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30 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.39 released @emph{March 27, 2016}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
33 2.19.39. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
34 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
35 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
36 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
42 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.38 released @emph{March 13, 2016}
44 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
45 2.19.38. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
46 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
47 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
48 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
54 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.37 released @emph{February 28, 2016}
56 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
57 2.19.37. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
58 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
59 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
60 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
66 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.36 released @emph{January 31, 2016}
68 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
69 2.19.36. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
70 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
71 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
72 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
78 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.35 released @emph{January 02, 2016}
80 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
81 2.19.35. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
82 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
83 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
84 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
90 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.34 released @emph{December 22, 2015}
92 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
93 2.19.34. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
94 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
95 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
96 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
102 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.33 released @emph{December 6, 2015}
104 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
105 2.19.33. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
106 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
107 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
108 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
114 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.32 released @emph{November 22, 2015}
116 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
117 2.19.32. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
118 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
119 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
120 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
126 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.31 released @emph{November 8, 2015}
128 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
129 2.19.31. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
130 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
131 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
132 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
138 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.30 released @emph{October 25, 2015}
140 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
141 2.19.30. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
142 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
143 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
144 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
150 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.29 released @emph{October 18, 2015}
152 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
153 2.19.29. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
154 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
155 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
156 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
162 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.28 released @emph{September 27, 2015}
164 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
165 2.19.28. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
166 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
167 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
168 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
174 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.27 released @emph{September 12, 2015}
176 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
177 2.19.27. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
178 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
179 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
180 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
186 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.26 released @emph{August 27, 2015}
188 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
189 2.19.26. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
190 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
191 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
192 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
198 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.25 released @emph{August 9, 2015}
200 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
201 2.19.25. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
202 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
203 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
204 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
210 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.24 released @emph{July 26, 2015}
212 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
213 2.19.24. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
214 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
215 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
216 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
222 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.23 released @emph{July 12, 2015}
224 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
225 2.19.23. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
226 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
227 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
228 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
234 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.22 released @emph{June 28, 2015}
236 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
237 2.19.22. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
238 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
239 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
240 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
246 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.21 released @emph{May 24, 2015}
248 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
249 2.19.21. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
250 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
251 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
252 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
258 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.20 released @emph{May 10, 2015}
260 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
261 2.19.20. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
262 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
263 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
264 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
270 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.19 released @emph{April 26, 2015}
272 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
273 2.19.19. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
274 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
275 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
276 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
282 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.18 released @emph{April 5, 2015}
284 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
285 2.19.18. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
286 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
287 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
288 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
294 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.17 released @emph{March 15, 2015}
296 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
297 2.19.17. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
298 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
299 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
300 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
306 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.16 released @emph{February 28, 2015}
308 At long last, we are very happy to announce the release of LilyPond
309 2.19.16. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
310 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
311 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
312 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
315 We would like to acknowledge and thank Masamichi Hosoda for making this
316 release possible with his work on updating GUB, the build tool.
321 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.15 released @emph{September 28, 2014}
323 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.15. This
324 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
325 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
326 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
327 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
333 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.14 released @emph{September 14, 2014}
335 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.14. This
336 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
337 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
338 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
339 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
345 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.13 released @emph{August 31, 2014}
347 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.13. This
348 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
349 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
350 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
351 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
357 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.12 released @emph{August 17, 2014}
359 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.12. This
360 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
361 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
362 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
363 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
369 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.11 released @emph{August 3, 2014}
371 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.11. This
372 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
373 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
374 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
375 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
381 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.10 released @emph{July 13, 2014}
383 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.10. This
384 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
385 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
386 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
387 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
393 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.9 released @emph{June 29, 2014}
395 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.9. This
396 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
397 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
398 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
399 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
405 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.8 released @emph{June 15, 2014}
407 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.8. This
408 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
409 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
410 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
411 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
417 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.7 released @emph{May 25, 2014}
419 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.7. This
420 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
421 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
422 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
423 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
429 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.6 released @emph{May 11, 2014}
431 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.6. This
432 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
433 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
434 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
435 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
441 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.5 released @emph{April 20, 2014}
443 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.5. This
444 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
445 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
446 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
447 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
452 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.4 released @emph{April 6, 2014}
454 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.4. This
455 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
456 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
457 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
458 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
463 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.3 released @emph{March 2, 2014}
465 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.3. This
466 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
467 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
468 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
469 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
474 @subheading LilyPond 2.18.1 @emph{February 16, 2014}
476 We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
477 The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
478 over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
479 and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
480 enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
482 To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
483 stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
488 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
490 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
491 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
492 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
493 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
494 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
499 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
501 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
502 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
503 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
504 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
505 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
510 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
512 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
513 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
514 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
515 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
516 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
521 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
523 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
524 a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
525 developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
526 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
527 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
528 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
529 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
530 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
535 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
537 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
538 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
539 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
540 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
541 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
542 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
543 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
544 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
549 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
551 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
552 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
553 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
554 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
555 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
556 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
557 latest version, see @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
558 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
564 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
566 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
567 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
568 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
569 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
570 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
575 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
577 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
578 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
579 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
580 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
581 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
586 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
588 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
589 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
590 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
591 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
592 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
597 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
599 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. This
600 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
601 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
602 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
603 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
608 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
610 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. This
611 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
612 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
613 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
614 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
619 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
621 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. This
622 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
623 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
624 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
625 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
630 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
632 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. This
633 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
634 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
635 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
636 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
641 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
643 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. This
644 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
645 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
646 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
647 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
649 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
650 with positioning text.
