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8 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
9 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
26 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
30 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
33 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
34 some 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 require
36 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
41 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
43 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
44 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
45 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
46 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
47 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
52 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
54 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
55 a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
56 developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
57 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
58 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
59 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
60 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
61 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
66 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
68 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
69 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
70 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
71 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
72 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
73 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
74 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
75 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
80 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
82 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
83 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
84 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
85 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
86 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
87 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
88 latest version, see @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
89 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
95 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
97 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
98 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
99 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
100 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
101 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
106 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
108 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
109 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
110 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
111 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
112 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
117 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
119 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
120 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
121 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
122 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
123 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
128 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
130 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
131 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
132 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
133 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
134 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
139 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
141 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
142 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
143 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
144 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
145 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
150 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
152 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
153 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
154 some 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 require
156 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
161 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
163 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
164 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
165 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
166 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
167 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
172 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
174 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
175 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
176 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
177 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
178 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
180 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
181 with positioning text.
186 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
188 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
189 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
190 some 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 require
192 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
197 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
199 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
200 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
201 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
202 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
203 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
208 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
210 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
211 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
212 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
213 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
214 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
219 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
221 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
222 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
223 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
224 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
225 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
230 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
232 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
233 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
234 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
235 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
236 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
241 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
243 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
244 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
245 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
246 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
247 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
252 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
254 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
255 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
256 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
257 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
258 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
263 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
265 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
266 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
267 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
268 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
269 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
270 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
275 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
277 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
278 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
279 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
280 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
281 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
286 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
288 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
289 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
290 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
291 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
292 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
297 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
299 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
300 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
301 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
302 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
303 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
308 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
310 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
311 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
312 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
313 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
314 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
319 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
321 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
322 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
323 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
324 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
325 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
330 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
332 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
333 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
334 some 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 require
336 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
341 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
343 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
344 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
345 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
346 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
347 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
353 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
355 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
356 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
357 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
361 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
363 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
364 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
365 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
366 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
367 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
372 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
374 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
375 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
376 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
377 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
378 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
383 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
385 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
386 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
387 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
388 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
393 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
395 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
396 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
397 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
398 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
403 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
405 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
406 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
407 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
408 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
413 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
415 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
416 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
417 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
418 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
424 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
426 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
427 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
428 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
429 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
434 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
436 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
437 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
438 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
439 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
441 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
442 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
446 Support for kievan square notation
448 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
450 Music functions have become quite more versatile
453 A full list of new features is given in:
456 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
459 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
461 Main development team:
463 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
464 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
465 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
466 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
467 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
470 Programming contributors:
472 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
473 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
474 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
475 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
477 Documentation contributors:
479 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
483 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
488 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
490 Translation contributors:
492 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
497 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
499 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
500 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
501 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
503 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
504 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
505 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
507 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
508 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
514 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
516 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
517 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
519 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
520 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
521 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
528 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
530 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
531 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
532 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
533 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
534 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
535 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
538 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
539 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
544 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
546 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
547 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
548 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
549 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
550 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
556 @subsubheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
558 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
559 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
560 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
561 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
564 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
565 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
566 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
573 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
575 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
576 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
578 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
579 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
580 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
587 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
589 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
590 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
591 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
592 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
593 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
599 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
601 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
602 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
603 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
604 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
607 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
608 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
609 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
616 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
618 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
619 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
620 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
621 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
622 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
623 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
626 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
627 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
634 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
636 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
637 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
638 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
639 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
642 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
643 candidate will be required.
649 @subsubheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
651 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
652 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
653 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
654 working on open source software.
656 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
657 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
663 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
665 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
666 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
667 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
668 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
671 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
672 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
673 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
680 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
682 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
683 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
684 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
685 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
688 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
689 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
690 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
697 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
699 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
700 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
701 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
702 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
705 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
706 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
713 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
715 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
716 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
718 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
719 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
720 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
727 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
729 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
730 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
732 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
733 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
734 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
741 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
743 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
744 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
746 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
747 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
748 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
755 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
757 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
758 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
759 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
760 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
763 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
764 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
771 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
773 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
774 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
776 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
777 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
778 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
785 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
787 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
788 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
790 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
791 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
792 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
799 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
801 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
802 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
803 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
804 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
807 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
808 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
809 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
816 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
818 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
819 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
821 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
822 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
823 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
830 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
832 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
833 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
835 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
836 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
837 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
844 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
846 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
847 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
849 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
850 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
851 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
858 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
860 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
861 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
862 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
863 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
864 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
867 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
868 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
875 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
877 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
878 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
880 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
881 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
882 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
885 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
891 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
893 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
894 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
896 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
897 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
898 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
905 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
907 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
908 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
910 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
911 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
912 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
919 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
921 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
922 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
924 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
925 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
926 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
933 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
935 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
936 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
938 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
939 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
940 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
947 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
949 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
950 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
952 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
953 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
954 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
961 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
963 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
964 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
966 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
967 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
968 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
975 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
977 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
978 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
980 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
981 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
982 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
989 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
991 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
992 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
994 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
995 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
996 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1003 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
1005 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
1006 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1008 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1009 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1010 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1017 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
1019 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
1020 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1022 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1023 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1024 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1031 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
1033 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
1034 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1036 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1037 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1038 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1045 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1047 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1048 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1050 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1051 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1052 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1059 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1061 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1062 Critical regression.
