 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5655 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5658 @ref{Old downloads}.
5663 @subheading March 9, 2004
5664 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5665 experimental support for producing titles with
5671 @subheading February 29, 2004
5672 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5673 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5674 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5676 @ref{Old downloads}.
5681 @subheading February 24, 2004
5682 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5683 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5684 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5686 @ref{Old downloads}.
5691 @subheading February 23, 2004
5692 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5693 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5694 produce cue notes. More information in the
5701 @subheading February 18, 2004
5702 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5703 for altering accidental rules.
5709 @subheading February 16, 2004
5710 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5711 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5712 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5713 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5714 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5715 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5716 More information in the
5723 @subheading February 13, 2004
5724 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5725 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5726 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5733 @subheading February 12, 2004
5734 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5735 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5736 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5737 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5744 @subheading February 9, 2004
5745 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5746 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5747 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5748 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5749 More information in the
5756 @subheading February 5, 2004
5757 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5758 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5759 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5760 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5761 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5762 More information in the
5769 @subheading February 4, 2004
5770 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5771 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5772 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5780 @subheading February 2, 2004
5781 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5782 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5783 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5790 @subheading January 28, 2004
5791 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5792 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5793 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5794 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5803 @subheading January 26, 2004
5804 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5805 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5808 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5813 @subheading January 21, 2004
5815 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5816 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5817 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5820 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5825 @subheading January 20, 2004
5826 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5827 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5828 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5829 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5834 @subheading January 20, 2004
5835 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5836 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5837 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5838 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5844 @subheading January 19, 2004
5845 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5846 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5848 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5853 @subheading January 18, 2004
5854 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5855 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5856 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20040204191423/http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5861 @subheading January 17, 2004
5862 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5863 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5864 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5866 More information in the
5867 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5872 @subheading January 16, 2004
5873 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5874 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5876 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5881 @subheading January 13, 2004
5882 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
5883 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
5884 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
5886 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5891 @subheading January 9, 2004
5892 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
5893 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
5894 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
5895 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
5896 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
5897 individual music expressions.
5898 More information in the
5899 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5904 @subheading January 7, 2004
5905 An update to the stable branch,
5906 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
5907 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
5912 @subheading January 6, 2004
5913 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
5914 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
5915 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
5916 More information in the
5917 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5922 @subheading January 4, 2004
5923 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
5925 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
5926 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5931 @subheading January 2, 2004
5932 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
5933 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
5934 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
5935 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5940 @subheading December 30, 2003
5941 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
5942 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
5943 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
5944 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5949 @subheading December 23, 2003
5950 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
5951 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
5952 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
5953 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
5954 to implement this are welcome!) See the
5955 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5960 @subheading December 17, 2003
5961 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
5962 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
5963 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
5965 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5970 @subheading December 16, 2003
5971 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
5972 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
5973 Han-Wen's absence. See the
5974 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5979 @subheading October 11, 2003
5980 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
5982 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5987 @subheading October 11, 2003
5988 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
5990 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
5991 thanks to Heikki Junes.
5996 @subheading October 9, 2003
5997 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
5998 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
5999 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
6004 @subheading October 5, 2003
6005 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
6012 @subheading October 4, 2003
6013 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
6015 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
6016 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
6021 @subheading September 29, 2003
6022 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
6023 contains minor bugfixes.
6024 See the @ref{Changes}
6025 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
6030 @subheading September 27, 2003
6031 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
6032 @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,
6033 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
6039 @subheading September 24, 2003
6040 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
6041 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
6042 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
6043 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
6044 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
6049 @subheading September 24, 2003
6050 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
6051 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
6052 the @ref{Changes} and
6053 download @uref{install/,here}.
6058 @subheading September 23, 2003
6059 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
6060 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6061 the @ref{Changes} and
6062 download @uref{install/,here}.
6067 @subheading September 19, 2003
6068 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
6069 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6070 the @ref{Changes} and
6071 download @uref{install/,here}.
6076 @subheading September 17, 2003
6077 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
6078 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
6084 @subheading September 16, 2003
6085 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
6086 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
6092 @subheading September 10, 2003
6093 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
6094 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
6095 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
6096 will be available in a few weeks.
6102 @subheading September 9, 2003
6103 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
6104 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
6110 @subheading September 7, 2003
6111 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
6112 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
6118 @subheading August 31, 2003
6119 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
6120 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
6121 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
6127 @subheading August 31, 2003
6128 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
6129 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
6134 @subheading August 31, 2003
6135 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
6136 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
6137 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
6138 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6143 @subheading August 28, 2003
6144 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
6145 @ref{Changes} and get it
6146 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6151 @subheading August 26, 2003
6152 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
6153 @ref{Changes} and get it
6154 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6159 @subheading August 25, 2003
6160 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
6161 @ref{Changes} and get it
6162 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6167 @subheading August 25, 2003
6168 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
6169 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
6174 @subheading August 21, 2003
6175 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
6176 read the @ref{Changes}.
6181 @subheading August 18, 2003
6182 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
6183 has been updated to 1.8.
6184 Download @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,here.}
6189 @subheading August 7, 2003
6190 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
6191 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
6196 @subheading August 7, 2003
6197 New website went live!
6202 @subheading August 6, 2003
6203 Announced new website.
6208 @subheading August 1, 2003
6209 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
6214 @subheading July 30, 2003
6215 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
6216 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
6222 @subheading July 29, 2003
6223 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
6224 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.