655 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
657 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
658 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
659 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
660 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
661 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
666 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
668 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
669 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
670 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
671 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
672 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
677 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
679 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
680 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
681 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
682 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
683 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
688 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
690 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
691 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
692 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
693 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
694 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
699 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
701 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
702 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
703 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
704 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
705 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
710 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
712 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
713 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
714 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
715 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
716 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
721 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
723 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
724 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
725 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
726 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
727 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
732 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
734 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
735 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
736 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
737 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
738 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
739 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
744 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
746 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
747 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
748 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
749 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
750 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
755 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
757 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
758 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
759 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
760 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
761 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
766 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
768 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
769 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
770 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
771 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
772 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
777 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
779 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
780 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
781 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
782 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
783 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
788 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
790 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
791 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
792 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
793 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
794 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
799 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
801 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
802 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
803 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
804 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
805 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
810 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
812 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
813 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
814 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
815 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
816 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
822 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
824 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
825 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
826 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
830 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
832 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
833 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
834 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
835 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
836 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
841 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
843 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
844 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
845 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
846 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
847 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
852 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
854 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
855 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
856 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
857 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
862 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
864 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
865 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
866 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
867 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
872 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
874 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
875 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
876 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
877 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
882 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
884 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
885 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
886 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
887 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
893 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
895 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
896 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
897 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
898 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
903 @subheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
905 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
906 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
907 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
908 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
910 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
911 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
915 Support for kievan square notation
917 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
919 Music functions have become quite more versatile
922 A full list of new features is given in:
925 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
928 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
930 Main development team:
932 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
933 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
934 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
935 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
936 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
939 Programming contributors:
941 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
942 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
943 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
944 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
946 Documentation contributors:
948 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
952 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
957 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
959 Translation contributors:
961 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
966 @subheading Lilypond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
968 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
969 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
970 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
972 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
973 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
974 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
976 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
977 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
983 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
985 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
986 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
988 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
989 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
990 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
997 @subheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
999 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
1000 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
1001 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
1002 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
1003 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
1004 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
1007 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
1008 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
1013 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
1015 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
1016 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1017 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1018 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1019 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1025 @subheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
1027 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
1028 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1029 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1030 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1033 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1034 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1035 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1042 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
1044 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
1045 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1047 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1048 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1049 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1056 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
1058 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
1059 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1060 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1061 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1062 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1068 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
1070 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh 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 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1085 @subheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
1087 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
1088 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
1089 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
1090 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
1091 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
1092 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
1095 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
1096 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
1103 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
1105 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1106 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1107 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1108 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1111 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
1112 candidate will be required.
1118 @subheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
1120 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
1121 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
1122 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
1123 working on open source software.
1125 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
1126 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
1132 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
1134 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1135 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1136 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1137 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1140 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1141 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1142 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1149 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
1151 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1152 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1153 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1154 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1157 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1158 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1159 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1166 @subheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
1168 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
1169 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
1170 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
1171 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
1174 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
1175 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
1182 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
1184 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
1185 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1187 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1188 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1189 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1196 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
1198 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
1199 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1201 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1202 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1203 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1210 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
1212 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
1213 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1215 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1216 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1217 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1224 @subheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
1226 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
1227 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
1228 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
1229 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
1232 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
1233 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
1240 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
1242 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
1243 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1245 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1246 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1247 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1254 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
1256 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
1257 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1259 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1260 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1261 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1268 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
1270 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1271 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1272 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1273 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1276 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1277 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1278 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1285 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
1287 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
1288 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1290 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1291 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1292 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1299 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
1301 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
1302 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1304 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1305 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1306 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1313 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
1315 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
1316 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1318 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1319 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1320 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1327 @subheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
1329 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
1330 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
1331 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
1332 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
1333 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
1336 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
1337 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
1344 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
1346 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
1347 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1349 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1350 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1351 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1354 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
1360 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
1362 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
1363 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1365 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1366 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1367 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1374 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
1376 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
1377 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1379 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1380 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1381 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1388 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
1390 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
1391 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1393 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1394 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1395 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1402 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
1404 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
1405 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1407 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1408 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1409 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1416 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
1418 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
1419 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1421 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1422 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1423 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1430 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
1432 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
1433 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1435 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1436 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1437 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1444 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
1446 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
1447 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1449 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1450 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1451 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1458 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
1460 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
1461 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1463 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1464 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1465 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1472 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
1474 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
1475 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1477 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1478 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1479 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1486 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
1488 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
1489 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1491 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1492 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1493 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1500 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
1502 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
1503 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1505 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1506 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1507 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1514 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1516 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1517 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1519 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1520 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1521 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1528 @subheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1530 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1531 Critical regression.
1537 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1539 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1540 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1541 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1542 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1545 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1546 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1547 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1554 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1556 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
1557 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1559 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1560 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1561 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1562 not the next release candidate.
1568 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1570 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1571 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1573 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1574 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1575 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1576 next release candidate.
1582 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1584 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1585 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1586 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1588 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1589 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1590 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1591 next release candidate.
1597 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1599 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1600 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1601 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1602 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1605 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1606 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1607 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1614 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1616 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
1617 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1619 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1620 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1626 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1628 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1629 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1631 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1632 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1638 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1640 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1641 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1642 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1650 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1652 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1653 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1655 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1656 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1662 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1664 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1665 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1667 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1668 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1674 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1676 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1677 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1679 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1680 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1686 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1688 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1689 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1691 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1692 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1698 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1700 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1701 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1702 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1707 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1709 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1710 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1711 usual number of bugs.
1713 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1714 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1719 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1721 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1722 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1723 usual number of bugs.