1068 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1070 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1071 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1072 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1073 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1076 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1077 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1078 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1085 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1087 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
1088 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1090 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1091 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1092 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1093 not the next release candidate.
1099 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1101 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1102 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1104 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1105 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1106 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1107 next release candidate.
1113 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1115 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1116 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1117 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1119 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1120 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1121 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1122 next release candidate.
1128 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1130 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1131 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1132 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1133 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1136 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1137 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1138 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1145 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1147 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
1148 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1150 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1151 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1157 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1159 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1160 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1162 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1163 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1169 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1171 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1172 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1173 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1181 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1183 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1184 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1186 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1187 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1193 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1195 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1196 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1198 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1199 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1205 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1207 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1208 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1210 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1211 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1217 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1219 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1220 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1222 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1223 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1229 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1231 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1232 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1233 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1238 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1240 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1241 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1242 usual number of bugs.
1244 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1245 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1250 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1252 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1253 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1254 usual number of bugs.
1256 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1257 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1263 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1265 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1266 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1267 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1268 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1270 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1271 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1276 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1279 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1280 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1283 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1288 A full list of new features is given in:
1291 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1294 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1296 Main development team:
1298 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1299 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1300 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1301 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1302 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1304 Programming contributors:
1306 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1307 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1308 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1309 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1310 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1311 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1315 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1317 Documentation contributors:
1319 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1320 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
1324 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
1325 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
1327 Binaries support contributors:
1331 Translation contributors:
1333 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
1334 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
1341 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
1343 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1344 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1345 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1346 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1349 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1350 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1351 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1358 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
1360 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
1361 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1363 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1364 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1370 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
1372 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
1373 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1375 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1376 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1382 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
1384 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
1385 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1387 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1388 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1394 @subsubheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
1396 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
1397 article in the May 2011 issue titled
1398 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
1399 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
1400 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
1401 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
1402 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
1407 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
1409 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
1410 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1412 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1413 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1419 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
1421 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1422 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1423 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1424 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1427 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1428 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1429 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1436 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
1438 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1439 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1440 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1441 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1444 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1445 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1446 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1453 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
1455 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1456 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1457 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1458 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1461 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1462 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1463 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1470 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
1472 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
1473 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1475 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
1476 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1482 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
1484 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
1485 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1486 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1487 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1488 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1494 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
1496 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1497 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1498 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1499 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1502 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1503 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1504 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1511 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
1513 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
1514 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1516 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1517 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1522 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
1524 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
1525 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1527 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1528 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1533 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
1535 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
1536 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1538 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1539 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1545 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
1547 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
1548 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1550 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
1551 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
1552 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
1558 @subsubheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
1560 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
1561 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
1562 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
1569 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
1571 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1572 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1573 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1574 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1577 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1578 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1579 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1586 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
1588 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
1589 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1590 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1598 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
1600 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
1601 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1602 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1610 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
1612 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
1613 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1614 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1615 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1616 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1622 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
1624 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1625 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1626 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1627 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1630 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1631 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1632 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1639 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
1641 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
1642 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1643 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1652 @subsubheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
1654 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
1655 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1656 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1657 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1660 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1661 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1662 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1663 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1669 @subsubheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
1671 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
1672 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1673 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1674 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1677 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1678 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1679 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1680 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1686 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
1688 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
1689 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1690 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1693 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1694 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1695 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1701 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
1703 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
1704 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1705 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1708 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1709 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1710 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1716 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
1718 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
1719 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1720 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1723 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1724 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1725 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1731 @subsubheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
1733 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
1734 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1735 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1736 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1739 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1740 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1741 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
1742 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1751 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
1753 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
1754 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
1755 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
1756 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
1757 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
1758 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
1759 read on to find out what for!
1762 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
1763 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
1770 @subsubheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
1772 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
1773 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1774 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1775 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1778 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1779 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1780 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
1781 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1788 @subsubheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
1790 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
1791 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1792 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1793 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1796 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1797 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1798 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
1799 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1806 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
1808 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
1809 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1810 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1813 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
1814 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1815 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1820 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
1822 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1823 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
1824 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
1825 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
1826 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
1830 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
1831 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
1838 @subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
1840 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
1841 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1842 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1843 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1846 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
1847 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1848 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1849 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
1851 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
1853 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
1854 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
1855 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1861 @subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
1863 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
1864 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1865 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1866 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1869 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
1870 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1871 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1872 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
1873 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
1874 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1880 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
1882 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
1883 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1884 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1893 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
1895 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
1896 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1897 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1904 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
1906 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1907 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
1908 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
1909 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
1910 the bug report of the report!
1913 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
1914 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
1920 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
1922 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
1923 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1924 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1931 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
1933 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
1934 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1935 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1942 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
1944 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1945 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
1946 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
1947 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
1951 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
1952 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
1960 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
1962 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
1963 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1964 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1967 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
1968 caution and expect breakage.
1973 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
1975 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
1976 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1977 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1980 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
1981 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
1982 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
1983 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
1988 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
1990 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
1991 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1992 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1998 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
2000 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
2001 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
2002 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
2003 improvements to the new website.
2005 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
2006 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
2008 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
2009 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
2011 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
2017 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
2019 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
2020 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2021 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2026 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
2028 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
2029 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2030 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2036 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2038 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2039 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2040 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2046 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2048 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2049 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2050 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2055 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2057 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2058 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2059 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2064 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2066 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2067 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2068 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2071 This release should be of particular interest to package
2072 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2073 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2074 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2080 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2082 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2083 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2084 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2085 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2088 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2089 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2096 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2098 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2099 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2100 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2103 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2104 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2105 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2106 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2107 see the Changes document for more information.
2111 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2113 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2114 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2115 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2120 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2122 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2123 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2124 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2125 so this release is intended for developers only.
2129 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2131 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2132 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2133 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2138 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2140 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2141 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2146 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2148 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2149 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2150 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2156 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2158 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2159 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2160 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2161 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2162 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2164 What are you waiting for? Come
2165 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2166 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2171 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2173 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2174 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2175 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2179 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2181 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2182 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2183 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2184 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2185 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2190 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2192 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2193 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2194 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2198 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2200 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2201 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2202 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2203 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2207 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2209 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2210 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2211 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2212 and English names for feta filenames.
2218 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2220 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2221 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2222 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2223 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2226 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2227 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2228 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2234 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2236 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2237 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2238 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2239 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2241 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2242 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2247 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2249 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2250 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2256 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2258 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2259 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2260 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2267 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2269 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2270 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2271 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2272 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2274 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2275 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2276 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2284 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2286 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2287 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2288 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2289 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2290 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2291 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2292 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2293 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2299 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2301 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2302 its team, its world, its community.
2303 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2304 to read the full issue...
2309 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2311 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2312 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2313 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2318 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2320 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2321 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
2327 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
2329 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2331 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
2338 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
2340 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
2341 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
2342 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
2343 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
2344 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
2346 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
2347 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
2349 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
2351 @ref{Old downloads}.
2356 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
2358 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
2359 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
2360 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
2361 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
2362 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
2363 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
2366 @ref{Old downloads}.
2371 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
2373 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
2374 documentation and translations.
2375 @ref{Old downloads}.
2380 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
2382 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
2383 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
2384 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
2385 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
2386 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
2388 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
2389 @ref{Old downloads}.
2394 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
2396 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
2397 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
2398 (teaching) has been added.
2400 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
2402 @ref{Old downloads}.
2407 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
2409 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
2410 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
2411 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
2412 @ref{Old downloads}.
2417 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
2419 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
2420 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
2421 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
2422 translations of the documentation.
2423 @ref{Old downloads}.
2428 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
2430 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
2431 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
2432 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
2433 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
2434 deceased since then. All the development team express their
2435 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
2436 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
2437 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
2438 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
2440 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
2442 @ref{Old downloads}.
2447 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
2449 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
2450 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
2451 markup command names have been made.
2454 @ref{Old downloads}.
2459 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
2461 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
2462 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
2463 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
2464 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
2465 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
2468 @ref{Old downloads}.
2473 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
2475 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
2476 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
2478 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
2479 @ref{Old downloads}.
2484 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
2486 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
2487 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
2488 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
2490 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
2491 @ref{Old downloads}.
2496 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
2498 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
2500 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
2501 @ref{Old downloads}.
2506 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
2508 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
2509 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
2510 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
2512 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
2514 @ref{Old downloads}.
2519 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
2521 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
2522 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
2523 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
2524 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
2526 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
2527 @ref{Old downloads}.
2532 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
2534 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
2535 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
2538 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
2539 @ref{Old downloads}.
2544 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
2546 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2547 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
2552 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
2554 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2555 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
2560 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
2562 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
2564 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
2565 @ref{Old downloads}.
2570 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2572 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
2573 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
2574 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
2576 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
2577 @ref{Old downloads}.
2582 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2584 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2585 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
2590 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
2592 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
2593 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
2598 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
2600 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
2601 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
2602 regression tests maintenance for developers.