1725 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1726 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1732 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1734 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1735 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1736 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1737 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1739 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1740 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1745 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1748 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1749 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1752 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1757 A full list of new features is given in:
1760 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1763 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1765 Main development team:
1767 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1768 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1769 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1770 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1771 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1773 Programming contributors:
1775 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1776 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1777 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1778 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1779 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1780 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1784 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1786 Documentation contributors:
1788 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1789 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
1793 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
1794 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
1796 Binaries support contributors:
1800 Translation contributors:
1802 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
1803 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
1810 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
1812 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1813 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1814 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1815 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1818 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1819 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1820 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1827 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
1829 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
1830 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1832 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1833 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1839 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
1841 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
1842 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1844 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1845 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1851 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
1853 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
1854 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1856 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1857 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1863 @subheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
1865 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
1866 article in the May 2011 issue titled
1867 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/content/download/61706/482546/version/1/file/088-090_projects.pdf,
1868 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
1869 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
1870 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
1871 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
1876 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
1878 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
1879 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1881 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1882 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1888 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
1890 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1891 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1892 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1893 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1896 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1897 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1898 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1905 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
1907 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1908 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1909 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1910 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1913 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1914 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1915 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1922 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
1924 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1925 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1926 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1927 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1930 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1931 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1932 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1939 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
1941 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
1942 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1944 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
1945 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1951 @subheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
1953 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
1954 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1955 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1956 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1957 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1963 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
1965 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1966 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1967 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1968 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1971 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1972 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1973 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1980 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
1982 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
1983 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1985 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1986 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1991 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
1993 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
1994 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1996 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1997 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2002 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
2004 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
2005 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2007 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2008 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2014 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
2016 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
2017 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2019 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
2020 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
2021 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
2027 @subheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
2029 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
2030 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
2031 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
2038 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
2040 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
2041 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2042 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2043 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2046 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2047 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2048 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2055 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
2057 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
2058 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2059 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2067 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
2069 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
2070 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2071 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2079 @subheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
2081 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
2082 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2083 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2084 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2085 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2091 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
2093 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
2094 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2095 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2096 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2099 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2100 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2101 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2108 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
2110 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
2111 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2112 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2121 @subheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
2123 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
2124 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2125 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2126 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2129 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2130 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2131 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2132 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2138 @subheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
2140 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
2141 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2142 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2143 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2146 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2147 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2148 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2149 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2155 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
2157 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
2158 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2159 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2162 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2163 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2164 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2170 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
2172 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
2173 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2174 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2177 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2178 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2179 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2185 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
2187 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
2188 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2189 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2192 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2193 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2194 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2200 @subheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
2202 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
2203 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2204 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2205 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2208 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2209 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2210 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
2211 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2220 @subheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
2222 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
2223 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
2224 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
2225 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
2226 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
2227 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
2228 read on to find out what for!
2231 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
2232 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
2239 @subheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
2241 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
2242 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2243 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2244 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2247 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2248 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2249 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
2250 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2257 @subheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
2259 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
2260 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2261 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2262 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2265 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2266 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2267 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
2268 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2275 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
2277 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
2278 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2279 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2282 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
2283 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2284 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2289 @subheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
2291 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2292 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
2293 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
2294 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
2295 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
2299 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
2300 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
2307 @subheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
2309 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
2310 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2311 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2312 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2315 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
2316 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2317 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2318 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
2320 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
2322 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
2323 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
2324 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2330 @subheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
2332 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
2333 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2334 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2335 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2338 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
2339 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2340 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2341 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
2342 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
2343 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2349 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
2351 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
2352 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2353 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2362 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
2364 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
2365 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2366 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2373 @subheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
2375 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2376 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
2377 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
2378 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
2379 the bug report of the report!
2382 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
2383 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
2389 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
2391 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
2392 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2393 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2400 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
2402 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
2403 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2404 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2411 @subheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
2413 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2414 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
2415 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
2416 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
2420 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
2421 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
2429 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
2431 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
2432 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2433 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2436 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
2437 caution and expect breakage.
2442 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
2444 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
2445 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2446 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2449 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
2450 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
2451 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
2452 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
2457 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
2459 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
2460 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2461 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2467 @subheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
2469 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
2470 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
2471 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
2472 improvements to the new website.
2474 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
2475 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
2477 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
2478 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
2480 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
2486 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
2488 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
2489 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2490 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2495 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
2497 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
2498 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2499 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2505 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2507 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2508 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2509 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2515 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2517 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2518 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2519 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2524 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2526 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2527 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2528 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2533 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2535 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2536 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2537 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2540 This release should be of particular interest to package
2541 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2542 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2543 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2549 @subheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2551 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2552 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2553 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2554 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2557 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2558 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2565 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2567 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2568 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2569 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2572 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2573 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2574 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2575 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2576 see the Changes document for more information.
2580 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2582 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2583 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2584 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2589 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2591 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2592 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2593 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2594 so this release is intended for developers only.
2598 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2600 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2601 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2602 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2607 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2609 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2610 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2615 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2617 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2618 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2619 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2625 @subheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2627 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2628 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2629 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2630 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2631 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2633 What are you waiting for? Come
2634 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2635 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2640 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2642 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2643 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2644 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2648 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2650 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2651 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2652 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2653 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2654 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2659 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2661 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2662 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2663 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2667 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2669 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2670 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2671 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2672 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2676 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2678 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2679 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2680 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2681 and English names for feta filenames.
2687 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2689 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2690 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2691 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2692 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2695 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2696 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2697 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2703 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2705 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2706 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2707 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2708 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2710 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2711 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2716 @subheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2718 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2719 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2725 @subheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2727 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2728 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2729 Read @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2736 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2738 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2739 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2740 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2741 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2743 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2744 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2745 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2753 @subheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2755 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2756 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2757 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2758 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2759 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2760 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2761 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2762 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2768 @subheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2770 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2771 its team, its world, its community.
2772 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2773 to read the full issue...
2778 @subheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2780 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2781 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2782 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2787 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2789 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2790 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
2796 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
2798 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2800 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
2807 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
2809 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
2810 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
2811 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
2812 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
2813 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
2815 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
2816 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
2818 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
2820 @ref{Old downloads}.
2825 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
2827 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
2828 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
2829 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
2830 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
2831 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
2832 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
2835 @ref{Old downloads}.
2840 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
2842 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
2843 documentation and translations.
2844 @ref{Old downloads}.
2849 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
2851 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
2852 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
2853 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
2854 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
2855 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
2857 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
2858 @ref{Old downloads}.