2604 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
2605 @ref{Old downloads}.
2610 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
2612 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
2613 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
2615 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
2617 @ref{Old downloads}.
2622 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
2624 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
2625 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
2626 report, new translations of the site and publications.
2627 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
2628 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
2629 announce releases and special events.
2634 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
2636 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
2637 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2638 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
2643 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
2645 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
2646 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
2647 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
2648 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
2649 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
2652 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
2654 @ref{Old downloads}.
2659 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
2661 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
2662 names has been added to the MusicXML
2665 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
2666 @ref{Old downloads}.
2671 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
2673 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
2678 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
2680 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
2681 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
2682 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
2685 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
2686 @ref{Old downloads}.
2691 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
2693 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
2696 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
2697 @ref{Old downloads}.
2702 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2704 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
2705 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
2706 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
2707 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
2708 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
2709 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
2715 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2717 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
2718 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
2719 updates to the MusicXML converter.
2721 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
2722 @ref{Old downloads}.
2727 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
2729 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
2730 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
2735 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
2737 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
2738 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
2739 Grand Documentation Project.
2741 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
2742 @ref{Old downloads}.
2747 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
2749 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
2751 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
2752 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
2753 @ref{Old downloads}.
2758 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
2760 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
2762 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
2763 @ref{Old downloads}.
2768 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
2770 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
2771 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
2773 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
2774 @ref{Old downloads}.
2779 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
2781 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
2782 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
2783 for the translations.
2785 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
2786 @ref{Old downloads}.
2791 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
2793 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
2794 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
2795 and lots of updates for the translations.
2797 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
2798 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
2799 @ref{Old downloads}.
2804 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
2806 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
2807 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
2808 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
2809 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
2814 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
2815 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
2816 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
2817 spacing engine code.
2819 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
2820 @ref{Old downloads}.
2825 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
2827 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
2828 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
2830 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
2831 @ref{Old downloads}.
2836 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
2838 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
2839 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
2841 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
2842 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
2843 @ref{Old downloads}.
2848 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
2849 This has lots of bugfixes.
2851 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
2852 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
2853 @ref{Old downloads}.
2858 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
2859 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
2860 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
2861 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
2866 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
2867 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
2869 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
2871 @ref{Old downloads}.
2876 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
2877 This release has some documentation updates.
2879 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
2881 @ref{Old downloads}.
2886 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
2887 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
2888 disponibles en ligne ---
2889 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
2890 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
2891 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
2892 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
2897 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
2898 This release fixes many bugs.
2900 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
2901 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
2903 @ref{Old downloads}.
2908 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
2909 This release fixes many bugs.
2911 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
2912 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
2914 @ref{Old downloads}.
2919 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
2920 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
2921 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
2923 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
2925 @ref{Old downloads}.
2930 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
2931 This release fixes still more bugs.
2933 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
2935 @ref{Old downloads}.
2940 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
2941 This release fixes many bugs.
2942 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
2943 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
2945 @ref{Old downloads})
2950 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
2951 This release will stretch piano staves on a
2952 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
2953 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
2955 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
2956 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
2958 @ref{Old downloads}.
2963 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
2964 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
2965 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
2967 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
2974 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2975 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
2976 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
2978 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
2980 @ref{Old downloads}.
2985 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2986 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
2987 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
2989 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
2991 @ref{Old downloads}.
2996 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2997 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
3000 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
3002 @ref{Old downloads}.
3007 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
3008 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
3010 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
3012 @ref{Old downloads}.
3017 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
3018 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
3019 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
3020 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
3022 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
3024 @ref{Old downloads}.
3029 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3030 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
3031 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
3032 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
3033 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
3034 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3036 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3038 @ref{Old downloads}.
3043 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3044 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3045 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3048 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3050 @ref{Old downloads}.
3055 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3056 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3057 further improvements in the regression test suite
3061 @ref{Old downloads}.
3066 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3067 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3071 @ref{Old downloads}.
3076 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3077 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3082 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3083 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3088 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3089 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3093 @ref{Old downloads}.
3098 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3099 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3100 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3104 @ref{Old downloads}.
3109 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3110 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3114 @ref{Old downloads}.
3119 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3120 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3125 @ref{Old downloads}.
3130 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3131 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3135 @ref{Old downloads}.
3140 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3141 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3142 within a system as well as between systems.
3146 @ref{Old downloads}.
3151 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3152 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3153 test results} and several website build improvements.
3157 @ref{Old downloads}.
3162 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3163 This release fixes several bugs.
3166 @ref{Old downloads}.
3171 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3172 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3177 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3178 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3179 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3180 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3181 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3186 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3187 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3191 @ref{Old downloads}.
3196 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3197 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3200 @ref{Old downloads}.
3205 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3206 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3210 @ref{Old downloads}.
3215 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3216 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3219 @ref{Old downloads}.
3224 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3225 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3230 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3231 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3232 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3237 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3238 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3239 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3244 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3245 This release has many more bugfixes.
3248 @ref{Old downloads}.
3253 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3254 This release has many more bugfixes.
3257 @ref{Old downloads}.
3262 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3263 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3268 @ref{Old downloads}.
3273 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3274 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3275 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3276 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3277 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3278 (@ref{Publications}).
3283 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3284 This release has further bugfixes.
3287 @ref{Old downloads}.
3292 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3293 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3294 available for x86/64.
3297 @ref{Old downloads}.
3302 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3303 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3304 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3305 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3306 @ref{Old downloads})
3311 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3312 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3313 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3318 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3319 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3324 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
3325 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3330 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
3331 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3336 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
3337 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
3338 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3343 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
3344 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
3345 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
3346 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3351 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
3352 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3357 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
3358 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
3359 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
3364 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
3365 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
3366 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
3367 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
3368 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3373 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
3374 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
3375 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3380 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
3381 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
3382 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
3383 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3388 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
3389 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
3390 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
3391 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3396 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3397 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
3399 @ref{Old downloads})
3404 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3405 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
3407 @ref{Old downloads})
3412 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
3413 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
3414 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3416 @ref{Old downloads})
3421 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3422 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
3423 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3424 (@ref{Old downloads})
3429 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3430 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
3431 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
3432 glory} what features are broken in the development release
3437 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
3438 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
3439 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
3440 the development releases even better
3445 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
3447 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
3448 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
3449 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3454 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
3455 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
3456 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
3457 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
3458 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
3459 esthetics}. Happy reading!
3464 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
3465 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
3466 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
3468 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3473 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3474 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
3475 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
3476 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
3477 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3482 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3483 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
3484 (@ref{Old downloads})
3489 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
3490 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
3491 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
3492 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
3493 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
3494 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3499 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
3500 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
3501 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
3502 (@ref{Publications})
3507 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3508 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
3509 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3514 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3515 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
3516 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
3517 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3522 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
3523 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
3524 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
3529 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
3530 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
3531 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3536 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
3537 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
3538 released. (@ref{Changes},
3539 @ref{Old downloads})
3544 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
3545 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
3546 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
3547 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
3548 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
3549 multi-measure rests.
3551 @ref{Old downloads})
3556 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
3557 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
3559 @ref{Old downloads})
3564 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
3565 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
3566 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
3567 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
3568 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3569 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
3570 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
3571 @ref{Old downloads})
3576 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
3577 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
3578 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
3579 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
3580 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
3581 @ref{Old downloads})
3586 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
3587 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
3588 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
3589 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
3590 the endings and the middle
3591 part. (@ref{Changes},
3592 @ref{Old downloads})
3597 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
3598 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
3599 parenthesized, for example,
3602 c4 -\parenthesize -.
3603 <d \parenthesize fis a>
3607 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
3608 @ref{Old downloads})
3613 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
3614 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
3615 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
3625 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
3626 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
3627 vector. (@ref{Changes},
3628 @ref{Old downloads})
3633 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
3634 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
3635 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
3636 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
3637 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
3638 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
3639 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
3641 @ref{Old downloads})
3646 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
3647 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
3648 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
3649 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
3650 @ref{Old downloads})
3655 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
3656 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
3657 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
3658 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
3659 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
3660 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
3661 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
3662 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3663 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3664 @ref{Old downloads})
3669 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
3670 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
3671 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
3672 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
3673 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
3674 @ref{Old downloads})
3679 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
3681 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
3682 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
3683 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
3688 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
3689 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
3690 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
3691 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
3692 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
3697 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3698 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
3699 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
3701 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
3703 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
3705 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
3711 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3712 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
3713 (feature sponsored by Andrea
3714 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
3715 @ref{Old downloads})
3720 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
3721 Linux Journal publishes an article on
3722 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
3723 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
3724 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
3727 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
3728 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
3729 alternatives seem second-rate.}
3730 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
3735 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
3736 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
3737 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
3738 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
3739 page. Let us know how you fare!
3744 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
3745 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
3746 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
3747 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
3748 The important occasion for this release is our new build
3749 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
3750 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
3751 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
3752 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
3754 @ref{Old downloads})
3759 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
3760 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
3761 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
3762 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
3763 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
3764 @ref{Old downloads})
3769 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
3770 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
3771 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
3772 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
3773 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
3774 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
3775 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
3776 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
3777 functions. (@ref{Changes},
3778 @ref{Old downloads})
3783 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
3784 This release has the following new features:
3787 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
3788 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
3789 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3791 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
3792 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
3793 and Bertalan Fodor).