2863 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
2865 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
2866 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
2867 (teaching) has been added.
2869 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
2871 @ref{Old downloads}.
2876 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
2878 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
2879 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
2880 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
2881 @ref{Old downloads}.
2886 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
2888 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
2889 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
2890 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
2891 translations of the documentation.
2892 @ref{Old downloads}.
2897 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
2899 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
2900 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
2901 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
2902 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
2903 deceased since then. All the development team express their
2904 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
2905 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
2906 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
2907 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
2909 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
2911 @ref{Old downloads}.
2916 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
2918 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
2919 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
2920 markup command names have been made.
2923 @ref{Old downloads}.
2928 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
2930 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
2931 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
2932 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
2933 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
2934 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
2937 @ref{Old downloads}.
2942 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
2944 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
2945 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
2947 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
2948 @ref{Old downloads}.
2953 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
2955 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
2956 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
2957 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
2959 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
2960 @ref{Old downloads}.
2965 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
2967 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
2969 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
2970 @ref{Old downloads}.
2975 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
2977 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
2978 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
2979 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
2981 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
2983 @ref{Old downloads}.
2988 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
2990 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
2991 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
2992 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
2993 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
2995 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
2996 @ref{Old downloads}.
3001 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
3003 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
3004 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
3007 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
3008 @ref{Old downloads}.
3013 @subheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
3015 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3016 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123759/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
3021 @subheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
3023 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3024 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123754/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
3029 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
3031 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
3033 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
3034 @ref{Old downloads}.
3039 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3041 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
3042 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
3043 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
3045 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
3046 @ref{Old downloads}.
3051 @subheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3053 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3054 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123750/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
3059 @subheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
3061 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
3062 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123743/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
3067 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
3069 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
3070 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
3071 regression tests maintenance for developers.
3073 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
3074 @ref{Old downloads}.
3079 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
3081 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
3082 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
3084 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
3086 @ref{Old downloads}.
3091 @subheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
3093 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
3094 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
3095 report, new translations of the site and publications.
3096 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
3097 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
3098 announce releases and special events.
3103 @subheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
3105 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
3106 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3107 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123946/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
3112 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
3114 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
3115 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
3116 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
3117 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
3118 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
3121 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
3123 @ref{Old downloads}.
3128 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
3130 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
3131 names has been added to the MusicXML
3134 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
3135 @ref{Old downloads}.
3140 @subheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
3142 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
3147 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
3149 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
3150 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
3151 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
3154 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
3155 @ref{Old downloads}.
3160 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
3162 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
3165 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
3166 @ref{Old downloads}.
3171 @subheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3173 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
3174 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
3175 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
3176 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
3177 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
3178 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
3184 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3186 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
3187 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
3188 updates to the MusicXML converter.
3190 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
3191 @ref{Old downloads}.
3196 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
3198 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
3199 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
3204 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
3206 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
3207 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
3208 Grand Documentation Project.
3210 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
3211 @ref{Old downloads}.
3216 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
3218 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
3220 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
3221 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
3222 @ref{Old downloads}.
3227 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
3229 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
3231 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
3232 @ref{Old downloads}.
3237 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
3239 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
3240 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
3242 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
3243 @ref{Old downloads}.
3248 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
3250 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
3251 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
3252 for the translations.
3254 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
3255 @ref{Old downloads}.
3260 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
3262 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
3263 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
3264 and lots of updates for the translations.
3266 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
3267 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
3268 @ref{Old downloads}.
3273 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
3275 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
3276 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
3277 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/,the installer} and
3278 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
3283 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
3284 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
3285 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
3286 spacing engine code.
3288 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
3289 @ref{Old downloads}.
3294 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
3296 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
3297 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
3299 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
3300 @ref{Old downloads}.
3305 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
3307 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
3308 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
3310 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
3311 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
3312 @ref{Old downloads}.
3317 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
3318 This has lots of bugfixes.
3320 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
3321 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
3322 @ref{Old downloads}.
3327 @subheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
3328 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
3329 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
3330 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
3335 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
3336 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
3338 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
3340 @ref{Old downloads}.
3345 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
3346 This release has some documentation updates.
3348 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
3350 @ref{Old downloads}.
3355 @subheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
3356 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
3357 disponibles en ligne ---
3358 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
3359 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
3360 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
3361 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
3366 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
3367 This release fixes many bugs.
3369 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
3370 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
3372 @ref{Old downloads}.
3377 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
3378 This release fixes many bugs.
3380 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
3381 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
3383 @ref{Old downloads}.
3388 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
3389 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
3390 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
3392 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
3394 @ref{Old downloads}.
3399 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
3400 This release fixes still more bugs.
3402 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
3404 @ref{Old downloads}.
3409 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
3410 This release fixes many bugs.
3411 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
3412 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
3414 @ref{Old downloads})
3419 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
3420 This release will stretch piano staves on a
3421 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
3422 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
3424 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
3425 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
3427 @ref{Old downloads}.
3432 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
3433 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
3434 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
3436 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
3443 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3444 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
3445 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
3447 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
3449 @ref{Old downloads}.
3454 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3455 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
3456 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
3458 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
3460 @ref{Old downloads}.
3465 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3466 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
3469 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
3471 @ref{Old downloads}.
3476 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
3477 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
3479 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
3481 @ref{Old downloads}.
3486 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
3487 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
3488 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
3489 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
3491 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
3493 @ref{Old downloads}.
3498 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3499 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
3500 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
3501 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
3502 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
3503 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3505 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3507 @ref{Old downloads}.
3512 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3513 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3514 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3517 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3519 @ref{Old downloads}.
3524 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3525 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3526 further improvements in the regression test suite
3530 @ref{Old downloads}.
3535 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3536 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3540 @ref{Old downloads}.
3545 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3546 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3551 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3552 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3557 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3558 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3562 @ref{Old downloads}.
3567 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3568 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3569 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3573 @ref{Old downloads}.
3578 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3579 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3583 @ref{Old downloads}.
3588 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3589 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3594 @ref{Old downloads}.
3599 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3600 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3604 @ref{Old downloads}.
3609 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3610 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3611 within a system as well as between systems.
3615 @ref{Old downloads}.
3620 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3621 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3622 test results} and several website build improvements.
3626 @ref{Old downloads}.
3631 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3632 This release fixes several bugs.
3635 @ref{Old downloads}.
3640 @subheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3641 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3646 @subheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3647 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3648 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3649 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3650 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3655 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3656 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3660 @ref{Old downloads}.
3665 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3666 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3669 @ref{Old downloads}.
3674 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3675 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3679 @ref{Old downloads}.
3684 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3685 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3688 @ref{Old downloads}.
3693 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3694 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3699 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3700 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3701 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3706 @subheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3707 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3708 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3713 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3714 This release has many more bugfixes.
3717 @ref{Old downloads}.
3722 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3723 This release has many more bugfixes.
3726 @ref{Old downloads}.
3731 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3732 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3737 @ref{Old downloads}.
3742 @subheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3743 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3744 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3745 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3746 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3747 (@ref{Publications}).
3752 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3753 This release has further bugfixes.
3756 @ref{Old downloads}.
3761 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3762 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3763 available for x86/64.
3766 @ref{Old downloads}.
3771 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3772 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3773 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3774 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3775 @ref{Old downloads})
3780 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3781 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3782 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3787 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3788 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3793 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
3794 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3799 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
3800 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3805 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
3806 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
3807 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3812 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
3813 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
3814 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
3815 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3820 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
3821 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3826 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
3827 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
3828 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
3833 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
3834 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
3835 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
3836 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
3837 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3842 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
3843 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
3844 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3849 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
3850 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
3851 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
3852 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3857 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
3858 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
3859 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
3860 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3865 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3866 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
3868 @ref{Old downloads})
3873 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3874 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
3876 @ref{Old downloads})
3881 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
3882 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
3883 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3885 @ref{Old downloads})
3890 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3891 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
3892 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3893 (@ref{Old downloads})
3898 @subheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3899 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
3900 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
3901 glory} what features are broken in the development release
3906 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
3907 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
3908 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
3909 the development releases even better
3914 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
3916 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
3917 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
3918 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3923 @subheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
3924 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
3925 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
3926 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
3927 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
3928 esthetics}. Happy reading!
3933 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
3934 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
3935 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
3937 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3942 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3943 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
3944 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
3945 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
3946 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3951 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3952 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
3953 (@ref{Old downloads})
3958 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
3959 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
3960 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
3961 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
3962 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
3963 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3968 @subheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
3969 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
3970 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
3971 (@ref{Publications})
3976 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3977 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
3978 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3983 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3984 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
3985 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
3986 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3991 @subheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
3992 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
3993 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
3998 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
3999 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
4000 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4005 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
4006 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
4007 released. (@ref{Changes},
4008 @ref{Old downloads})
4013 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
4014 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
4015 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
4016 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
4017 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
4018 multi-measure rests.
4020 @ref{Old downloads})
4025 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
4026 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
4028 @ref{Old downloads})
4033 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
4034 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
4035 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
4036 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
4037 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4038 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
4039 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
4040 @ref{Old downloads})
4045 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
4046 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
4047 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
4048 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
4049 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
4050 @ref{Old downloads})
4055 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
4056 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
4057 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
4058 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
4059 the endings and the middle
4060 part. (@ref{Changes},
4061 @ref{Old downloads})
4066 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
4067 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
4068 parenthesized, for example,
4071 c4 -\parenthesize -.
4072 <d \parenthesize fis a>
4076 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
4077 @ref{Old downloads})
4082 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
4083 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
4084 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
4094 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
4095 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
4096 vector. (@ref{Changes},
4097 @ref{Old downloads})
4102 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
4103 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
4104 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
4105 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
4106 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
4107 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
4108 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
4110 @ref{Old downloads})
4115 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
4116 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
4117 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
4118 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
4119 @ref{Old downloads})
4124 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
4125 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
4126 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
4127 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
4128 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
4129 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
4130 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
4131 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4132 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4133 @ref{Old downloads})
4138 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
4139 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
4140 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
4141 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
4142 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
4143 @ref{Old downloads})
4148 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
4150 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
4151 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
4152 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
4157 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
4158 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
4159 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
4160 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
4161 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
4166 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4167 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
4168 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
4170 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/,
4172 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/darwin-ppc/,
4174 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/,
4180 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4181 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
4182 (feature sponsored by Andrea
4183 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
4184 @ref{Old downloads})
4189 @subheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
4190 Linux Journal publishes an article on
4191 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
4192 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
4193 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
4196 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
4197 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
4198 alternatives seem second-rate.}
4199 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
4204 @subheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
4205 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
4206 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
4207 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
4208 page. Let us know how you fare!
4213 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
4214 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
4215 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
4216 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
4217 The important occasion for this release is our new build
4218 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
4219 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
4220 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
4221 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
4223 @ref{Old downloads})
4228 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
4229 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
4230 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
4231 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
4232 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
4233 @ref{Old downloads})
4238 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
4239 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
4240 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
4241 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
4242 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
4243 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
4244 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
4245 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
4246 functions. (@ref{Changes},
4247 @ref{Old downloads})
4252 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
4253 This release has the following new features:
4256 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
4257 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
4258 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4260 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
4261 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
4262 and Bertalan Fodor).