3795 Generic music functions may now also be used on
3796 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
3799 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
3800 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
3801 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
3805 @ref{Old downloads})
3810 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
3811 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
3812 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
3813 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
3814 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
3815 van den Borre and Bertalan
3816 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
3817 @ref{Old downloads})
3822 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
3823 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
3824 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
3825 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
3831 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
3832 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
3833 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
3834 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
3835 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
3837 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
3838 @ref{Old downloads})
3843 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
3844 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
3845 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
3850 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
3851 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
3852 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
3853 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
3854 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
3855 etc. (@ref{Changes},
3856 @ref{Old downloads})
3861 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
3862 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
3863 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
3864 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3865 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3866 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3867 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3868 @ref{Old downloads})
3873 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
3874 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3875 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3876 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3877 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3878 @ref{Old downloads})
3883 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
3884 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
3885 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
3886 @ref{Old downloads})
3891 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
3892 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
3893 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
3894 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
3895 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
3896 properties. (@ref{Changes},
3897 @ref{Old downloads})
3902 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
3903 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
3904 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
3905 that compute said property, i.e.
3908 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
3909 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
3912 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
3913 @ref{Old downloads})
3918 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
3919 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
3920 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
3921 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
3922 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
3923 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
3924 also provides advanced tweakability for power
3925 users. (@ref{Changes},
3926 @ref{Old downloads})
3931 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
3932 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
3933 series. (@ref{Changes},
3934 @ref{Old downloads})
3939 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
3940 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
3941 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
3942 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
3943 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
3944 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
3945 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
3946 sponsored by Nicolas
3947 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3948 @ref{Old downloads})
3953 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
3954 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
3955 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3956 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
3957 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
3958 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
3959 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3960 @ref{Old downloads})
3965 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
3966 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
3967 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
3968 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
3969 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3970 @ref{Old downloads})
3975 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
3976 This is mainly a bugfix
3977 release. (@ref{Changes},
3978 @ref{Old downloads})
3983 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
3984 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
3985 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
3986 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
3987 la gravure musicale}.
3992 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
3993 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
3994 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
3995 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
3996 @ref{Old downloads})
4001 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
4002 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
4003 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
4004 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
4005 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
4006 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
4011 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
4012 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
4013 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
4014 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
4015 @ref{Old downloads})
4020 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
4021 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
4022 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
4023 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
4024 signs. (@ref{Changes},
4025 @ref{Old downloads})
4030 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
4031 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
4032 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
4033 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
4034 @ref{Old downloads})
4039 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4040 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4041 for a note is proportional to the time it
4042 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4043 @ref{Old downloads})
4048 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4049 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4050 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4055 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4056 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4057 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4058 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4060 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4061 @ref{Old downloads})
4066 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4067 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4068 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4069 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4071 @ref{Old downloads})
4076 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4077 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4078 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4079 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4080 @ref{Old downloads})
4085 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4086 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4088 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4089 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4090 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4091 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4092 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4097 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4098 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4099 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4100 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4105 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4106 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4107 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4108 @ref{Old downloads})
4113 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4114 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4115 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4116 @ref{Old downloads})
4121 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4122 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4123 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4124 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4125 (@ref{Old downloads})
4130 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4131 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4132 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4133 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4138 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4139 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4140 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4141 better help functionality.
4142 (@ref{Old downloads})
4147 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4148 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4149 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4150 compile them directly from
4151 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4156 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4157 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4158 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4163 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4164 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4165 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4166 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4171 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4172 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4173 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4174 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4175 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4180 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4181 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4182 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4187 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4188 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4193 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4194 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4195 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4200 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4201 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4202 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4203 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4204 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4209 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4210 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4211 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4212 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4213 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4214 @ref{Old downloads})
4219 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4221 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4222 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4224 (@ref{Old downloads})
4229 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4230 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4231 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4232 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4233 signatures like 5/8.
4235 @ref{Old downloads})
4240 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
4241 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4242 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4243 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4244 More details are in the
4246 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4251 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
4252 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4253 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4254 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4255 Scheme code. Take a look at
4257 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4262 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
4263 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4264 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4265 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4270 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
4271 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4272 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4273 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4278 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
4279 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4280 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4286 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
4287 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4288 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4289 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4290 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4291 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4296 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4297 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4298 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4299 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4300 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4301 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4303 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4308 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4309 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4310 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4316 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4317 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/Fedora-3/ghostscript-8.15rc3-0.i386.rpm,ESP
4318 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4319 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4320 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
4326 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4327 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
4328 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}.
4329 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4330 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4335 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
4336 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
4337 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
4338 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
4339 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
4344 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
4345 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
4346 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
4347 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
4348 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
4350 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4355 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
4356 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
4357 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
4358 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
4359 @ref{Old downloads}!
4364 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
4365 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
4366 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
4367 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
4373 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
4374 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
4375 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
4381 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
4382 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
4383 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
4384 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
4386 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
4388 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
4393 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
4394 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
4395 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
4396 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
4397 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
4398 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
4399 font code by Werner.
4401 and check out the changes in
4402 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4407 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
4408 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
4409 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
4410 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
4411 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
4412 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
4413 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
4414 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
4415 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
4416 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
4419 changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3013&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4424 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
4425 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
4426 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
4427 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
4428 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
4430 and check out the changes in
4431 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4436 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
4437 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
4438 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
4439 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
4440 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
4441 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
4444 changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2974&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4449 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
4450 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
4451 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
4452 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
4453 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
4454 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
4455 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
4456 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
4457 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
4461 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2908&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4466 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
4467 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
4468 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
4469 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
4470 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
4471 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
4473 and check out the changes in
4474 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4479 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
4480 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
4481 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
4482 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
4483 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
4484 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
4485 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
4486 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
4487 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
4490 and check out the changes in
4491 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4496 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
4497 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
4498 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
4499 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
4500 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
4501 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
4504 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
4507 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
4508 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
4509 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
4510 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
4511 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
4514 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2837&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4519 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
4520 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
4521 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
4527 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
4528 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
4529 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
4531 and check out the changes in
4532 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4537 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
4538 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
4539 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
4540 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
4541 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
4548 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4549 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
4550 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
4551 some problems with the conversion scripts.
4553 and check out the changes in
4554 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4559 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4560 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4561 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
4562 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
4563 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
4565 and check out the changes in
4566 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4571 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
4572 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
4573 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
4574 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
4576 and check out the changes in
4577 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4582 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
4583 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
4584 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
4585 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4587 and check out the changes in
4588 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4593 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
4594 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
4595 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
4596 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
4600 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2709&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4605 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
4606 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
4607 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
4608 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
4612 out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2692&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4617 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
4618 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
4619 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
4620 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
4621 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
4622 in the documentation.
4624 and check out the changes in
4625 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4630 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
4631 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
4632 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
4633 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
4634 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
4639 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
4640 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
4642 and check out the changes
4643 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4648 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
4649 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
4650 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
4651 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
4652 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
4653 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
4654 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
4657 and check out the changes in
4658 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4663 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
4664 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
4665 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
4666 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
4667 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
4668 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
4669 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
4670 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
4671 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
4672 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
4673 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
4674 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
4675 will hold users back in switching.
4677 and check out the changes in
4678 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4683 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
4684 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
4685 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
4686 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
4687 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
4688 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
4689 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
4691 and check out the changes in
4692 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4697 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
4698 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
4699 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
4700 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
4701 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
4702 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
4706 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2534&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4711 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4712 LilyPond now has a Documentation
4713 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
4714 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
4715 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
4716 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
4717 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
4718 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
4719 chapter of the user manual.
4720 A lot of cheers for Graham!
4725 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4726 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
4727 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
4728 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
4729 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
4730 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
4731 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
4735 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2520&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4740 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
4741 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
4742 disappearing metronome mark.
4744 and check out the changes in
4745 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.33&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4750 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
4751 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
4752 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
4753 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
4754 `doubleSlurs' property.
4756 and check out the changes in
4757 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4762 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
4763 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
4764 annoying bugs fixed.
4767 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2449&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4772 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
4773 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
4774 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
4775 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
4776 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
4777 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
4778 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
4781 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
4782 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
4784 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
4785 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
4790 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2435&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4795 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
4796 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
4797 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
4798 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
4799 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
4800 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
4801 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
4802 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
4803 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
4804 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
4805 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
4808 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2416&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4813 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
4814 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
4815 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
4816 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
4817 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
4820 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2395&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4825 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
4826 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
4827 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
4828 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
4829 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
4830 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
4831 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
4832 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
4833 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
4834 beat within the measure.
4836 and check out the changes in
4837 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4842 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
4843 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
4847 out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.28&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4852 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
4853 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
4859 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4860 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
4861 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
4862 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
4863 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
4865 and check out the changes
4866 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4871 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4872 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
4876 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.23&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4881 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
4882 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
4883 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
4884 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
4885 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
4886 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
4887 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
4888 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2293&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
4890 @ref{Old downloads}.
4895 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
4896 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
4897 bugs that were reported over the past month. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.16&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog} for a full description and
4898 @ref{Old downloads}.
4903 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
4904 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
4905 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
4906 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2242&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
4908 @ref{Old downloads}.
4913 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4914 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
4915 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
4916 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2207&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
4918 @ref{Old downloads}.
4923 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4924 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
4925 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.9,ChangeLog}
4926 or head straight to the
4927 @ref{Old downloads}.
4932 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
4933 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
4934 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
4935 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4936 @ref{Old downloads}.
4941 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
4942 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
4943 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4944 @ref{Old downloads}.
4949 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
4950 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
4952 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
4953 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
4954 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
4955 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
4956 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
4961 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
4962 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
4963 @ref{Old downloads}.