4264 Generic music functions may now also be used on
4265 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
4268 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
4269 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
4270 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
4274 @ref{Old downloads})
4279 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
4280 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
4281 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
4282 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
4283 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
4284 van den Borre and Bertalan
4285 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
4286 @ref{Old downloads})
4291 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
4292 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
4293 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
4294 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
4300 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
4301 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
4302 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
4303 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
4304 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
4306 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
4307 @ref{Old downloads})
4312 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
4313 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
4314 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
4319 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
4320 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
4321 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
4322 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
4323 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
4324 etc. (@ref{Changes},
4325 @ref{Old downloads})
4330 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
4331 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
4332 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
4333 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4334 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4335 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4336 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4337 @ref{Old downloads})
4342 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
4343 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4344 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4345 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4346 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4347 @ref{Old downloads})
4352 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
4353 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
4354 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
4355 @ref{Old downloads})
4360 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
4361 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
4362 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
4363 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
4364 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
4365 properties. (@ref{Changes},
4366 @ref{Old downloads})
4371 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
4372 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
4373 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
4374 that compute said property, i.e.
4377 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
4378 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
4381 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
4382 @ref{Old downloads})
4387 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
4388 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
4389 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
4390 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
4391 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
4392 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
4393 also provides advanced tweakability for power
4394 users. (@ref{Changes},
4395 @ref{Old downloads})
4400 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
4401 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
4402 series. (@ref{Changes},
4403 @ref{Old downloads})
4408 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
4409 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
4410 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
4411 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
4412 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
4413 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
4414 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
4415 sponsored by Nicolas
4416 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4417 @ref{Old downloads})
4422 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
4423 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
4424 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4425 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
4426 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
4427 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
4428 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4429 @ref{Old downloads})
4434 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
4435 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
4436 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
4437 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
4438 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4439 @ref{Old downloads})
4444 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
4445 This is mainly a bugfix
4446 release. (@ref{Changes},
4447 @ref{Old downloads})
4452 @subheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
4453 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
4454 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
4455 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
4456 la gravure musicale}.
4461 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
4462 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
4463 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
4464 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
4465 @ref{Old downloads})
4470 @subheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
4471 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
4472 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
4473 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
4474 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
4475 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
4480 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
4481 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
4482 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
4483 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
4484 @ref{Old downloads})
4489 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
4490 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
4491 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
4492 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
4493 signs. (@ref{Changes},
4494 @ref{Old downloads})
4499 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
4500 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
4501 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
4502 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
4503 @ref{Old downloads})
4508 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4509 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4510 for a note is proportional to the time it
4511 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4512 @ref{Old downloads})
4517 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4518 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4519 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4524 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4525 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4526 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4527 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4529 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4530 @ref{Old downloads})
4535 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4536 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4537 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4538 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4540 @ref{Old downloads})
4545 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4546 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4547 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4548 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4549 @ref{Old downloads})
4554 @subheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4555 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4557 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4558 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4559 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4560 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4561 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4566 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4567 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4568 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4569 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4574 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4575 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4576 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4577 @ref{Old downloads})
4582 @subheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4583 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4584 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4585 @ref{Old downloads})
4590 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4591 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4592 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4593 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4594 (@ref{Old downloads})
4599 @subheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4600 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4601 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4602 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4607 @subheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4608 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4609 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4610 better help functionality.
4611 (@ref{Old downloads})
4616 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4617 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4618 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4619 compile them directly from
4620 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4625 @subheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4626 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4627 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4632 @subheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4633 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4634 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4635 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4640 @subheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4641 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4642 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4643 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4644 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4649 @subheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4650 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4651 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4656 @subheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4657 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4662 @subheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4663 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4664 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4669 @subheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4670 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4671 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4672 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4673 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4678 @subheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4679 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4680 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4681 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4682 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4683 @ref{Old downloads})
4688 @subheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4690 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4691 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4693 (@ref{Old downloads})
4698 @subheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4699 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4700 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4701 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4702 signatures like 5/8.
4704 @ref{Old downloads})
4709 @subheading April 18, 2005
4710 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4711 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4712 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4713 More details are in the
4715 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4720 @subheading April 15, 2005
4721 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4722 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4723 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4724 Scheme code. Take a look at
4726 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4731 @subheading April 6, 2005
4732 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4733 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4734 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4739 @subheading March 31, 2005
4740 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4741 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4742 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4747 @subheading March 20, 2005
4748 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4749 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4755 @subheading March 14, 2005
4756 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4757 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4758 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4759 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4760 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4765 @subheading March 7, 2005
4766 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4767 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4768 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4769 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4770 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4772 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4777 @subheading March 7, 2005
4778 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4779 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4785 @subheading February 28, 2005
4786 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install
4787 Ghostscript 8.15rc3. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4788 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4789 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
4795 @subheading February 28, 2005
4796 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
4797 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}.
4798 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4799 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4804 @subheading February 26, 2005
4805 The @uref{http://lsr.di.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
4806 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
4807 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
4808 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
4813 @subheading February 21, 2005
4814 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
4815 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
4816 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
4817 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
4819 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4824 @subheading February 4, 2005
4825 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
4826 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
4827 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
4828 @ref{Old downloads}!
4833 @subheading January 31, 2005
4834 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
4835 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
4836 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
4842 @subheading January 26, 2005
4843 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
4844 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
4850 @subheading January 16, 2005
4851 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
4852 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
4853 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
4855 @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,
4857 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
4862 @subheading January 11, 2005
4863 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
4864 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
4865 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
4866 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
4867 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
4868 font code by Werner.