4968 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
4969 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
4970 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
4976 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
4977 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
4978 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
4979 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
4980 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
4981 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
4982 @ref{Old downloads}.
4987 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
4988 A French article on the new LilyPond
4989 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
4994 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
4995 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
4996 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
5002 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
5003 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
5004 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
5005 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
5006 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
5007 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
5008 @ref{Old downloads}.
5013 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
5014 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
5015 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
5016 documentation polish. This should be the final release
5017 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
5019 @ref{Old downloads}.
5024 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
5025 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
5027 @ref{Old downloads}.
5032 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
5033 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
5034 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
5035 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5042 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
5043 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5044 @ref{Old downloads}.
5049 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
5050 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5057 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
5058 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5059 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5060 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5062 @ref{Old downloads}.
5067 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
5068 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5069 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5070 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5073 @ref{Old downloads}.
5078 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
5080 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5081 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5087 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
5088 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5090 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5091 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5092 authors of LilyPond.
5097 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
5098 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5099 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5102 @ref{Old downloads}.
5107 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
5108 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5109 experimental support for producing titles with
5115 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
5116 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5117 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5118 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5120 @ref{Old downloads}.
5125 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
5126 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5127 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5128 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5130 @ref{Old downloads}.
5135 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
5136 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5137 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5138 produce cue notes. More information in the
5145 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
5146 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5147 for altering accidental rules.
5153 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
5154 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5155 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5156 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5157 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5158 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5159 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5160 More information in the
5167 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
5168 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5169 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5170 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5177 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
5178 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5179 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5180 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5181 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5188 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
5189 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5190 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5191 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5192 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5193 More information in the
5200 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
5201 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5202 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5203 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5204 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5205 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5206 More information in the
5213 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
5214 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5215 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5216 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5224 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
5225 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5226 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5227 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5234 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
5235 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5236 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5237 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5238 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5247 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
5248 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5249 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5252 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5257 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
5259 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5260 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5261 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5264 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5269 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5270 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5271 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5272 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5273 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5278 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5279 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5280 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5281 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5282 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5288 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
5289 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5290 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5292 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5297 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
5298 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5299 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5300 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5305 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
5306 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5307 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5308 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5310 More information in the
5311 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5316 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
5317 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5318 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5320 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5325 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
5326 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
5327 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
5328 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
5330 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5335 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
5336 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
5337 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
5338 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
5339 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
5340 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
5341 individual music expressions.
5342 More information in the
5343 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5348 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
5349 An update to the stable branch,
5350 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
5351 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
5356 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
5357 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
5358 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
5359 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
5360 More information in the
5361 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5366 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
5367 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
5369 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
5370 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5375 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
5376 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
5377 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
5378 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
5379 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5384 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
5385 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
5386 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
5387 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
5388 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5393 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
5394 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
5395 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
5396 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
5397 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
5398 to implement this are welcome!) See the
5399 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5404 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
5405 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
5406 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
5407 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
5409 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5414 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
5415 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
5416 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
5417 Han-Wen's absence. See the
5418 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5423 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5424 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
5426 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5431 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5432 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
5434 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
5435 thanks to Heikki Junes.
5440 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
5441 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
5442 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
5443 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
5448 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
5449 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
5456 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
5457 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
5459 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
5460 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
5465 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
5466 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
5467 contains minor bugfixes.
5468 See the @ref{Changes}
5469 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
5474 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
5475 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
5476 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
5477 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
5483 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5484 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
5485 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
5486 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
5487 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
5488 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
5493 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5494 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
5495 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
5496 the @ref{Changes} and
5497 download @uref{install/,here}.
5502 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
5503 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
5504 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5505 the @ref{Changes} and
5506 download @uref{install/,here}.
5511 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
5512 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
5513 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5514 the @ref{Changes} and
5515 download @uref{install/,here}.
5520 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
5521 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
5522 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
5528 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
5529 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
5530 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
5536 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
5537 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
5538 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
5539 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
5540 will be available in a few weeks.
5546 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
5547 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
5548 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
5554 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
5555 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
5556 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
5562 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5563 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
5564 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
5565 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
5571 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5572 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
5573 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
5578 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5579 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
5580 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
5581 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
5582 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5587 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
5588 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
5589 @ref{Changes} and get it
5590 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5595 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
5596 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
5597 @ref{Changes} and get it
5598 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5603 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5604 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
5605 @ref{Changes} and get it
5606 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5611 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5612 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
5613 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
5618 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
5619 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
5620 read the @ref{Changes}.
5625 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
5626 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
5627 has been updated to 1.8.
5628 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
5633 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5634 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
5635 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
5640 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5641 New website went live!
5646 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
5647 Announced new website.
5652 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
5653 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
5658 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
5659 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
5660 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
5666 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
5667 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
5668 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.