4870 and check out the changes in
4871 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
4876 @subheading January 02, 2005
4877 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
4878 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
4879 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
4880 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
4881 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
4882 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
4883 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
4884 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
4885 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
4888 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
4893 @subheading December 28, 2004
4894 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
4895 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
4896 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
4897 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
4899 and check out the changes in
4900 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
4905 @subheading December 20, 2004
4906 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
4907 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
4908 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
4909 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
4910 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
4913 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
4918 @subheading December 3, 2004
4919 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
4920 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
4921 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
4922 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
4923 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
4924 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
4925 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
4926 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
4930 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
4935 @subheading November 26, 2004
4936 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
4937 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
4938 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
4939 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
4940 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
4942 and check out the changes in
4943 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
4948 @subheading November 20, 2004
4949 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
4950 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
4951 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
4952 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
4953 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
4954 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
4955 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
4956 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
4959 and check out the changes in
4960 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
4965 @subheading November 12, 2004
4966 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
4967 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
4968 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
4969 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
4970 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
4973 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
4976 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
4977 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
4978 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
4979 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
4980 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
4983 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
4988 @subheading November 11, 2004
4989 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
4990 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
4996 @subheading November 4, 2004
4997 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
4998 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
5000 and check out the changes in
5001 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5006 @subheading October 31, 2004
5007 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
5008 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
5009 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
5010 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
5017 @subheading October 29, 2004
5018 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
5019 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
5020 some problems with the conversion scripts.
5022 and check out the changes in
5023 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5028 @subheading October 29, 2004
5029 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5030 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
5031 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
5032 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
5034 and check out the changes in
5035 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5040 @subheading October 27, 2004
5041 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
5042 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
5043 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
5045 and check out the changes in
5046 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5051 @subheading October 24, 2004
5052 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
5053 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
5054 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5056 and check out the changes in
5057 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5062 @subheading October 10, 2004
5063 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
5064 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
5065 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
5069 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5074 @subheading October 09, 2004
5075 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
5076 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
5077 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
5081 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5086 @subheading October 02, 2004
5087 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
5088 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
5089 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
5090 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
5091 in the documentation.
5093 and check out the changes in
5094 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5099 @subheading September 29, 2004
5100 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20040811160307/http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
5101 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
5102 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
5103 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
5108 @subheading September 26, 2004
5109 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
5111 and check out the changes
5112 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5117 @subheading September 20, 2004
5118 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
5119 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
5120 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
5121 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
5122 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
5123 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
5126 and check out the changes in
5127 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5132 @subheading September 11, 2004
5133 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
5134 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
5135 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
5136 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
5137 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
5138 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
5139 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
5140 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
5141 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
5142 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
5143 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
5144 will hold users back in switching.
5146 and check out the changes in
5147 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5152 @subheading September 10, 2004
5153 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
5154 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
5155 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
5156 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
5157 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
5158 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
5160 and check out the changes in
5161 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5166 @subheading September 6, 2004
5167 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
5168 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
5169 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
5170 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
5171 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
5175 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5180 @subheading August 29, 2004
5181 LilyPond now has a Documentation
5182 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
5183 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
5184 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
5185 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
5186 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
5187 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
5188 chapter of the user manual.
5189 A lot of cheers for Graham!
5194 @subheading August 29, 2004
5195 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
5196 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
5197 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
5198 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
5199 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
5200 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
5204 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5209 @subheading August 24, 2004
5210 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
5211 disappearing metronome mark.
5213 and check out the changes in
5214 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5219 @subheading August 23, 2004
5220 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
5221 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
5222 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
5223 `doubleSlurs' property.
5225 and check out the changes in
5226 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5231 @subheading August 3, 2004
5232 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
5233 annoying bugs fixed.
5236 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5241 @subheading August 1, 2004
5242 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
5243 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
5244 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
5245 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
5246 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
5247 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
5250 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
5251 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
5253 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
5254 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
5259 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5264 @subheading July 30, 2004
5265 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
5266 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
5267 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
5268 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
5269 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
5270 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
5271 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
5272 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
5273 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
5274 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
5277 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5282 @subheading July 23, 2004
5283 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
5284 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
5285 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
5286 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
5289 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5294 @subheading July 19, 2004
5295 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
5296 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
5297 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
5298 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
5299 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
5300 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
5301 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
5302 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
5303 beat within the measure.
5305 and check out the changes in
5306 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5311 @subheading July 15, 2004
5312 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
5316 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5321 @subheading July 11, 2004
5322 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
5328 @subheading July 5, 2004
5329 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
5330 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
5331 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
5332 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
5334 and check out the changes
5335 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5340 @subheading July 5, 2004
5341 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
5345 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5350 @subheading June 25, 2004
5351 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
5352 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
5353 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
5354 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
5355 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
5356 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
5357 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5359 @ref{Old downloads}.
5364 @subheading June 20, 2004
5365 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
5366 bugs that were reported over the past month. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog} for a full description and
5367 @ref{Old downloads}.
5372 @subheading June 13, 2004
5373 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
5374 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
5375 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5377 @ref{Old downloads}.
5382 @subheading May 31, 2004
5383 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
5384 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
5385 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5387 @ref{Old downloads}.
5392 @subheading May 31, 2004
5393 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
5394 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5395 or head straight to the
5396 @ref{Old downloads}.
5401 @subheading May 26, 2004
5402 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
5403 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
5404 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5405 @ref{Old downloads}.
5410 @subheading May 9, 2004
5411 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
5412 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5413 @ref{Old downloads}.
5418 @subheading May 4, 2004
5419 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
5421 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
5422 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
5423 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
5424 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
5425 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
5430 @subheading May 3, 2004
5431 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
5432 @ref{Old downloads}.
5437 @subheading April 17, 2004
5438 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
5439 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
5445 @subheading April 12, 2004
5446 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
5447 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
5448 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
5449 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
5450 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
5451 @ref{Old downloads}.
5456 @subheading April 8, 2004
5457 A French article on the new LilyPond
5458 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
5463 @subheading April 8, 2004
5464 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
5465 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
5471 @subheading April 1, 2004
5472 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
5473 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
5474 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
5475 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
5476 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
5477 @ref{Old downloads}.
5482 @subheading March 31, 2004
5483 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
5484 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
5485 documentation polish. This should be the final release
5486 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
5488 @ref{Old downloads}.
5493 @subheading March 30, 2004
5494 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
5496 @ref{Old downloads}.
5501 @subheading March 28, 2004
5502 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
5503 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
5504 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5511 @subheading March 22, 2004
5512 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5513 @ref{Old downloads}.
5518 @subheading March 21, 2004
5519 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5526 @subheading March 20, 2004
5527 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5528 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5529 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5531 @ref{Old downloads}.
5536 @subheading March 15, 2004
5537 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5538 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5539 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5542 @ref{Old downloads}.
5547 @subheading March 14, 2004
5549 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5550 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5556 @subheading March 11, 2004
5557 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5559 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5560 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5561 authors of LilyPond.
5566 @subheading March 11, 2004
5567 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5568 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5571 @ref{Old downloads}.
5576 @subheading March 9, 2004
5577 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5578 experimental support for producing titles with
5584 @subheading February 29, 2004
5585 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5586 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5587 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5589 @ref{Old downloads}.
5594 @subheading February 24, 2004
5595 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5596 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5597 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5599 @ref{Old downloads}.
5604 @subheading February 23, 2004
5605 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5606 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5607 produce cue notes. More information in the
5614 @subheading February 18, 2004
5615 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5616 for altering accidental rules.
5622 @subheading February 16, 2004
5623 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5624 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5625 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5626 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5627 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5628 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5629 More information in the
5636 @subheading February 13, 2004
5637 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5638 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5639 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5646 @subheading February 12, 2004
5647 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5648 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5649 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5650 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5657 @subheading February 9, 2004
5658 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5659 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5660 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5661 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5662 More information in the
5669 @subheading February 5, 2004
5670 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5671 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5672 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5673 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5674 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5675 More information in the
5682 @subheading February 4, 2004
5683 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5684 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5685 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5693 @subheading February 2, 2004
5694 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5695 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5696 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5703 @subheading January 28, 2004
5704 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5705 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5706 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5707 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5716 @subheading January 26, 2004
5717 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5718 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5721 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5726 @subheading January 21, 2004
5728 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5729 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5730 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5733 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5738 @subheading January 20, 2004
5739 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5740 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5741 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5742 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5747 @subheading January 20, 2004
5748 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5749 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5750 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5751 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5757 @subheading January 19, 2004
5758 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5759 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5761 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5766 @subheading January 18, 2004
5767 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5768 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5769 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20040204191423/http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5774 @subheading January 17, 2004
5775 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5776 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5777 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5779 More information in the
5780 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5785 @subheading January 16, 2004
5786 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5787 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5789 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5794 @subheading January 13, 2004
5795 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
5796 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
5797 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
5799 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5804 @subheading January 9, 2004
5805 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
5806 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
5807 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
5808 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
5809 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
5810 individual music expressions.
5811 More information in the
5812 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5817 @subheading January 7, 2004
5818 An update to the stable branch,
5819 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
5820 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
5825 @subheading January 6, 2004
5826 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
5827 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
5828 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
5829 More information in the
5830 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5835 @subheading January 4, 2004
5836 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
5838 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
5839 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5844 @subheading January 2, 2004
5845 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
5846 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
5847 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
5848 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5853 @subheading December 30, 2003
5854 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
5855 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
5856 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
5857 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5862 @subheading December 23, 2003
5863 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
5864 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
5865 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
5866 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
5867 to implement this are welcome!) See the
5868 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5873 @subheading December 17, 2003
5874 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
5875 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
5876 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
5878 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5883 @subheading December 16, 2003
5884 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
5885 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
5886 Han-Wen's absence. See the
5887 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5892 @subheading October 11, 2003
5893 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
5895 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5900 @subheading October 11, 2003
5901 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
5903 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
5904 thanks to Heikki Junes.
5909 @subheading October 9, 2003
5910 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
5911 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
5912 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
5917 @subheading October 5, 2003
5918 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
5925 @subheading October 4, 2003
5926 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
5928 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
5929 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
5934 @subheading September 29, 2003
5935 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
5936 contains minor bugfixes.
5937 See the @ref{Changes}
5938 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
5943 @subheading September 27, 2003
5944 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
5945 @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,
5946 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
5952 @subheading September 24, 2003
5953 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
5954 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
5955 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
5956 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
5957 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
5962 @subheading September 24, 2003
5963 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
5964 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
5965 the @ref{Changes} and
5966 download @uref{install/,here}.
5971 @subheading September 23, 2003
5972 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
5973 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5974 the @ref{Changes} and
5975 download @uref{install/,here}.
5980 @subheading September 19, 2003
5981 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
5982 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5983 the @ref{Changes} and
5984 download @uref{install/,here}.
5989 @subheading September 17, 2003
5990 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
5991 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
5997 @subheading September 16, 2003
5998 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
5999 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
6005 @subheading September 10, 2003
6006 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
6007 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
6008 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
6009 will be available in a few weeks.
6015 @subheading September 9, 2003
6016 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
6017 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
6023 @subheading September 7, 2003
6024 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
6025 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
6031 @subheading August 31, 2003
6032 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
6033 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
6034 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
6040 @subheading August 31, 2003
6041 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
6042 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
6047 @subheading August 31, 2003
6048 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
6049 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
6050 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
6051 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6056 @subheading August 28, 2003
6057 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
6058 @ref{Changes} and get it
6059 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6064 @subheading August 26, 2003
6065 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
6066 @ref{Changes} and get it
6067 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6072 @subheading August 25, 2003
6073 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
6074 @ref{Changes} and get it
6075 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6080 @subheading August 25, 2003
6081 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
6082 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
6087 @subheading August 21, 2003
6088 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
6089 read the @ref{Changes}.
6094 @subheading August 18, 2003
6095 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
6096 has been updated to 1.8.
6097 Download @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,here.}
6102 @subheading August 7, 2003
6103 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
6104 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
6109 @subheading August 7, 2003
6110 New website went live!
6115 @subheading August 6, 2003
6116 Announced new website.
6121 @subheading August 1, 2003
6122 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
6127 @subheading July 30, 2003
6128 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
6129 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
6135 @subheading July 29, 2003
6136 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
6137 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.